Zendaya's POV

*dream sequence*

"And now for the award you've all been waiting for athlete of the year. Will the following students please come to the stage. Trevor Jackson, Dinah Jane Hansen, Cordell Broadus, Lauren Jauregui, and Zendaya Coleman. These students have been the best at their sport all year, but in order to be a student athlete your grades must match your abilities on your chosen field. the students before you were nominated by a coach and a teacher, then the other coaches voted on who would win. These students were chosen for both their abilities and their grades, but their can only be one winner. Without further ado the winner is, by two votes, Zendaya Coleman."

"FIX HER DAD'S THE COACH!"

"FIX!"

"FIX!"

"FIX!"

"FIX!"

"FIX!"

*end dream sequence*

"Fix fix fix fix fix."

"Z! Z! WAKE UP!"

I wake up to my mother standing over me looking really concerned.

"What's happening? What time is it?"

"Z you were having a bad dream and slept through your alarm."

"Oh man really? How long did I over sleep?"

"Not long maybe five minutes,but you better hurry if you still want your dad to drive you."

"Okay mom."

I shake off that dream and get out of bed to get ready. I walk over to my window seat and open the blinds to let some light in the room, I love natural light so I make sure my room is full of it for as long as possible. I look out my window to my neighbors house and see the Jauregui's in their kitchen cooking breakfast. I don't sit and stare for long because I still have a lot to do in a short amount of time so I get up and get in the shower. Once I'm showered and dressed I head downstairs for breakfast.

"What are we having today, Mom?"

"Well I was going make pancakes but since you're running a little late I made you a breakfast sandwich to go."

"Yum, thanks mom. Ooh it's still warm."

I start to dig into my sandwich but my phone vibrates in my pocket.

Dancing Queen(Normani): don't forget to send me a pic of u b4 u leave z

Queen Z: okay mani hold on

I put my sandwich down and stand in front of the full length mirror in our front room and take a picture of what I'm wearing to show her. Normally she would just wait until we were at school to see me but she transferred schools at the end of freshman year because she moved to another part of town. I went with a more tomboyish look with a pair of leather joggers, a custom football jersey with my last name and birth year on the back, and a pair of red and black Jordans to tie it all together. I kept my hair simple with natural curls, and just some concealer to cover the bumps I have.

Dancing Queen: ooh a little tomboyish for my taste but you look good Z are those new J's??

Queen Z: of course they are I ALWAYS rock the new new

Dancing Queen: okay Lauren London

I laugh at that last text message for a little bit before I sit down and eat my sandwich. Normani and I have been friends for years. We met the summer before fifth grade at camp because we were the only little girls who wanted to learn the boys dance because it was more challenging than the girl's dance. We stayed friends through our shared love of Beyonce, Micheal, and Janet Jackson. It was no surprised when she told me she was taking dance classes back home. We've even taken a few classes together during the summer. 

When we got older and basketball became a fixture in my summers she understood. She came to all my games to support me, and when she started competing for dance and gymnastics I went to every one of her competitions I could. She doesn't understand why I like basketball so much, even though she plays too, she always says "the only good thing about basketball is the hot people that play it and the cute uniforms". She has a point sometimes but to me it's a lot more then that. Ball is life for me! I've been surrounded by basketball and other sports since I was a kid. It's pretty much all I know. It's how I broke out of my shell growing up. Not to mention all my relatives and even my parents played basketball and other sports. It was destined for me to play ball. My dad is even my coach! 

When Mani and I got to high school I wanted us to have one activity that we could do together. So we tried a bunch of stuff and made the basketball team and dance team together, but we got kicked off the dance team because we would always do more than the choreography asked for. If it wasn't for my dad teaching her how to play throughout the years of our friendship she would've been kicked off the basketball team too.

"Hey Z you ready to go?"

"Yeah Dad, let me just check my bag and then we can go."

"Okay I'll be out at the car."

I throw my scraps and paper towel away, and check my bag for all my supplies. My spare charger, head phones, and stuff to decorate my locker are all there so I'm good to go for the first day of school.

"You all ready Daya?"

"Yup, dad is out waiting in the car."

"Okay well here have some money in case they make you pay for lunch or for the vending machines."

My mom reaches into her pocket and hands me ten singles and gives me a hug.

"Thanks mom."

"You're welcome. Have a good day at school sweetie."

"I'll try, bye."

I grab my bag and keys and walk out the house. I look towards my dad's car and see our neighbor's oldest daughter walk out the same time as me.

"Hey Lauren!"

"Hey Z! See you at school."

Lauren and I aren't really close or friends at school despite being the same age, but we have been going to the same schools since we started going to school. We hung out a lot in elementary school until I started hanging out with Normani and her friends, now it's really awkward between us. We're actually a lot alike we just don't hang in the same circles anymore. I shake off the weird feeling I always get when I talk to Lauren and get into the car and buckle up.

"You got everything?"

"Yup!"

"Let's do this then."

And he backs out of the driveway and we make our way to school

AN: Hi, welcome to Catch The Rebound. Hope you enjoyed that first chapter. If the chapter is a little short, as more characters are introduced the story will get longer. As always if you have any questions you can ask me on twitter at nayacutyonails. Next chapter you will probably meet Trevor and some of the other people. Oh one more thing the people in the dream sequence were random, but they will come up again. Vote Comment Share Show some love and I'll update soon.

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Meags