Two Player Drills
One of the weirdest things about Vancouver in the winter is how big of a difference altitude makes. You could be walking down a hill through big, fluffy flakes of snow, and find yourself in heavy pelting rain by the time you reach the bottom. The snow...
The Winter Wolves I
"It's snowing." The hand insistently shaking at his shoulder had woken him. It was those two words that actually made him sit up, suddenly alert. Fran looked over at the skunk kneeling just next to him. "How much?" "Not loads. Pascal said that it was...
Intermediate Sponsorship
I didn't go back to the court for a few days after that. I didn't want to look at any of them. I felt awful, and I didn't really want to be reminded of Garet glaring at me, or the others watching me, or Catherine storming by without even looking at...
Personal Training
**Author's Note:** Hey, I know it's been a while. Things have been a bit manic for the past few months. Here's the next chapter of the story of Catherine and Hiro. Catherine is my character for the Furry Basketball Association, the fantasy sports...
Post-Game Ritual
The FBA is the brain child of Buck Hopper. Corey Allen and Josh Green belong to Christaphorac. The Baltimore Spirits are managed by Tobu, and their head coach is Ovek. Any other characters belong to their respective owners. * * * Corey finally let...
Basic Sponsorship
"Why didn't you show up yesterday?" I'm not sure what surprised me more: the fact that Catherine was at the court before I was, or the fact that she seemed to be offended about something. Normally I could only get her to crack by hinting that I was...
Backroom Deals
I was already a bit tired when I got into the back of the car. Catherine and I had played a bit late that Saturday, and the dinner with Mr and Mrs DeMille had been anything but relaxing. My stomach already felt a bit uncomfortable as I started doing up...
The Reunion - Part 1
"That's about it. Just remember, the Howlers may have an almost completely new lineup, but they're still every bit as much of a threat as they were in past seasons. Not to mention, those fans are going to be out for blood. Keep your heads cool, don't...
Advanced Sponsorship
I was feeling refreshed when I arrived at Catherine's house that Sunday. She'd cancelled our training the day before because her team was taking part in Vancouver's junior varsity basketball tournament, which had given me a much needed day off....
Control
The provincial finals, in an act of ultimate cruelty, took place the weekend before exams that year. Following our dominating victory at the Vancouver citywide tournament, Kimmit had given us a very short break; one week during which we only had...
The Reunion - Part 2
Catherine managed to keep her beak clamped shut until she got down to the women's locker room. She slammed the door shut behind her, almost hitting Elisa. The ocelot had been walking quickly to keep up with her all the way down to the locker rooms, but...
Low
A/N: Just a little something I wrote based on personal experiences. Any and all grammatical mistakes in this are intentional. --- It's when I stumbled into the front room of my apartment building that I really started having trouble. I couldn't walk...