Connor and Murphy time! Thank you guys for reading!
Chapter 4
Connor didn't know what was going to happen next. He slowly sat down on Merle's bed and tried to think of something to say. A good five minutes of silence passed before he heard a soft voice say, "I saw you outside earlier today. You shoot really well." Connor was taken aback. He hadn't expected Murphy's voice to sound at all like that and he had his thoughts confirmed about earlier that morning. He glanced over at Murphy who was standing by the door. "Wanna go to my room? It's cleaner than Luke's." Connor laughed "Sure let's go." Murphy led the way down the hall and opened a door on the right side. They walked in and Connor was surprised at how nice everything looked. "You sure work fast," he said "Didn't you just move in yesterday?" Murphy nodded, "I just like to get things done so I don't have to worry about them in the future." Connor thought about his room which was always covered in posters, sports uniforms, and other crap he didn't feel like cleaning up and resolved to do just that when he got home. He glanced around and his eyes fell on the basketball. "You shoot hoops?" he asked. Murphy shrugged "Yea, I guess. When I have time. I don't usually. Luke always takes it to shoot with his friends at the park." Connor glanced at the window and said "Well if you ever want to shoot you could always come over to my place. I'd be happy to shoot with you. I need lots of practice so I can make the Freshman team at my high school." Murphy looked at him "You'll make it no problem," he said seriously, "I saw you shooting. You're great." Connor grinned. "Maybe when I'm alone. Against someone else is always harder." Connor continued to look around the room and saw the Xbox hooked up to the television in the corner. Murphy's mouth turned up for a second, "You don't have one? I figured that you probably would. If you visit again we can play." Connor nodded, "Sounds great to me. I'd enjoy that." Murphy nodded and the two of them talked for a little while longer about nothing in particular.
His mom called from downstairs. "Connor! We have to go." Connor yelled he was coming and then quickly pulled out his iPod and asked Murphy what his number or email was. Murphy gave him his email and told him to message him later tonight. Connor turned to Murphy, "I'll text you later tonight ok Murph?" Murphy grinned and Connor was glad to see that he'd made the kid smile. "What the heck is Murph?" Murphy asked still smiling slightly. "Well if we're gonna be friends then you need a nickname," Connor said laughing. Murphy thought for a moment and then nodded "Whatever you say Conn." Conner laughed even harder and soon Murphy was laughing too. Conner shook his head and said "Well, I'll see you then." Murphy sighed "Yea I guess so." Connor looked around one last time and then headed down the steps and met his mom at the door. Together they walked out into the street. "So what did you think of Murphy and Merle?" his mom asked. "They're cool," Connor said "I think they'll be fun."
Later that night Connor was lying in his bed thinking about the day when his iPod lit up. He grabbed it and read the message on it. It was from Murphy. Just saying 'hey'. Connor grinned and typed back and they went up and back for a while. Connor asked if Murphy wanted to come over and shoot in the morning with him and Murphy agreed immediately. That would be fun. He hadn't seen Murphy shoot before and he was hoping he was around his level. That way they could both get on the team. Connor grinned again and shot Murphy a text saying 'Night Murph' to get a response almost as soon as it was sent saying 'Night Conn'.