Athlete vs. Mathlete: Double Dribble by W. C. Mack

Author:W. C. Mack
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

When I went to my next Masters of the Mind meeting at Jason’s house, I was the last to arrive.

“Here he is,” Nitu said, smiling. “It’s so unlike you to be tardy, we were going to form a Russ search party.”

“Sorry about that,” I said. “I had to finish a couple of things at home.”

“Hmm,” Jason said, raising one eyebrow. “Not a rhyming response.”

“Is everything okay?” Sara asked.

“It’s fine,” I told her, then looked at each of my team members. “I’m fine.”

It took a couple of minutes to convince them, but when I did, we moved on to Masters business.

“Regionals are coming up fast,” Sara said. “I know we want to have a new team member in place with time left to practice.”

“Yeah, but I haven’t been able to find a single candidate,” Jason said, sighing.

“Neither have I,” I told them.

“I have,” Nitu told the group. “Well, two of them, actually.”

“Seriously?” I asked, surprised. She hadn’t mentioned anything to me.

“Yes. I think we should ask the Matthews twins.”

I practically choked on my orange juice. “What? Why?”

She stared at me, like it was a ridiculous question. “Russ, you’ve seen them in math class. They’ve always got a different or unusual angle to explore.”

“That sounds like Masters of the Mind,” Jason said, nodding.

Nitu continued, “The whole point of this team is thinking outside the box, and I don’t think those two can think inside of it.”

“They sound perfect,” Sara said, smiling.

“Then why does Russ look like that?” Jason asked.

“Like what?” I asked.

“Like you just drank lumpy milk.”

Sara and Nitu gave me a closer look.

“You do,” Nitu said, then frowned. “This isn’t about the twins playing basketball, is it?”

“No,” I said, firmly. “Well, maybe a little bit. You see, they’ve totally taken over that team and I—”

“Don’t want them to take over this one,” Nitu finished for me.

“Yes,” I admitted. From my observations, I felt that Marcus had the potential to be a good guy, but together? M&M were a total threat.

I tried to describe their bond and their ability to communicate without speaking. I tried to explain how quickly they were taking over the Pioneers.

“This isn’t basketball,” Nitu reasoned. “You can’t worry about stuff like that.”

“But he is,” Sara reminded her.

“What if we just asked one of them to join?” Jason suggested. “Then there’s no doubling up.”

I thought about how Mitch wouldn’t even stand in line one body apart from his twin.

“One won’t do it without the other,” I told them. “They do absolutely everything together.”

We discussed the possibility for a little while longer and with every passing minute, I was more certain it wouldn’t work.

“Well,” Nitu said, once we’d run out of things to say, “It can’t hurt to ask.”

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