Attempting Basketball [private]

Subject: Attempting Basketball [private] Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:33 pm

I pulled the lace of my shoe one last time. I just finished tying my new shoes on. I stood slowly, and looked down at them. They felt pretty light. Bouncy, at least. I turned and walked over to the wooden benches and set down my shoes and water bottle there. I turned to look out on the vast court. There were like two other people playing and practicing. I hoped they would keep their distance. I didn't feel in the mood to embarrass myself.

I let out a breath. My mismatched color eyes looked around for basketballs, finally focusing in on one in the corner. I jogged over and picked it up, bouncing it. I took a step back as it bounced at my face, barely missing my nose. This was probably going to be painful. I bounced it again, then caught it. "Okay, let's see how well this goes," I muttered to myself.

I jogged over to a basketball goal and stood on the free throw line. I had never tried basket ball before. It wasn't really my type of sport. Archery all the way, but I recently decided to give it a go to try and fit in just a little bit better. After all, it couldn't hurt to give it a shot...or could it? I hesitated but bounced the ball repeatedly, getting a rhythm going. Then, I stopped and looked up at the goal. My eyes scanned the distance like they did for archery, and I jumped, letting the ball go. It left my hand, and sailed through the air, hitting the backboard perfectly square and falling into the basket. I grinned. It didn't actually seem to hard. I jogged over to the ball, retrieved it and tried a few more times, scoring every single time and getting further and further from the goal until I was standing at half court. Only then, did the ball hit the rim, and spin so fast that it eventually spun back out of the goal. I wasn't sure if that was impressive or not.

Subject: Re: Attempting Basketball [private] Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:57 pm

I watched as a child sank a ball after ball after ball. I smirked as his last shot twirled around and came back out. I pulled the collar of my shirt away from my neck, for some reason I had the feeling of being choked. My pulse raced, and I caught my breath, I stretched and found myself looking at the boy again. I moved forwards, automatically picking up the ball, and and tossing it backwards into the goal. I smiled at the familiar sound of a swish, I was lucky that all of the basketball Courts were the same, otherwise my steps would've missed completely. "Hey. That was some nice shooting you got there, Child of Apollo huh?" I said guessing since he still handled the ball like an amateur but shot like a pro.

Subject: Re: Attempting Basketball [private] Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:24 pm

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I looked up. A voice rang out, and I assumed it was directed at me but I had no clue who would attempt to spark conversation. Assuming it was someone who was here to make fun of me for missing the shot, I didn't bother to respond with much more than, "Yes." I walked over to grab the basketball, and began to practice dribbling to improve my skill so that I didn't look like a total idiot. I decided to try and sneak a peek at the person who spoke to me. My eyes flickered up and I caught a glimpse of a very sweet face. He didn't look to horrible. I straightened up, and tried not to be so rude.

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