The minute she laid eyes on the river court, she knew this place was magical. The worn down pavement had no court lines, or centre circle. But it was the most beautiful basketball court Brooke had ever seen. The baskets were nothing spectacular either. Wooden backboards and metal nets made up the basket. There was a river just beside, and a forest, on the other side of the court.
Brooke walked around, just looking at this magical location. She finally joined Lucas at the old wooden picnic table. They sat together in silence for what seemed like hours. Finally, Brooke broke the deafening quiet.
"So how did you find this place?" she asked, referring to the park.
"When I was little, my uncle would take me here to play basketball. Now, my friends and I usually hang out here after school to play."
"So are you any good?" Brooke asked, referring to basketball.
Lucas gave her a puzzled look.
Taking in his confusion, Brooke chuckled, and said "at basketball!"
Lucas decided to play this up with a challenge. "Why don't you find out," he answered cockily. Jogging over to his truck, he pulled out a basketball.
Brooke was always up for a challenge. Ever since she was little she always strived for competition. "Sure thing hot stuff." She bent down and took off her black leather boots. There was no way she was getting them dirty.
Lucas watched her do this and laughed. 'What a girl' he thought. Laughing silently to himself, he jogged back over to his trunk, and turned his headlights on, as it was getting dark. When he returned she was standing at the centre circle, smiling at him.
'Oh he is so dead' she thought. Brooke had actually played basketball, for several years, and managed to be the top scorer for her team. Lucas didn't need to know this little bit of information though.
Lucas grinned as he walked towards the circle, at which Brooke was now centring of.
Two hours later, Brooke and Lucas laughed in a small, but elegant café. Lucas' mom's café to be exact. After a grueling game of one on one, Lucas was humiliated. Brooke didn't beat him, but made it pretty darn close. It was only after, when they had retreated to his car, that she mentioned her past basketball career to him. So there they sat, in Karen's café, talking like they had been best friends for years.
Sorry about the delay, I've been away for the past few weeks. Also, I changed the first chapter, so they didn't meet during the school day, it was actually after the basketball game, and Lucas WAS on the team. I thought it worked better. PLZ REVIEW =)