These are really fun to
write.
“Black Belt Blues”
By Joseph Manno
“It’s not fair,”
Samantha declared.
She struggled upright, and wrestled her gee back into place.
Mantovanni arched a brow, and inquired, “What precisely is ‘not
fair’?”
Frustration lent her courage.
“You’re faster and stronger… and outweigh me by like a thousand pounds.”
“Could it have anything
to do with the fact that you seem pathologically incapable of listening?” The definition of teenager.
“I do listen,” Sam
insisted. “But if I were your size, I’d kick your butt.”
From his expression, she knew that
had been a mistake.
“Cassandra.”
The tiny
“Yes, sifu?”
He grinned.
“She’s all yours.”