Chapter 8: Sarah The Tomboy
Sarah finds Elliot who was looking for her.
"You look different." Elliot said to her.
"How?" Sarah then asked him.
"First of all you're wearing a Chicago Bears jersey." Elliot said to her.
"So?" Sarah then asked him.
"You never wore anything associated with sports around me except for a Bears hat." Elliot explained.
"You want to play basketball?" Sarah then asked him.
"Sure, where's Jake?" Elliot then asked her.
"You want to play me in basketball?" Sarah then asked him.
"I don't think so." Elliot smirked.
"You're afraid I'll beat you." Sarah then told him.
"I don't think it would be fair if we played each other. I mean I am a guy and you're a ..." Elliot started to say.
"Mark played me in basketball all the time." Sarah then explained.
"That guy will do anything to win." Elliot said to her.
"I beat him when we played." Sarah replied.
"And he made the boys basketball team for his high school?" Elliot then laughed.
"I made the girls basketball team." Sarah then told him.
"The girls basketball team. It's not like you tried out for the boys team." Elliot replied.
"Are you saying that you're not going to play me because I'm a girl?" Sarah then asked him getting angry.
"Yeah." Elliot shrugged.
"Meet me on the court and I'll show you how much of a girl I can be." Sarah told him.
Elliot goes to the basketball court.
"We'll play to seven." Sarah told him as she checked him the ball.
Elliot plays Sarah and Sarah beats him 7-0.
"That was fun." Elliot smiled.
"You let me win." Sarah then told him.
"No, I didn't." Elliot replied nervously.
"When I had the ball you didn't even play defense you let drive the lane and score." Sarah explained.
"Maybe I did let you win." Elliot sighed.
"I knew it!" Sarah yelled at him.
"If I played like I know I could play I would of killed you." Elliot told her.
"I don't think you would of." Sarah snapped at him.
"I'm going back to my beach house. Do you want to come with me?" Elliot then smiled.
"No!" Sarah yelled at him.
Elliot goes back to his beach house leaving Sarah on the court alone. Mark M walks onto the court.
"You want some real competition?" Mark M smiled as he picked up the basketball.
"I'm not in the mood Mark." sarah told him.
"Come on. You barely beat me last time." Mark M pleaded with her.
"I don't feel like playing." Sarah snapped at him.
"Then I guess I win by forfeit. I was going to beat you anyway." Mark M smirked.
"Mark, I just played a close game with Elliot and I'm tired." Sarah lied to him.
"I saw the whole thing. He wimped out and let you win." Mark M explained.
"He didn't let me win." Sarah told him.
"Sarah, you beat him seven to nothing. It looked like he didn't even try." Mark M then said to her.
"You let me win the first time we played together." Sarah told him.
"I never let you win. I'm as competitive as you are. I don't even let my Dad beat me when I play him." Mark M smiled.
"He played football not basketball." Sarah then told him.
"My brother played basketball and I beat him most of the time." Mark M then said to her.
"He's not as good as you are in basketball." Sarah explained.
"I didn't even let your eight year old twin brothers beat me." Mark M told her.
"You played Nigel and Kyle?" Sarah then asked him.
"Okay, maybe I let them beat me but, that was the only time." Mark M replied.
"Mark, you are so shallow." Sarah scoffed.
"I let them beat me." Mark M then told her.
"They're eight." Sarah then snapped at him.
"I didn't let your brother Mike beat me." Mark M then explained.
"Good for you. You beat a ten year old in basketball." Sarah told him sarcastically.
"It wasn't easy. Mike is a cheater. He must get that from you." Mark M then smirked.
"I never cheat." Sarah told him.
"You cheated on the English Final in May." Mark M reminded her.
"I never cheat in sports." Sarah then told him.
"Prove it. Play me in a one on one. Game eleven." Mark M said to her as he picked up the basketball.
"No way." Sarah told him.
"Why not?" Mark M then asked her.
"I want the ball first." Sarah smiled as she took the ball from his hand.
Mark M and Sarah play basketball. Mark M is playing Sarah like he would if Sarah was guy. Playing tough defense and not letting her drive on him. The final score is Sarah 13 and Mark M 11. (Win by two.)
"That was fun." Mark M said trying to catch his breath.
"And I beat you. I'm 2-0 today undefeated." Sarah said rubbing it in in Mark M's face.
"Actually you're only 1-0. The game against Elliot didn't count because he played like a girl." Mark M told her.
"At least he was considerate enough to let me win." Sarah said as she chucked the ball into Mark M's gut.
"Does this mean you're still mad at me?" Mark M asked her as she walked away.
Mark M shakes his head and goes back inside the beach house.
