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p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;" Hailee jolts up and glances at her watch. 6:00 pm. She'd been at the local library for 2 hours. emI gotta get home /emHailee mumbles as she pushes her glasses back and begins to collect her books. Before running out the door with her personal belongings, she stops by the front desk and drops off the books she borrowed earlier. "I'll just leave these here, Mrs. Porter" Hailee says as she places the book on the librarian's desk. Mrs. Porter looks up and smiles. "I'll let your mother know you are on your way" she whispers . Hailee smiles and mouths "Thank You" as she quickly walks out the door. Hailee had to get home before it got dark. There were two shortcuts to get home from the library. One was through the local dog park which was the shortest distance to home, but Hailee preferred taking her time through the local park. There was something special about the local park, mainly, the basketball courts. Hailee glanced once more at her watch. "It's 6:15, he might be still there" Hailee thought. Hailee gained her speed as she made her way to the basketball courts and luckily, she saw a group of young guys shooting hoops and running around the court. "There he is" Hailee mumbled as her face began to grow a grin. There about to make a jump for the hoop was her best friend James and his friend was not only her best friend, but one of the cutest guys in her entire high school. Hailee smiles as she can hear James laughing as David jumps and misses the hoop. She begins to walk closer to the court and stands on the side. James turns and sees Hailee. He begins to smile and jog towards. emHe looks so cute in his uniform./em Hailee thinks to herself. "Hey, Hailee!" James calls out about to give her a hug. He then pauses. "Uh, I don't think you should hug me, I'm pretty much a sweat pit" he says backing out of the hug. Hailee giggles. "Not today, maybe if you shower next time" she says turning her head teasingly. James smirks and jokingly pushes her shoulder. Hailee then catches James's best friend David come behind him. "Are you out dude?" He says nudging James's shoulder. James turns to his friend. "Give me a minute, I'll be right there." "Are you still practicing?" Hailee asks beginning to think she disrupted practice. " Nah, just messing around. Practice ended an hour ago" Then Hailee's phone begins to ring. " Oh shoot, I told my mother I was heading home!" Hailee said beginning to panic. "Oh, do you need me to walk you home?" James asked worried. "I'll ask my mom" Hailee said eagerly answering her phone. "Hi, mom. *pauses* I know, I am almost home. *pauses* I'm at the basketball courts, James just offered to walk me home is that okay?" Hailee looks at James as he smiles back at her, waiting for a response. "Practice ended at 5, he just told me. * pauses* Alright, love you too." Hailee hangs up the phone and puts her phone in her pocket. "She's fine as long as we don't take too long, dinner is on the table." James looks back at David and back to Hailee. "Let me get my stuff" James said running back to the court. Hailee watches James as he jogs back to the court. David looks confused. James takes a sip of water, throws his towel on his shoulder, and grabs his bag. "Where are you going?" David calls out as James jogs back toward Hailee. "Walkin' Hailee home!" James calls back. "Thought we were going to shoot a few more hoops" David questions James. "We have practice tomorrow, I'll catch you then!" James calls back as he starts walking in the direction of Hailee's home. "Everyone seems to want a slot with you" Hailee teases as they begin to walk away from the courts. " School, practice, weekends, it never ends" James teases. "Maybe it's the red uniform. Red looks good on you" Hailee pokes at his jersey. James begins to laugh. "Maybe, but then what's David's excuse?" Both begin to laugh as they get closer and closer to Hailee's house. Hailee walks up to her door and walks right in. She turns around and thanks James for walking her home. Hailee turns to see her mother behind her. "Thank You James, for walking Hailee home." her mother sincerely replies. " No problem, Mrs O'Niel. The court's only down the street" James waves by to Hailee and turns to leave. "James, there's a spot at the table if you're hungry." Mrs. O'Niel insists. " Thank You for the offer, but my mom expects a shower right after practice so I gotta get home." James says as he heads toward the street. Hailee steps inside and waves one last bye to James as her mother closes the door. "That was very nice of him to walk you home." Mrs O'Niel says to Hailee with a smile. "He's always nice, mom" Her mom smiles and then tells Hailee to wash up for dinner. After dinner, Hailee goes to her room to start her homework. As she plops on her bed, she glances over at a framed picture of her and James from the most recent school fundraiser. She picks up the frame and smiles as she glances at the two of them smiling in each others arms. She definitely loved him, they were very close. There was no chance of dating, however, the two of them were too close to attempt anything like that. She laughed as she remembered the night that the picture was taken. She loved his dark brown hair and beautiful green eyes. His smile was so tender, and his hugs were definitely something that anyone couldn't resist, unless he was at basketball practice. Even so, his hugs made you wish he wasn't always as sweaty as he was. Despite being his best friend, David didn't always appear in the pictures with her and James. David usually spent time with his girlfriend between school and practice. At fundraisers like the one in the picture, David and his girlfriend would usually be found at their favorite kissing spot on their high school grounds. Yuck. That's something Hailee did not need to revision. Hailee began starting her homework. After homework was completed, Hailee grabbed her laptop and went online. After a few scrolls a notification pops up from her chat box on her desktop. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;" Hailee jolts up and glances at her watch. 6:00 pm. She'd been at the local library for 2 hours. emI gotta get home /emHailee mumbles as she pushes her glasses back and begins to collect her books. Before running out the door with her personal belongings, she stops by the front desk and drops off the books she borrowed earlier. "I'll just leave these here, Mrs. Porter" Hailee says as she places the book on the librarian's desk. Mrs. Porter looks up and smiles. "I'll let your mother know you are on your way" she whispers . Hailee smiles and mouths "Thank You" as she quickly walks out the door. Hailee had to get home before it got dark. There were two shortcuts to get home from the library. One was through the local dog park which was the shortest distance to home, but Hailee preferred taking her time through the local park. There was something special about the local park, mainly, the basketball courts. Hailee glanced once more at her watch. "It's 6:15, he might be still there" Hailee thought. Hailee gained her speed as she made her way to the basketball courts and luckily, she saw a group of young guys shooting hoops and running around the court. "There he is" Hailee mumbled as her face began to grow a grin. There about to make a jump for the hoop was her best friend James and his friend was not only her best friend, but one of the cutest guys in her entire high school. Hailee smiles as she can hear James laughing as David jumps and misses the hoop. She begins to walk closer to the court and stands on the side. James turns and sees Hailee. He begins to smile and jog towards. emHe looks so cute in his uniform./em Hailee thinks to herself. "Hey, Hailee!" James calls out about to give her a hug. He then pauses. "Uh, I don't think you should hug me, I'm pretty much a sweat pit" he says backing out of the hug. Hailee giggles. "Not today, maybe if you shower next time" she says turning her head teasingly. James smirks and jokingly pushes her shoulder. Hailee then catches James's best friend David come behind him. "Are you out dude?" He says nudging James's shoulder. James turns to his friend. "Give me a minute, I'll be right there." "Are you still practicing?" Hailee asks beginning to think she disrupted practice. " Nah, just messing around. Practice ended an hour ago" Then Hailee's phone begins to ring. " Oh shoot, I told my mother I was heading home!" Hailee said beginning to panic. "Oh, do you need me to walk you home?" James asked worried. "I'll ask my mom" Hailee said eagerly answering her phone. "Hi, mom. *pauses* I know, I am almost home. *pauses* I'm at the basketball courts, James just offered to walk me home is that okay?" Hailee looks at James as he smiles back at her, waiting for a response. "Practice ended at 5, he just told me. * pauses* Alright, love you too." Hailee hangs up the phone and puts her phone in her pocket. "She's fine as long as we don't take too long, dinner is on the table." James looks back at David and back to Hailee. "Let me get my stuff" James said running back to the court. Hailee watches James as he jogs back to the court. David looks confused. James takes a sip of water, throws his towel on his shoulder, and grabs his bag. "Where are you going?" David calls out as James jogs back toward Hailee. "Walkin' Hailee home!" James calls back. "Thought we were going to shoot a few more hoops" David questions James. "We have practice tomorrow, I'll catch you then!" James calls back as he starts walking in the direction of Hailee's home. "Everyone seems to want a slot with you" Hailee teases as they begin to walk away from the courts. " School, practice, weekends, it never ends" James teases. "Maybe it's the red uniform. Red looks good on you" Hailee pokes at his jersey. James begins to laugh. "Maybe, but then what's David's excuse?" Both begin to laugh as they get closer and closer to Hailee's house. Hailee walks up to her door and walks right in. She turns around and thanks James for walking her home. Hailee turns to see her mother behind her. "Thank You James, for walking Hailee home." her mother sincerely replies. " No problem, Mrs O'Niel. The court's only down the street" James waves by to Hailee and turns to leave. "James, there's a spot at the table if you're hungry." Mrs. O'Niel insists. " Thank You for the offer, but my mom expects a shower right after practice so I gotta get home." James says as he heads toward the street. Hailee steps inside and waves one last bye to James as her mother closes the door. "That was very nice of him to walk you home." Mrs O'Niel says to Hailee with a smile. "He's always nice, mom" Her mom smiles and then tells Hailee to wash up for dinner. After dinner, Hailee goes to her room to start her homework. As she plops on her bed, she glances over at a framed picture of her and James from the most recent school fundraiser. She picks up the frame and smiles as she glances at the two of them smiling in each others arms. She definitely loved him, they were very close. There was no chance of dating, however, the two of them were too close to attempt anything like that. She laughed as she remembered the night that the picture was taken. She loved his dark brown hair and beautiful green eyes. His smile was so tender, and his hugs were definitely something that anyone couldn't resist, unless he was at basketball practice. Even so, his hugs made you wish he wasn't always as sweaty as he was. Despite being his best friend, David didn't always appear in the pictures with her and James. David usually spent time with his girlfriend between school and practice. At fundraisers like the one in the picture, David and his girlfriend would usually be found at their favorite kissing spot on their high school grounds. Yuck. That's something Hailee did not need to revision. Hailee began starting her homework. After homework was completed, Hailee grabbed her laptop and went online. After a few scrolls a notification pops up from her chat box on her desktop. /span/p