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Chapter 13

Dating

The next couple of weeks went by quickly. The reason it took us so long to start going out on dates is we've been rather busy with our schedules. I had basketball and choir, and he had band, drama, and all sorts of things. It was mid Feburary, before we had a night that really worked. It was a Friday. Tomorrow was Valentine's Day. On Monday we started the playoffs. I was sitting in the cafeteria before school, and Jason walked up. "Hey, Savannah," he said.

"Hey, Jason."

"Are you doing anything tomorrow?"

"Not really."

"You want to go to a movie or something?"
"Sure. I'd love to."

"Say around, 5 o'clock."

"Sounds like a plan. My practice is in the morning, so it shouldn't be a problem. I went through the day and got a ride from Ali. I okayed the date with my parents, and went out back to shoot some hoops with Ali. I've been begging my parents for a basketball hoop, and when Ali moved in, my parents gave in. Ali played some one-on-one. Then I went inside to do some homework. My parents said I could go on the date as long as my homework was done. It didn't take me long to do it. I showed it to my parents and went for a walk. I passed a basketball court. There were some people playing, so I just watched. They were all black girls. Most of them looked to be adults. I watched them play for a while before someone saw me.

"Can we help you," asked the girl?
"I'm just watching," I replied. In the backround, a few of the girls were talking.

"What's your name?"

"Savannah. What's your's?"
"Tara."

"Nice to meet you Tara."

"You any good?"

"Yeah." One of the older girls walked up behind.

"I know you, you play for the high school team, right?"

"Yeah, I do."

"You're the freshman girl, aren't you?"
"That would be me."

"Care to join us?"

"Maybe another day. I've got to get back home. It is almost dinnertime." l walked home. I washed up for dinner, which was hamloaf. We sat down and ate. Then I watched some TV. Around 10, I went to bed. We had practice at 9 the next morning. Coach wanted to get us ready for the playoffs. We had to get through 4 games to get to state, something our school has never done. We got the number one seed, ranked #1 in our class, and are 22-0, 12-0 in the conference. After practice, I took a shower and drove home with Ali. We went out on the trampoline and just jumped around. At 3:30, we had stopped and went inside at lunch around noon, I went and got ready for my date. Ali had her own date, someone in her class. Corey was just having a female friend, as he called her, over for dinner. I hoped through the shower near my room, and got dressed. I put on a dress I had gotten from my Grandma Kinkirk for Christmas. At 5 o'clock, I heard the doorbell ring, it was Ali's date. A few minutes later, Jason showed up. I was still getting ready. I could hear my parents talking to Jason as I made my way upstairs. "Hey, Jason," I said. His jaw dropped, I think my parents' jaws dropped too.

"You look beautiful, Savannah," said Jason.

"Thank you, Jason. Bye, mom, bye dad."

"Bye, sweety," said my mom, as Jason and I walked out to his car. He opened the door for me and I got in. We went and got tickets for the movie, and found our seats. Jason went and got some popcorn and pop. I waited patiently for him to return. We were watching, The Dream Team, which was a remake(A/N. The original starred Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle, and Stephen First. It is a very funny movie). Jason joined me about two minutes before the movie started.

"Sorry it took so long. The line was pretty big."

"That's okay." The movie started, and we watched it. He pulled the yawn thing so he could put his arm around me. I didn't mind. After the movie, which was very funny, we went out to the car and drove to a small local resturant. I had eaten here before, but only once. I ordered the sourdough melt, with french fries and a rootbeer.

"So what is your family like, Savannah," asked Jason?

"Well, I have an older sister, Ali, who you have probably met."

"Yeah, I have."

"I have three younger brothers, Corey who is a sixth grader, Jared who is in fourth grade, and Adam who is in second grade. What's your family like?"

"I have a younger sister, Kayla who is in 8th grade, and twins, Holly and Brent, who are in 3rd grade. Yeah, it can get pretty hectic at my house."

"I know how you feel. For sometime, I was the only girl in the house."

"I thought Ali was your older sister."

"She is, but we just adopted her over Christmas."

"Oh, right. I forgot about that."

"Yeah, it was an interesting experience dealing with all of my brothers. So how many cousins do you have, out of curiousity?"

"12, on my mom's side, 4 on my dad's side. You?"

"11 on my mom's side, and 4 on my dad's side."(A/N. They'll be brought in the next chapter) "So have you lived here all of your life?"

"Yeah, you?"

"Nope. Just moved here. My family moved from California in October.

"So how do you like it compare to there?"

"It's okay. It is a much smaller school than it was at Glenoak. Over there, our sports teams were 4-A, and there were 5 classes out there."

"Wow! That is a pretty big change."

"Yeah it is." After Jason paid the bill, we drove home. He pulled up in the driveway. "Thanks for the wondeful night, Jason."

"No problem." He opened the door for me and walked me up to the door. We just stood there for a few moments. Then he leaned into to kiss me. I started to lean in.

"Humph, hum," said my dad was apparently standing in the doorway.

"Hi, dad," I said. "Bye, Jason."
"Bye, Savannah. Goodnight Mr. Kinkirk."

"Goodnight," replied my dad. He gave me a weird look as I walked inside.

A/N. Please R&R. Hope you are enjoying. Please don't just read the story, review it. The ending to the chapter was not the original plan, but I thought it would be a little fun.

Preview: Ben Kinkirk and family come to visit. Savannah and the Hawks start the rode to the state tournament.