BLACKOUT
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Without even a spare minute to say hi to his girlfriend-of-a-year Gabriella, Troy rushed through the gym doors and bolted for the locker room. With only two minutes till game time Troy made it back to the indoor court and quickly jumped in the huddle with his team.
With only a quick glance at his son that promised a talk on the importance of being on time, Coach Bolton attempted to motivate his team.
"Alright guys – I know that this is only a charity game but that doesn't mean we can't give it our all, right? The Knights are NOT the charity cases. We're the champs here and everyone knows it. Give it your all out there or get out! Right?"
"What team?!" Chad shouted.
"WILDCATS!" his teammates shouted back.
"What team?!".
"WILDCATS!"
"What team?!"
"WILDCATS!"
"WILDCATS!!" Chad repeated back to his team.
"Get'cha head in the game!" they all shouted together.
After their traditional chant, as Troy was running onto the court he scanned the crowds for Gabriella until he finally found her sitting and talking avidly with Ryan Evans. Trying not to let his jealousy show, Troy had enough time to grab her attention and attempt to wave before the referee called him over to start the game.
Even though it was all for charity, Troy could still feel the beginnings of adrenaline pumping through his blood. He had a good feeling about this one…
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As soon as he finished slapping hands with the Knights, Troy ran to where he knew Gabriella would be sitting. The basketball star ran up and embraced her from behind. "Wanna celebrate alone tonight?" he whispered loudly in her ear because of all the crowd noise.
Gabriella pulled away from him and turned around. She subtly nodded. 'My house. 7.' She mouthed to him and then gave him a light push so he could go back to celebrating the Wildcats win with his teammates.
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An hour later Troy was still in the locker room with his teammates, celebrating not only the win, but that they had raised over $500 for local charities.
"Good job, dude!" One of the Wildcats yelled as they passed Troy's locker.
"Thanks, man – hey, you too!" Troy yelled back, not even sure of whom he was talking to.
Just as he was getting dressed, Troy heard the team leaving the locker room. He was about to join them when all of a sudden he felt dizzy. He sat down on the bench behind him and placed his head in the palms of his hands. Someone tapped him on the back and asked if he was all right. Troy didn't have time to answer before everything went black.
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The next time Troy opened his eyes, he felt like the earth was moving beneath him. He heard someone next to him say something about getting him home soon and immediately shut his eyes again.
END CHAPTER TWO
All right, another chapter down! Finally some real suspense, eh? I had more of this chapter written, but I think it's better that I just stop here and be evil xD Nah, I'm just kidding. I'll probably put the next chapter up sometime tomorrow.
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