FOTD "temerity"
Author: hi_falootin
Story: Second Chances
Prompt: Flavor of the Day - Temerity + Sprinkles
Word Count: 265
Rating: PG
So there was this period of time (around Darcy's freshman year) when a lot of these kids were really into skateboarding. Some were, uh, better than others...
She watches his wheels click down the stairs, clacka-clacka-clacka, and he's at the bottom, sailing by her across the sidewalk.
"You said you didn't know any tricks!" she yells, jumping up. She chases after him, board tucked under her arm. "Rayn! Hey! You can do that and you can Ollie?"
He circles back to her face her. "It's not a trick. And everyone can Ollie."
"I can't Ollie!" She looks at her board, then back over her shoulder. "I want to try the stairs. How do I...?"
"Well, uh..." He shrugs. "You ride like normal...just takes more balance, I guess."
"Fine," she says, turning around to jog up the stairs. Once she's at the top, she kind of wants to forget it, even though these are baby stairs, only four of them.
"Start farther back!" he yells, so she swallows the lump in the her throat and steps back, sets her board on the ground. Gets on and pushes off before she has the chance to wuss out, and she's heading for that first step, that first dip. Front wheels clear, back wheels clear...
It's the second one that gets her. Board slips, knees hit the concrete hard enough to make her teeth hurt.
"Oh, shit, Darcy!" She hears Rayn jump off his board, hears him running over. Next thing she knows, he's pulling her up by her elbow. "Are you okay?"
She squeezes her eyes closed, hand pressed tight against her kneecap.
"No," she grinds out between her teeth. "Not until I nail it."
He laughs, letting go of her arm. "'Atta girl."
It's been a while since I've done FoTD. o_O The end may have turned more toward tenacity, but trust me, she's just asking to break something.
Story: Second Chances
Prompt: Flavor of the Day - Temerity + Sprinkles
Word Count: 265
Rating: PG
So there was this period of time (around Darcy's freshman year) when a lot of these kids were really into skateboarding. Some were, uh, better than others...
She watches his wheels click down the stairs, clacka-clacka-clacka, and he's at the bottom, sailing by her across the sidewalk.
"You said you didn't know any tricks!" she yells, jumping up. She chases after him, board tucked under her arm. "Rayn! Hey! You can do that and you can Ollie?"
He circles back to her face her. "It's not a trick. And everyone can Ollie."
"I can't Ollie!" She looks at her board, then back over her shoulder. "I want to try the stairs. How do I...?"
"Well, uh..." He shrugs. "You ride like normal...just takes more balance, I guess."
"Fine," she says, turning around to jog up the stairs. Once she's at the top, she kind of wants to forget it, even though these are baby stairs, only four of them.
"Start farther back!" he yells, so she swallows the lump in the her throat and steps back, sets her board on the ground. Gets on and pushes off before she has the chance to wuss out, and she's heading for that first step, that first dip. Front wheels clear, back wheels clear...
It's the second one that gets her. Board slips, knees hit the concrete hard enough to make her teeth hurt.
"Oh, shit, Darcy!" She hears Rayn jump off his board, hears him running over. Next thing she knows, he's pulling her up by her elbow. "Are you okay?"
She squeezes her eyes closed, hand pressed tight against her kneecap.
"No," she grinds out between her teeth. "Not until I nail it."
He laughs, letting go of her arm. "'Atta girl."
It's been a while since I've done FoTD. o_O The end may have turned more toward tenacity, but trust me, she's just asking to break something.