So it had all come down to this. Alice and I were going to playing for the championship. Well it was only for the state championship. The winner would move on to the national stage. I really did wonder what it would be like. I missed out on my chance to do so in Arizona, so I kind of wanted to do it here. I know Alice said that she would be glad if I won but I knew that she really wanted to win as well.

"My parents are going to be at the finals." Alice stated after we got back to the hotel room.

"Is there any way that I can meet them before the match?" I asked.

"I don't know. Their plane gets in late tonight." Alice explained. "My sister is also going to be here."

"Your parents aren't anything like her, are they?" I questioned in concern. If her parents were as abusive as her sister, I would wonder why she wasn't in therapy.

"No they're not mean." Alice explained. "They just really like it when I win. I don't think they really want to fly all the way out here just to watch me lose."

"So maybe I can have breakfast with them?" I suggested.

"I don't know if they'll be up for it." She replied. "I don't know how they would feel with me fraternizing with the enemy. That's why they didn't really like me dating Lauren."

"Did you just use the word fraternizing?" I asked. "Maybe we can go to dinner?"

"We'll see." She replied as I frowned. "It's really not that I don't want you to meet them. It's more that I'm not sure that they want to meet you."

"Do they not like that you are a lesbian?" I asked with doubt.

"They more prefer that I don't date fellow tennis players." She responded. "Though, I don't think would mind if I were dating a male tennis player."

"Because you would never play him competitively." I added. "Well maybe we can work something out. I really would like to meet them."

"I really wouldn't hold your breath." Alice replied as she sat on the bed. "Do we have to do this no sex rule?"

"I don't want to be too sore to play tomorrow." I told her.

"That would really only happen if we went for rough stuff." Alice proposed. "We can still do it."

"I don't think it would be a very good idea." I replied. "How about sometime afterwards."

"You know you'd make me want to beat you really fast so I could do it with you." She remarked.

"That's only if you beat me." I reminded me. "I'm not just going to let you win. So I heard that there are all kinds of scouts at these."

"Yeah there are colleges, other schools trying to poach you, and even the WTA." Alice explained.

"You mean pro scouts are going to be there?" I asked in a mixture of surprise and shock.

"Well they should be." Alice answered. "But Coach Platt says you need to be wary of them. They might just be looking for some sacrificial lamb so Maria Sharapova or Kim Clijsters gets a free first round victory."

"Still it would be a dream to play one of them and maybe there's a chance of getting lucky and winning." I responded.

"Yeah there's a chance but I would say the odds are most definitely not in your favor." She replied.

"You need to take me to see The Hunger Games." I told her. I hadn't seen a movie in a theatre in a while.

"I can do that but we're not going to the midnight showing before a big tennis match." She remarked.

"Alice, I love you." I said, somewhat randomly. This was the first time that I had actually said it to her.

"I love you too." She stated before we headed to bed.

The next morning was time. It was our big tennis match. There would be one winner. We would be playing a best of five. The first set went to me but Alice won the second and the third. I won the fourth. I mean what would it be if we didn't play all five sets? We kept playing games.

"It seems that we have a pretty even match here." Marcus commented. "Neither of these girls wants to let up."

We were in one 15th game of the set tied 7-7 I don't know if the people watching were still as interested. Alice was up 40-30. I then hit a point to send it into deuce.

"Time." I called as I began to speak to Alice. "This is taking too long."

"Well we can't make it go faster." Alice remarked as she looked at me.

"Yes we can." I stated. I went over to the judges. "I would like to propose a sort of sudden death. The next to score wins the set and the match."

Alice smiled because of the sense of déjà vu. The judges allowed it because I think they wanted to leave.

"Looks like we're going to have a sudden death." Kyle said. "It comes down to this. Next girl to score wins.

By now you might be able to guess how the match was going to end. I don't know if it was intentional or not but Alice hit the ball near the line once again after going back and forth a few times. Of course it would end like this. I decided to let it fall and watched as it landed outside the line. I threw my arms in the air.

"And it's a fault!" Marcus shouted. "Bella Swan is the Florida State Champion."

I went over to Alice and shook her hand. She had a smile on her face.

"Congratulations." She told me.

In addition to a trophy and getting my name put on a plaque, I also got a gold medal. I'm not sure if it was real gold but Alice got a silver one. My mom was there and came down from the stands to congratulate me. James and Laurent congratulated me. Lots of people congratulated me. I was about to head to the locker room with Alice when a voice stopped us.

"Ladies." It said. We both turned and saw a woman in a suit. "My name is Carmen. I'm a scout for the Woman's Tennis Association."

"Hi…" I stammered.

"That was quite the match you two put on." She remarked. "I was wondering if you would be interested in participating in a tournament next month."

"Where?" I asked.

"It would be in Atlanta but we could fly you out there." Carmen explained. "You both are from Jacksonville, correct?"

"That's right." Alice said. "Can we have some time to think about it and discuss it with our coach?"

"Well I'm here until tomorrow evening." Carmen remarked. She gave us a business card. "Call me in the next 24 hours if you're interested."

After she left, a woman who bore an incredible resemblance to Alice appeared. I would bet that this was her mother.

"Was that a scout for the WTA?" She asked.

"Hi Mom." Alice replied as she gave her mother a hug. "Yes that was a scout who wants us for a tournament next month."

"You have to say yes." Her mother instructed.

"Mom, this is my girlfriend, Bella." Alice introduced. "Please don't be mad at her for beating me. I gave it my best and I'm proud of it."

"Okay." Mrs. Brandon agreed. "Then you better not break my little girl's heart."

"Mom! You know I hate when you call me that." Alice protested.

In two weeks was prom. Students who lived nearby were allowed to go home to get ready. As a result I was going to Alice's house. Okay so house didn't do the place justice. It was more of a mansion. It was there that I met her father while I was waiting for her to come down the stairs. He was kind of hairy.

Alice eventually came down wearing a black dress. It had a slit in the chest and I could see the end of an A where Alice had tattooed my name on her. I wasn't without a tattoo of her name but mine was covered up. She looked absolutely amazing in this exact moment.

"Wow you are gorgeous." I told her.

"Thanks you don't look so bad yourself." She remarked.

"So are you two coming here or going to your dorm afterwards?" Her father asked.

"We'll probably head to the dorm." Alice replied.

"Well have fun then, but not too much fun." He responded.

We went to the dance and danced with each. Alice was voted prom queen but chose to dance with me instead the king. It was a perfect night.

The End

So that is the end of 30 Love. Carmen is played by Jennifer Lopez and Alice's parents are Shannen Doherty and Hugh JackmaN. Thanks for reading and don't forget to review