Chasing Woods
Chapter Eight

We had sent everything in for the state playoffs two days ago. Everything was set. We had to win three more games. Just three more games. The girls shot had fell out the window about a month ago. LeeAnn was being really unreasonable about the fact me and Austin were together. But in my head none of that mattered anymore. Three more games, three more wins and we 'd be getting ready to head to our first regional game. These next three games were crucial. The one that night was the most important because this was the team that ruined our chances last year. I wasn't going to let that happen. We had come to far. We deserved this. 

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It's the fourth quater and we were down by six. Coach Larson called time-out. 

"What is going on guys?" He asked me. No one answered. I looked around Cam looked extremely p.oed Austin was sweating and looked nervous. And me I wanted to puke. It seemed like everything was going wrong. On top of how badly the game was going, for the first time since me and Austin started dating, LeeAnn showed up to a home game. She smirked every time I did something wrong. She was enjoying the fact I was messing up. 

"Guys let's get it together." Cam said. "This is so not the place to start getting scared."

The refs blew the whistle and the time-out was up.I grabbed Austin's arm as we headed back on to the floor.

"What's the matter?"

"What you mean?"

"You seem nervous."

"I'm fine." 

"You sure?"

"Yes Woods." He snapped. 

"Alright." I was not going to push this right now. 

There was a minute and a half to make a six point comeback. I decided to drive and plow through the defense. 

"And one!" Cam shouted as the ball went into the basket and my butt hit the floor. I sunk the free throw and we were now down by three with a little over a minute left. They were trying to kill time but thanks to some killer defense from Fitz we got the ball back with fourty seonds left. The other team made a defensive mistake deciding to double team Cam, leaving JR open right under the basket. I whipped him the ball as fast as I could and he easily laid it in. One more good stop and we had to go for last shot win. We were down by one. Twenty seconds left. Thanks to another great defensive play Fitz got us the ball back. As I was speeding down the court I was debating who hands to put the ball in. Cam was double teammed and JR wasn't going to be open like that again. I threw Austin the ball with ten seconds and he put the shot up. I could tell when it was released it was going to miss. I bolted into the lane, snatched the ball up and off balanced put it up. Seconds later the buzzer went off and Austin was tackling me to the ground. It went in. The worst was over. We were safe. The run was in sight and we knew it was possible now. After we shook hands a man approached Coach Larson. The more he talked the more upset coach seemed to get. Then the man spoke loudly enough for all of us to hear. 

"The Braves are under investigation until further notice."

Investigation?

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