Alice and Dione are currently on the Badminton court near Alice's home. They asked the owner if they could use the court and they agreed.
"Are you ready?" Alice asked. Dione thumbs up and positioned herself. Alice served the shuttlecock and flew straight at Dione. Dione immediately feinted against the shuttlecock and bounced to Alice earning a score.
"Hey! That's not fair." Alice complained. Dione shrugged and served the ball. As they were practicing, someone approached them.
"I never thought that you two would do Badminton again." Someone uttered. Dione and Alice both looked at her.
"Mom/Aunt!" They both gasped. It was Alice's mom.
"Hello my dear, I just got called by Dione's mom that you two would be here." She smiled. Alice and Dione went for a hug.
"How are you Aunt?" Alice's mom smiled and answered; "I'm fine my dear, I've brought you some snacks. Have fun practicing. I still have work to do." And she left.
"Typical mom, always come and go." Alice tsked.
"Let's go back to practice." They went back to the court and start practicing.
It was already afternoon when they decided to call it a day. They went to Alice's house and took a shower.
"I texted Paul and they said that the practice match starts at 4pm." It was already 2:30pm in the afternoon. Dione nods and decided that they should watch the match.
"I think Chloe will also be there." Dione guessed.
"Let's go there early, we need a nice seat." Alice suggested.
It was 3:40pm when they arrived at the basketball court of their school in V college. They were greeted with crowds swarming around the corners of the court. Paul spotted them and signaled to come.
"That's way too many people for a practice match." Alice commented. Elijah and Paul laughed.
"Well, what do you expect from the two top schools in basketball." Paul replied. "I already reserved you guys a seat. It is just above our bench." Alice thanked and hugged him. Dione sighed at her view.
"Couples." she muttered. She looked around and saw a familiar figure. When he turned around, their eyes met. Dione blinked and smiled at the guy. The guy waved at her and came near her.
"Hi." He greeted.
"Hello, Marco. Good luck with the match." Dione encouraged. Marco smiled widely and patted her head.
"If we win, can I ask for your permission to take you out on a parfait?" Marco asked Dione. She looked taken aback, but the parfait caught her off guard.
"Let me think about it until you win." She only said. Marco laughed and agreed.
"Alright, no pressure. You can take your friends if you're uncomfortable. I just want to hang out with you. You're fun to be with." Dione was flustered.
"Okay, okay, good luck again. The match will start." Dione said and ran away.
'So cute.' Marco thought and went back to his team.
"Who was that?" Matthew, one of his friends asked.
"A friend of Chloe. She was the one paired up with Marco at the bowling." Dylan answered.
"Oh, that chick? She's hot though." Marco glared at Matthew. Matthew quickly put his hand up.
"Sorry, sorry, I'm wrong." He apologized.
"Marco!" Someone called out to him.
"Oh, Chloe." He flatly greeted.
"Hey, Chloe." Dylan and Matthew greeted.
"Hi guys, good luck with your game. I'll be cheering for you!"
"Really? Not cheering for Elijah?" Dylan teased. Chloe quickly looked at the other side of the court.
"OMG! It's Elijah, Dione and Alice are also there." Chloe exclaimed. Marco looked to the other side to see Dione talking with Elijah.
"You like Elijah right?" Marco asked Chloe.
"Well, yes. But I'm also aware that Elijah has feelings for Dione." Chloe sighed. "As much as I want to steal him. It's wrong because Dione is my best friend. I can't do that. My consciousness will kill me if I do that." Chloe horrifies.
"Well, you could just open up to Dione about that." Marco commented. Chloe shook her head.
"I want to, but, what if Dione also likes Elijah? It would be awkward."
"Well, you won't know is you won't try." Marco advised and went inside the court to warm up. Chloe was left there with her college friends, while staring at Elijah and Dione who were happily chatting.
'I don't want to ruin our friendship, but Marco has a point. I can't just be filled with jealousy; I'll talk to Dione.' She was determined.
The game practically ended with Q college's triumph. Scoring 120-100. Elijah was disappointed but happy because he got to play with Marco again.
"I will surely beat you next time." Elijah firmly said and fist bumped Marco. Marco smiled.
"I'm always ready for a challenge." He replied and puts his arms on Elijah's shoulder to go to the area where Dione and Alice are at. When Marco approached Dione, she was already smiling.
"Congratulations." She spoke. Marco smiled and winked at her.
"So, have you made up your mind?" Dione nods.
"I accept." She answered and Marco smiled widely.
"Let me change and we're off to go." He then left hurriedly. Alice turned to look at Dione.
"What was that about?" Alice asked.
"He asked me to go out for a parfait." Dione simply answered. Alice was dumbfounded.
"Excuse me what? Here I thought you don't want to involve in romance."
"What romance? I agreed but you're going with me." Alice facepalmed.
"I can't believe you. I'll tell the others." Alice went to Paul and Elijah. Chloe approached Dione.
"Hi Chloe." Dione greeted. Chloe smiled.
"Can we talk?" Dione nods and they sat on the bench.
"What is it?" Dione asked. Chloe mustered up her courage to tell Dione.
"I want to know about your situation with Elijah. Alice told me that Elijah confessed to you and was courting you. I'm just curious what is the score between you two." She stuttered while saying.
"We're friends. That's all. I told him that I just want to be friends and just let time flow. Although it's quite awkward for us at first, but I managed to be comfortable after we hang out again because he might have feelings for me, he still understood that friendship matters to me right now." Dione explained. Choe looked relieved. "I'm also aware that you have a crush on him. You just spit that out while we are bowling." Dione looked at her teasingly. Chloe blushed and gestured a no sign.
"Umm… It's not like that!" She denied. Dione laughed at her friend.
"Well I was jealous that Elijah was hanging around with you. I almost thought that I should cut off contact in order for me to move on quietly, but it didn't feel right. I mean, you're a sister to me. I don't want anything to change between us just because of a boy. But still, I almost let jealousy get the better of me. Luckily, Marco talked out on me earlier." Dione felt sorry for her friend. "Well, it wasn't your fault that Elijah likes you. I just have to do better so Elijah's attention will be on me." She said with encouragement. Dione smiled at her friend.
"Just so you know, I don't really mind if you want to steal him, that's also one of the reasons why I don't want to get involved romantically with him. I don't know what being in love feels like, but I don't really want a friend suffer from love." Chloe hugged Dione.
"I'm so lucky to have a friend like you."
"We're actually going to have a parfait; I think it will be a celebration. Come with us." Dione guessed. Chloe nods.
"Sure, let me talk to my friends who are waiting for me. I'll come with you guys." She said and left. Dione scrolled at her phone when she thought to story the match.
She scrolled to see Elijah's photo in the court. She chose it and captioned; better luck next time, @Elijuhx. And she storied it.
"Ready to go?" She didn't notice Marco had already arrived and is currently leaning in front of the railings in front of Dione. Dione was surprised and nodded.
"Let's tell the others then." Marco said and walked off. Dione gets her bag and follows.
"We're off to eat parfait. Want to join?" Marco offered them. They all agreed. "If you don't mind, my two friends will also come along." He added. They just nodded as they all walked and headed towards the exit, Chloe also joined them. The remaining people unrelated to them took a picture of them because they are like shooting in a movie or series of a bunch of bad ass teenagers who are the main characters. They head to the parking lot.
"I remember that you're curious of how a motorcycle ride would was like right?" Marco suddenly asked Dione.
"Yes." She answered. Marco smirked.
"Well, want to try how a ride feels like?"