Saturday, November 29, 2008

Home Field

Fourth and two completions to go. Zach, Ryan, and Kris need a touchdown here from forty yards out. They can punt it off, but that’s not really an option in their games.

“Zach, I can get it on the post,” Kris says with absolute confidence.

“Ok,” Zach replies, already knowing that, we’re screwed anyway.

The three of them line up, Kris to the left, Zach as quarterback, and Ryan to the right.

“Hike.”

While Ryan runs a short pattern, Kris heads deep for it all. Zach surveys the field, and in a desperate attempt wails the football for the endzone. It propels through the air, first passing by Devon’s launching body, then through the hands of the five foot ten Dan, and into the diving palms of Kris who claims proudly upon falling:

“I got it! I caught the ball!”

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