Jake West Basketball Novels & Stories

“We’ve been together since middle school… but it’s not serious anymore. Not since… us.” Another louder knock. “Mia! I know you’re in there. Jenna said you came upstairs with some girls.” Riley exchanged a wicked glance with Lena, then called out sweetly, “She’s busy. Come back later.” The door handle rattled. It wasn’t locked properly after all. The door swung open. Jake Thompson stood there tall, broad-shouldered senior on the boys’ basketball team, messy brown hair, letterman jacket, and a confused, then furious expression.

I smiled at my rhymes. He just shook his head and made his way to the fridge. "Anyways why did coach call an impromptu meeting today?" "You ask that like you're on the team, but well Jeremy, our point guard has moved to like San Francisco for the rest of highschool and the team needs a filler for the upcoming winter regionals or we can't participate." Jakob explained while twisting the cap of a bottle of water. "Ohh, cool." "There's nothing cool about it, Marina." Jakob attacked me head on.

But that is what happened, arriving he could make a group of friends that without problems related to him. Kara was on the other girls’ side of course. Not that he misses her presence. They made them wait on the covered court of the school, that was an impact on him. Jake did like basketball, and seeing a place where he could play continuously was great. Everything pointed out that this would be a great year, and in a strange way, it was. Probably that was why Kara was very happy and excited to go to school. It doesn’t take a lot to start an adventure. When one watch movies, they always show you that strange life-changing event, but in the real world, adventures begin differently.

He introduced each member of the team and their positions before highlighting the star players. “So, on the screen behind me are the total points each player has contributed this season — and guess who’s leading? Taylor West with 343 points! This guy’s not just playing the game; he is the game! Who needs a team when you’ve basically got Michael Jordan and a Red Bull addiction rolled into one?” Jake joked, making the whole team burst out laughing. “He’s got a point,” Kian said from his seat, chuckling. “No, Jake, you’ve got it all wrong,” Taylor said, amused. “How do you think I made those shots without these guys protecting me and setting me up for a clean look? It’s all about teamwork.”

I ask when he grabs his car keys. "To Nate's we're going out to watch the basketball game together." "Cool, Uhnmm let me go with you. Haven't hang out with Jake alone for a while." I say. My brother's best friend Nate happens to be Jake's older brother one of the many reasons Jake and I became friends. Jake and I have known each since we were babies. And now he's Zack's best friend and Paula's boyfriend. We drive to Jake's house and head inside. "The most beautiful girl in the whole of L.A," Nate says high fiving me.

I mean, I'm not exactly the most popular or wealthy girl in school. But Asher didn't seem to care what his friends thought, and when one of the jock made an offensive comment by saying, "What we you doing with that is ranked wolf bro? What happened to Brittany and the squad? Heard you rejected her for this loser," He said, and I frowned. It was Jake, the leader of the school's basketball team. He was 6 ft tall, had blonde hair, multiple piercings on his ears, eyebrows, nose, lips, and random places on his face. He was one of the boys that girls would scream and run after.

"In fact, this guy's a bit of a burden. The Principal told me to babysit him." As Ever eyed him, West held out his hand for him to shake, a small smile beginning to cave its way into his face. The charm in it made something jolt in my chest. "Hi, I'm West." "Just West?" Troy asked jokingly, making me realise that I didn't know if it was his first name or last. "Yeah, just West. My dad's a serious hippie." That's questionable. I love it. "I used to be a point guard at my last school. Your team's really good, but your defense needs serious work."

Gideon pov I placed my helmet on the locker and started removing my gears, I turned and Jaxon wasn't in yet. Probably still in the bleachers, taking pictures with fans. “We did well tonight and we will make it the series” Jake said, he is obviously sad about the way tonight’s game turns out. Everyone was sad, the high spirits were not present, everyone went around. Doing their thing. “Who wants to have a drink with me?” Jake asked, “please..” he begged I Chuckled.

He got up and yelled. "I am sorry, I just wanted to be part of the team". Jake was more annoyed now. He walked towards him and faced him. "I know what you are trying to do here but it won't work. You probably don't even know how to play basketball in the first place. So get your ass out of here before I do something you don't like." He warned Jonathan and walked away from him. "What is wrong with a junior asking his senior to teach him something he is not good at huh" Jonathan yelled.

" He cheered and hug me then we shook. "Jake why is my name still in the list of the players?" I asked. "Why? Don't you want to be basketball player anymore?" He asked humorously. "I asked you a simple question and you shouldn't answer me with a stupid question. So what happened why is my name still on the player list?" I seethed rudely. "Hey I am not your bodyguard so don't command me. If you care to know, yes Raphael merely removed you when someone Bayed you out." Jake said patting my shoulder.