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The Bet.
The next day, Dana woke up to her alarm clock blaring 'Girlfriend' She took a quick shower, had John's 'power-breakfast' and headed out the door at 7:20, she had told Zoey to come around 7:40 so they could talk before camp started. She drove to Stonegate and got there around 7:35. While she was parking, Zoey pulled up beside her. They got out of the car.
DANA'S POV:
"Hey Dana!" Zoey greeted.
"Hey!" I replied.
"Do you have a summer Job Zoe?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm coaching Girl's middle school basketball camp." She told me.
"Lucky you, I want a job like that." I said.
"Well, I hope you do get a job." She said.
"So, what do you usually do on the second day?" I asked walking towards the court with Zoey.
"Oh, I don't really know, Logan usually has it planned." She said.
"Oh, okay." I said.
We were closing into the court and I saw a figure, playing basketball, faking out defenders and shooting the ball into the basket.
"Oh, I guess we're here early." Zoey said looking at her watch.
As we were getting closer, I noticed that the person was Logan. He noticed us and stopped playing.
"Good morning Logan!" Zoey said cheerfully.
"Good morning Zoey" He nodded at me. " Dana."
"Morning." I mumbled back.
Zoey and I went near a tree and sat down, while Logan was looking at what he had planned for us today, taking out necessary equipment. A few girls came around 7:50, and then last of the girls came around 7:55.
"Congratulations, on making it on time Ladies." He said.
"Okay, today we will be shooting and probably doing more suicides." He said.
All of us nodded.
"Okay, let's get started, close your eyes." He said.
We closed our eyes.
"Okay, now I'm each going to give you a piece of colored paper, when I tell you to open your eyes, you will look at the color of the paper look for other people who have it and that will be your group to practice shooting." He said.
"Okay!" All of us chorused.
He started to hand each of us paper, when he slipped a paper in my hand; I got a tingling feeling inside. Probably from the heat Dana. The voice in my head told me.
"Okay everyone open your eyes." He said.
We all opened our eyes, looked at the color of our paper, and looked for everyone else who had the same color. My group was I, Amber, Michelle, Zoey and Lola.
"Okay, now that you've found your groups, each of the groups will be assigned a net and you will practice shooting, for now each of you do lay-ups, first left hand then right. Got it?" He asked.
"Got it!" We said.
Our group got balls and we headed to the far end net.
"Hey, Zoey you can't be first." Lola whined.
"And why can't I be?" She asked.
"Because I'm going to be first." Lola replied and pushed Zoey out of the way.
"Hey, Lola! Watch your attitude." Michelle barked.
"Yeah, I mean seriously you have a major one." Amber agreed.
"Whatever, now shut up." She said and did a lay-up.
She ran up to the basket and released the ball, it missed going into the basket.
"Ha, loser." Zoey snorted.
That sort of surprised me, coming from her.
Michelle went up, then, Amber then Zoey then me.
"Nice Shot Dana!" Michelle said and smiled.
"Thanks!" I said.
"Lucky, witch." Lola mumbled.
"Okay Lola I don't know who the heck you think you are but you are not going to insult this group, remember what happened when we were book signing. I would want to insult you back, but that means I would get in trouble so you better watch your mouth around here, or you won't be around here much longer." Dana said angrily.
"Dana, what did happen when you were book signing?" Amber asked.
"Long story short, Lola insulted me, when I cut her to see the author, who apparently is my mother." I said.
"Yeah, and Dana insulted me back she said 'Watch who you're calling a witch, you should look at the mirror more often." Lola whined.
"Nice one Dana!" Michelle said laughing.
"HM!" Lola said and threw the ball at the fence.
"LOLA! Watch your attitude around here, or I'll ask you to leave!" Logan barked at her.
"Yes coach!" Lola said in a sweet innocent voice.
"We told ya Lola." Zoey said in an equally sweet voice.
"Whatever, Zoey go." She said.
"Okay." Zoey said and did a perfect lay-up.
We did this for about half an hour, and each and every one of us did a lay-up perfectly, even Lola, but the ball wouldn't go in the net. How on earth did she get in this level? I thought.
"Okay, Ladies! Now, you will do jump shots, dribble the ball to the right about 3 times then a jump shot." Logan ordered.
We did this and each and everyone in my group did it fine, like before except for Lola. We got our break at 10 this time; Amber, Michelle, Zoey and I became our very own 'clique' since we had a lot in common while we were shooting.
We all sat down at a tree and talked.
"So Dana, do you have boyfriend?" Amber asked.
Amber had black hair with dark red high lights, she had dark brown eyes I'm saying she's Asian and she was really nice.
"No, but there is this total hottie that lives next door to me." I said.
"Oooh, please describe." Michelle said and winked at me.
Michelle had dirty blonde hair, with cute blue eyes. She was probably Portuguese. She was also nice. But all of us had an attitude when it came to Lola.
"Okay, well he has blonde hair, with totally cute hazel eyes, he works as a landscaper, which means he comes home sometimes shirt-less, he has a six-pack and he's just gorgeous." I said.
"Ooh, me like!" Zoey, Michelle and Amber said at the same time.
I laughed.
"Do you guys have plans tonight?" Asked Amber.
"No, not really." We said.
"How 'bout we have a girl's night out?" She asked.
"Oh, sure!" We all said.
Like I said, this summer is time to try out my girly-girl side, yet maintaining my attitude-y side.
"How 'bout we watch a romantic comedy, do some shopping then maybe hit the gym to feast our eyes on some awesome abs?" Michelle asked and giggled.
"Wow, abs all night long, I can't wait." I said and laughed.
"We'll exchange numbers later." Zoey said.
"Ladies! Listen up, we're now going to have a half-court basketball game, I'll stop you guys sometimes, if I have something to say, maybe about how you're set up, defensively or offensively." Logan said.
We nodded.
"I'll hand out red jersey tops to one team of 5, then the others will just play without them, your group that you practiced shooting with will be your team for whenever we play basketball or do drills. Got it?" Logan asked.
"Got it!" All of us replied.
"Okay, Cruz, Brooks, Santiago, Woods and Martinez, Jersey's!" He said and threw each of us a jersey.
"Okay, who's the 'captain' of each team?" Logan asked.
"I say we make the team captain Dana!" Amber said.
"Agreed!" Michelle and Zoey said.
"I say I'm team captain." Lola said.
"You can't even do a lay-up that makes the ball go in the basket." Zoey said.
"Whatever, you're just jealous." Lola said.
"Yeah, I'm so jealous that I don't look like a witch!" Michelle said sarcastically.
Lola had brown hair, which is messed up, cause she has yellow highlights, and she wears black lipstick everyday.
"Okay, Dana you're team captain!" Zoey cheered.
"Okay, I'll go for the start jump." Michelle said she was taller than everyone else by at least 2 inches.
"Okay, let's get the game started." Logan said and threw the ball up in the air. Michelle hit it and passed it to Zoey.
Zoey started dribbling, looked around and passed it to me, I dribbled, did a 3-pointer and swish, it went in. Logan took out some girls and put in new ones, so we rotated, so everyone would have the chance to play. He told us to watch carefully even if we were on the sidelines, so we could learn some footwork that the other players had, or learn how position ourselves. I did exactly that, since I needed to prove to Logan and Ms. Johnson that I was capable of learning and that I was just as good as the other girls.
Amber passed the ball to me, I shot the ball then a girl named Brooke blocked my shot, I got frustrated, and started having a tantrum.
"It's okay, Dana, I know how you feel." Logan said in a soft calm voice.
"Sorry." I said and started turning red.
I noticed Ashley and Lola giving each other an eyebrow look saying 'what's up with them?' Ashley and Lola were the slutty girls, who think the whole world revolves around them, along with some other girls, they even think that 'goth' is the 'in' look that's why they dress like that.
Xoxoxoxoxo - -
Lola got taken out and Logan put in Camilla. Lola and I were benched with a couple of other girls, who I must say are completely slutty, like her. Ashley joined us in 5 min.
"Looks like the coach has a soft spot for Cruz." Ashley said loud enough for the benched people to hear.
"Yeah, he's probably going to ask her to have a one-on-one basketball game. If you know what I mean." Lola said.
They diverted their attention to me.
"You know Dana, last year a couple of girls tried to seduce Logan." Ashley said.
"Why?" I asked, not really caring.
"Why? Dana, open your eyes, in a scale from one to ten, he's like a 100." A slutty girl named Stacy joined in.
"Does it matter what he is on the 'scale'?" I asked.
"Sure it does, the tougher and hotter they look the harder they fall for a girl." Lola said.
"I bet," I mumbled to myself.
"Okay, how much?" She asked.
"What? No, I was just talking to myself!" I said.
"Yeah, right Dana Cruz is a chicken!" Ashley said.
That's when I got angry; no one calls Dana Cruz a chicken.
"Okay, how 'bout 20?" I asked.
They looked surprised.
"No thanks, I feel like I'm taking candy from a baby, so 10." Lola said and shook my hand.
"Ladies, this is not a social camp, get with the program!" He shouted at us.
"Cruz, get in!" He said to me, I nodded and went in the game.
Zoey got taken out, so I played with Michelle and Amber, and Ashley, she got put in after me.
We played half-court basketball for 3 more hours and when the day ended and we put our hands in and gave a shout.
Xoxoxoxoxo - -
"Dana! Zoey!" Michelle and Amber called for us in the girl's locker room.
"Hey! What's up?" Zoey asked.
"Not much, ugh I'm extremely tired, I can barely walk." Amber complained.
"Same, can we change our girl's night out 'til the end of camp?" I asked.
"Sure, I don't think it's a good thing to do anything after basketball camp, because if we keep walking our legs will fall off." Michelle said.
"I can't wait for then, okay see you guys tomorrow!" Zoey said as they walked off to the other direction, since they parked their cars there.
Zoey and I walked over to our cars.
"Hey, Zoe want to come over?" I asked.
"Yeah, sure, if you don't mind, can you come home with me first so I can drop off my car and then go to your place?" Zoey asked.
"Sure, if you want you can sleep over, so we just go to camp together tomorrow. Then I'll drop you off to your house." I said.
"Sounds great, come on, I'll lead the way to my place." She said and got in her car, and drove off. I followed.
Zoey's house took 20 minutes to get too, same like mine. When we got there, she parked her car in the driveway and got out. I got out as well. Her house was as big as my house but different design on the roof.
"Hey, come on in!" She said and opened her house.
Inside was like my house, living room, bathroom, and kitchen. I saw a little kid on the ground playing a video game.
"Hey Zoe, let me just finish this level." The kid said.
"Okay." She said and turned to me.
"Welcome to my place Dana!" She said.
"It's a nice place, it's like mine. Do you have a basement?" I asked.
"Nope." She answered.
"Oh, well then, you're may be smaller in levels." I said and laughed.
"Oh, let me introduce you to my little brother." She said.
"Dustin, come here!" She said.
A little boy came, he had blonde hair like Zoey but not exactly, his was a bit lighter.
"Dustin, this is my friend Dana Cruz." She said.
"Nice to meet ya!" He said.
"Oh, Zoe, dad wanted me to tell you to tell you to do the laundry." Dustin said.
"Sorry kiddo, I'm sleeping over at Dana's, you're 14, you should know how to do it." Zoey said.
"Fine, but remember what happened last time." Dustin warned.
"Yeah, but this time you take the red shirt OUT of the white shirts! Got it?" Zoey asked sternly.
"Got it!" Dustin said and ran upstairs.
"You've got a cute brother." I said.
"Not even, he's an angel when visitors are around but a devil when it's just me." Zoey said and laughed.
I felt a bit guilty when to the whole devil part, it reminded me of the bet Lola and I had, I wish I could tell Zoey this, I probably will tonight.
"Come on, I need to get my clothes." She said and we headed upstairs to her room.
Her room was so cute, well in a princess kind of way, her bed had a lace hanging over it, the room was painted lavender and it was so organized.
"Zoe, your room is so organized! Mine is nothing like this!" I said.
"Well, that's just how I am." She said packing her clothes in her gym bag.
"I'm done, let's go!" She said and we headed downstairs.
"Bye Dustin!" She cried and I did the same.
We exited her house and we went in my car. I put the top down and drove home. When we got there my mom was watering the garden.
"Hey baby!" She greeted us.
"Hey mom, this is Zoey Brooks, she's in the same camp, we've only known each other for like 3 days but it's like we're best friends!" I said.
"Nice to meet you Zoey!" My mom said.
"Nice to meet you too Mrs. Cruz Dana's extremely lucky to have a mom who's a romance writer." She said.
"Not if my mom posts juicy scenes around the place." I joked.
Zoey and my mom laughed.
"Mom can Zoey sleep over tonight?" I asked.
"Sure she can, you have another pull out bed underneath yours." She replied.
"Thanks mom!" I said and grabbed Zoey's wrist and pulled her inside.
We raced up the stairs and I opened my room.
"Dana, you're room is so like you!" Zoey said in awe.
ZOEY'S POV:
Dana's room is amazing! She had a white room that had black and red stripes at the corners where the walls would meet. She had a computer table, with her laptop, I-pod speakers and she has a big screen T.V! I can get use to this.
She also has a very nice mom.
END POV:
"So, Dana, where do I sleep again?" Zoey asked.
"Oh, hold on…" Dana said, she bent over and pulled out a bed underneath hers. (A/N: My bed's like that :P)
"Oh, your bed is a space saver, nice." Zoey said.
"Thanks." Dana said.
"Oh, if you don't mind, can you put your clothes in my walk-in closet? My mom's a bit touchy about clothes on the ground or whatever." Dana asked.
"Sure, YOU HAVE A WALK-IN CLOSET?" Zoey screamed.
"Yeah, here I'll show you, then you can un-pack. Not that you have a lot to unpack, but yeah." Dana said.
Dana and Zoey headed to her walk-in closet, Dana opened the door and walked in, Zoey just stared in awe.
"Oh my goodness, I am in heaven!" Zoey squealed.
She looked at Dana's shoes, heels, and even flats.
"You are so lucky to have a hip mom Dana, your mom's like totally into cleavage tops, tube tops and whatever." Zoey said.
"I take that as a compliment." Dana said and smiled.
"I'm done unpacking!" Zoey said she put her pj's and clothes for tomorrow on a rack.
"Okay, come on, let's relax our feet, I'm exhausted." Dana said.
"Okay!" Zoey said and they went back into Dana's room.
Dana clicked the AC on and relaxed on the bed. Zoey sat on the same bed, so they could talk.
DANA'S POV:
"Zoey, what else do you know about Logan?" I asked.
"Well, he graduated from Stonegate, but I don't know which university he's going to, He's raised by his grandmother and everything he has he earned it, Logan's not poor, but he doesn't have a lot of money. He got a scholarship to a university which I don't know, He's kind of the private type, you have to drag out his personal life." Zoey said.
"Oh, so he's working at Stonegate because?" I asked.
"Like I said, not a lot of money, so he's working there to get some money to support him and his granny." She continued.
"Oh, he's really caring isn't he?" I asked.
"Yeah, he cares about his family, but he doesn't care about the girls gossiping saying how hot he is, that's why he wears that face, cause he heard that comment a lot of times." Zoey said.
"Oh, I see." I said.
My phone rang, I put it on speaker so Zoey could hear.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Hey Dana, it's Chase, do you want to come over? Jason's not home yet but yeah." Chase asked.
"Sure, can I bring a friend along?" I asked.
"Sure, who is she?" Chase asked.
"You'll see. Bye!" I said and hung up.
I turned to Zoey, and smiled.
"Want to come, you'll meet Chase and Jason, when he comes home." I persuaded.
"Sure!" She said and got off my bed.
"Change, so be right back!" I said.
"Um, Dana, I don't have any clothes to change into." Zoey said.
"Oh, right, here I'll let you borrow my pink tank top, I don't like wearing it, and my white shorts." I said and handed Zoey those clothes.
"Thanks, I'm sure it'll fit me, you and I are aren't much bigger than each other." She said.
"I'll go change in the washroom." I said, Zoey nodded.
I came out wearing a black tank top with red shorts.
I knocked at my room, to see if Zoey was changed.
"Hey, you changed?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm coming out!" Zoey said and opened the door.
"It does fit you!" I said.
Zoey smiled.
Zoey's the kind of friend whose friendliness can make you forget how great she looks, she has blonde hair, with light brown eyes. She's as tall as I am; she has bigger hips than I do, and probably a bigger chest.
We headed downstairs.
"Mom, we're going to stoop-sit with Chase!" I said.
"Sure, be back around 6:30, dinner's almost ready." She said from the kitchen.
We headed to Chase's house. He already had a pitcher of lemonade on a table and 3 chairs, him sitting on one.
"Hey Chase!" I said.
"Hey Dana!" He said and smiled.
"Hello." Zoey said.
"Hello, and who might you be?" He asked.
"Oh, sorry for not introducing, this is Zoey Brooks, Zoey, this is Chase Matthews." I said.
"Nice to meet you!" they both said at the same time.
All they did was stare at each other; the Zoey I knew was out of the premises.
"Chase works as a dishwasher at a restaurant." I said trying to make conversation.
"Interesting." Zoey said.
"He has a major in Bio." I said.
"Wow." Zoey replied.
Apparently Zoey's responses when Chase is around are one word.
"Um, you know I make my own lemonade, I grow mint in my backyard." He said.
"Cool." Zoey said.
"Do you want some?" Chase asked.
"Sure." She said and took the glass from Chase's hand.
I looked at my watch, 6:30; wow it's been half an hour already?
"Zoey, we have to go, it's time for Dinner." I said.
"Okay, bye Chase!" She said dreamily.
"Bye Zoey." He said.
I was so offended, he didn't even say bye to me.
"Sorry you couldn't meet Jason, he probably didn't come home yet." I said.
"It's okay, I'll come here another time." Zoey said coolly.
We headed back home and I smelled, Italian, ooh, probably pasta or something.
"Smell's good mom!" I called out.
She popped her head out of the kitchen.
"Italian, do you like it Zoey?" My mom asked.
"I love pasta!" Zoey said.
Zoey was back onto earth.
"Alrighty! It's time for dinner!" My mom said excitedly.
Zoey and I sat down and mom started to put spaghetti on our plates.
"Thanks Mrs. Cruz." Zoey said and smiled.
"No problem Zoey." She said.
"Thanks mom!" I said
"You're welcome baby." I said.
We ate for about an 1 hour, talking about Zoey's life, my mom even asked her questions that normal parents wouldn't do, and Zoey happily answered it, like 'Do you have a boyfriend?' or 'What kind of boys do you like?' or 'Do you prefer Spanish, Portuguese or Italian boys?'
My mom's like that, when it comes to meeting new people, especially if they're girls and my age. My mom can get along with anyone.
We finished dinner and Zoey and I headed upstairs.
"You're mom is insanely cool!" Zoey laughed.
"I know she's like that when my friends come over." I replied.
We went inside my room and sat down on my black and red beanie bags.
"When did you meet Chase?" Zoey asked.
"Well, I met him like the second day I came here, he's big into sports, but also likes to keep up his grades." I said.
"Brains and Brawn." Zoey pointed out.
"Yep." I replied.
"I can't wait 'til basketball camp tomorrow, it's our 3rd day!" she said.
That made me feel guilty, I had to tell her somehow, but how?
"Zoey! I made a bet with Lola!" I burst out, shocking Zoey.
"Pardon?" She asked.
"I made a bet with Lola." I said.
"Okay, anything that deals with Lola can't be good." She said seriously.
"What was the bet Dana?" She asked.
"The bet was that she couldn't seduce Logan." I said.
"So, you're saying that both of you have to try to seduce Logan?" She asked.
"Well, she said that the tougher and hotter a guy looks, the harder they fall for a girl, and I said 'I bet.' Like you know, muttered it under my breath, and she heard me, and she was all "how much?" and then Ashley, her friend I think you know her, said 'Ooh, Dana's a chicken." Then that set me off. "Then I said 20 bucks." And then Lola was all " Oh, no I feel like I'm taking candy from a baby, 10.' Then she just took my hand and shook it." I said and put my head down.
"Well, at least you didn't bet that you had to seduce him too, but Lola thinks you did." She said trying to backtrack.
"Yeah, pretty much it." I said.
"Dana, do you know how much trouble Logan can get into if Lola actually does that! You should know that since your dad's a coach! You have to tell Logan, not tomorrow, it's too soon, maybe like on Thursday. We need to see what Lola does to seduce him. Then we'll tell." Zoey said.
"Okay, sounds like a plan." I said.
"It's like 8, what time do you usually sleep?" Zoey asked.
"Around 9-9:30." I replied.
"Okay, well we'll see what Lola does tomorrow, how 'bout we watch some T.V?" Zoey asked.
"Sure!" Dana said and turned on the T.V. They watched it until 9 and went to sleep.
Logan had a game plan for the team tomorrow, but little did he know another game had just started…
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