Chapter 10 Challenge No problem!

On the court, Fiona had changed into her sportswear and started to prepare for the game, while Clare stood beside the basketball stand on the other side. Before she came to the court, she changed into a simple casual T-shirt and a pair of casual shorts. Her hair was tied up in two strands casually, which made her feel like a little girl next door. Holding a small bottle of sports drink in her hand, she talked with Lydia and Celine beside her with a smile, and at the same time, she warmed up her hands and feet casually.

As for the referee of this competition, Fiona specially invited Zack, the leader of the sports team, to attend the 15 minute time trial. The one who got the most points would win. After making sure that they were ready, Zack whistled and the competition began.

Fiona got the ball first, and as soon as she got it, she began to rush under the basket. Clare followed her unhurriedly, but when she was about to reach the basket, Clare suddenly accelerated, turned sideways and moved her hand. Before anyone could see what happened, the ball had already been in her hand.

Fiona didn't expect her to be so skilled and was stunned because of that. But she soon realized that she underestimated her enemy. She adjusted her state of mind and caught up with her.

Fiona was the first one who got a score. It was two points. However, Clare quickly reversed the situation with a three point throw.

After a few rounds, the score between the two was still on a par. Clare had to admit that, in terms of experience and skills, Fiona was indeed better than her, but fortunately, under her brother's devil training, her shooting skill had always maintained· accurate. Gradually, she found one weakness of Fiona, that was, impatience.

Fiona's play was offensive. She was too anxious to score, so as long as she got the ball, she would rush to the basket, and she was weaker in defense because of that. Moreover, after the ball was taken away, her first reaction was to get back the ball, instead of defending the other party's shot in an advantageous position.

When there were only 2 minutes left, the score of the two was 34:34, evenly distributed. Obviously, the one who got the ball would win in the next two minutes. If no one scored, they would have to hold an extra time match.

Fiona jumped up and shot.

Almost everyone's heart rose in an instant. Even Carl unconsciously shifted his attention from the PSP to the court.

The basketball hit the basket frame, but it didn't go in. Clare seized the opportunity, jumped up and grabbed the basketball ahead of Fiona. She turned around and ran under the basket. Fiona quickly caught up with her and stopped her in front of the basket.

Clare frowned, but quickly unfolded it. She decisively turned around and ran back. Fiona didn't understand what she was thinking. She was stunned for a moment. When she came to her senses and caught up with Clare, she found that she had arrived at the three point line.

Clare stood up and jumped. Fiona also jumped, but it was too late.

"Oh..."

People outside the court took a deep breath nervously.

The ball hit the frame and spun around--

Before it could get in, the ball fell down from the side.

"Alas..."

The onlookers sighed with disappointment at the same time.

Clare couldn't help but utter a "eh", feeling a little pity in her heart: what a wonderful three-point ball! She made a mistake.

Clare got the ball again 30 seconds before the competition was over. She took the ball to the basket, and Fiona quickly stopped in front of her. Clare didn't turn around, but gently jumped up, and Fiona jumped up to block her. Clare suddenly bowed to the ground, quickly turned around Fiona, layup· and got the score.

At the same time, the whistle of the end of the competition rang.

Fiona held her breath for a long time, thinking, 'It was just a fake move! I I· lose?!

Clare secretly let out a sigh of relief and felt happy inwardly. In fact, Fiona's physical strength was better than she thought. If she played extra time, she was likely to lose. Fortunately, she won.

Her mouth was a little dry. Clare habitually took a sip, and then walked towards Lydia and Celine, smiling and clapping with the two to celebrate.

"You did make rapid progress. Good job." Lydia gave her five· and handed the drink to her with appreciation.

"Thank you." Clare took the drink, unscrewed the cap and took a big sip. HMM... Nice.

Celine considerately handed over the prepared wet tissue and said with concern, "Wipe the sweat off your face. Be careful not to catch a cold."

"Well, thank you, Celine." Clare took the wet tissue and wiped her face. Then she saw Fiona walking to her with a livid face.

"Clare, you are really a scheming woman!" Fiona angrily complained, "You can play basketball, but you pretend not to know how to play when you bet with me..."

Clare stopped wiping her sweat, looked at Fiona in confusion and said, "Did you make a mistake? I have never said, nor shown the news that 'I can't play basketball', right? And... " She kindly reminded Fiona, "When you said you wanted to play basketball, I proposed to change a project. You refused me at that time. Do you remember?"

Clare was telling the truth. Fiona lost her words, "You..." She gritted her teeth, glared at Clare and said, "Remember, I won't let you go!"

"Ah..." Clare suddenly regretted. According to the information, Fiona was extremely vindictive. Shouldn't she win her just now?

She touched her nose, smiled and said, "I have a bad memory for this kind of thing. I may not remember it." The reason why she said so was to ease the atmosphere between the two. She just wanted to tell Fiona that she didn't take today's competition seriously and just sparred with each other, so Fiona didn't need to care about the result at all and didn't have to hate herself for such a trifle. She was not afraid of Fiona, but she had promised her brother before she came here· that she would try her best to be a ·nice girl and not cause any trouble. Obviously, Fiona was ·a big trouble. She didn't want to be in trouble with such a big trouble as soon as she was transferred to another school.

However, Fiona obviously didn't understand Clare's difficulties and didn't understand what she meant. On the contrary, she felt that Clare was showing off to her! She was implying that she didn't take her words seriously at all! The more she thought about it, the more hateful and resentful she became to Clare. After saying ruthlessly, "let's wait and see." she turned around and left the basketball court with anger.

Clare stood still and watched her receding figure. She was confused and depressed at the same time:

Why does Fiona look more angry? Didn't she understand what I meant? Or was it because I didn't express it clearly? Oh! Did I become less friendly? !'

Looking at the depressed expression on Clare's face, Celine patted her on the shoulder and comforted her, "Don't worry. It's okay."

Lydia also nodded and said, "That's right. It's okay. If Fiona dares to make trouble for you again, we will help you."

"What? That's OK. I can handle it myself." Clare refused immediately. Are you kidding me? It's enough for me to get into trouble alone. If Lydia and others are involved, my brother will scold me to death!'?'

A class would last 45 minutes. It took half an hour to prepare for the competition and the previous preparation. Besides, Fiona had just made a fuss, so there was only about ten minutes left before the class was over. It was not enough for the teachers to have a class. The two PE teachers waved their hands and dismissed the students, letting them go freely.

After Fiona left, Clare thought about it carefully. Since it was a fact that she had got into trouble with Fiona, she had no choice but to accept it. In short, she had to deal with it according to the actual situation. She was not afraid that there would be something that could not be solved. Fiona was certainly not a good person, but Clare was never a saint. She was not afraid of losing. Thinking of this, Clare completely relaxed. She leaned against the basketball stand and chatted with the twins leisurely after class.

"Clare." While the three of them were joking, Vincent suddenly appeared out of nowhere and looked at the three with a bright smile.

"Are you looking for me?" Clare looked at Vincent in confusion. After getting the affirmative reply, she asked, "What's up?"

In the past three weeks, although Clare got along well with her classmates, she didn't spend much time with them. It would take some time for her to get along with them. Therefore, she didn't have deep personal friendship with others except the twins of the Cao family. She was really curious about the reason why Vincent came to her voluntarily at the moment.

"Here is the thing," said Vincent with a smile, handing over the materials in his hand, "I formally invite you on behalf of the student union. I wonder if you are interested in joining us? If you are interested, please fill in this application before class tomorrow afternoon and hand it over to me."

"The student union..." Clare was tempted. According to the information her brother had found, as a private middle school controlled by the board of directors, XY High School was more democratic on management of students. Therefore, compared with the student union of a public school, the student union of XY High School was more independent. It must be very interesting to work in such an environment. But... The student union was a hot topic. If she joined it, she would get into more troubles.

Should she join it or not? This was another problem.

After hesitating for a while, Clare asked seriously, "Is there any benefit to enter the student union?"

"... Benefits?" Vincent was stunned and then laughed. Clare asked really directly.

"Of course, there are many benefits. When you are recognized to enter the student union, you will be able to obtain the special badge of the student union. With the special badge, you can enjoy many privileges belonging to the student union in the school. For example, you can freely enter and exit the working area of the student union from floor 1 to floor 7 of the administrative building, and you can also have your own office; also, you can go to the supermarket and the canteen of the school with a discount for shopping. Or, if you are the principal or vice president of the student union, you can go to floor 8 of the executive building to attend the monthly board meeting; or... "

"Okay, I'm interested." Hearing this, Clare suddenly interrupted Vincent. She smiled friendly to Vincent and said, "Thank you for your invitation. I will fill in this form carefully."

The board meeting...

This was a good chance.