The California Adventure

Chapter 8: The Mud Bowl

It's been raining for forty-eight hours straight.

Tradition says that the Mud Bowl HAS to be played in the rain.

And the thirty-eighth annual Mud Bowl is about to begin.

"It's time to rumble," Nate announces.

"Look how sloppy it is," Chad says, kicking up a little mud.

"That's sort of the point, Chad," Teddy replied, rolling his eyes.

"Guys! Come on! We got a game to start," Dee Dee calls out to the guys.

It was two teams against each other while both crowds from both schools cheered on:

The P.S 38 Bobcats (Nate, Francis, Teddy, Dee Dee, Chad, Ruby, and Randy) and the Jefferson Cavaliers (Nolan and... I have no idea who the rest of the team is, sorry).

"Wow. They're BIG," Ruby says nervously as the Bobcats take their positions.

"I know," Nate whispered, giving Ruby a quick peck on her cheek, which made her feel better.

"Let's go over defensive assignments. Dee Dee, you cover the girl with the headband. Teddy, take the kid with the buzz cut," Francis announced as he claps his hands.

Nate raises his hand up. "I'll take Nolan."

Francis hesitated for a bit, then says:

"Okay. We'll see how it goes."

That left Nate confused.

"What does that mean?" Nate thought to himself.

"You ready?" Randy called out to Nolan.

"Yeah! Ready to spank you for the 37TH YEAR IN A ROW!" Nolan calls back, laughing and knowing he will never lose.

"Well, go ahead and try!" Nate called back to Nolan, as Randy heaves the disk toward Jefferson's end zone.

Let the games begin!

Oh, if you never played Ultimate before, here's how the game goes:

The goal is to score points, right? You can do that by getting the disk into the other team's end zone.

But here's the catch:

You can't RUN with the disk. You can only score by throwing and catching...which Jefferson's REALLY good at.

"HA! Score!" Nolan laughed as he caught the disk.

Cavaliers 1, Bobcats 0.

*Quick break from the story as someone steps in*

"Um, Coop?" someone asks.

"Yeah?" I replied.

"...never mind," someone responds back.

"Were you planning to say something?" I ask.

"Um...sure. You're taking out sentences and action from the book, word for word," Someone says to me.

"Um..that's kinda the idea..." I replied quietly.

"Like an adaptation?"

"Yeah."

"Hmm. Okay. Just try to alter the dialogue or action scenes when necessary, or if you have to, okay? You don't want to be smacked with a copyright infringement, do you?"

"Noooo..." I say in shock.

"..."

"...but, I'll think of something," I say after a few moments of silence passed.