Carl's POV

Honestly, I was a little worried because Jimmy and his gang where a whole forehead taller than us, so this might not be as easy as I thought it will. Randall is feeling uneasy with this game and Louis is shorter than the rest of us so these things might also be a problem.

"A-are y-you sure this is a g-good idea?" Randall bit his lip in fright.

"Don't be scared Randy we can take these guys" Louis said, and I was a little surprised by his upbeat attitude.

"Yeah that's right," Noah agreed and then turned to me, "I know how these guys play and maybe we can use their weakness to our advantage, Chris and Ben talks a big game but they're numbskulls when playing. Jody is fast on his feet but is klutz when handling the ball so that won't be much of a problem."

"What about Jimmy?" I asked cautiously.

"He's our biggest problem, he's really good with turnovers and rebounds. His shooting is great, so yeah..."

I thought for a second and remembered something that happened back when we were kids.

"Hey, do you remember the time when we were playing capture the flag" I said.

"Oh yeah...Randall, Eliza and I were on Jimmy's team, and you, Beth, Sophia and Louis were the other team." Noah replied.

"Hmmph, he got so irritated with us because we weren't following his orders." Randall grumbled.

"And when we lost, he threw a fit" Louis added.

"Exactly! That's how were gonna beat them. Okay, here's the plan...Noah, Randy you two take on Chris and Ben, try to confuse them as much as possible. Louis," I pointed at Jody, "I know you're fast on your feet too, stay with Jody for as long as you can and he's bound to slip up with the ball."

Then I turned to look at the other team's captain, "I got Jimmy."

"You can do it guys!" I heard Beth cheer and I smiled at her.

"Play nice everybody" Eliza said sternly.

"Goodluck" Sophia laced her fingers together as if she's worried.

We flipped a coin to see who goes first, they won heads and we took our places. I stood at the center and nodded at Noah to play point guard as the game began.

Jimmy passed the ball to Jody and he quickly bolted for the hoop. Louis was already in his position as Jody approached him. Jody tried to get through Louis but he was pretty fast, Louis ward off his every move and when Jody tried to pass it to his other teammates his hand slipped and he accidentally gave it to me. I smirked and ran to the other end of the court. Jimmy stood guard under the ring and he thought I was going for the shot myself. He never expected me to pass the ball to Noah and he took the three point shot and it went in.

'Score: 3 - 0'

"Way to go, keep it up" the girls cheered and clapped.

I laughed when I heard Jimmy scolding Jody for his clumsy move.

Next, Ben and Chris tried playing safe by passing the ball to each other as they went for the hoop. Randall and Noah went with the plan.

"Hey! You're going the wrong way." Noah shouted at the two.

"Huh? Really? We are?" Chris and Ben simultaneously said and started to run the other direction.

"Where are you two going? I'm right here!" Jimmy yelled from the other side of the court.

"Uh-oh, we've been duped" Chris said then he and Ben ran back to where Jimmy and Jody were...only they forgot the ball.

Randall got to ball and passed it to me then I did a slam dunk in our ring.

"Yes that's my guy" Beth called out and I winked at her.

'Score: 27 - 10'

"Oh man, I've never seen such suckish playing" I said, and we laughed at them.

"What's a matter Jimbo, losing your touch" Randall teased.

"Shut it you assholes were just warming up!" Jimmy screamed.

We continued playing but Jimmy's teammates keeps getting confused and fumbling with the ball as Jimmy gets more and more annoyed at them.

"What's wrong with you idiots? Can't you fucking play properly?!" I heard Jimmy scream at his group and I felt sorta bad for them.

Our team ended up winning with the final score: 51 - 29.

"Guess we won" I told Jimmy.

"You didn't win, we were just confused" he retorted.

"Hah, admit it Jimmy we beat you fair and square using not just with muscle but also our smarts." Noah said.

Jimmy grumbled and looked away. The guys and I made a silent agreement before I turned at Jimmy's teammates who looked really upset and scared at their boss.

"You guys are off the hook, you can join us if you want" I smiled warmly at them and they nodded thankfully.

I turned back to Jimmy "And since we won, you're gonna treat all of us for pizza and shakes."

The girls and guys all whooped in celebration.

"You guys go on ahead to Dale's, Jimmy and I need to talk for a while."

They went on ahead so me and Jimmy were the only ones left.

"Hey man, no hard feelings" I tried to pat his shoulder but he flinched when I touched him.

"You know this wouldn't have happened if you didn't take her away from me!" He yelled.

I was startled, "What? Who?"

"Oh don't play dumb with me Carl, I'm talking about Beth!"

"Is...is t-that what's all about?" I yelled back feeling myself getting angrier for him getting Beth involved.

"Yeah! Because if I won, I would've told you to hand her over to me!"

"She's not some object Jimmy! Leave her outta this!"

"You're right!" He started laughing hysterically "This is between you and me ya fucker!" He yelled before lunging at me and punching me in the face.

I winced as I felt my head hit the floor and saw Jimmy standing over me. I rubbed my lip with the back of my hand and saw blood on it.

"WHAT. IS. YOUR. PROBLEM?!" I screamed at him.

"I'm looking at him!" Jimmy gritted his teeth and pulled me up by my shirt collar.

He swung again his arm again and I dodge it at first, but my eyesight got all blurry due to his first punch, and I felt his knee blow me in the gut. I groaned in pain as I fell once again to the floor. He sat over me and started punching my face over and over again. I can't move my arms because he pinned me to the ground with his knees so I was powerless. He continued punching me on the gut and face when a figure flash through my eyes and tackled Jimmy to the ground. I looked to my side to see Daryl pinning Jimmy's arm behind his back while his face on the ground. I groaned again before looking up and seeing Glenn hovering over me before everything went black.

Third Person POV

Glenn asked Daryl if he could fix the new motorcycle that he got from a junkyard and they were passing through the basketball court when they saw two kids fighting. They got more alarmed when they realized that it was Carl being beat up by Jimmy.

"Come on!" Daryl wasted no time as he opened the car door and ran towards the boys as Glenn followed.

Daryl tackled Jimmy and pinned him to the ground while Glenn looked at Carl's injuries.

"Oh man, we gotta get him to a doctor" Glenn gripped his hair panicking at the sight of Carl's unconscious body and blood coming out of his mouth.

"Nah, take him to Hershel, he's much closer and you can call his parents. I got this kid" Daryl instructed Glenn then glared at Jimmy.

"Okay, okay" Glenn picked up Carl and got him inside his car then drove away.

"Alright kiddo, were gonna have a little chat, shall we?" Daryl lifted Jimmy up still bending his arm over his back and the latter's hand securing the teenager's neck.