"Best. Meal. Ever." I told Maka. She laughed as she took my plate and put it in the sink.

"Thanks Angel. Hey, tomorrow's Saturday, you wanna come to the park with us to play basketball?"

"Oh, um… sure, sounds fun. But I'm not that good." I warned them.

"That's okay, you just have to be better than Maka." Soul told me, rather seriously. Maka seemed mad but said nothing.

"Well, I should go before it gets dark. Later." I said and left before they invited me to spend the night.

When I got home, I was exhausted. So, I changed into my red t-shirt and black lounge shorts and went to bed early.

The Next Day

I poured some cereal into a bowl and ate slowly, thinking about my plans for the day. First, grocery shopping and then basketball. After that- oh wait, I don't have anything planned after basketball. Oh well. I finished my cereal and dressed in what I was going to where to basketball; a red and black striped halter top, dark-denim capris, my usual black converse, and a crème colored jacket. I tied my hair up in a red bandana like a headband and zipped up my jacket. The right sleeve kept slipping off my shoulder and it wouldn't stay up unless I zipped it up all the way, and it was too hot for that. So finally I gave up and just left it down. I walked down to the grocery store and bought everything necessary. When I got home, I unpacked everything and headed down to the park. Nobody was there yet so I laid down on the bench. I closed my eyes and rested my hands behind my head. I jumped when I heard an all too familiar voice.

"I AM THE GREATEST ASSASIN EVER! YAHOO!"

My eyes flew open, just in time for me to see Black Star pretty much falling from the sky right above me. I rolled off the bench and onto the basketball court. Black Star landed face first on the bench. I winced at the noise of the crash. "Ow," was all he said. I felt bad for him for a moment, and then realized what he was trying to do. I became enraged.

"What the hell, Black Star? Are you trying to kill me?" I shouted as he sat up and rubbed his head.

"Actually I was trying to assassinate you." he told me matter-of-factly. I punched him in the face.

"SAME THING, YOU IDIOT!" I yelled. Tsubaki appeared from a tree near the bench.

"Black Star, you have to stop doing that! I almost landed on a bird's nest!" she screamed, her light green jacket was covered in leaves. I shook my head and helped Tsubaki clean the leaves off her. I sat back down on the bench and rest my chin in my hands. The others arrived soon.

"Took ya guys long enough! Tsubaki and I were stuck listening to 'the greatest assassin ever'." I said, tired of Black Star.

"Eh, Tsubaki's probably used to it by now." Soul told me. I laughed, realizing it was true.

"So, let's play some basketball!" I shouted as I jumped off the bench. They all nodded their heads in agreement.

"Let's pick teams. I vote Angel and Maka as captains." Kid said. I shook my head.

"There is no way in hell that I'm being a captain. Soul can be captain." I told him. He shrugged his shoulders.

"Alright. Maka, you pick first."

Maka smiled brightly. "Kid, you're my co-captain."

"Red, you're co-captain for my team. I will not take 'no' for an answer." Soul told me. I rolled my eyes and stood behind him.

"Our team is gonna lose 'cause of me." I told him and looked away. We continued picking teams with Black Star and Liz on Maka and Kid's team and Patty and Tsubaki on mine and Soul's team.

"Okay, let's go. Patty, you need to go all out and crush Black Star. Tsubaki, take on Liz and Red, you'll go for Kid. I'll take care of Maka." Soul told everyone the plan. We nodded our heads and turned towards the other team, ready to play. I smirked, knowing already how to distract Kid.

"Aaaaand… Begin!" Tsubaki shouted. And so, the game started. The ball started with Kid. He was dribbling the ball and tried to pass it to Maka. I jumped up and caught it. I dribbled it and took the shot for our basket.

"Yes! Point, Soul's team!" Tsubaki said. I don't know how she was able to be the referee and still play the game. Patty now had the ball and Black Star was on her.

"Look, Patty! A giraffe!" he shouted. Patty gasped and turned around, the ball still in her hands.

"Where?!" Patty said excitedly "Wait, there's no giraffe!" she said, suddenly back to reality.

"Ha, ha! You don't fool me!" Patty cackled. She dribbled three times and threw the ball to Soul. In turn, he threw to Tsubaki who threw it at the basket.

"Two points! Woo-hoo!" I said. The ball went to Kid. I blocked him and thought for a moment, before he threw to one of his teammates. I gasped, pretending to be shocked.

"It's so symmetrical!" I said as I pointed at nothing. Kid spun around and left the ball bouncing.

"What is it, where?!"

I giggled as I picked up the ball.

"Soul!" I shouted and passed the ball to him. He turned around and made the shot. We were winning!

"That's cheating!" Black Star yelled at me. I rolled my eyes.

"You did it to Patty." I told him and pointed my thumb towards her.

"That…but…whatever!" Black Star didn't know what to say. Tsubaki called break and I collapsed on the grass next to Kid.

"Hey, sorry about that symmetry trick." I told him as I picked at the grass.

"It's fine. I would do the same if I knew your weak spot." he said jokingly. I let out a small laugh. Soul came over and sat in front of us.

"I thought you said you weren't good." Soul told me. I shook my head.

"I said I wasn't that good. I never said wasn't good at all." I replied as I playfully shoved him.

"Break over!" Tsubaki told us after five minutes. I smiled, ready for round two.