One afternoon， Nola moved her chair into the room to avoid the breeze outside. But she could still hear the noise from the sports ground. The noise suddenly stopped and the sports ground became very quiet. Nola thought it strange and looked through the window.
She saw Cary bending down there writing something on the ground with a piece of chalk. What was he writing？ She wondered. Cary finished writing and stood up. He picked up his bag and dragged his way home.
After Cary left， Nola came down quickly and walked quietly to the sports ground. When she got to the place where Cary had just stayed， she found these words： "Nola， why didn' t you watch me play？"
She picked up the chalk end on the ground and added below the line： "But yes， I did."
卡瑞是大學裏非常受歡迎的籃球明星，幾乎人人都知道他。正因為如此，他成了學院的驕傲，男同學嫉妒他，女同學把他當成英雄來崇拜。有一個名叫娜勒的女孩，是他眾多仰慕者中的一個。
娜勒是約翰遜教授的女兒，她與卡瑞是同班同學。在家裏，約翰遜先生是一個很嚴厲的父親，而一個體育明星在這樣的家庭是得不到太高評價的。因此，娜勒在家中從未提過卡瑞的名字。在學校裏，兩個人幾乎很少說話，並且彼此之間總是保持一定的距離。
娜勒的家就在大學校園裏，她家附近有一個很大的操場。每天下午放學以後，卡瑞都會在那裏練習至少一個小時的籃球，然後才回家。娜勒的家住在三樓，她從陽台上就能看到操場。每天放學回家後，娜勒總是習慣坐在陽台的椅子上，讀書或者做作業。有時，她會抬起頭，看著卡瑞投籃，或者數他進了多少次球。
然而，卡瑞似乎沒有注意到陽台上的娜勒。
一天下午，外麵起風了，娜勒就把椅子搬到了房間裏。但是，她仍然能夠聽到操場上傳來的球聲。突然，球聲消失了，操場變得非常安靜。於是，娜勒透過窗子向外看，因為她覺得這有點兒反常。