Athletics

Carl stared at the track before him. It was full of students; running, jumping, stretching and some stood in clusters talking amongst themselves. Fifteen years ago he’d been one of those students. Ten years ago, he’d been competing professionally. Five years ago he’d had his accident. Four years ago he’d slid into prescription drugs and …

Surfing

“Are you sure this is safe?” “Safe?” He looked out at the water, trying to work out what she was asking him. “Safe how?” “From the waves?” “The waves are the point.” “But they can be dangerous.” Her eyes flickered to the water nervously.  “pull you under, hit you with hard things, have sharks in …

Skating

Felicity looked at the box, unsure how she felt about it. It wasn’t that she didn’t feel emotional, but rather there were so many running through here she was overwhelmed by them all. She was excited, they was something she’d wanted as a child and now she finally had them. There was joy there too, …

Rugby

Penny stood on the sidelines, bundled up in two layers of knitwear, her parka, her dad’s knitted hat and thick club scarf, and still shivered from the cold. She made herself think of the hot chocolate she’d get in the club house after the match. Of the warm player’s lunch she’d be able to swipe …

Stairgate

Esme stared at her nemesis. The stairgate, which was a silly name for it as it wasn’t even on the stairs. There was one there, but she wasn’t too interested in going upstairs, it was a lot of work and all that was up there were the bedrooms which weren’t very exciting. Unless Sian was …

Countertop

Josh walked towards May. She was sitting on the kitchen counter, rather than one of the conveniently placed stools by their breakfast nook. A bowl of yoghurt balanced on her exposed thighs and she kept shifting to move the coldness around and prevent one area of skin from becoming numb. In one hand was a …

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 …

Basketball

Levi looked to the crowd. Hoping that in the sea of faces he would see something that would point him in the right direction. Not on the court, though that would be part of today’s decision. No, he needed to make a decision on his life. His family or himself. Uncle Sammy’s bet or his …

Gate

“Morning, Babs!” Trevor shouted over the garden gate at the woman on the other side. She had been bent over weeding the flower bed beneath her kitchen window but stood at the greeting and turned towards her garden gate.  “Morning, Trev! How’s Nancy doing today?” She asked as she came towards him, the stack of …

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 …

Skittles

Gary studied the small crowd in the back room of his pub. It had been his mum’s idea, and by that he meant she’d visited his aunt in Cumbria and tagged along on one of her skittles games then demanded something similar in his pub. If there was one thing that Gary was guilty of …

Nursery

Devon sat in the rocking chair. Ford had carved it himself, spent hours out in the workshop creating this piece for her. Her hand drifted to her swelling belly. For them. She’d told him one night years ago when they were in that foggy haze of early love, tired from nights of passion but enthused …