Now he stood at the edge of the court, spinning the ball on his finger like a casual threat, his smirk lazy and lethal.
The whistle blew, dragging Raye back into the game.
But this time, Kyle was playing.
Not just watching.
And he was playing on her team.
The coach had asked them to teach them some skills...so here they go again .
Raye glanced at Jane who nodded slowly at her as if telling her to calm herself .
She was slowly losing it _ she didn't expect sport day to be this chaotic and confusing .
She wasn't sure what was worse — the mystery of not knowing, or the chaos of knowing and pretending it was just a normal Monday .
They played in tense silence, her pulse tapping in her ears every time he passed near.
Kyle was fast.
Smooth.
Precise.
And gosh his steps felt familiar like she had seen it but she couldn't place her finger on it .
He moved like the court was his home and gravity bent to his mood.
Raye was so distracted, she nearly took a ball to the face.
Again.
"Eyes up, princess," Kyle muttered, catching it with one hand like a superhero — or a walking headache.
Raye had her mouth open she turned to Jane who was standing by her side dripping with sweat .
Jane was grinning fully before she sent a wink at Raye who rolled her eyes sky high .
Kyle grinned, casually walking backward toward the center. "Still not convinced?"
The coach blew the whistled _ end of Match .
Jane and Raye walked slowly out of the court to the changing room .
"What about Danielle ?" Raye finally asked glancing at the place were Danielle was sitting only to see their backpack there .
Jane picked her back pack before saying .
"I don't know _ oh no wait " she quickly grabbing Raye hand as they both left the court quickly .
"Hold on what's the rush.".
After practice .
"So you are saying Danielle secret crush is Kyle , and she wanted to confess to him today ...WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME " Raye yelled walking back and forth in the girl's locker room still on her basketball training shirt .
"I didn't know he was your mystery texter or anything "Jane said still sitting down on the bench .
Wow things couldn't get any worst but it did Raye thought tugging her hair as she moved back and forth .
"May be she left , after seeing us close to each other ...she must think I betrayed her ".
"Oh hush , " Jane said dramatically before gulping down her water as she continued " it's not your fault , you didn't know the handsome texter was a very bad hottie in real life ... definitely not your problem ".
Jane had practically lost her mind after hearing what Raye had told her .
It was so unfortunate , the two event had to happen the same day .
" but wait I can't grab this ,you mean to tell me the guy you've been texting for a month is Kyle? Kyle with the bad-boy rep, half-suspensions, and tragic jawline?"
Raye clutched her water bottle like a life vest , gulping water down as if to calm herself .
She wasn't thinking straight that one was for sure .
"Yes it was him ".
He wasn't anything like the Mystery Boy in her texts.
Ok not like she knew who he was personally _ ugh Raye growled sitting down on the bench beside Jane .
This was why people warned.....
never talk to strangers .
Mystery Boy had been warm, charming, sweet with his sarcasm.
Kyle?
Kyle was a hurricane in jeans.
He scowled at teachers.
But those eyes…
That smirk.
That whisper.
It was him.
It had been him all along.
And he had watched her guess everyone else.
And stayed silent.
And now he was here.
Raye suddenly felt angry " he watched me guess , spiral , everything and now he shows up and ruin things ".
"I was angry too , but after seeing him girl, I advice you.... let it go " Jane said patting Raye shoulder who turned to glare at her .
she drew her hand back quickly raising it up in defence .
"Danielle would understand ok and technically you asked him to show up , remember rage texting - ...Okay not helping ". Jane quickly corrected turning to face the wall after receiving another glare from Raye .
"I hope she does though , I don't want her thinking I snatched someone from her ".
Jane rolled her eyes tiredly .
There was clearly nothing to snatch , Kyle sort for Raye first_ though she didn't know whether Danielle saw him first too .
Beside Kyle and Raye weren't dating and were just friends .
The relationship is complicated .
"We are just friends ". Raye blurted out while pouting .
"Eh nnnn kinda of friends _," Jane said with a small smile seeing Raye hopeless look she said . " Don't tell me friends flirt nowadays _ though Kyle is a bad boy ...super hot bad boy ..." She trailed off staring into space .
Raye stared at Jane waiting for her to continue ,who was smiling stupidly , she slapped her shoulder lightly to get her attention back .
She couldn't believe Jane was drooling over a guy at this moment in her life.
She wished she hadn't sent that message ...because maybe if she didn't her life wouldn't be this complicated.
" Oh yeah back to what I was saying ...what was I saying ??" Jane asked scratching her temples lightly while Raye stared at her with huge eyes .
She stood up again and started pacing in the locker room like a malfunctioning GPS .
"Jane what should I do now ?".
"Firstly we are going to change and then we would look for Danielle and explain things she would understand ok and then you go talk to super hot _ I mean Kyle " Jane corrected avoiding Raye gaze who was glaring at her again .
Ouch she thought grinning while staring at the floor .
I guess I could start from that Raye thought stopping she walked to Jane before hugging her tightly .
Jane smiled patting her back slowly as she whispered "everything would be fine ok, two deep breaths in and then out, mhm ". She paused .
"No pressure , everything would be fine ,Danielle would understand and if she doesn't let her be you can't force something on someone ...but we would try to make her understand ".
"Ok ". She hummed in reply as they both stayed in the hug trying to comfort each other silently .