(here is the next chapter! i am really loving this story! i am have like no mental blocks at all for it, so YAY! hope you like it :) )
Trinity woke up Sunday morning, feeling really pumped. It was her first game today and she was ready. She got up and threw on her sweats and her hoodie. Fishing her look off with her new pink Nikes and tying her hair into a pony tail and she was ready. She decided every morning before her games she would go jogging, to blow off all her steam. She jogged all around her block and then over to Karen's because she knew Lucas took the early shifts on Sundays, giving his mom a break. She got there just as the open sign was changing, Trinity seeing her older brother looking tired but ready. She opened the door and took her usual stool at the counter, the stool where she first sat when she met Lucas, it was her place there ever since. He smiled as she came in.
"You here for some breakfast or what?" he said laugng.
"Actually, I came here just to make sure that you were coming to my game today...you are arent you?" she said, eagerly.
"Of course I am and Haley might come too, okay?"
"That's fine, I doubt my dad or Nate will come so I'm glad you'll be there, " she smiled getting up, "I've gotta get home because you know someone might figure out I'm not there but I doubt it, I'll see you later!"
"Bye!" he called back to her as she left.
Trinity ran back to her house, hunger growing in her stomach. When she got home her brother wasn't up nor was her dad. And these days, she didn't even know where her mom was. Business in New York then in Washington and she hadn't even been home for two weeks. Trinity popped a bagel into the toaster and sat down at the table, opening the newspaper to the sports. There in the middle of the highschool sports section was her brother, again. She rolled her eyes and moved over to the comics, her favourite section. At about 9:30 her dad came out of his office, dressed in his sweats too yelling at Nathan to get up. Trinity rolled her eyes and walked over to her room planning to get ready for her game which was at 11:30 in her school gym. She walked over to the bathroom, planning to shower when her brother ran ahead of her.
"Nathan! I need to shower!" she yelled through the door.
"Yah, so do I!" he yelled back. She rolled her eyes and went back to her room hearing her dad say something about letting him shower first. I knew she liked him better, she thought, man I hate him! About half-an-hour later Nathan retreated from the shower so Trinity ran in and showered quickly, getting to hot water though, just that not-so-warm water. She just shrugged it off and continued getting ready. When she got out her dad was standing in the front hallway, waiting for her to finish obviously.
"Trinity, Nathan and I are going to the gym, we'll be home later!" he said walking out the door.
"Wait! What about my game?" but he was gone.
Trinity sighed angrily and went back to her room. She grabbed her gym bag and her rollerblades and made her way to the school. Once there, she joined her teammates in the locker room, throwing on her red and black Jersey, looking in the mirror to see if she looked okay. She glared at the Tiger on the front of her jersey and smiled. Today, her anger with her family was going onto the court. Her number was 26, Nathan's number plus Lucas's number. She smiled again, fixed her pony tail and headed onto the court with her friends with her videocamera. Once in the court, practicing, she noticed Haley and Lucas walk in. She ran up to them smiling and gave Lucas her videocamera, asking him to tape some of the game for her. He took it and they headed up to the top row of the stands, in the corner.
When the game started, Lucas noticed something about the way his sister played basketball. She played liek Nathan, smoothly with aggression but she didn't do one thing he did. She didn't yell at her teammates if they missed and she actually cheered if they scores. And she passed alot too, another trait Nathan was without. Trinity ended up scoring 27 of the 54 points of the game, more than half. After the game, when all the parents came down the congradulate the kids, Trinity was alone. Finally after saying thanks to all the congradulations from other parents, Lucas came up to her and hugged her. She smiled and went to change. When she came out, Lucas was still there, him and Haley looking over the footage he got. Once they were outside, Lucas offered her a ride home which she took happily, too pooped to rollerblade. When she got home, her brother and father weren't home yet so she went up to her room to change.
That night when her dad and brother did come home, Trinity was sitting on her bed, looking at a picture album. Her dad came to her room asking her to come for dinner but she said she wasn't hungry. While Nathan and her dad sat in front of the T.V., Trinity had a plan to get at her dad. She snuck into his office, leaving her videocamera on her basketball game footage. She also left a sticky not on it, which read: We won...how was the gym? then she signed her name.
Later that night, Trinity was sitting in her room, reading a book about basketball when she heard her father's footsteps near her room. He knocked on the door and without an answer came in.
"Trinity, what is this supposed to mean, I don't get it..." he said, looking into her eyes. She sat up on her bed and glared at him, she knew she was finally going to get to tell him how she felt.
"You don't get it?" she said in her usual tone, "OK, you know what I dont get? I don't get how you could go to everyone of Nathan's practices and games and then you miss my game to go to the gym!" she said but continued, not letting him get a word in, "And I dont get how you are going to tell me you forgot, even though I wrote you a reminder and marked it on your calender, and I dont get how you could come up here and say that, about to ruin the best day of my life on which I played my best game of basketball and I dont get how you could ignore your only daughter, only caring about Nathan!" she yelled at him, standing up and grabbing her sweatshirt, " I hate you!!!" She ran down the stairs and out of the house, grabbing her basketball.
Dan stood there, taking in what his daughter just said to him. He felt hurt but remembered he did forget his name. He turned on the videocamera, looking at the end of the game footage. She was named player of the game with 27 points and 7 assists. He sighed, looking into her room. He walked back into the living room, dropping the videocamera beside Nathan and he sulked into his office, slamming the door and locking it.
Nathan had just heard everything his sister said and agreed with it. His dad did ignore her most of the time and he was way too involved with his son's life. Nathan turned off the T.V. and looked at the camera. Trinity had played really well, and there was no one there to congradulate her. He sighed, thinking about following her but let her be. She probably wasn't too happy with him either.
(there we go! R&R! :) )
Trinity woke up Sunday morning, feeling really pumped. It was her first game today and she was ready. She got up and threw on her sweats and her hoodie. Fishing her look off with her new pink Nikes and tying her hair into a pony tail and she was ready. She decided every morning before her games she would go jogging, to blow off all her steam. She jogged all around her block and then over to Karen's because she knew Lucas took the early shifts on Sundays, giving his mom a break. She got there just as the open sign was changing, Trinity seeing her older brother looking tired but ready. She opened the door and took her usual stool at the counter, the stool where she first sat when she met Lucas, it was her place there ever since. He smiled as she came in.
"You here for some breakfast or what?" he said laugng.
"Actually, I came here just to make sure that you were coming to my game today...you are arent you?" she said, eagerly.
"Of course I am and Haley might come too, okay?"
"That's fine, I doubt my dad or Nate will come so I'm glad you'll be there, " she smiled getting up, "I've gotta get home because you know someone might figure out I'm not there but I doubt it, I'll see you later!"
"Bye!" he called back to her as she left.
Trinity ran back to her house, hunger growing in her stomach. When she got home her brother wasn't up nor was her dad. And these days, she didn't even know where her mom was. Business in New York then in Washington and she hadn't even been home for two weeks. Trinity popped a bagel into the toaster and sat down at the table, opening the newspaper to the sports. There in the middle of the highschool sports section was her brother, again. She rolled her eyes and moved over to the comics, her favourite section. At about 9:30 her dad came out of his office, dressed in his sweats too yelling at Nathan to get up. Trinity rolled her eyes and walked over to her room planning to get ready for her game which was at 11:30 in her school gym. She walked over to the bathroom, planning to shower when her brother ran ahead of her.
"Nathan! I need to shower!" she yelled through the door.
"Yah, so do I!" he yelled back. She rolled her eyes and went back to her room hearing her dad say something about letting him shower first. I knew she liked him better, she thought, man I hate him! About half-an-hour later Nathan retreated from the shower so Trinity ran in and showered quickly, getting to hot water though, just that not-so-warm water. She just shrugged it off and continued getting ready. When she got out her dad was standing in the front hallway, waiting for her to finish obviously.
"Trinity, Nathan and I are going to the gym, we'll be home later!" he said walking out the door.
"Wait! What about my game?" but he was gone.
Trinity sighed angrily and went back to her room. She grabbed her gym bag and her rollerblades and made her way to the school. Once there, she joined her teammates in the locker room, throwing on her red and black Jersey, looking in the mirror to see if she looked okay. She glared at the Tiger on the front of her jersey and smiled. Today, her anger with her family was going onto the court. Her number was 26, Nathan's number plus Lucas's number. She smiled again, fixed her pony tail and headed onto the court with her friends with her videocamera. Once in the court, practicing, she noticed Haley and Lucas walk in. She ran up to them smiling and gave Lucas her videocamera, asking him to tape some of the game for her. He took it and they headed up to the top row of the stands, in the corner.
When the game started, Lucas noticed something about the way his sister played basketball. She played liek Nathan, smoothly with aggression but she didn't do one thing he did. She didn't yell at her teammates if they missed and she actually cheered if they scores. And she passed alot too, another trait Nathan was without. Trinity ended up scoring 27 of the 54 points of the game, more than half. After the game, when all the parents came down the congradulate the kids, Trinity was alone. Finally after saying thanks to all the congradulations from other parents, Lucas came up to her and hugged her. She smiled and went to change. When she came out, Lucas was still there, him and Haley looking over the footage he got. Once they were outside, Lucas offered her a ride home which she took happily, too pooped to rollerblade. When she got home, her brother and father weren't home yet so she went up to her room to change.
That night when her dad and brother did come home, Trinity was sitting on her bed, looking at a picture album. Her dad came to her room asking her to come for dinner but she said she wasn't hungry. While Nathan and her dad sat in front of the T.V., Trinity had a plan to get at her dad. She snuck into his office, leaving her videocamera on her basketball game footage. She also left a sticky not on it, which read: We won...how was the gym? then she signed her name.
Later that night, Trinity was sitting in her room, reading a book about basketball when she heard her father's footsteps near her room. He knocked on the door and without an answer came in.
"Trinity, what is this supposed to mean, I don't get it..." he said, looking into her eyes. She sat up on her bed and glared at him, she knew she was finally going to get to tell him how she felt.
"You don't get it?" she said in her usual tone, "OK, you know what I dont get? I don't get how you could go to everyone of Nathan's practices and games and then you miss my game to go to the gym!" she said but continued, not letting him get a word in, "And I dont get how you are going to tell me you forgot, even though I wrote you a reminder and marked it on your calender, and I dont get how you could come up here and say that, about to ruin the best day of my life on which I played my best game of basketball and I dont get how you could ignore your only daughter, only caring about Nathan!" she yelled at him, standing up and grabbing her sweatshirt, " I hate you!!!" She ran down the stairs and out of the house, grabbing her basketball.
Dan stood there, taking in what his daughter just said to him. He felt hurt but remembered he did forget his name. He turned on the videocamera, looking at the end of the game footage. She was named player of the game with 27 points and 7 assists. He sighed, looking into her room. He walked back into the living room, dropping the videocamera beside Nathan and he sulked into his office, slamming the door and locking it.
Nathan had just heard everything his sister said and agreed with it. His dad did ignore her most of the time and he was way too involved with his son's life. Nathan turned off the T.V. and looked at the camera. Trinity had played really well, and there was no one there to congradulate her. He sighed, thinking about following her but let her be. She probably wasn't too happy with him either.
(there we go! R&R! :) )