Jim Nasium Is a Tennis Mismatch
By Marty McKnight and Chris Jones
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Jim Nasium Is a Tennis Mismatch - Marty McKnight
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Chapter One
LOVE-LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
Game point!
I twirled my table tennis paddle.
At the other end of the green table stood — wobbled might be a better word, actually — my best friend, Milo Cabrera.
You do realize,
I said with a smug smile, that I’m just one point away from winning?
Milo pushed his glasses up his nose, which was dripping with sweat. Yeah, yeah,
he said. Just get it over with.
Around us, the flashing lights and dinging bells of the FUN! Zone… well, flashed and dinged. At the air hockey table, two ponytailed girls smashed a plinking puck back and forth. A trio of teens rolled Skee-balls up ramps. A sweaty grown-up danced his heart out to a video game called All the Right Moves.
It was a busy afternoon, and the place was hopping. It helped that the FUN! Zone was right near our school, Bennett City Elementary. Go Buffaloes!
THWACK!
I served, and the ping pong ball zinged perfectly to Milo’s side. He wound up, stuck out his tongue in concentration, and —
WHIFF!
That’s game!
I said.
Milo shook his head. Where’d you learn to play like that?
he asked.
There’s a table at my uncle Dave’s house,
I said.
Dang,
he said. How often do you visit?
I ignored him. Rematch?
Milo served first. The ball came over the net.
I swung my paddle in a wide arc, blasting a backhand with wicked topspin out of Milo’s reach.
Two girls strolled up to the table. I recognized Amy Choo but not the other girl. Nice backhand,
she said as they breezed past.
Huh?
I said. Girls rarely spoke to me.
Milo took advantage of my distraction by serving before I was ready. In his hurry, he crushed the ball so hard that it