Courtney POV
I sighed taking my shower, I had no idea the boys did that every morning no wonder they were walking around here picking my mom and I up like we were feathers, and that included Leo and Levi.
I got dressed and made my way downstairs duffel bag on my shoulder (outfit on profile)
"Look at us mom don't we make you proud" Cason grinned slinging his duffel bag over his shoulder (outfits on profile)
"Yes of course" my mom nodded fixing my dad's tie
"See you guys later" he said pecking my mom on the lips and kissing my head and Max's on his way out as he waved
"You guys ready?" Sammy asked coming inside
"Yeah, let's get this show on the road, by mommy" Vaughn said pecking her cheek before heading out, I waited my turn before saying bye
"Enjoy yourself sweetheart" she smiled before turning to attend to a very demanding Max with Ares following her every move
"Hi guys" I said before climbing into the back of the car
"Hey" was their simple reply as they pulled out behind Kenneth
"So I just heard that Simone Franklin was trying out for the basketball team" Vaughn announced
"Who told you that?" I asked warily, Simone Franklin weren't very civilized people around each other she was just one of those people that you may not talk to but every time she opened her mouth I just wanted to set my foot on fire and shove it down her throat…
"Jamie told me, the girls on the basketball team were separating the girls who actually wanted to play from the girls who just wanted to say they were on the basketball team and she saw her name" Cason explained
"Why do you guys know this before me?" I demanded
"Because you haven't checked your phone since Saturday morning remember" Leo pointed out
"Huh?" I said checking my phone, and sure enough there was her text along with a few missed calls from Maggie, "Oh"
"Yeah easy Court we just didn't want to stress you out is all" Leo smiled bumping me slightly, I grunted throwing my head back and staring at the car ceiling
"Come on Court everybody knows how you two are no teacher in their right mind would put you two together besides there's always going to be people out there you won't be able to get along with but if she gets on the team you do what you got to do" Levi explained
"That was deep Levi" Sammy laughed
"Yeah sometimes you've got to mix it up, everybody likes variety" he smirked before climbing out the car, I climbed out joining Jamie as we waited for Kylie, Maggie, and Steph
"Where were you yesterday?" Jamie asked
"Sore as shit, the guys took care of me the entire day" I huffed
"Told you to stretch" Jamie smirked
"Not the time be the know it all Jamie" Kylie smirked coming up
"Ethan and Carter took care of you didn't they" Jamie smirked
"Damn straight they did, makes me not get mad at them as much as I usually do now" she smiled
"Hello beautiful ladies" Mark declared as he made his rounds greeting everyone before joining the boys
"Damn you guys ready for this?" Stephanie asked
"As ready as I'll ever be" I shrugged
"Besides our names are already on the sheet" Kylie shrugged
"And you guys just find it so hard to not following anything through" Maggie smirked
"What abomination just left your mouth?" Vaughn demanded looking like someone just pimp slapped him with a soggy banana
"Kidding" Maggie called rolling her eyes
"Oh, okay then" Wyatt said as they all pointed stern fingers at her and turning back to their conversations
"I don't know if I should laugh or be disturbed" Steph laughed
"What was that?" Maggie asked
"They get offended when people suggest they quit" Tony explained coming over
"All of them?" Maggie asked
"All of them even the parents I don't even know how all their egos fit in the same room sometimes" Tony smirked
"That's why we leave a window open" I smirked
"True" Tony nodded
"You guys are ridiculous" Maggie sighed
"Says the girl who loves coming over my house" I smirked
"So what your parents are hilarious especially your mom Courtney and your dad Kylie" Steph grinned
"You don't even want to know what those two have done and they're supposed to be the old ones" I grumbled, my mind going back to that night when I woke up in the couch to see my mom and Uncle Em playing Call of Duty like their lives depended on it calling out different maneuvers and everything it's really disturbing.
The bell rung and we hung back like we usually did as we waited for most of the kids to enter before heading inside and splitting up heading to our different homerooms.
"Hey guys" Justin grinned making his way in looking like everything right (outfit on profile) as he took his seat in front of me and turned to face me
"I love it" he grinned gesturing to my outfit
"I aim to impress"
"How could you not, so I heard there's a 50-50 percent chance your practice might suck"
"You heard too?"
"Yup entire school knows, some kids even want her to make the team to see if you guys will get into an inner team brawl during a game"
"That's not funny"
"It kind of is, that's one of the most embarrassing things in the world"
"Says you"
"I've seen it happen in practice a whole lot of course it is" he smirked, I opened my mouth to say something but Cason called him to the back
"What were you two talking about?" Steph smirked wiggling her eyebrows
"The possibility of Simone and I getting into a brawl if she makes the team" I glared
"I'd bet on that" Kylie grinned
"Gee thanks for the vote of confidence Kylie" I glared
"Anything that I can do to help just give me a call" she smirked
"Don't worry I've got your number"
"Maybe it won't be that bad" Maggie offered we all turned to look at her like she lost her mind
"What? Someone's got to be optimistic around you people either you're all acting like 2 year olds hoped up on sugar or your mad at the world and complaining at everything you guys have no middle" she declared
"Deep" I giggled, no one could ever take Maggie when she ranted because of her weird hand gestures that almost never had anything to do with what she was saying
"You guys are such assholes" Maggie grumbled, getting up as the bell rung
"Maggie you know you're not supposed to rant we told you do this you look like some crazy person" Kylie giggled
"What's wrong with Maggie?" Cason asked
"She's mad at us" I giggled
"Awe Mags Bags cheer up you'll get wrinkles in your forehead" Bryce grinned
"Yeah and then we wouldn't need to go to the beach to surf we could just use your forehead" Vaughn smirked taking his finger and rubbing out her forehead
"Assholes" Maggie grumbled but the smile was creeping onto her face
"Yes we do have those" Wyatt nodded
"But they're not bleached" Nicholas smirked
"We're not into that stuff anything else and we're your guys" Carter smirked
"Oh my God I hate you, people can' even be mad for 5 minutes" she whined smile still on her face
"Life too short to be mad all the time, that's why we split papa Charlie's got wisdom" Vaughn grinned before leading Stephanie and Kylie off to Italian 2 with Justin, Bryce and Cason following
"See you guys next period, come on Mags Bags" Wyatt and Nicholas smirked leading Maggie off to Geometry
"Shall we my cousin" Carter grinned offering his elbow
"We shall" I grinned taking it as we made our way to Chemistry and taking our seats in the back row by the windows
"Good MORNING class" Mr. Danvers announced making his way into the classroom, he was a relatively young teacher and recently married
"It's Monday so all you young people need is a pencil" he said before grabbing a stack of papers
The test was simple I never wanted to say easy because to me it made me sound cocky I don't know don't judge me you barely know me.
"We're testing out this class right?" Carter asked hand hovering over the signature line on the back of his test
"Yes" I nodded signing my own name it was a slip that asked for a test to see if you were eligible to test out of the class and if you passed the test you went to two Saturday classes from 10 in the morning until 1 and two after school classes on Thursdays from 2:30 until 4:30 and then they gave you the test, the entire thing took 2 weeks, the eligibility test was this Thursday it would be graded and you'd get the phone call on Friday.
"You guys are ready to leave me already?" he smirked looking over out test
"We're aiming for 3 classes our senior year, nothing personal" Carter smirked
"You guys do that it'll help you a whole lot when you guys in college, you guys have a tutors right?" he asked
"Yup" I nodded
"Good, you guys are all a bunch of nerds on DL aren't you?" Mr. Danvers smirked
"No we're brainlethes" Carter smirked
"Of course" he chuckled before walking off to collect a test from a kid
Carter and I talked the entire time struggle not to laugh at ourselves as we had a series of random conversations before the bell rang,
"You're an idiot Court, see you later" he smirked pecking my cheek as he handed me over to Wyatt and Nicholas before leading Maggie off to Global, while Wyatt, Nicholas and I went to Algebra 2 now that was a simple class that we were going to test out of.
We took a test in that class too and signed our test out waver before handing our papers over to the teacher; I then proceeded to spend the rest of the time struggling to keep myself from laughing and not breathe at the same time. It's not simple. Once the bell rung we made our way to AP English where Vaughn, Bryce, and Carter were waiting for us they had all their classes together crazy right? Exactly, poor teachers, funny class, but poor teachers.
I made my way into the girls' basketball gymnasium afterschool with Kylie, Jamie, Steph, and Maggie and threw a car off a cliff mentally as soon as I heard Simone's voice. Don't judge me you barely know me, her voice sounded like gravel and fingernails being dragged across a chalk board at the same time and apparently it sounded worse when she was younger it sounded even worse, if I'd known her back then I might've actually thrown a car off a cliff, and my mom and Aunt Rose would be very mad at me.
"Girls go change" Coach Anne called looking up from her clipboard, Sammy stood by the front entrance of the locker room, Tony was with Leo and Levi in the boys' basketball gymnasium, yeah we have three the third one is used for actual gym class, but anyway Kenneth was with Ethan, Vaughn, Cason, and Bryce on the football field.
I got dressed with the girls and made my way outside leaving my stuff with Sammy and Freddy who sat so they could get to us easily but at the same time not get hit with some random basketball, as we stretched
"Take your seats ladies, tryouts on my left and team members on my right" she announced and we moved taking our seats, and she went on about her speech about basketball being a sport and not a way to get popular or a fashion statement before she started running drills, with all the running I did my house it felt like a walk in the park I could see Kylie felt the same way and Steph who had to constantly chase down her three year old baby sister all the time.
We made our way into the house and Vaughn, Cason, and Bryce were practically vibrating with their news,
"Mommy we have some good news" Cason sang pouncing on my mom who was in the couch
"Okay easy, calm down how are you?" she asked
"I'm doing good real good" he grinned
"And the rest of you?" she asked
"Great" we chorused
"So what's the good news?" she asked carefully, every time they said great news it was always something that made you look at them and wonder how you were related and if it was possible they were dropped on their head
"You are looking at Washington Academy's new starting Quarterback" Bryce declared pulling his practice jersey out his bag with the number '4' in bright white with navy blue surrounding the number and orange highlights
"Starting Wide Receiver" Cason declared pulling his practice jersey out his bag with the number '14' in bright white with navy blue surrounding the number and orange highlights
"And starting Tight End" Vaughn grinned pulling his practice jersey out his bag with the number '24' in bright white with navy blue surrounding the number and orange highlights
"Congrats" my mom smiled
"Thanks we got the final say at the end of practice, I think George was relieved he wasn't starting QB anymore" Bryce grinned
"Yeah I think he was tired of getting yelled at every time he made a bad pass" Cason grinned
"Plus now we've got more than one receiver to go to" Vaughn smirked
"And what about you guys?" she asked
"I feel good about it there were a couple of guys on the team who couldn't keep up but there are enough guys so that we would end up with a good starting lineup and not worry about going deep into our bench" Levi grinned happily
"And you?" she asked
"There were girls who didn't know how to dribble a ball" was my only answer
The night was spent eating dinner around the table and watching a movie in the movie room, these were some of my favorite times because eventually these days were going to be very few and very far apart I just know it.