Daydream Believer

lvi. trophies and trying not to lose

lvi. trophies and trying not to lose

"McKenna!" Michelle shouted.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Have you checked the tournament rankings?" she asked.

"Of course not," I said. "I just got here."

"Well, we're doing really well."

"Really?" I said. I didn't think we were doing all that well. There were so many older kids that were so much better than us.

"Yeah," Michelle said. "We're playing against my sister and her best friend today for the win!"

Okay. I definitely wasn't expecting that. How were we doing that well? I wasn't that good of a bowler. It was all Michelle. "We'd better do well then," I told her.

Michelle nodded. "For the win!"

"For the win."

Michelle and I went over to our lane and I picked up my lucky bowling ball. It was blue and white and I always did well when I played with it. Michelle's sister and her friend were in the other lane. They were so much better than us. We were going to lose.

Michelle went first. Her sister bowled terribly, so Michelle beat her easily. Then it was my turn. It turned out the other girl wasn't that good, so I beat her too. We kept go go back and forth until it was time for the final round. The other team finished with a 135, which we thought we could beat.

I rolled my ball down the lane. Strike. That meant I could go two more times. "Come on McKenna!" Michelle shouted. "We can beat them!"

I rolled it again. Strike again. Michelle cheered. "Oh my gosh, we might win this year!" By now, the entire club was crowded around our lane. I rolled it down one last time.

Gutter ball.

I looked up at the score. 135-148. We still won. That golden trophy was finally ours.