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=Basketball Trouble=

It was a cloudy and windy day in December of 2006 in Florham Park and R.J. the 11 year old with brown hair was just about to leave his house to go to his best friend Justin's the 11 year old with brown hairs house because Justin invited him. R.J. is feelling great because he knows that he is going to have an amazing time with Justin. R.J. is walking up the path to Justin's front door of justin brown house and he is looking around the yard, at the dead leaves, and the wet muddy grass it just stoped raining. R.J. gets to the door and rings the door bell that sounds like ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, ding dong Justin's sister Tara the 14 year old with brown hair answered the door. Tara yelled "Justin R.J. is here." Then Justin came down the creeky steps. Then Justin recomended that they play outside.

"Hey, R.J. lets go play basketball in your backyard with the grass basketball hoop and the pool," said Justin. "We can shoot half court shots just like if we were in the N.B.A. and we can have a bunddle of fun. Ok I get ball first!"

"Woah Woah Woah! Why we don’t just flip a nickle to make it fair, It feels illicit not making it fair. said R.J". I agree on us staying outside in your backyard but we need to play fair. It’s almost 4:00 and we are fighting over who gets ball first."

"Ok Ok do not have a cow R.J. we will flip a coin its just it is my twenty-five dollar basketball that I bought from Dicks Sporting Goods so i should get ball first. Let’s just have some fun it does not matter who gets ball first I really am not in the mood to fight. Ok I call heads! said Justin."

"Ok I have tails. YES! Its tails I win, give me the ball so we can get started ok." Said R.J. "Fine a deal is a deal." Said Justin.

Justin and R.J. are having fun they are getting along and then the just start to fight about who gets to shoot their half coart shot first. "Justin and I are playing basketball in his backyard with the trampoline and the basket ball hoop and jungle gym and we start fighting over who shoots their half court shot first. "R.J. what do you always have to get to shoot first!” Yelled Justin with an angry look on his face.

"Umm because I won the game before." Said Justin with a proud look on his face.

"R.J. so what sure you won the game so that does not mean you get to shoot first!” Shouted Justin with a mad look on his face.

"Justin don’t you think it makes since I won so I get first shot.” Said R.J.

"Forget it I will just not play.” Said Justin.

"Wait how about we shoot at the same time.” Said R.J.

"Sure.” Said Justin.

“But it is now raining and the sky is very cloudy and it is realy coming down hard because i can feel it on my arm so we have to go in.” Said R.J.

“I agree. Anyway the smell of the cookies coming from the kitchen window right over the deck is authorizing me to come inside.” Said Justin.

“Ohh my god!” “This ground it so smooshy from all of this rain it is so muddy I can barley walk in it. At least now we are in your beautiful house with an amazing kitchen and nice wood tables to eat out cookies on. When we finish are amazing chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven and it stops raining we can go back outside.” Said R.J.

“I agree and anyway these cookies very amazing and they can be our energy when we go back outside to play.” Said Justin.

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R.J. and Justin have been dawdliing by watching T.V. in Justins family room with the two sofas wiith the flat screan T.V. wile the rain was stopping so they can go back outside. They can go outside when the rain stops. The sky is starting to clear up so now they can go back out to the wonderful backyard with the basketball hoop trampoline and grass. "It has been 47 minutes an it finaly has stoped raining now we can go back out to the back yard with the basketball hoop and continue our game." Said Justin "Yes! Finaly it felt for ever waiting for the blue wet rain to stop raining." Said R.J.

"Hey R.J. do you want to have a race down to the basketball hoop with the black cement that we play on."Said Justin.

"Sure but it is wet on the grass around the house were we are going to be running. Yea I know all we have to do is be careful." Said R.J.

"Ok get ready. . . get set. . .GO!" Said Justin.

"Im going to beet you to the basketball hoop anyway it just rained cats and dogs so you might slip." Said R.J.

"Sure R.J. but I am fast furious fast because I am going to beat you and furious because i want to win the race it is so cold the wind is hitting my face my legs are also runnig realy quick." Said Justin.

"Yes I won." Said R.J.

"Ok u can get the ball first since you won the race." Said Justin.

"Or we can just through the ball in the air and who ever gets it gets the ball." Said R.J.

"Ok that sounds fair." Said Justin.

"I will through the ball up get ready." Said R.J.

"Ok." Said Justin.

"Its in the air who ever gets the ball get to bring it to the hoop." Said R.J.

"Ouchh! The ball came down and hit my finger I must have been not paying attention I think i broke it because it hurts alot." Yelled Justin in pain.

"Justin Justin are you ok." Yelled R.J,

"No lets go in side and show my Dad."Said Justin in pain.

"Ok." Said R.J.

= =

One day right after Justin hurt is finger in the backyard racing R.J. he ran in side to a nice warm house and Justin's dad looked at his finger. Justin ran in pain and his dad took a looked at it to make sure that it was ok. Luckily his dad had a splint for his finger so the Justin's dad wrapped it up and it stared to feel better.

Justin said, "Thanks dad for wrapping up the smell of the blood was getting strong and it looked bloody and gross. My finger it really hurt but now it feels allot better but wile you were wrapping it was screaming like ahh ahh."

Justin's dad replied, "your welcome I do not like to see you in pain and when I saw that their was not a realy big bruse i new in was not broken.

"That’s a good thing because I’m sure the doctor would have hurt my finger in the hospital because they would have touched it and would have no consideration for my finger. Said R.J.

= = One cloudy afternoon R.J. and Justin were just on their way outside to play some more basketball. Justin was talking to R.J. and thought he shoot just watch R.J. play do to his finger. They were so happy after Justin's finger has been wrapped do to two resons one being Justin's finger was feeling better and two they were able to go back outside. R.J. did not want to play alone so he said, " Why dont you just try to play and if you do not like it and your finger starts to hurt you can just stop playing"

Justin replied " That is a good idea but i do not want to chance getting my finger more hurt thatn it is already."

" Ok then if you are not going to play we should just go up to your nice red carpeted room and play video games." Said R.J.

"That sounds great." Said Justin.

" Ok I get first controler." Said R.J.

" Ohh ,my god not this again." repied Justin.

" We are not doing this again so I am realy happy we are friends and friends do not fight." Said R.J.

" I agree." Said Justin.