"Cmon, the courts are this way," Grizz sprinted towards the direction of the basketball court.
"Hey, wait up Grizz!" Jason said, running after the grizzly bear, followed by Panda and Ice Bear. Once the got to the courts, Grizz was already there, shooting baskets.
"Dude...how are...you...so...fast?" Panda gasped for air.
"Pfft, wasn't even trying," Grizz said with a cocky smirk on his face. Grizz shot the ball harder than he should of, which caused the ball to hit the backboard and fly straight towards Panda. Panda screamed and covered his face, waiting for the impending pain to come, but it never came. Panda put his arms away from his face to see the ball right in front of him, and Jason holding it with one hand. Panda looked at Jason in utter shock.
"You okay, Panda?" Jason asked with worry. Panda's mouth was open wide.
"H-how did you do that?" Panda stuttered, still in shock.
"I played basketball in St Louis, so I learned how to grab a ball with one hand, and pretty quickly too." Jason said, dribbling the ball.
"You played on a team?" Grizz asked, jumping up and down excitedly.
"Yeah, I got pretty good, but not as good to go pro." Jason explained dribbling the ball towards the half court line. "Watch this," Jason shot from the half court line, the ball going straight into the net with a swish. Jason turned to the Bears, all of them were left wide eyed, mouths agape.
"Dude. That. Was. AWESOME!" Grizz literally screamed.
"Ice Bear is surprised," Ice Bear stated, still keeping a straight face.
"Jason, you should totally play with us man. You could help us win!" Panda smiled as he fantasized about winning a game.
Jason blushed a little from the mass amount of compliments, "Really? You guys want me to play?" Jason asked, doubtful.
"Of course! You're like, totally awesome!" Grizz smiled.
"Yeah, I've never seen someone make a half court shot before!" Panda said, shaking Jason.
"Okay, you can stop shaking me now!" Jason said, starting to get dizzy.
"Oops, sorry," Panda blushed in embarrassment.
"So, will you?" Grizz asked, giving the 15 year old his sad eyes, begging him to play.
"I'll play, I'll play. Your eyes are burning my soul," Jason said, jokingly grabbing his chest. They laughed, minus Ice Bear, who doesn't have a soul (jk). "But, if we're going to play, I want to practice a little. Who's the best of the three of you?"
"Ice Bear is the best," Ice Bear stated plainly as usual. Jason nodded.
"Alright, let's do a 1 on 1." Jason said, passing the ball to him, which Ice Bear caught. They walked to the middle of the court.
"Check it," Jason said, preparing himself. They passed the ball between themselves twice before Jason had the ball, quickly dribbling the ball around Ice Bear. Ice Bear tried to catch up to Jason, put Jason did a lay up to add the first two points on the board. Jason turned around and looked at Ice Bear, who looked completely flabbergasted. Jason smiled slightly and jogged past him, patting him on the shoulder.
"Come on, let's go," Jason smiled. Ice Bear shook his head and exited his daze. He ran back to Jason, who checked the ball to him. Ice Bear tried to get around him, but Jason's defense was really good. Ice Bear shot from the three point line, and made it.
"Nice shot, bro!" Grizz said, cheering for his brother.
"Nice shot man," Jason said, giving Ice Bear a fist bump. Ice Bear nodded and fixed the blue headband he was currently wearing. The duo went to the center and Ice Bear checked the ball to Jason. Jason took a step back and shot, which created a swishing sound as it went into the basket.
The score was 22- 21, Jason was in the lead by one. Ice Bear had the ball and was dribbling around Jason. They were going up to 25, all Jason needed was three points to win. Ice Bear was going to take a shot when Jason quickly snatched the ball and ran to the other side of the court, Ice Bear hot on his trail. All of sudden, Jason stopped right before the three point line, causing Ice Bear to fly past him, not expecting Jason to stop. He shot a three pointer, which went in with a swish. Jason huffed as he tried to catch his breath.
"Good game, Ice." Jason said, holding out his hand, which was drenched in sweat. Ice Bear, who seemed to be fine, shook Jason's hand. "Anyone else wanna play?"
"Nope, I'm good," Grizz said, not wanting to go against him.
"You'll destroy me," Panda said, backing off.
"Oh, alright then. I'm actually surprised I beat Ice Bear. I actually I got kicked off the team because they thought I was 'bad' or something," Jason said, putting air quotes around 'bad'.
"For real, they didn't know what they were missing out. You're really good!" Grizz said, patting Jason on the back.
"Thanks guys, you're the best." Jason smiled, mentally thanking the world for great friends.
"Wanna go play some fools?" Grizz asked.
"Let's do it!" Panda said, pumping his fist in the air.
"Ice Bear is ready to destroy," Ice Bear said, kind of menacingly.
"Not physically, right?" Jason asked, nervous on what he means. Ice Bear didn't say anything, which worried the other three more.
"Right?" Panda asked nervously. Ice Bear then nodded his head, which caused a sigh of relief to escape from the others' mouths.
"Alright, let's go!" Jason yelled and ran off to a crowd of people, asking people to play.
But, they didn't notice the mysterious figure watching them, hidden from view.
"Ugh, those stupid bears, foiling my plans, ruining my reputation. I must take revenge, and it better be soon. And I think I just know how to do it," the mysterious figure said, eyeing a certain 15 year old. He smiled evilly and backed away into the darkness, laughing darkly, silently planning his revenge.
~ Ooh, a mystery! Who do you think it is? I'm pretty sure it's obvious, but I want to see what you guys think. Thanks for reading Chapter 2 of Adventures with Friends.