Ficlet: Walk the Line

[bibliodragon]

ar_drabbles Sports challenge leads to more Grade School Galactica. That and P.E. flashbacks.

Title: Walk the Line
Author: bibliodragon
Rating: Gen
Spoilers: None
Word Count: 100


Mission: Dodge Ball!

The first, and most important, task: teams.

Bill stood in front of his classmates frowning. After Saul it became much harder to choose. Ellen was useless, and on that turn he would end up losing one of the competent players to Tom Zarek. But Saul would get upset if she wasn't on their team. Unless he'd sulk that he'd lost the chance to throw balls at her. Gaius was surprisingly good at it, but was weird and had a perfectly forged note to get out of sports.

"Laura." Only because he didn't want her on Tom's team.

Comments

[sln1.livejournal.com]

The first thing I thought when I saw your name was 'I wonder if she's done 'school sports'.

This challenge seemed like a perfect opportunity for a quick visit to that amusing world and I'm happy to say that you really have done a wonderful job with it. I love Bill carefully weighing up the pros and cons of his choices, find the comment about Gauis hilarious and entirely plausible and the final line is perfect. That's definitely the ONLY reason he picked Laura. ;)

Very entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you.

[bibliodragon.livejournal.com]

Ha, it seems obvious though it took me a little while to realize that of course there was room for school sports.

And Gaius has amazing skills at not getting killed an not getting hit in the face with dodge balls.

[bsg-aussiegirl.livejournal.com]

That last line killed me. Really. Brilliant.

And Baltar writing his own note. Ha!

[bibliodragon.livejournal.com]

It's totally the only reason ;).

[hobbit-kate.livejournal.com]

I just love this series! Will you write more?

[bibliodragon.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I had thought there wasn't going to be any more after three and then this thing appeared in my brain, so who knows. Though titles are getting trickier now.

[sczep84.livejournal.com]

LOL That last line is gold!! I really hope u write more of this series. So adorable!

[bibliodragon.livejournal.com]

The fluffiness does keep calling me back...

[redrockcan.livejournal.com]

Great use of the prompt!! HA HA HA!! I can just imagine them picking teams. You hit each characters's qualities perfectly. I really do enjoy these, nice work!! Love that Bill didn't want her on Tom's team, too funny!!

[bibliodragon.livejournal.com]

He knows first hand she makes a terrifying opponent ;). Thank you very much.