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Water poured from the faucet, droplets trickling down my fingers. I stared myself in the mirror, my brown eyes emotionless. My mother was out doing who knows what. She wasn't home too often, and barely had enough money to pay the bills. She contributed some, but it was mostly me. We lived in a nice house, because she had a pretty good job. It mostly seemed like she slept with her superiors and went out for happy hour. Why did I care? She was my mother, and I hated her doing this.
Thoughts about the upcoming basketball game were running through my mind. Dribble, pass, get open, catch the ball, shoot, swish. I was all too lucky to be so great at the sport. Although my mother and I lived in a somewhat nice house, by no means did we have enough money to get me through college. Scouts that watched me play would be my best bet.
All of a sudden there was a knock on my bedroom window, so I hurried down the hall. I was wearing nothing but jeans, so I quickly pulled a white t-shirt over my head. As I entered my room, I was struggling to get my head through the hole, and once I finally did, I saw Athena outside the window.
She was fiddling with the strings of her combat boots as I stared at her, her knees pulled up to her chest. "..Athena?" I hesitated the reply, even though I knew she couldn't hear me. Despite being one of my best friends, her and I didn't talk a ton these days. I always had basketball stuff, and she always had, well, family stuff.
Athena seemed to have lots of stuff on her mind at that exact moment. The way her fingers were busy with the laces only gave it away. I was trying to read her expression, but couldn't. Something about her at that moment seemed off.
I hurried to the window, pulling the latch, and slowly opening it so as not to hit her. "Athena, are you okay?" I asked worriedly, extending a hand to her so she could climb through. It was quarter to four in the morning, so what the hell was she doing here?
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