“Annihilator!” Alice’s angry voice was drowned out by the applause of the non-existing crowd

The MC introduced the officials and then announced that the senior citizen’s bingo had been rescheduled for the following week.  After the last announcement four of the six audience members got up and left the gym.  The MC rushed out of the gym to DJ the barmitzvah in one of the suites in the same building.  The team rolled into the arena along side their opponents, who were openly sizing them up and checking them out.

“Okay guys!” Dana cheered

“Go Baby!” Bette stood with Angie safe behind the barrier waving at Tina who smiled back at her family with her mouth guard in.

The first whistle went off and the pacers moved toward the starting line as the rest of the blockers followed. The second whistle went off twice and Tracy, being more agile and having more knowledge of the game than Jenny, took off.  The writer was busy pulling her socks up as the whistle blew.  Dana slapped her head in disbelief as she heard Bette.

“Jesus Christ”

Catching up to the pack wasn’t a problem for the pint sized brunette; it was getting past the wall of linebackers on skates.  She saw an opening between Alice and a jersey named “Sandman.”  She skated through and almost made it had Sandman not seen and hip bumped her.  Sandman knocked her right into Alice pushing the team captain out of the arena.  Trailblazer, the jammer, laughed after seeing the mishap and skidded to a stop.  At least she had enough decency to help her up before she blazed away and easily caught up with the others.  Alice sprinted after the aptly named athlete who easily scored points for their team.

“Jam it Trace!” Papi yelled

“Hey!” Kit outraged “You can’t cheer for your team.  You’re an official!”

“Relax baby!” Papi tried to smooth talk

“Don’t call me baby” Kits arched an eye brown with stern warning “It ain’t cool when men do it” then looked the short latino up and down “and women ain’t no exception” she said with the tilt of her head.

“Alright, alright” Papi yielded “I’m sorry” she turned back to the game then smiled “ma’am” this caused Kit to glare at her.