I mostly trained and hung out with the team during the week until it's time for us to head out to London. We were going to spend the week in London, as we had a small base around to do some training.I was excited to see Riri again; I couldn't wait to head out to London. Paige saw how excited I was and asked about it throughout the week, trying to find out what got me so happy. I gave in and told her that one of my girlfriends was going to come to the game, but I wouldn't tell her who it is until she saw her. I couldn't wait to see the look on her face when she saw that I was dating Rihanna.After a few days, we boarded the plane to London; we're going to be facing off against the team there. The team was called the Golden Lions. They didn't have any Star Players and mostly played fundamental old school basketball, a style mainly consisting of a lot of pa.s.sing before either a shot or set up to a play, not a very flashy playstyle, in my opinion. However, they always seem to get the job done when they work together. We can't forget that this is England's Royal Navy team. Most of the elites around England came together to play in this team, they were top 10 in the league for as long as anybody could remember, but they were incredibly dull, that was the only problem.We landed in London and stayed on a base close to the gym, using the place for training; we had two days left before the game with the Golden Lions. Hence, we used that opportunity to look around the city, and on the second day, I had finally met up with Rihanna.When Paige saw her, she acted like a fangirl screaming and yelling, saying, oh my G.o.d is this your girlfriend, Rihanna. Riri and I just laughed when we saw how excited Paige was when she met her. We went out to grab some lunch; at the same time, Paige was getting to know Rihanna more; they acted like best friends right off the bat, which surprised me because I thought Rihanna would be mad at me for picking up another girl. To my surprise, they bonded pretty well after doing a few shopping and hanging out. Rihanna said that she was ready to take it to the next level with me. I laughed when I saw how desperate she looked. She's been waiting for almost a year and hadn't gotten some d.i.c.k in so long that she almost forgot how it felt. Paige also realized that, as she started to blush and excuse herself, giving us some s.p.a.ce as she returned to the base. Rihanna smirked when she saw that Paige was gone, saying, she's a good girl, and she's thicc; you weren't alone at all, that a.s.s is enough to replace Sandra and me. I laughed when I heard what Rihanna said, but I didn't overthink it. As she leaned over to give me a peck on the cheeks, I was shocked and said, what the h.e.l.l is that. I grabbed her by the waist and locked lips as we started to make out. Rihanna was already wet I could tell; since it's been such a long time, we decided to get a hotel room. As we left the restaurant, we had to have people covering our tracks because a lot of people knew that Rihanna was in town, so all the paparazzi were hounding her for either a photo or story. It felt weird to me; I hadn't reached that level yet, so n.o.body was hounding over me like they were with Rihanna; it was quite an odd experience for me since I was able to go wherever I wanted without worrying about paparazzi.After having a bit of catching up with Rihanna, we separated as I went back to the base. She was a little bit reluctant that I had to leave, but I had a game later that evening, so I had no choice but to go and get ready, and she understood that as we parted ways.The game had finally arrived, Ground Force Vs. Golden Lions. London was making quite the noise as they came out to support their home team. Both civilians and army folks were present for the game as there was a large crowd within the arena. A few people in the group recognized me when they saw me come out as they started cheering. Surprisingly the singer that came to sing the national anthem was pretty good. I had no clue who she was, though.Still, she was stunning; I can see Rihanna sitting in the front row watching as I made my way onto the court. She started waving at me as I waved back at her, people in the crowd looked in her direction as they all went mad after Rihanna; I didn't know Riri became such a big deal as the whole arena was cheering and shouting her name, I could tell that they loved her. The tip-off was underway as their Center won the tip-off; pa.s.sed it to their point guard who was called Jeff, he also pa.s.sed it over to their shooting guard who drove it in for the layup, getting the first two points.Paige brought the ball down and pa.s.sed it to me; I pretended like I was about to shoot, getting my defender off the ground to block the shot; I brought it back down and blew past him as I went in; the power forward from the team stepped up to try to prevent my way, leaving Khalid open as I pa.s.sed it on to him and he took the mid-range shot but missed it.I was beyond shocked because I've had him work on that shot since I've met him and surprisingly he missed it during a game; it seems like I wasn't the only one who felt this way, he was also shocked because he had perfected it so much that it was muscle memory at this point. Still, him missing it was something entirely out of his expectations.The Golden Lions team Center rebounded the ball and threw it down to their shooting guard who was left open; he stopped at the three-point line and took the shot, I thought how boring of a guy to just pull up with not a care in the world. Still, when he made the point, it shocked me even more as something clicked in my head. I had to take this game more seriously.