A/n: the picture above is Sam. Sam is played by grace I don't know her last name lol. I know that she might be older but in this book pretend that she's a ninth grader. Thanks for giving this story a chance I hope you enjoy!

I look and see there are 10 seconds on the clock. My teammate dribbles the ball down the court fast. We are tied. We need to make this one shot. She look around and sees me open. She fakes a pass to my other teammate and then passes it to me. I take a deep breath. 5 seconds on the clock. I shoot the three pointer. Everyone is still waiting to see if we won. I hear the net swish and the buzzer. Everyone starts to scream and clap. My teammates run to me and they tackle me. I laugh. They pick me up and I see tears on some of their faces. We won. We won the championships. I look around to find my parents. I look throughout the whole crowd but I don't see them. I feel myself die down a little bit. Of course they aren't here. I put on a fake smile on my face and walk into the locker room. I change out and leave my hair down. I walk out and I feel arms around me. I look at the face and see my older brother, Isaac, hugging me.

"You did good, Sam," my brother gives me a fist bump.

"Thanks Isaac. Are mom and dad here?" I ask him.

He scratches his neck. "No, umm, they went on a business trip."

I feel him look at me to see if I'm okay. I smile a little bit. "At least your here," I tell him.

He smiles. "Yup. And now I think your coach and teammates wanna go talk to you."

He nudged me a little bit. I put my basketball bag over my shoulder. And I walk to where my team is.

"Sam, Sam, Sam. Always going out of your post," my coach tells me.

I'm a center so I'm supposed to be down the net.

"But I will allow it this time since you won championships," my coach smiles jokingly at me and hugs me.

My coach and I have had a close relationship. He has been my coach since 7th grade. And now I'm in 9th grade, made varsity, and have good grades. I know the dream life for every student. But just being I'm doing good at that stuff, doesn't mean I have a perfect life. My parents are never there at my games or other events I'm participating in. My older brother has been here for me since I can remember. I went through a hard time in elementary when I lost my oldest sister. She was two years older then my brother. We were very close. She had cancer. My parents put her in treatment but it didn't help. She needed emotional support and my parents weren't there for her. Me and Isaac would be at the hospital instead of going to school and would stay with her until we were forced to go home. On my birthday, we tried visiting her, but the doctors just couldn't save her. I didn't eat, sleep, hang out with friends for a long time. When we moved states and went to a new school, I decided to play basketball, since I used to play a little in elementary. I got good and made the team. I was only on school team because after school I was doing academic stuff. I still feel pained when I think about my older sister, Lucy. But I've accepted that she isn't here. She is watching us in the heavens and I am happy she is in a better place. I snap back to reality.

"Sam, we are going to all go out in celebration. You should come," my teammate Liana tells me.

"I'll pass. I have to work on my history project," I tell her.

She nods in understanding. I already finished my history project, but I just don't like going out. My team has gotten use to it. I haven't really gone out since Lucy died. I walk towards my brother and see he is talking to someone. My brother is a sophomore, only being a year older than me, so we are really close. I stand next to him and wait for him to stop talking. He stops for a minute and notices me.

"Hey Sam. This is sister Sam," he gestures to me talking to his friend.

I've never seen him before.

"And Sam, this is a friend from my basketball, Noah," he points at his friend.

His friend is pretty tall, probably at 6'maybe 6'1". I'm about 5'9", tall for my age.

"Hey," he smiles at me. His teeth shines.

I nod at him politely as I take in his appearance. He has blue/ hazelish eyes. His hair looks really soft. His smile is crooked and he has a nice jawline. If I was a "normal" girl, I would probably be drooling over him. But since I don't like expressing my feeling to a lot of people, I stay quiet. But if I had to be honest, he is a little above average.

"You are really good at basketball," he says in the awkward silence.

"Thanks."

I look around for my brother but he walked away to his other friends.

"Hey so I noticed during the game that your shooting form could use a little help, no offense. So I was wondering if you wanted me to help you a bit," he says nervously.

I usually would get offended if someone said I had bad shooting form. But the way he said it, and how nervous he is...

"Sure I guess," I tell him surprised at my own words.

I usually just learn everything myself or Isaac teaches me. He gives me his crooked grin making me smile a bit too.

"Okay great. Could I have your number? We could meet up and stuff," he asks scratching the back of his neck and grabbing his phone out.

I nod. I put my number in his phone. I feel him look at me as I type it in but I just ignore it. I give him his phone back and he smiles at his phone creating a contact.

"It was great meeting you. And congratulations again," he tells me.

I genuinely smile at him.

"Thanks."

He walks away and I walk to my brother.

"Ready to go?" I ask him.

"Ya let's go get some In-N-Out," he tells me.

"Fatty," I mumble under my breath.

"What did you call me?" He jokingly gasps.

"A fatty," I smile at him.

"How rude of you," he tells me causing us to laugh.

We get into the car and head to In-N-Out.

This is the first chapter of my original story. I've already written more chapters but I'm hoping to get s couple of votes and reads for this chapter. You guys are amazing and thanks for reading my stories❤️