“Good.” Sophie laughed a little with her as she placed the cue ball down and lining up her shot. With one quick stroke, she hit the plain white ball, knocking it into the neat triangle and scattering the remaining fifteen balls all over the green felt.
She watched quietly, observing the way Sophie did it.
Sophie smiled a little, proud of the break. Though she may have been showing off just a little. “Alright. Your turn.” she encouraged. “All you have to do is pick a striped ball and try to knock it into one of the pockets with the cue ball. The plain white one.” she explained. “If you knock it in, you get to go again.”
"So I hit the white ball?" she asked, looking over at Sophie.
“Yep.” she nodded. “And try not to knock anything else into a pocket. Especially a solid color.”
"Okay. I think I get it."
“Alright.” Sophie smiled. “Go ahead and line up your shot.”
"Alright." she bent, doing her best to imitate what Sophie had done earlier.
“Try to relax a little. You look a bit stiff.” she suggested gently.
She nodded faintly, trying to relax.
Sophie nodded as she moved to stand beside her, watching her posture and grip.
She narrowed her eyes as she did her best to shoot the ball, focused on it.
(I'm going to assume she took the shot…)
“Not bad.” Sophie smiled encouraging.
(yeah lol)
She smiled a little over at Sophie, standing up straight again.
Sophie smiled back. “Alright. Blue ten in the side pocket. One cushion.” she declared before lining up for that shot.
She smiled, standing back to give Sophie more room.
Sophie had to admit that she was surprised, and a little impressed, that Raven didn't have any questions about the pool talk but didn't let it distract her as she hit the cue ball. As she called, she bounced the blue-striped ball off one of the felt-covered edges and into the center side pocket.
Raven had no idea what the words were for, but didn't ask about them.
Sophie smiled at Raven and took a step back to let her pick her shot.
Raven did her best to do her own shot, quiet and concentrating.
Sophie watched, walking around the table to stand beside her.
Raven took her shot, eyebrows knitting together.
Sophie winced sympathetically as her shot just missed the pocket.
Raven sighed, stepping back.
“You wanna try that shot again? I can help if you want.” Sophie offered.