"Anticipation" drabbles by Isaac Grant

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On the Bus

Anticipation #2

We sit on the smelly bus waiting for the driver and coach to get here. We are on our way to the game and the anticipation rises. The drive is only a few minutes but we have to stay together. The bus warms up as more and more people pile in. The overwhelming sound and smell of hot and sweaty players in the back of the bus starts to break down the senses. The bus moves as we make our way to the school for the game. The road flies by as the anticipation builds almost to an overwhelming level.

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The Team

Anticipation #1

My basketball team sits and waits inside the "side room" of our school waiting for the bus and the coach. I lean against the fence on the far side of the room that blocks off the way to the gym equipment that needs to be a little more protected from stealing hands and greedy eyes. The coach comes in to talk and I sit and listen to the din of weights being dropped on the floor as the anticipation of being sure of playing in a game for once instead of being a bench warmer. The anticipation builds higher still.