Her Betrayal His Revenge

15

BLACK,

"Be my girlfriend" I blurted out

"What?" I could see the shock in her voice

"I won't repeat myself" I said and looked away

"The audacity" she gasped

"See, if I am near you, with you, I will eventually get hold of my curiosity and the reason why you are distracting me so much. And as for you, if you become my girlfriend, no one would dare bother you. Also, I won't punish you for slapping me. And maybe, o can help you with a little bit of your finances" I said pulling her paining nerve. I knew she needed a lot of money for her father's treatment. I was sure that if any other thing didn't even work, this will.

"Are you trying to buy my love?" She asked disgusted

"I don't do love babygirl. I am just asking you to be my girlfriend. No feeling involved."

"For what then? For s*x?"

"Not actually. I won't ask you to sleep with me, unless you want to." I whispered the last words into her ears and I could see the chill running down her spine. I smiled to myself seeing her so weak for me.

"I am not interested" she sternly replied

"In s*x or to be my girlfriend?" I raised an eyebrow at her

"Both" he replied putting on a strong face.

This girl, she's really so stubborn. But fine, let's play along, I guess.

"Get in the car" I said and walked towards the driving seat

"I said I am not interested" she repeated herself

"I was going to drop you back to the hostel. But if you are not interested in that too. Okay, good luck on the road" I scoffed acting cold

After hearing me, she stomped her foot towards the car and got in.

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Next morning, I parked my car in the Gladiators parking space and made my way towards the basketball court. As I walked, something caught my eye and my blood boiled immediately.

There she was sitting on the side bench in her basketball jersey. But that was not all. Nate was sitting beside her and talking to her. I gritted my teeth in anger. Not because he was talking to her, but because I was afraid that he would ruin my whole plan and my 8 years of patience would go in vain. Or at least that's what I tried to convince myself.

I went and stood next to them. They looked up at me.

"You can go" I said looking her straight in the eyes

"Huh?" She questioned

"Nate, you can go first. I have something to talk to her about." I cleared myself

He was a little unwilling to go, but still got up and went to the court.

Now I sat down at his place and turned to her,

"Yesterday night I asked you to be my girlfriend, and here you are flirting with my gang member." I raised an eyebrow at her

"First thing, I declined your offer. Second thing, I would never flirt with any of you guys. And third thing, why does it affect you? Didn't you say there are no emotions involved?" Now she raised an eyebrow at me.

God! How does this girl know the exact thing to say, always?

Control. Calm down. Remember your goal. I reminded myself. And then looked at her again.

"So you are here to play basketball?" I asked

"Of Course! I wouldn't be here to have breakfast on the basketball court" she scoffed

I hated to see this attitude of hers. Only if I can remind her how weak I can make her feel, just like yesterday.

"Maybe you are here to see me." I whispered. I knew she heard it but yet she acted like she didn't and asked

"Huh?"

"Nothing. Want to play with us?" I asked casually seeing there wasn't any other female player on the court.

She looked at me confused.

"By that I meant to play basketball of course. But if you want to play dress up with me, I am down for that too I guess" I said grinning

She gave me a death glare but still agreed.

When I told everyone to involve her I'm the game, everyone was shocked. This was just our regular practice match and nothing serious, but I had never let any girl play with us before. So they were confused.

Me, Nate, her and two other guys

                      Vs

Kai, Tyler and three other guys

Why did I take her on my team? Well I was the best player here. I could easily compensate for her not so good game. And also I didn't want to embarrass her like last time, cause last time there was just us, but now there are people here.

Why am I thinking of her reputation when I have to destroy her in the end? I thought to myself but the whistle blew and my attention was back on the court.

The game began with our possession. A couple or baskets here and there. And she was just running around the court. She hadn't even touched the ball yet. So I passed her the ball. She attempted a lay up shot but was blocked.

She was shorter than all of us. In fact she was just a bit above my shoulder level. So of course she would have a disadvantage. I just looked at her and nodded, as if telling her that it's fine. She gave me a flat smile, clearly disappointed in herself.

The game went on. Tyler was dribbling the ball, when all of a sudden someone jerked the ball away from him. It was her. She then went on full speed to the other end to lay the ball up and into the basket. Everyone was shocked. I smiled thinking of how she was using her small figure and speed to her advantage. Now I understood her game, how she plays.

So then when I caught the rebound on the back court, I would just throw the ball to the front court, to her, and she would make a basket. If any player reached her and jumped to block the shot, she would just bend down and let that player fall aside and than score a basket. She was totally using her disadvantages into her favour. And then I remembered what she had said,

'I know to use my disadvantages to my power' and I broke into a cold sweat. She certainly knows how to play mind games better than any other player. But baby girl, I am the coach. I said in my mind.

The game was over. They all were sitting together drinking water and wiping sweat. I walked over as I heard them complimenting her,

"Vinny, you are really amazing." I heard Nate say

"That's why I let her play with us" I blurted out and all eyes now turned to me but I kept looking at the bottle in my hand as if it was the most interesting thing in the world. I had realised what I just said and then they would probably ask me when I saw her play. So I was avoiding their eyes as I didn't want to tell them that I lost in 1 v 1 against her.

"Let's go, I am hungry." I said before they could say anything and they got up.

"Do you want to come along?" I asked Vinny

Everyone was shocked, including her. Why would they not? Just yesterday, I dragged her out of the cafeteria as if I was gonna kill her and now I was acting all nice towards her. I silently complimented myself for my acting skills. Everyone was fooled, even my gang members.

"No, I am fine. Also I need to change and get to the class" she said and hurriedly left.

Four of us walked to the cafeteria with other players following closely behind. We went and sat at out usual place.

"What was it for bro?" Tyler scoffed

"Have you perhaps fallen for her?" Nate asked

While Kai was just smiling and observing. Those three were looking at me anticipating an answer so I just replied with nothing.

"So you finally decided to change your way to make her fall for you. You are acting as if you care for her and truly love her. And then when she falls for you, you are gonna break her apart. Am I right or am I right?" Kai finally spoke

Oh God! How much I envied that smart mind of his. But he was right. So I started grinning.

"You motherfucker. You could have at least told us" Tyler said

"I wanted to see if my acting was good. But seeing you guys getting fooled, I am sure I must be a good actor" I winked and we all started laughing

"By the way, I am happy that you finally took my suggestion into consideration." Nate said

"Thanks man. By the way Nate, by any chance do you like her? Vinny?" I asked

Now all eyes were on him.

He took the last bite of his sandwich, chewed it, drank water and then spoke,

"Does it matter?" And got up and left

The three of us were now looking at each other.

This was not how I had planned for things to go. What if she too falls for him? What if he told her everything cause he loves her? What if he changes sides? What if our gang breaks cause of this? All these thoughts flooded my mind.

Just then he came back, bent down, looked directly in my eyes and said,

"Don't worry about my feelings for her, it won't affect your plan." His greyish blue eyes looked hurt but I could sense the sincerity in them. And I knew that for all four of us, nothing was above our gang, our family. And so I could trust these guys with my life.

I just got up and hugged him. Tyler and Kai followed behind for a group hug.

Just as we separated, I saw Vinny standing there, smiling at us. How long has she been here? Why is she smiling? Did she hear everything?