11th Short Story

Standing in the middle of the park, just two guys, two guys who had never said a word before, never crossed paths before, they never even knew each others names, yet an ancient grudge lead them to do this; they were to fight, in the way true men fought.

“You think you’re pretty tough for someone with a picture of a horse on ya shorts”, Isaac yelled vigorously, “It’s called a Colt, the mightiest of all land animals, what have you got, a Lizard?”, “Goanna, it would eat your stupid pony”. Now between the two, they share about an IQ of about 1.5, but they are Footy players, and not just any Footy players, they come from two different, hated tribes; Cessnock and Branxton.

Joshua Walicking comes from Branxton, and has a plaque in his honour in Branxton for his incredible love of Rugby League and great skills in the game, however at times Joshua or “Shua” for short, can be quite reckless and never obeys the rules.

It so happens that this recklessness Shua possesses got him sent out of his school in Branxton, and no other school would take him in, all bar one…Cessnock High.

Cessnock High Is filled with rich tradition, once it had at least 3 students pass the School Certificate and are striving next year to get 5 students passing, but Cessnock High, in all of it’s glory, has one down falling… Every single student hates those that live in Branxton.

Now trying to get someone who is a Cult hero in Branxton to move to Cessnock is near impossible, however Shua would not be like 90% of Branxton teenagers and not attend school; He was to attend Cessnock High.

And here we are at the beginning again, Shua and Isaac, (Isaac being Cessnock’s most loved Footy player) they look into each others eyes, although heavily scared, Shua can see Isaac’s eye is twitching, it’s a genetic in normality that only those from Cessnock posses, Isaac looked around the fields, he saw in the distance a bunch of school girls egging him on (Isaac is quite popular with the ladies), he gave a brief wave and continued staring at Shua.

“One last warning Shua, leave town now or suffer the wrath of 10 seasons worth of training with the Goannas”, Shua just stands their, doesn’t flinch a muscle, his heart beats at the slowest metronome, showing he isn’t the slightest bit worried.

Isaac opens his lungs, and lets a ferocious scream out, he charges towards Shua when he sees something in Shua’s eyes…It’s the twitch.