Beach Volleyball

“Hey look what I found in that shed.” Benji spilled onto the poolside deck the majority of their group had been relaxing on. Various balls, floats and what looked like a pair of flip flops fell out of his arms onto the ground and into the pool. Amanda who had been enjoying floating on a …

Darts

“You’re up.” Brooks pointed a finger across the table at Ellis as he sat back in his seat next to Ginger.  “Already?” She asked, her body saying softly towards his though they both pretended not to notice.  “That’s what happens when you’re shit at darts.” He said with a self-deprecating grin. “And you’ve drunk half …

Badminton

Sally stood alone on the badminton court, she knew if she didn’t someone would assume it was free and start up a match. This time of day it would be some retiree with nothing to do so a long match that they didn’t have the time to wait on the conclusion of, and at her …

Volleyball

“Do you even know the rules?” Winnie stomped her foot aggressively, knowing it was childish but unable to help herself anyway.  “Do you?” Ali responded just as tersely.  “Girls, maybe you should . . .” “Stay out of it, Hugo.” Rory interrupted his best friend and pulled him back away from the two girls he’d …

Water Polo

Theo waved at Grace from where he stood in the middle of the pool. “Come on, it’ll be fun.”  “I’m fine here, thanks.” She replied, fiddling with the oversized t-shirt she wore.  “No one cares what you look like Grace, just get in the pool.” “Shut up Carl.” Finn pelted the ball at Carl’s head, …

Ping Pong

“Want to make it really interesting?” Ned asked, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively at her as he picked up the ball.  “I’m not stripping with you.” Hillary replied, knowing exactly where his teenage brain had led him.  “That was not . . .” She interrupted him. “Don’t lie to me.” “Fine I was going to suggest …

Flowers of Friendship

We met as children, Young  But not innocent.  Broken homes and broken hearts bound us. And from our parents’ darkness Something fresh and golden grew.  Our friendship blossomed, From the buds of a shared desire  For the stable two-parent household, Into something more,  Than two lost girls recognising themselves in the other Into something honest …

Paintball

“On your six, Ford.” Vince said as he rounded the corner and followed Ford towards their target flag.  “Got you.” “Vince!” Danny shouted from somewhere above them where he was acting as their spotter.  “Get down, dickhead!” Clay shoved into Vince from behind pushing them both to the ground as a successive splatter of orange …

Shooting

“Have you heard from him?” Margaret asked, leaning forward in the armchair. She didn’t want to be there, not in the cat hair covered chair, in Neil’s house with his Stepford wife, and not once again caught up in the storm that was Gary.  “Who?” Neil replied, seemingly forgetting the question she’d asked hopefully on …

Fencing

Cas looked around the room, trying to find someone else who thought this was ridiculous but they all seemed to think it was perfectly acceptable. Where the fuck had his mum sent him? A boy called Basil, yes that was his actual name but Cas couldn’t really judge after all his full name was Casper, …

Ice Hockey

“But what do you know about hockey?” He asked in disbelief.  “It can’t be that hard to learn. I promise you I’ll get this piece done. Not only that it’ll be in on time, word perfect and full of inside hockey info.”  Grant looked at her over the top of his annoying perfectly balanced wire …

Squash

Felix took his time lacing up his trainers, he knew as soon as he left the changing room and got onto the court Myles would be swatting the ball at him. He thought that just because he was ready to go everyone else should be or suffer the loss. And unfortunately for Felix he’d been …