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“Come on Buck, badminton is really fun” Chimney pouted.
He had been trying to get someone from the 118 firehouse to play with him to little success. His latest victim was Buck who he had cornered in the locker room after their shift.
“I don’t know Chim, can’t you get Hen or Maddie to play with you?”
Buck closed his locker and tried to step away from Chimney when Hen piped up from her spot on the bench tying her shoes.
“Never am I playing badminton with that man ever again.”
“Hey! I’m not that bad.” Chimney grumbled. “And besides Maddie’s pregnant so she can’t play with me. Which is why I’m resulting to asking you guys.”
Buck sighed. “Fine, I’ll bite IF you let me see my favorite girl in the whole wide world.”
“Yeah, there is no way I’m going anywhere near a badminton racket ever again. Sorry Buck.” Hen replied.
“I was talking about Jee-Yun, Henrietta.” Buck rolled his eyes.
“Oh, you did not you go there, Buckley.”
“Ok great! See you tomorrow, Buck!” Chimney intervened before the two could start arguing.
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Buck sighed as he pulled up to the Han residence, looking at Eddie who decided to tag along (to totally not laugh at Buck as he failed at playing badminton).
“What did I get myself into Eddie?”
“You’re going to be fine Buck, no need to be dramatic” Eddie chuckled.
“You weren’t there when Hen warned me, Eddie” Buck whined.
Eddie didn’t continue to humor him, getting out of Bucks jeep and walking up to the Han’s front door. Eddie knocked on the door, greeting Maddie when she answered. Maddie looked past Eddie, where Buck was walking up.
“Chimney’s out back with Jee, have fun!”
The moment Buck stepped into the backyard; he was tackled by Jee-Yun. He picked her up and tossed her in the air.
“How’s my favorite niece doing?”
“Good! Daddy said he was going to play with you!” Jee grinned
Buck looked over at Chimney and grinned.
“Ready for me to beat you at a game of badminton?” Chimney laughed.
“Oh, you are so on.”
“Ok so to serve you have to toss the birdie up in the air then hit it across the net at your opponent and try to hit it inside the lines to count as a point. If your opponent hits it before it hits the ground, you have to hit it back diagonally. Think you got the Buckaroo?”
Buck tossed the birdie up in the air a few times, “Yeah sure I got this”
Buck did not ‘got this’ in fact he failed to hit the birdie in the lines even once. Continuously either hitting it outside the lines or not hitting it over the net at all. Chimney on the other hand racked up the points, and by the time Buck called it quits Chimney had managed to get 50 points in the span of thirty minutes.
“Well, I guess this is why they call me the badminton baddie” Chimney chugged his lemonade.
Buck rolled his eyes. “No one calls you that.”
“Ew never say that again” Maddie face scrunched up in disgust
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THE END
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