Episode 63: Scene Five
Chantal walked hurriedly into the gym. She'd already been late for two of her classes, so she was determined to go through the rest of the day on time. Just as she was about to enter the girls' locker room, a basketball whizzed by her nose. "Hey!"
"Hey, hey, hey!" a tall, muscular young African-American woman walked towards Chantal, her clear brown eyes warm in their greeting.
"Chrystee Marschel!" Chantal let her gym bag and backpack fall to the floor. "Is that you?"
"If it ain't, then somebody'd better tell me!"
Chantal ran up and hugged her old friend, though an air of surprise still remained about her. "I didn't expect to find you here after you swore off basketball a couple of years back."
"Time heals all wounds, or so my history teacher said about twenty times today. I guess I couldn't stay away from it after I saw how good MP's record has been over the past couple of years," Chrystee responded, throwing an arm around Chantal's neck.
"Oh, I know! Five consecutive district titles, and then three state titles! It's gonna be hard to keep up the pace this year."
"Eh, maybe," Chrystee released her grip around Chantal's neck and rescued her basketball from rolling out of the gym. "How's your day been going?" she asked as she took a shot.
"Don't ask," Chantal groaned, picking up her bags. "I've been to Hell and back, and let's just leave it at that."
"Ah, you must've been to biology."
"You'd better believe it."
"That's why I waited until this year to take it. But hey, to each woman her own," Chrystee was about to take another shot, but then released her grip on the ball and let it fall to the floor. "God, I've been paying to much attention in history."
Chantal laughed and continued her trek to the locker room. "I'll see you in a couple of minutes, Chrys to whip your butt when we start the pick-up games."
"We'll see, baby girl. We'll see," Chrystee laughed as she picked up her ball and took a shot from the three-point arc. Her laugh increased in volume as the ball went into the hoop with nothing but net. "Yeah, we'll see."