Marcus is your rival. Not a friend, not even close. You were both on the basketball team and got into arguments and fights A LOT. I wasn't anything new.

It was clear you both hated each other. It was practice and you already had a bad morning with your teachers telling you that you were failing classes and if it doesn't get raised, they'd call in your parents. For sure, your parents would make you stop playing basketball and you couldn't afford that. So you had to work harder.

The basketball suddenly hit you in the back of your head. You groaned and saw Marcus chuckling.

"Oops! My bad."

He said in a mock tone and grinned. That was it. You punched him and you both brawled until your teammates stopped you and the coach punished you both to the bench.

"This is all your fault."