Drabble 14

Story to include a game or sport.

We all held our breath. The ball appeared to move in slow motion as it arced gracefully through the air.

We tracked its path, muttered oaths grew louder as it drifted long. But. At last, it dived, top-spin dragging it down.

Silence echoed loud around us as we watched, waited until - it hit the rim — and teetered there for a heartbeat, balancing precariously.

Then, with a soft, satisfying clink, it rolled: surrendering to gravity, dropping in with a whisper.

The crowd went wild!

We'd won — victory tasted like warm beer, tri-delta would be the ones streaking through the quad tonight!

100 Words.