Teenage baller Kaden Hastings has a fit when his family moves to California. He can handle the new medical diagnosis that slowly eats away at his life, but when his parents separate him from his teammates and girlfriend to move him to California to...
CONTRAST - A line, shape, color, or value that is opposite or different than those which are dominant in a piece of work.
TRAVELING - A moving violation resulting in a loss of possession. When the player moves with the ball in hand without dribbling, passing, or shooting.
In My Head ~ Kaden
Sometimes I wonder what it's like in my head when it happens. Doctors say it's like a short circuit in the brain. A wire gets overloaded and shorts out, and everything shuts down. This always reminds me that I can't buy new circuits for my brain; not a pleasant thought.
I read online somewhere that it's like a room full of mousetraps. Throw a ping pong ball in, and they all go off like a huge chain reaction. That makes me wonder, who throws the ping pong balls? And who sets the mousetraps back up afterwards? And I don't know about you, but I don't like the idea of a bunch of mousetraps in my head. Rats and Swiss cheese, not my idea of a good time.
This is what I believe. I have a gym in my head. All the people—the players, the coaches, even the spectators—they're all neurons in my brain. Ever been to a live game? You know that moment when something huge happens out on the floor, and the spectators can't help but leap to their feet. Say the game is tied, and your team just committed a turnover with ten seconds left on the clock. You'd be going wild, right?
When it happens, that's what I imagine going on in my head.
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The House:
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Author's Note
I want to say thank you for noticing this story and giving it a chance.
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