Excited one more chapter to go until this episode finishes!
The spies met Jerry in front of the alley where the subdued Gillette.
"Good job spies," Jerry congratulated them once again. "It's good to know I didn't put you six up on a goose chase.
"Well, in this case, it's better to be safe then sorry," Megan replied.
An anticipating crowd of students lined the perimeter of the court including Tony, his siblings, and Fiona. The students were divided between Team Lee and Team Jeff fighting for dominance in the Form of their cheers and roots
"Go Lee!" Marc shouted.
Tony yelled, "You got this bro!"
"Yeah Lee," Meagan applauded. "I think we should cheer for Jeff too. He's our new friend after all."
"That's sounds like a great plan," Marc agreed. "Go Jeff, go Lee!" He shouted. His siblings sooned joined in.
Lee glanced over one more time at his siblings. Their encouragement towards Jeff irked him slightly but amplified his determination.
Wilber Gibson lifted the ball up. He brought a polished, metal whistle to his lips and blew. Then he launched the baseball into the air.
Jeff swatted the orange sphere out of Lee's reach, then took two easy strides towards the rolling bal ball and took possession. Fixed and alert, Lee was quick to guard him closely.
With Lee on his heels, Jeff was still able to make at the end of the court already. Lee was standing toe to toe in front of him. He spread his body wide making sure he didn't take the shot. However with his lankly limbs and higher structure, Jeff easily threw the ball over Lee's head. It made swift a woosh through the net.
"Not good for Lee," Marc observed
"He still has a chance to win," Megan said hopefully.
Lee was a millisecond close to snatching the ball, but Jeff procured possession again. He was about to do a lay up when, right before release, Lee jumped and pushed his shooting arm. This messed up the shot. It bounced off the rim.
Set on getting the ball, Lee aggressively snatched it. He went dribbling back down the court. Jeff was on his tail. Every time he tried to steal the ball, Lee used his reflexes to counter it.
He made a sharp turn to the left catching Jeff off guard. This give him the chance to shoot, and it went through the net.
The crowd cried in triumph, but he didn't have the time to soak in his glory yet. They raced to grab the ball once again.
It was a score of five to six. Jeff was in the lead. Lee had the ball though and was only a few yards away from the net. He bent sprung off the ground and shot the ball, but Jeff hit it in mid air. The ball bounced away. Both of of them scrambled but this time Lee was faster. Lee was face to face with Jeff. Not letting him advance closer. Lee was fast as a bullet rapidly shifting back and forth to throw Jeff off. In a little moment, Lee saw his opportunity. He barged through the slight opening, shot at the three point line, and made it.
Now the scored was tied. Exhaustion creeped upon them but their levels competitiveness didn't abate.
Jeff stole the ball. Lee guarded him. They were too far from the basket for Jeff to shoot and how Lee was blocking him, he didn't give him the chance to move forward. Jeff quickly dribbling backwards opening between them distance. This allowed him a split second to dash past Lee, only by a margin.
Jeff sprinted down the court. The repeated pounding ball against the court matched nature of the audience's heartbeats. Then to half of the crowds dismay, Jeff scored.
He was the first to seven points. Jeff won.
Exhausted, deflated, and defeated, Lee grabbed his knees as he breathed heavily.
Everybody surrounded Jeff. Even his siblings made a brief moment to congratulate his victory before coming to Lee's side.
"That was so close Lee," Tony said cautiously but never the less, sincere.
"You were really amazing," Marc said, patting his brother's back.
"Yeah but I still lost," he huffed.
"True, but it was a really good game. Jeff was a skilled match," Megan pointed out
"I guess I did," he said, finally catching his breath.
He took a big sip of water. He hesitated but then decided go toward's Jeff and his new fans. At first glance, it appeared Jeff was taking it modestly restraining from acting as a praised king but from the gleam in his eye, Lee could tell Jeff was enjoying himself immensely.
As they saw Lee approach the, everyone stopped and stared. They cleared a way for Lee to get to Jeff watching what how the loser will confront his opponent.
Lee stopped and locked eyes with Jeff. Then he stocked out his hand. "Good game," he said a smile appearing on his face.
Jeff made his little but respectful nod and then shook his hand.
Tony watched as he walked away but then stopped and turned back. "Hey Jeff we should play again and shoot some time together."
At this Jeff gave him another nod and tiniest of a smile.
"Okay I don't know about you guys but I think I will go to the library. I heard there having dozens of new books shipped in," Marc announced.
"Library! Wow Marc never really had guessed that," Lee teased.
Marc returned with a roll of his eyes and went off.
"And I'll be going down to the park and do some trash pick up," Megan added. "What are you going to do after school Tony?"
"I think I will be going to hang with my girl-" Tony's sentence was interrupted with a beep in his pocket. Tony pulled out his phone and checked his notifications. He received a text from Kasey and read it out loud, "I think we should break up. It's not you. It's me."
Tony blinked and read it again not believing his eyes.
His sister scoffed, "Over text no doubt. How tacky."
"Kasey broke up with you huh? That's a real shame," Said Lee. "She's really shallow though. Hot but shallow. Only a half loss."
Tony stood there for a moment. Then he realized he actually wasn't upset over their break up. Sure, he was going to miss some of the benefits of being with her. Megan was right though. Breaking up over text was a such a lame move. Tony was irked more than anything.
"I can't believe she broke up with me over text," Tony huffed out loud despite what Megan already said before.
Megan glanced over at the crowd surrounding Jeff. "And I think I know why she broke it off."
Tony fallowed her glance. Kasey was of the many girls trying to flirt with the new victor of basketball. He sighed in understanding. "Oh I see. I knew girls were into guys who are taller and bigger."
"No," Megan argued, "It's not that, Tony. You just shouldn't date someone for status or who is that shallow."
