Troy screamed like Chad had never heard before. But then, the team had never played this badly before.
'Guys...seriously.' The basketball thumped on the wooden floor, rolled across it until it hit the bleachers. Troy covered his face with his hands, like trying to contain his anger hidden.
'Time-out, be back here in 5 minutes.' The guys broke up, some heading to the changing room, some heading over to the bleachers for a sit down. Chad started towards Troy, when he felt a grumble down in his stomach.
I need a snack thought Chad.
He pivoted on the spot as quickly as he would during a match, and headed out of the gym to the vending machine just down the hall. He stood in front of it, the vending machine hummed quietly.
Chad pulled off his shoe to get whatever change he had (he always kept whatever change he had in his shoe during play so it wouldn't fly out of his pockets everywhere.) and counted it.
'$2.56...' Chad mumbled as he rolled the notes and coins around in his hands. He looked back into the vending machine, at all the ridiculously over priced products, $4.00 for a packet of chips, $3.25 for a chocolate bar. Then a sad, sorry looking little blueberry cereal bar caught his eye. He'd never heard of the brand before, 'Wonka's Berry Berry Nice Biscuit Bar!' It was $2.25.
Right in my price range thought Chad.
The vending machine eagerly ate his money, just as he would eagerly eat the cereal bar.
The coils rotated, the cereal bar moved towards him, seemingly hanging in mid air for a moment before it fell into the basin below. It made a barely audible flump sound as it landed.
Probably old as hell thought Chad, but right now that didn't matter. He was hungry and the five minute break was almost over. And he didn't want to piss Troy off any more than he already was by being late.
Chad grabbed the cereal and his 25 cents change. He ripped the foil open, a waft of dried out blueberry hit him, and he gobbled the bar down in one bite. It tasted stale and old.
Berry Berry nasty thought Chad. He headed back into the gym.
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