Forbidden Love

Chapter 1

"Sharks, Sharks Sharks! Go, Fight, Win!" Lilly Truscott chanted as she watched her schools basketball team play Hartford High's Jets. The Jets were ahead four points, but the Sharks were working hard to catch up.

"With forty seconds left in the championship game, the Jets are in the lead." The overhead announcer said.

"Shoot, shoot, shoot, for two! Shoot, shoot, shoot, for two!" Ten seconds left.

"Let's go Sharks, let's go!" The final buzzer rang.

"And the winners are, the Jets!" The players and their cheerleaders chanted "Jets, Jets! Jets, Jets!"

Meanwhile, the Sharks were walking back to the bleachers, collecting their things and heading home.

"Lills, wake up!" Lilly felt her best cheer friend Chasity shaking her shoulder. Lilly woke up, scared by Chasity's sudden gesture.

"God Chas, make me pee myself why don't cha!" Lilly exclaimed, her breathing still uneven.

Chasity giggled, "Come on sleepy-head! We have to get off the plane now."

Lilly sighed and grabbed her carry on from under her seat.

"Lills, what's wrong?" Chasity asked as she stood up.

"I had a replay of last year's championship." Lilly said as she stood up next to Chasity.

"Lilly, don't worry. The Jets won't win this year." Chasity assured her friend.

"Yeah Lilly, it's our turn this time." A voice behind her said.

"Chasity, Jack, I'm not worried." Lilly guaranteed her friends.

"Girl please, I can see your eyes past that Maybellene eye shadow. You're lying." Jack said.

"Guys!" Lilly yelled.

"Fine." Chasity said. Jack backed off.

The three friends were silent the rest of the way to the hotel.

HMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHM

Even though the Jets hailed from Hartford and the Sharks from Malibu, the basketball championship was held in Maine.

"Lilly-Billy, I didn't know you were here." Her older cousin Mark (Who played for the Sharks) put an arm around her shoulders.

"Duh Mark, I'm a cheerleader." Lilly giggled.

"Mark, come on! We're gonna practice before the warm up game tomorrow." A dark haired boy said to Lilly's almost-twin.

"Bye Markie-Bear!" Jack said as Mark walked away. "Dang Lills, your cousin is fine." Jack said, announcing to everyone who didn't know, that he was gay.

"Jack, we're sixteen. He's almost eighteen." Lilly reminded her friend.

"So? I've always liked older men." Jack said.

Lilly laughed. "Come on, let's go check in." Lilly said as she, Chasity, and Jack hooked arms and walked into the hotel.

HMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHM

"Okay guys; let's practice the halftime routine again." Lilly shouted out. The team groaned. "Hey! If we want our team to be pumped up so they can win, the routine has to be perfect."

"Chas, someone has let the captain thing go to her head." Jack said just loud enough for Lilly to hear.

"Uh!" Lilly turned around and slapped her friend. "Just one more time." Lilly made puppy-dog eyes.

"Listen to the captain." Chasity yelled out.

"5…6…7…8…" Lilly called out. They ran through the routine and right at the end, when Lilly went into a stunt, she looked over at the basketball court where the Jets were practicing.

That was when she laid her eyes on the cutest boy she had ever seen.