Tori had walked into her house the next morning to see her mother sitting on the couch.
Holly smiled at her. "Hey, Tor."
Tori smiled back. "Hey, Mom."
"What's happening?"
"Not much. Just here to get my basketball uniform."
"Okay, Tori."
Tori then walked up to her room to get her uniform. After she got it, she headed back to Chris's house, telling her mom bye.
Later, David walked downstairs and heard his wife's phone go off and he looked and saw a text from Gary that read 'We still on for tonight?'.
David frowned at this as Holly walked downstairs.
"David? What's wrong?" Holly asked.
David held her phone up. "Care to explain what Gary, my partner is doing sending my wife a text that reads if they're 'still on for tonight'?" He asked.
"David, Gary and I are just hanging out. That's all. You know I love you." Holly said, lying about her and Gary.
David sighed, but nodded. "I know. I'm sorry, Holly. These murders just have me on edge." He said.
She smiled. "It's okay."
After school ended for the day, Chris had invited Beck and Andre, along with the rest of the guys on the boys basketball team, to his house to use the court in his backyard for practice as the girls basketball team was using the gym at Hollywood Arts.
"Alright, ladies, listen up." Chris said, a joking tone when he said 'ladies'. "I know we're scared about these murders, but we can't let that fear stop us from winning tonight's game. So let's make this practice good and then give our all at the game. Hell yeah?"
"Hell yeah!" His teammates said.
"Alright! Let's do this!" He said then they began to practice.
In the gym, Tori and Jade met with their team.
"Let me do the talking, Jade." Tori said.
"Good thinking." Jade said.
"Okay, girls. Listen up." Tori said to the rest of their team. "Just because we're scared from these killings doesn't mean we can't push that fear out of our minds for tonight, right?" She asked and the other girls nodded. "Okay. Then let's practice hard and try our damnedest to win tonight. Let's get to it!" She said then they began to practice.
Outside the school, in the Asphalt Café, Cat looked at the girls on her cheerleading squad. "Okay, girls. I know we're on edge, but tonight, we have to relax and cheer for our teams tonight. I know we can do it. Let's run through the routine." She said then she and the cheerleaders did just that.
Later, the boys basketball team headed to the school to be ready for the game.
In the Vega house, David, who was wearing his uniform, looked at Holly. "Coming to the game?" He asked.
"I would, but I don't feel so good." Holly lied.
"I'm sorry, Holly." David said. "I'll let the girls know when I get there." He added then headed out the door. An hour later, Gary arrived and he and Holly smiled at each other then headed to her and David's room.
At the school, several police officers, some undercover, were at the game, just in case the Hollywood Arts Killer made an appearance. Cat and the rest of the cheerleaders were doing a pre-game routine to get the crowd amped up, with Trina, who was the school's mascot, a raven, helping the cheerleaders.
When they finished a few minutes later, Sikowitz walked onto the court with a microphone in his hand.
"Okay, people! Who's ready for some basketball?!" He asked and the crowd applauded and cheered. "Excellent! As we always do, the girls will play first." He said then Tori, Jade, and their teammates ran into the court as Sikowitz sat next to Robbie, who operated the scoreboard.
Their game ended with Hollywood Arts winning, Cat cheering wilder and louder than the other girls on her squad whenever Tori scored.
Chris looked at his teammates once Tori, Jade, and their teammates were off the court. "Alright, look alive, boys! Here we go!" He said then led his teammates onto the court.
The guys won their game as well, the crowd for Hollywood Arts going crazy, afterward. The gang went to Chris's house after that, all still in uniform then they all changed out of their uniforms and into regular clothes.
"Man, that was awesome!" Tori said.
"You're damn right, Tori!" Chris said.
"Let's party, y'all!" Andre said.
"Hell, yeah!" The others said then partied all night, glad it was the weekend now.
Meanwhile, David arrived home and made his way to his room to see Holly and David making out in his bed.
He went wide eyed with shock and fury. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!" He shouted and they looked at him.
"David..." Gary started.
"No! You, out! Now!" He ordered. Gary quickly got dressed then left as David frowned at Holly. "You lied to me!"
"David, please..." Holly tried.
"No. You wanna be with him so badly, then fine." He said.
Hurt, Holly got dressed then left with Gary.
That's chapter seven. I'd like to thank ThoughWeAreWorldsApart for helping me come up with a few things for this chapter. Next chapter will have a murder. Review and I'll post more chapters.
