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26 February 2009 @ 09:49 pm
Taking What Comes (#59 Father)  
Title: Taking What Comes
Prompt: #59 Father
Author: [info]ladygray99 
Characters: Colby, Mr. Ramanujan
Rating: G
Word Count: 200 (on the first try!)
Summary: Colby takes a pilgrimage.
Notes: Written for [info]numb3rs100 . So one of the first drabbles I ever wrote was this.  It featured Cricket Fan!Colby.  An obscure permutation of the agent we love but kinda fun.  Well after all this time the muse popped up with another little drabble.  I put in Wikipedia links for terms people might not be familiar with.  What inspired this?  Did you see McCullum's batting last night? OMG :)

Taking What Comes (#59 Father)


"Thank you for your hospitality Mr. Ramanujan." Colby shouted over a hundred thousand other voices.

"It's my pleasure. Amita speaks well of you."

"Well we all think very highly of her.  I'm sure she wishes she could be here."

"Nonsense.  She can't stand the game.  Somewhere I failed as a father."

"You did fine."

"I'm sorry you couldn't make it for a test match."

Colby shrugged. "This is a bit of a pilgrimage and I think that means taking what comes."

"A pilgrimage to come to India and sit, in appalling weather, with your friend's girlfriend's father and watch an IPL Twenty20 match?"

Colby smiled at his own special absurdity. "Well I couldn't get the time off for an Ashes Test." Mr. Ramanujan laughed.  "I'm sure my father is turning in his grave."

"Nonsense.  A good game is a good game.  The sport doesn't matter.  He would understand that.  I'm sure he took you to baseball as a child."

Colby shook his head. "Farm kid, and no pro teams in Idaho."

"Ah, well I never managed a son to take to games.  Perhaps we can fill in some gaps with this."

Colby smiled. "That sounds like a good idea."




 
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Tamanna: kermit yay[info]swingandswirl on February 26th, 2009 09:15 am (UTC)
BWAHAHAHA.

I love you to itty-bitty pieces for this, you know that? *squishes you* BTW, what team does Colby support? And aww at him and Mr. Ramanujam finding a foster dad/son relationship over cricket.

And I didn't watch the match last night, 'cause I was studying, but man, I can't WAIT for the IPL. Go Chennai Super Kings!

And BTW, small nitpick: Colby would be watching the IPL, not the ICL. The IPL's where the good cricket is, the ICL are a bunch of second-stringers who broke away 'cause apparently the BCCI wasn't treating them right. They've barely got any sponsors/publicity and I doubt anyone even watches them.
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on February 26th, 2009 09:18 am (UTC)
I'll fix that. ICL gets all the press down here.
Tamanna: kitty uh oh[info]swingandswirl on February 26th, 2009 09:20 am (UTC)
Haha, don't worry about it, it's something that only I'll even notice, in all likelihood. And link to make things easier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Premier_League
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on February 26th, 2009 09:21 am (UTC)
Not sure which team Colby supports. He feels like he'd be a real underdog supporter. But in this case it's more about just going to see a game, any game.
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on February 26th, 2009 09:37 am (UTC)
Last night was a clash of batting strategies. Six or nothing just isn't the best strategy for twenty20.
andi: Freddie Flintoff[info]admiralandrea on February 26th, 2009 11:07 am (UTC)
Hee, cute! I can see Colby being a fan of Kevin Pieterson and Andrew Flintoff.

Now, though, I want the fic where Don and Colby debate the relative merits of baseball v cricket and the spin ball v the curve ball.

Somerset County Cricket club actually staged a baseball match last year at their ground for charity, featuring English baseball league players against cricketers.
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on February 26th, 2009 08:02 pm (UTC)
I think this is a once a year bunny but I'll see what come up. :)
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on February 26th, 2009 09:34 pm (UTC)
"Kevin Pieterson and Andrew Flintoff"

I don't know. I kinda implied in the last drabble that Colby's a Black Caps fan (underdogs ya know?).
andi: Freddie Flintoff[info]admiralandrea on February 26th, 2009 09:53 pm (UTC)
Well, I consider England to be underdogs, each loyal to their own country, I guess *g*
rodlox[info]rodlox on February 26th, 2009 03:48 pm (UTC)
quite nice.

each will be a substitute for the other.

and its nice that Colby's a cricket fan - you don't get where he's gotten by hating complex rules.
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on February 26th, 2009 08:03 pm (UTC)
Very true.
devon99[info]devon99 on February 26th, 2009 07:25 pm (UTC)
Lovely.

Jamie put the cricket on last night but I wasn't really watching. He's got the England/West Indies Test Match on at the minute, so seeing this made me smile.

I like Twenty20 cricket, it's fun and has more drive and I can see Colby enjoying that. We sometimes go and see Leicestershire play in the Summer.

ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on February 26th, 2009 08:04 pm (UTC)
the India/New Zealand Twenty20 the other night was a thing of beauty. It's kinda fun writing these 'cause I can suddenly tell who on my flist likes cricket or is at least from a cricket playing nation.
Erin[info]starlettmalfoy on February 26th, 2009 08:28 pm (UTC)
I definitely enjoyed this, even though I'm American, and we are lame. XP

However! I think it's on TV every once in a while (I don't really watch TV, except when Numb3rs is on, lol), so maybe I'll see if i can check it out.
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on February 26th, 2009 08:28 pm (UTC)
I'm an American to. I think ESPN4 or whatever carries it. :)
Mia: colby[info]mia_dcwut_09 on February 27th, 2009 12:28 am (UTC)
awesome fic
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on February 27th, 2009 02:08 am (UTC)
Thank you. :)
paranoid_woman[info]paranoid_woman on February 27th, 2009 12:16 pm (UTC)
Oh, very nice dialogue and it makes me happy that you've included Mr. Ramanujan and Colby in this drabble because people don't usually do that. I think this kind of interaction was really interesting and sweet!
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on March 1st, 2009 06:58 am (UTC)
Thank you. Glad you liked it. :-)
autumnwriting[info]autumnwriting on March 2nd, 2009 04:04 am (UTC)
This is win, although I admit to being more of a Gaelic football fan--if we're talking obscure sports. =D
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on March 2nd, 2009 04:05 am (UTC)
Living in New Zealand I've gotten rather fond of rugby myself. But I also learned cricket out of self defence. :)
rodlox[info]rodlox on July 10th, 2009 06:54 am (UTC)
I'd kill for a round of cirit.

(though I agree that this drabble is win)
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on July 10th, 2009 07:09 am (UTC)
Ashes test coming up.
rodlox: what?[info]rodlox on July 10th, 2009 07:40 am (UTC)
haven't been able to watch Cricket since I returned to the States, sadly.
rubynye: David & Colby (seraphina_snape)[info]rubynye on March 15th, 2009 01:25 am (UTC)
Colby the CRICKET FAN! This warms my little West Indian heart (and my father would be pleased to know I remembered enough to understand this drabble).

I'm enjoying the thought of Colby in India, no less. I hope he brought his sunscreen. :D
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on March 15th, 2009 05:59 am (UTC)
Go West Indies! The recent rounds against england were intense. glad you liked it.
rodlox: Colby/Alice[info]rodlox on July 10th, 2009 06:53 am (UTC)
I'm sure he'd take his granddaughter or grandson once Colby and Amita give him one. ;)

excellent drabble.

good discussion of fathers and sports.
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on July 10th, 2009 07:09 am (UTC)
hehe. I can see the kids wanting to play cricket and it being all their dads fault.
rodlox: what?[info]rodlox on July 10th, 2009 07:42 am (UTC)
crack that might require a lawyer
"you spoil those boys, Colby; they need to stop playing cricket, and get back to studying their math."
"Amita, honey, you know we can't all be as smart as Charlie - even with them being your kids."
;)
ladygray99[info]ladygray99 on July 10th, 2009 08:13 am (UTC)
Re: crack that might require a lawyer
"But Mooooooom We're never going to make first 11 if we don't practice."