A/N Here is the third chapter!

The duo walked over to them and the boys were so engrossed in their game that they only noticed the girls when they came near. Zac had the ball in his hand and was the last to notice them. He threw a ball aiming for the basket, and it went in. Nothing but net. "And he scores!" he exclaimed.

Vanessa was impressed. When she first met Zac, she really didn't think that he would be captain of their team. Chad, a guy with really curly hair asked, "Hey Alyson. Who's this?" Zac turned to look at the two girls. The new girl that he had met earlier that day was standing next to Alyson.

"Hi guys! Meet my new friend, Vanessa." Alyson introduced.

Vanessa heard a lot of 'hey's and 'hi's and responded to all of that with, "Hi!"

"You're the girl I met this morning, right?" Zac asked.

"Yeah, I didn't know you play basketball." Vanessa told him.

Before Zac could answer, "Play basketball? He's the king here! He's the captain and the best guy we've ever had!" Chad said. Zac blushed.

"Wow! That's amazing." Vanessa replied. "I saw all of you playing from a distance. It looked pretty good. Guess you're all working really hard for the championships, huh?"

"Very hard. We really want to win this time." Zac told her.

"And I'm pretty sure you will. All of you are amazing players. I mean, the co-ordination and trust and all, it will really help you guys." Vanessa assured.

There was a silence. No one spoke anything. They were all happy and impressed at what Vanessa just said. "You play basketball?" Chad asked.

Alyson answered for her. "She told me that she is a trained player from all of her previous schools."

Wow! The boys were really amazed. "How many years exactly have you been learning to play?" Zac asked her.

"Ever since I was eight years old."

"Awesome. You think you can show us what you've got?" Chad asked her, challengingly. "Right now?"

"Of course!" Vanessa said.

"Vanessa will beat you guys." Alyson said. All the boys looked at each other. That was seriously a challenge!

Vanessa grinned and thanked her in silently.

"So who am I up against?" She looked at all the boys individually. The boys murmured among themselves. "Do you think you can beat our captain at your first try?" A guy named Zeke, asked her.

Vanessa looked at Zac. He looked at her. She smiled and said, "If he's ready!"

"Don't worry, I am." Zac reassured, smilingly. There was a moment of silence, and all the boys and Alyson cleared out, giving them space to play. Vanessa and Zac looked at each other one more time, until they got the ball from Chad.

"You guys know the rules. First player to get three points wins. You have ten minutes." Chad said.

The game had started. Vanessa got the ball first and there was a lot of dribbling, grabbing shooting, catching until Vanessa finally got her first point. She was too busy continuing her game to notice everybody around cheering. There was more running around. Zac got his first point. Seven minutes were up. Zac got another point. Nine minutes and forty seconds. Vanessa grabbed the ball from Zac and tried to shoot the ball when she was almost four metres away. The ball went in. Ten minutes were up. Alyson and the boys were cheering very loudly. "That was amazing!" Zac exclaimed.

"Thanks, but I'm not as good as you. You were so great out there!" Vanessa said.

The crowd came closer and Alyson hugged Vanessa. "Vanessa, that was an amazing game!! I've never seen two people play that well!"

"Thanks!" Vanessa replied, feeling really happy. The game was well played. Zac really was an amazing player. She loved playing with him.

"Zac, Vanessa great game! Vanessa, I think you are the first girl I've seen who plays basketball so well!"

Everybody kept praising Vanessa for playing well. Zac appreciated her a lot of times himself. The bell rang. It was lunch time. "All that cheering is making me hungry. Vanessa, lets go to the cafeteria." Alyson told her.

"I think we should get going too." Chad said.

When most of the crowd was gone, Zac cued Vanessa to stay back for a few minutes. Alyson left asking her to come quickly. When everyone left, "You were awesome out there." Zac told her once again.

Vanessa smiled and thanked him, once again. "I am really looking forward to playing with you another time." She told him.

"Same here." There was an awkward silence. Only in this silence did Vanessa realize how cute Zac was. Only now did Zac realize how beautiful Vanessa was. They looked away immediately once they noticed they were looking at each other.

"I guess I'll see you later." Zac said.

"Yeah," Vanessa nodded. "Bye."

"Bye."

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