"How about..." said Casey, passing the basketball from his hand to Rick's with ease.
"...a little two on two?" asked Rick, bouncing it back.
"You're on!" Damion and Steve chorused, sliding between Cayrick and the basket.
Casey and Rick grinned, still dribbling the ball back and forth between their hands. Out of all their friends, they were the best players, and they were both thinking that with their combined forces, they'd easily crush Damion and Steve.
But then Casey faked right and Rick faked left, and they stumbled, surprised. Damion and Steve easily stole the ball, and while Casey and Rick were still trying to coordinate walking, they took the ball out to the three-point line, dribbled the ball in a circle around the stumbling Cayrick, and shot to score.
"Yeah!" shouted Steve, high-fiving Damion.
"What's the matter, Cayrick?" taunted Damion, grinning. "First time on the court?"
Rick caught the rebound and Casey glared at them. "You're gonna pay for that!" But the he grinned, and he and Rick carefully dribbled the ball back out to the three-point line.
"It's on!" cried Rick, making a drive at Damion and Steve, but Casey wasn't quite ready, and they stumbled again, losing the ball, which Steve recovered with an outstretched hand.
"Time for you to hit the showers..." taunted Damion.
"...'cause your game stinks!" finished Steve.
While Cayrick were recovering, Damion and Steve shot unobstructed from the three-point line but missed.
Casey and Rick just laughed as they caught the rebound.
Damion and Steve, with their longtime enthusiasm for and afternoon of experience with being two-headed, continued to press their advantage in coordination over Cayrick, scoring a few more points. But Casey and Rick were still the better athletes, and that advantage quickly evaporated as they got their game together, first with little verbal cues and hits, but then silently as they got used to sharing their body.
But Damion and Steve didn't care, even though their score was rapidly falling behind, they were so excited to be two-headed, playing with a two-headed friend, it didn't matter whether they won or lost.
Their other friends, recovering from their initial shock, started cheering the two-headed boys on.