Tyler along with the rest of Ace's teammates was in the locker room when he walked in. He gave Ty and a few others nods before walking to his locker with his gym bag strapped to his shoulder. Dropping the bag on a bench he opens his locker and starts getting ready."You're not late today, Thank God," Tyler said as they walked together to the court. "Coach would've had my hide if he had asked me where you were and I couldn't provide answers. ""I've just been really busy" Ace shrugged, he caught the ball, Lance, a teammate threw at him and threw it in the basket."Nice shot dude" Lance ran after the ball after giving Ace a thumbs up.Tyler didn't know about Ace's feelings for Sky, Ace didn't want to tell him but it's been weeks and he's made no progress with her.'maybe telling him won't be such a bad idea' Ace thought 'what could go wrong"Hey Ace, you ok? I've been calling your name for a while now." Charles another of Ace's close friends walks up to him. The both of them clasp their

Ace was seated in the cafeteria amid his friends, the popular crowd but he was distracted, he kept staring at the door every 5 seconds hoping the girl that has taken over his entire thoughts both conscious and unconscious was going to walk in. Since Sky agreed to be Ace's friend they've been civil. greetings in the hallway at school, regular texting, Ace got her number that evening before he left Ty's house and he has taken every opportunity to text her, even if it's just to send weird funny emoticons to get a reaction out of her. But she hasn't been eating lunch with them in the cafeteria so Ace was able to convince her to try it today and she agreed but now he was beginning to think that she had bailed on him. There was also the issue of Ty's objection to their relationship or lack of... and now he was glaring at him or was it staring intensely, well he was making his displeasure very obvious and the group was starting to notice if the looks some of them were giving him was anythin

"Hey, Sky it's Ace.....uhmmm I'm not sure what I said to get you so pissed at me to the point of ignoring me but I'm sorry, I'm really sorry and if you could just pick up your phone or call me back Id apologize in person"Sky played another one"Hi..... it's me again, Ace, you probably figure that from the hundreds of voice mails I sent. I came to your house today but Tyler said you were out. I didn't believe him, you were probably in your room, hiding. Call me back. Yeah," Ace finished another voice mail frustration thick in his voice.Sky gulped the knot in her throat down and played another one. He was wrong, she wasn't hiding in her room she was in therapy.Sky put her phone down and walked towards her window seat sighting a small black envelope she picked it up.Sky was holding a letter from Ace in her hand. Confused and not sure what to expect she turned the letter around to open it. It was sealed close. The types of seals used in ancient times to authenticate documents. The own

Another week goes by after Sky apologizes to Ace. After the apology, everything just went back to normal between them, like it never even happened. Ace keeps to his word and stops trying to get Sky to open up about her secrets, although he's still extremely curious he wants to believe that In time she'll trust him and tell him all about it.....trust is not the only thing he'd like her to feel for him in time. Ace has noticed that his feelings for Sky don't seem to be going anywhere instead they're getting stronger. He looked for every opportunity to spend time with her, It started with tutoring, Ace was still helping Sky with her history even if she didn't really need the tutorials anymore. she was acing all her tests and had a good understanding of the course. They started hanging out outside of school, they do this so many times anyone who saw them could mistake them for a couple. Ace made it a habit to eat lunch with Sky every day at school, it could either be in the lunch room at

"I'm so glad you came. when I didn't see you before the game started I was so sure you wouldn't show" Ace said gazing at her. These days he did that a lot, gazed at her, not look or stare, gaze. Whenever he looked at her like that it was like she was his world, he couldn't believe she was there or that someone like her existed. His look spoke of great adoration.Sky laughed and broke the staring game they had going on "I told you I would. and I always keep my word""So, what did you think about it??" It was intriguing. fascinating, I mean I'm not a sports person and I tried not to scream with the crowd in case I mistakenly cheered for the wrong team....and you... you're really good, aren't you?? Are you gonna go pro?"Ace stared at her, a soft look in his eyes, he was surprised at her overly enthusiastic expression "No, it's just a game I play for fun... But Tyler's going pro""yh he is, just like his dad" Tyler has wanted to go into professional basketball since he watched Michael J