The sun shone in through the windows and woke Allie up on an early Sunday morning. She stretched and made her way to her closet to get ready to go for her morning run, she runs everyday over the summer execpt Saturday, that's her rest day.
She put on her workout outfit, a tight fitting workout shirt and leggings, and made her way out the door to start. To her surprise she saw Carmine and Gigi outside shooting hoops.
'What are they doing out here at 6 a.m.? Should I say hi?' Allie pondered. Before she could say anything Gigi saw her and called out to her "Allie! Come play with us!"
She thought about it for a moment and decided why not. She walks over and this is her first time seeing Carmine up close, and she can barely control her racing heart.
"Hey, I'm Carmine"
"Allie"
"So can you play?" Carmine smirked, he had a feeling that she had a lot of hidden talent.
"I don't know. Can you?" Allie gave a playful smile. She knew what he was doing and she was gonna play along, for now.
Gigi saw this happen and she suddenly came up with a plan to get them together. "I'll be back, I'm going to go get some water" Gigi quickly ran off before either could protest.
Allie looked at Carmine and it was awkward for a moment before he suggested "1v1?"
"Sure" Allie's face lit up she wasn't going too easy on him.
"You can have first ball, after all it is ladies first"
"Ok sure" Allie laughed, she wasn't going to pass up an easy win. They started playing and to Carmine's surprise she was actually really good, she beat him over and over, until Gigi finally came back out of the house. "So I see you two have had fun for the past hour"
"Hour?! We've been out here for AN HOUR?!" Allie shrieked "Dang it, I was supposed to go for a run. I'll see you guys later, I gotta head back now."
"Bye Allie" Gigi called
"Wait! Can I get your number?" Carmine asked
"Hm why should I give it to you? Last I recall I won the game" Allie chuckled
"Um because I want to maybe hang sometime, besides if I ever need a basketball champ I'll be able to call you"
"Ahhhh smooth, yeah sure here it is" Allie passed him her phone after they exchanged numbers she walked back to her house. Once she got inside she couldn't help but beam, 'he's interested! Now we just need to go on a date. Baby steps though" she couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with joy, her luck was finally turning around.
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Carmine couldn't focus on the ball at all. The entire time they played the was she moved with such grace while she played just shocked him. He was trying to calm his heart while they played, but every time she would brush his arm to steal the ball would cause his heart to go a million times faster. When he asked for her number and she originally said why, he internally had a panic attack. He had never felt that way before while talking to any girl even his previous girlfriends. He knew she had his heart already.
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A few days later she got a call from Gigi asking her if she wanted to go to the mall today.
"I mean sure yeah, I'll pick you up in a bit" Allie said through the phone, she hung up and got ready.
An hour later she was all dressed up in her cute summer outfit that showed off her womanly features, she felt good. As she was getting ready to go out the door her phone rang, it was Gigi. 'Heck no you are not cancelling on me now seriously' Allie reluctantly picked up the phone to hear Gigi say " Hey girl so can Carmine come out with us?"
"You mean him come shopping?"
"Yeah if you don't mind"
"No, I don't mind at all, I'll be over in a minute" Allie hung up and sighed great she was now going shopping with a guy, she was planning to get a couple bras while they were out. 'Guess that's not happening now' Allie laughed as she pulled into her friends driveway.
She turned to the person in the front seat which she thought was Gigi, but to her suprise it was Carmine.
"I....Are you guys ready to go" Allie asked trying to hide her blushing face. It was too late tho Carmine already saw her cheeks flush which made his heart skip a beat. "I..... Gigi said for me to sit up front, I can sit in the back if it makes you more comfortable"
"No, no you're fine." Allie quickly responded, she didn't want him to move.
"Ok so off we go!" called Gigi in the back of the car laughing at what had just happened.