Fictionista Workshop - WitFit December Prompts

December 4, 2009 (www(dot)fictionistaworkshop(dot)com/witfit/2009-12-04/)

Word Prompt: Use the following words: audacious, football, white, testament.

Dialogue Flex: "He would take the secret to the grave."

Creative Original or Derivative:Derivative (Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer)

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Rating/Warning(s): K

Genre: Drama

Emmett enjoyed a lot of things about his life as a vampire.

The speed.

The strength.

But most of all, he enjoyed his enhanced ability to show off. Especially in sports.

Carlisle had always banned his children from playing any sports or participating in any form of Physical Education while they were at school.

He had very good reasons to give to the teachers. He would tell the school that his kids had an illness. Maybe that they all had a disease. Since Carlisle was the best doctor in Forks, and most likely all of Washington State, the school always agreed to the "no sports" rule without a backward glance.

Emmett had at many instances tried to prove to Carlisle his ability to play sport at a human pace. Various activities were set up in the backyard, and Carlisle was dragged out to see his son perform horribly at any game.

It was the start of the new Football season for the Forks Spartans. Emmett had inconspicuously signed his name on the try out list, he had even been careful enough to not think about any sports near Edward. Of course, there was no way he could get past Alice, but she hadn't opened her mouth about anything yet.

It was now Thursday afternoon, and Emmett had cooked up an unconvincing lie of staying behind after school helping Mr. Banner prepare frozen frogs for the next days' biology lesson. Edward knew something was up, but he just didn't want to rob Emmett of his privacy.

So, after his siblings had left in the Volvo, Emmett just about skipped down towards the changing rooms to get ready for his try out as the Spartans' Fullback Football player.

Once he arrived in the rooms, he surveyed his meagre competition. There was the ever-popular jock, Mike Newton, and the boyfriend of Angela, Ben Cheney. Also trying out was Tyler Crowley, and scrawny Eric Yorkie.

He took out his custom made Spartans gear. He pulled his sweater and t-shirt off, flexing his huge muscles in the process. He could hear the whispered conversations of the other boys, nattering on about how developed his muscles were, and how pale white his skin was.

That reminded him. He would never be allowed to be a skin. He always had to be a shirt. If the accidental ray of sunlight were to hit him square in the chest, he may just have to murder the school's football team. But he would be very careful. He would use his old lie of "I'm allergic to the sun" to escape.

He ran onto the field at the slowest pace he could execute.

Coach Clapp went greeted the boys and presented each of them with a brochure on football rules and safety guidelines. Emmett just contained the desire to rip the brochure into pieces.

The rest of the try outs went well. Emmett didn't spontaneously have a burst of energy, he stayed away from any patches of sunlight, didn't deflate any footballs, and he got his Fullback position.

In a good mood, he careened into the changing room and changed at the fastest pace possible for a human, and then ran into the parking lot. He made sure no one was around to see him melt into the trees and then run for home.

Carlisle was livid when Emmett bounded into his study. Edward must have told him.

Before Carlisle could get a word in, he cut in.

"Carlisle, no-one would ever feel the need to testify against the family – I'll be very careful, I promise. I really find this human football thing fun!"

Carlisle opened his mouth, about to talk, but Emmett interrupted again, "I'll take the whole we are vampires secret to the grave, I promise. Scouts honour," Emmett said, holding up two fingers in a salute, "Come on, Carlisle, you owe me! Just let me play human football, be a little audacious."

Carlisle considered everything, weighing all risks and gains in two-thirds of a second.

"All right, Emmett."

I am finding these prompts challenging, but that's a good thing; it brings out the creativity.

The "allergic to the sun" line comes from She's The Man. If you've seen it, you'll know.