(7)In the weeks that followed, charles found the cast on his arm to be very convenient/inconvenient for getting out of work at home, like vacuuming or trimming the hedges. (8)He told his parents he had to agree with the doctor : it would not be logical/illogical to take chances on injuring his arm any further. (9)but he didn't really like the cast because it kept him from being a player/nonplayer in the neighborhood football games. (10)he could only watch from the sidelines patient/impatient to be rid of his cast and to be ableto play again. (11)besides, he had an almost resistible/irresistible urge to scratch an itch he couldn't get at. (12)to make matters worse, susan and kenji started teasing him with some sense/nonsense about breaking his arm on purpose because he was losing the game. (13)charles claimed they didn't really understand/misunderstand what had happened (14)he'd gotten hurt, he told them, because they had been playing legally/illegally in the "no trespassing" lot and that something awful was bound to happen to each of them as well.