Page 4 of Full Court Crush

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Omg, are you serious?

TJ:

As a heart attack

Evie:

TJ’s never been serious in his life, but yeah, he’s helping mum out this year with the coaching.

Nice!

TJ:

Yep, can’t wait to make you run shuttles and do my bidding :D

Ha ha, very funny.

When did you find out?

TJ:

It’s been in the works for a few weeks. Michelle didn’t know if there was enough funding after we signed a couple of new players, but they must have found some loose change down the back of the couch. The big wigs finally signed off on it today.

Amelia had a sudden sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach.

New players? I hadn’t heard anything about new players.

Evie:

Mum likes to keep people on their toes, even you.

TJ:

Yeah, now we’re semi-pro we needed to pad the roster a bit. We’ve signed Sienna from the U18s and Keira Morgan.

Who?

Evie:

She played college ball a few years ago, just returned to Wales from the USA.

I’ve never heard of her

TJ:

Stop the press! Pipsqueak doesn’t know something!

Amelia sent an eye-roll emoji and put down her phone, replacing it with the bulbous gin glass still untouched on the side table. She took a sip, letting the gentle bubbles tickle her tongue and the delicate flavours cleanse her palate. Her eyebrows creased with a slight frown. TJ was right. They needed more players now, especially with the amount of funding it had taken to turn them into a semi-professional side. But new players risked upsetting the delicate balance of the well-oiled machine that was her team. The chemistry they had on and off the court was like nothing she’d experienced before, but it was finely balanced, and might easily become combustible. It fell upon her, as the captain, to ensure that didn’t happen.

Sharp pain lanced through her ankle when she adjusted the position of her leg. She picked up her phone and took a picture of the elevated ankle, sending it to the group.

Not a great start to the season…

Evie:

What did you do?!