章節 93: Chapter 87: Dex's first meeting with Zoe

Dex wiped the sweat from his forehead after he was done putting the basketballs inside a cage trolley. He had been pushing the basketball cart from their club room to the gym. Since his basketball club will be having their mini games at the gym, they had to bring along as many basketballs as they could.

His class was actually doing a play on Macbeth. But because he doesn't have a role in the play and since he was the basketball captain, he had asked for permission to concentrate more on his club than his class.

Though he did help his class on setting up the stage play and rearranging the seating. Once he was done helping, he had rushed over to his club to help out with the hoops and setting up the game. His other basketball mates were busy with their own classes so sometimes he worked on the setup alone.

Open Day has started and before he went to his club, he went to his class and did whatever he could to help. But knowing that he was also busy with his club, Jeayan had pushed him out of the class and told him that they got this.

He had already worn his basketball jersey from home. And he had also worn his school jacket over his jersey. So, he didn't have to change his clothes at school.

After he was done transferring the balls inside the trolley, he turned around when he heard a commotion at the other side of the gym. The football club was occupying the other side of the gym, just across theirs. The soccer club, on the other hand, occupied the middle top. In other words, the basketball team was on the right, the soccer team was in the middle and the football team was on the left of the gym.

Looking over, he noticed that Erick and Hamish weren't there at the football team. It was as if they weren't involved in the team activities at all. At one time, he did see Erick and Hamish coming over to help but today, he didn't see them at all. Curious, he walked over to their stall.

Two guys were arranging the footballs on the floor and the others were fixing the target area for the kicking. It seems like the guys at the football team were laxing when it comes to their activity. Looking over at the table where they placed the prizes, there wasn't much other than towels and stationeries.

"Where's your captain and vice cap?" Dex asked out loud when he approached them.

His question made the guys at the football team paused in their actions. Then one of them asked back, "Why are you looking for him?"

They know that Dex doesn't have a friendly relationship with Erick so it made them suspicious as to why he was looking for the latter. Even though they never saw them fight but whenever their path crossed, they would exchange verbal insults to one another. Though, it was more like Dex was throwing the insults and Erick was ignoring him.

They don't know why the two seem to be at loggerheads with one another. But it was fortunate that it wasn't as terrible as it sounds like.

"Just curious as to why he's not here," Dex answered, shrugging. "Did he got kicked out of the team?" he further joked.

One of them stood up and glared at him. "No, he's busy with his class."

Dex scoffed. "What kind of team captain is he for not helping out here?" he mocked.

"We told him not to worry much since we could handle it," they answered back.

Dex just shrugged. "Right," he said sarcastically before walking away.

He didn't want to admit it but he felt a bit envious at how Erick seems to have good teammates to back him up. He knew that the latter didn't care about going all out for the Open Day. In fact, he knew that the whole football team themselves didn't care about it. If it wasn't for the fact that it was compulsory for all sport teams in the school to join, they probably didn't do anything for the Open Day.

He looked back and watched as the guys at the football team continued to laze around, sitting on the floor, laughing and joking around. It did not matter that no one was approaching their booth as they were too carefree.

Dex sighed as he looked at his basketball team's booth. Although it looked lively than the football team's as there were more people at theirs, he knew that the other sports team was having more fun than them.

Looking at his bored teammates who failed at attempting to look like they were having fun, he sighed.

It was his idea to have the hoop game. At first, they protested because they do not want to put too much effort into it. They wanted to just bring their game station and play basketball video games. But Dex was adamant to have something more physical. He wanted to have something memorable for the Open Day.

Last year, he wasn't the team captain and all they did was setting up an exhibition, showcasing their trophies and medals. It was boring for him. Since the previous team captain had graduated, he decided to make something fun.

Unfortunately, like Erick, his teammates wanted to concentrate more on their classes since they wanted their class to win the competition. It was not that they do not like basketball. And they were passionate about basketball, just like Dex. But since the competition applies only to classes, not clubs, it was obvious why they wanted to concentrate more on their classes than their clubs.

Sitting down at one of the chairs provided, he watched as his teammates showed the people who stopped by their booth on how to shoot.

Few minutes later, he, too, got up from his seat and began to shoot from afar, gaining a small applause from the little crowd. He talked and joked with the people who were queuing for their turn.

There were ten people in the basketball team with five of them as reserves. They were having turns to manned the booth. At that moment, it was the regular player's turn to manage, while the reserves went to their class.

Dex was about to get ready to change his shift when he heard some people wolf whistling. It was then he felt Rollo stirring inside him.

It was a bit strange since he had never felt Rollo behaving this way. He was usually quiet inside him. Just then, he suddenly felt like his nose began to twitch and to his shock, he felt like his teeth were slowly growing long.

Rollo was trying to force himself out!

Dex quickly hid himself from other people's sight and bit his lips until it drew blood. 'Deng it, Rollo,' he cursed in his mind. 'What is wrong with you? Control yourself, you b*stard!'

Soon after, Dex could hear Rollo's voice. 'Mate…'

Dex's eyes widened. He whirled around and began to look around.

It was then he saw a girl, standing nearby the basketball team's booth. She was wearing something like a robe in red. Her black hair was tied up in a bun, showing that pale nape of hers. She was watching the people shooting some hoops.

As he got closer, he realized there was a faint flowery scent that smelled like fresh flowers coming from her. He came even closer and the scent became stronger.

When he stood behind her, he accidentally slipped out a question. "Mate?"

The girl in front of him suddenly turned around. He was then taken aback by her beautiful face. She was gorgeous with strands of black hair framing her face. Her eyes were black, so dark that he felt like sinking in those dark deep depths. Her lips were painted red, so alluring that it made him want to lick them off.

It was then he realized that there were other guys who were ogling her from behind. He looked up and glared at them, frightening them away.

"Um, what did you say?" a soft voice asked.

Dex turned back around and saw the confused look on the gorgeous girl. He quickly discreetly smelled her scent and his eyes widened. A human??

He became confused. Why is it that his mate was a human, just like Erick's?

Looking down at the girl, he then thought that it did not matter whether his mate was a human or not. As long as he found his mate, he was satisfied.

Letting out a smile, he said, "It was nothing. And hello, my name is Dex Kendall."

The girl frowned. "Kendall?" she repeated. "Are you by any chance related to Erick Kendall?"

With his smile becoming strained at being reminded of Erick, he reluctantly answered, "You might say that. His grandfather was a younger brother of my grandfather."

"Oh, I see," the girl murmured. She then smiled as she held out her hand, "I'm Zoe. One of the head cheerleaders for the football team."

He took her hand and shook it. Rollo began to growl happily inside his mind. "Pleasure to meet you. Are you, by any chance, free to look around the school with me?" he asked with a flirtatious grin.