Time Just Flies By

1.
Madison Wallace was standing in the outfield for the fourth fastpitch game that day in late May.  Her cleats felt like they weighed one hundred pounds, but that wasn't why she was tired.  She was tired because of the hot sun beating on her back all day.  The ball was hit.  It was fairly easy, fairly slow, but it didn't matter at that point - she still needed energy to get it.  Energy was hard to find.  She got to it anyways, though each step made the grass feel more and more like sand.  She threw it into the infield as soon as she could, but because she used her last remaining effort to get the ball in the first place, it was an overthrow.  Only by a little, but to her it seemed like it was miles off.  Frustrated with herself, she rolled her eyes as high as possible.

She looked down at her test again, and suddenly the answer hit her.  Maddi couldn't believe she hadn't thought of it earlier, she'd studied sample questions exactly like it for hours the night before. 



2.
Madison Wallace was walking her dog down the long path that runs by her house.  The dog was pulling this way and that, sniffing here and there.  It was a large golden retriever, strong too.  This made it hard to hold the leash sometimes.  Sometimes it was all Madison could do to stay on two feet and not fall over.  The large golden retriever started pulling especially hard in one direction and barking like mad.  Madison turned her head to see what had attracted the large golden retreiver's attention.

When she turned her head back, her little brother was walking beside her along a busy street. The cars rushed by frequently, I would be willing to bet at higher speeds than the limit.  They just continued towards home, talking as siblings do.  Madison's brother was completely absorbed into the story he was telling about his day at school.  It was one about a kid who pulled a prank on another by stealing his pencil case.  They both had to cross the street, and Madison's brother stepped out with out looking.  A yellow car was speeding right towards him.  Madison grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him back, making them both fall backward onto a stranger's lawn. 


3.
Madison Wallace walked out alone onto her back pool deck.  It was so hot outside, around 90 degrees fahrenheit.  The pool looked so welcoming.  She walked closer to it and dipped her pinkie toe in, only to find out that it was colder than expected.  She weighed her options; diving, or getting in slowly.  Deciding that it could take hours to get in slowly, the clear choice was to dive.  She stoodon the edge, her toes half over the water.  She took a deep breath, and dove.

When she emerged, she saw her dad and grandpa playing scrabble on the deck.  She was at her grandfather's house on Canada Day weekend.  Her brothers were playing basketball in the driveway by the side of the house.  She could hear the game.  A small wave of water then hit her in the back of the head, courtesy of her young cousin.  She turned to retaliate, and ended up initiating a game of tag.  She swam to the end of the pool as fast as she could.