Should Have Tried Golf

Billy Rebane was pumped, it was his first wrestling tournament and the 11 year old was raring to go. "Okay coach, I'm ready! Who's the first kid I'm fighting?"
 

"These aren't fights they're matches, I keep telling you that." His coach responded as he looked at his sheet, "And you'll be fighting, let's see….. Tommy Murphy"
 

"I'm gonna kill him coach!" Billy exclaimed as he jumped around with excitement he could barely contain. "Where is he!?"
 

"I'm not sure...oh wait there he comes" coach said as Tommy Murphy walked out. On his hands. Because of a birth defect Tommy was born without legs. As Tommy ambled out a TV crew came out behind him. They were doing a story about the inspirational kid who was wrestling with no legs.
 

"Uh coach, what's going on? Am I really wrestling him?" Billy said, his excitement levels not nearly as high as they had been 5 minutes earlier.
 

"Yeah I'm afraid so Bill"
 

"But, I don't want to wrestle him, I could hurt him really badly."
 

"Hey, he knows what he's getting into. He's sick of people treating him differently, sick of people handing him things just because of his disability. He signed up for a wrestling match and you're going to give him one!"
 

"Yeah!" said Billy as the excitement came back and then quickly went away as he said "But if I lose to a kid with no legs I'm gonna look stupid"
 

"No, no, not at all." The coach said as he thought for a second "okay maybe a little bit"
 

"Thanks coach" Billy said sarcastically
 

"Hey you think this is bad, your next match is against his legs" the stone-faced coach said as he looked at Billy who was staring back with his jaw dropped
 

"I'm...kidding. Just trying to take the edge off. Okay you're starting, get over to the mat" the coach said as he pushed Billy toward the aforementioned mat.

As Billy waited for the match to start the news reporter set up right behind him. As the cameraman began to roll the reporter started his spiel 
 

"We're here today at Freddie Washington Middle School to witness a truly inspirational story. Tommy Murphy, a boy born without legs, is here to participate in his first wrestling tournament. Today Tommy is the only thing that matters, everything else is meaningless next to his determination and grit" 
 

As the reporter continued Billy contemplated faking diarrhea in order to avoid this situation. But the boy he normally bought fake diarrhea from was nowhere in sight. He had no choice but to continue on with the match
 

The referee brought the two boys in and Billy towered over Tommy, but only in height. Anyone looking could see that Tommy had the look of a killer in his eye while Billy looked like he'd rather be assembling cellphones in a sweatshop. The referee told both boys the rules and ordered the match to begin.
 

As the match began Billy's father could be heard yelling "Alright Billy! Easy win!"
 

The match was a struggle for Billy. Tommy's body was unexpectedly ideal for wrestling because of his low center of gravity. "What are you doing Billy?!" his dad shouted from the otherwise completely silent bleachers as the match commenced. "You should have no trouble with Shoeless Joe there! I brought my entire office here to watch you wrestle! I told them if you lose I'd give them all raises! I can't afford raises Billy! If you lose there won't be a Christmas!"
 

"Dave quit yelling!" Billy’s mother yelled just as loudly as her husband for the entire crowd to hear. "Just because your son might lose in this horribly embarrassing way doesn't mean he's any less your son! You always embarrass him! Like the time you laughed at him when he peed his pants in church!"
 

"Oh shut up!" Billy's father shouted back, the match continuing in the foreground. "I never should have married you!"
 

"Oh really?!" Billy's mother shouted back "Well why don't we just get a divorce!?"
 

"Okay! What a great idea!" Billy's father turned his attention to the court and yelled out "You hear that Bill?! If you lose, your mother and I are going to get a divorce! So now I don't really care if you lose!"
 

Billy was beginning to wonder if he'd made God mad because he was starting to like girls. He'd figure that all out later though, right now he was losing a wrestling match. Tommy had pulled way ahead on points, and it looked bleak for Billy. That is until from out nowhere Billy was able to pin Tommy's shoulders to the mat automatically winning the match.
 

A disappointed murmur came from the crowd, and there was even a slight booing sound. Mom and dad were delighted however and quickly turned their hostility on the crowd
 

"Haha! Eat it everyone! Our son is the best!" Dad yelled
 

"I'm so proud of you son!" his mother yelled. She turned her attention to her husband as she continued to yell "And you! Let's never fight again!"
 

"I know! What were we thinking!? Let's make another son!"
 

"Let's do it right here!" mom yelled as they started making out passionately on the bleachers until a security guard came and told them to stop
 

"Hey man, good match" Tommy said as he extended his hand to congratulate Billy.
 

"Thanks, I can't believe I beat you. You were really good"
 

"I'm not going to lie, I kind of let up at the end. I just felt really bad for you. Like I thought to myself, 'Wow, this kid has it rough'" and with that Tommy "walked" away. Billy's coach came over to talk to the victor
 

"Great job kid!" he said
 

"Thanks coach" Billy said with a blank look on his face "I don't know if I like wrestling though"
 

"That's fine, you just have to finish the 10 matches you have left today.”