(Aya)
“THERE are national team scouts in the audience. They are wearing the national team jerseys so I am sure of it,” Millie whispers to me the moment she enters our locker room.
She knew about the application form the national team sent me for the summer camp. Like me, she was ecstatic that I was noticed by the scouts. She even told me again and again that we will win the finals because this day and special and will change my life.
That was what I thought too before we actually step into the court at the same time as our finals opponent and the whole gym vibrates with the loud cheers of the audience. Suddenly, I feel intimidated and negative. Not because I don’t think our opponent is so much stronger than me but because so much is happening today.
First of all, it is my
