Thread: The Offer (Haruchai and Hummingbird)

A slight smile peaked through Rosie's despair when Coack K called her his best girl , she liked hearing that, had earlier that day when she hit a jump shot from the center circle, and only shrugged when he told her all boys were dumbshits, that she needed to date a man. I figure most people her age are. Rosie said with a shrug of her shoulder when Coach K told her Mrs. Williams, her worker, was racist, Kind of don't even really notice. When Coach K lifted Rosie's chin and made her gaze up into his eyes her miserable expression began to diminish, to change into a pretty mix of confused captivation, she felt like he had allure hidden in his gaze, a desire for something from her he shouldn't have, and when he tenderly touched her cheek she subtly pulled away. Rosie followed Coach K out to his truck and thanked him for helping her into the cab, put her seatbelt on while he went around to the driver's side and stayed quiet cos he did, texted Jess to see if maybe she could stay with her instead but didn't get a reply, figured Jess was pissed at her for making them forfeit and tried Angie. cant, sorry pix was all she got back so she tried Leslie, her last hope, and Leslie told her she could hang but couldn't stay the night cos her sister had some friends over for the weekend. Rosie was going to tell her she was going to have to stay with Coach K, that he had given her a weird vibe, but didn't want him to get in trouble cos then she would, she'd had enough drama and was driving into more, told Leslie she'd maybe see her later and left it at that. After a while the silence between Coach K and herself became uncomfortable, made her worry about how things would be overnight and maybe into the weekend, that maybe she was making a mistake and should just spend a night or two in a shelter until she could hustle enough scratch to get a hotel room or something. Rosie glanced over at him and found his attention on the road, looked out her window and watched him in the reflection, expected to catch him sneaking a glance at her but he didn't, had that hidden look he gave her earlier just been in her head? Two black, industrial size garbage bags were stacked by the road in front of her group home and Rosie knew they had her shit in them, checked one anyway and found her clothes in it, dug through and found her shoes and other things, figured one of the workers had done it and hadn't helped themselves to anything, quietly lifted one up onto the back of Coach K's truck then the other. She hesitated at the open door of Coach K's truck and looked back at her home, very seriously considered going in and fighting her case but knew Mrs. Williams had gone home for the night and wouldn't be back until Monday morning, that only Janice and Till were on and a decision like that was out of their hands. Trapped in the crushing consequences of her temper Rosie quietly got back into Coach K's truck and buckled herself in, didn't want to talk or anything so she put her headphones on and let the Weeknd smoothly serenade her during the drive to wherever Coach K took them next, she knew it was rude but it was all she could do to get the alone time she needed. Coach K probably understood anyway and if he really needed to talk to her it wasn't like he couldn't easily get her attention, so she rested her head against the headrest and closed her eyes, sang along with Abel in her mind and tried to make the whole world fall away.