55Flash Fiction Friday

The game was tight.
Acing serves was not enough.
You needed speed,
a good backhand,
ability to turn on a dime,
dive for missed balls,
All this and save enough energy
to go the distance
and finish the game
a winner.

In for the kill
you smash the racquetball
and hit your sister
you lose.

OK, this was not fiction. When I was younger I loved to play racquetball. I was decent at it once I had been playing for a few weeks but I still had my problems. My worst problem was I had a terribly weak backhand. If you placed the ball right down the left wall I would miss more often than not. To counter this I had this killer serve that almost no one could return. I later discovered, since I hit three walls with the ball, it was illegal. Still I did well other than that. Of course it I were charging after the ball watch out, I may not be able to stop. I hurts running into the wall at full speed.

I usually played with my one friend Don. We were fairly evenly matched. It was always a good workout. But there was one thing about Don. When he hocked up with a new girlfriend I would not see him again until they broke up.

One such time I talked my Sister to come play a game of racquetball. All and all things went pretty good. I am not really sure who was winning but the one thing I do remember... the buzzer sounded and our hour was up but the ball was still in play. My Sister was in front of me and I decided to SMASH the ball. I hit it as hard as I could which would have been OK expect I smashed it right into the back of my Sisters neck. The was not my intention at all but, needless to say I still am reminded from time to time about the one game.

I sure miss racquetball! Anyone want to play a game with me?

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