[That smile is making it difficult to be annoyed, here. Dammit.
Once the skates are on, Billy gives them a couple of experimental slides over the snow. Sure doesn't feel like riding a bike. He's done this a few times before, as a kid. Tried hockey once, when his dad was in that annoyingly sweet phase of thinking he knew where Billy's interests might lie. (It was a mercifully brief phase.) None of them went particularly well. Coordination was part of it - not many kids are at that age - but the biggest, worst part, was the other kids. There was no greater target than a failing newcomer to a "real man's sport".
He didn't think Teddy was like that. But the memories and the prospect of looking like a fool and falling on his ass aren't helping his confidence any.]
Why do people always say that about things they're already good at?
[Action, January 8th]
Once the skates are on, Billy gives them a couple of experimental slides over the snow. Sure doesn't feel like riding a bike. He's done this a few times before, as a kid. Tried hockey once, when his dad was in that annoyingly sweet phase of thinking he knew where Billy's interests might lie. (It was a mercifully brief phase.) None of them went particularly well. Coordination was part of it - not many kids are at that age - but the biggest, worst part, was the other kids. There was no greater target than a failing newcomer to a "real man's sport".
He didn't think Teddy was like that. But the memories and the prospect of looking like a fool and falling on his ass aren't helping his confidence any.]
Why do people always say that about things they're already good at?