A Replacment

My Hero

Kiki knew she shouldn't have done it, she should have waited until she had more experience, or asked someone who knew how to do it.

It all started when she had been taking a break, sitting on a bench, sipping on her water as she took in the scenery around her. Everything about this world was so amazing, so fascinating, the technology, the clothes, the people. She couldn't believe she was in a world like this, it felt like a really awesome dream that she never wanted to wake up from.

As Kiki looked around, a few teenagers around her age entered the park, and immediately got to skating, doing awesome tricks on the halfpipe.

Kiki was amazed at how quickly they move, and how they managed to do tricks that looked absolutely impossible with such ease and gracefulness. But what really caught Kiki's attention, was one girl who skated up the edge of the halfpipe and grabbed on to it, and immediately shifted her weight so that she was now upside down, holding herself up with one arm, and the other arm holding on to her board that she kept firmly attached to her feet.

The trick lasted no more than two seconds before the girl leaned forward and landed on the ground, and continued to skate as her friends cheered and clapped for her.

Kiki's eyes widened in amazement and shock, and immediately she wanted to try that trick. Tossing aside her water bottle, and quickly slipping on her helmet that she had taken off a few minutes earlier, she skated over to the same place the girl did the trick.

Trying to mimic everything the skater girl did, Kiki grabbed on to the edge, and managed to shift her weight, like she had seen the girl do, and turned herself upside down. That's when things went very wrong.

The second that Kiki had done the trick, she realized what a huge mistake she had made, because as soon as she turned herself over, her helmet fell right off of her head, and her arm, which wasn't strong enough to hold her body up, gave out, and Kiki fell straight down.

She let out a terrified, blood curdling scream as she plummeted towards the earth, and closed her eyes, waiting for the fall, and the immense pain that she knows will come after. But it never came.

Kiki slowly opened her eyes, and all of her senses came rushing back in, and she felt herself being held in a pair of strong arms. She looked up, and saw the face of her rescuer. A handsome african-american boy with beautiful chocolate brown eyes, and black hair hidden under a helmet. Immediately after looking into those beautiful eyes, time seemed to stop, and everything around her seemed to disappear, until it was only her and him.

Kiki and the boy continued to stare at each other before he finally spoke.

"Are you ok? You took quite a fall there."

Kiki then remembered what happened, and her hands started shaking nervously. The place where she was skating was pretty high up, and she suddenly wondered what would've happened if he hadn't caught her. She took quite a fall indeed.

He saved my life.

After shakily nodding her head, the boy gently and slowly put her down, taking great care in what he was doing, just in case she wasn't ok.

She held on to his shoulders to balance herself, her legs shaking so badly she thought was going to fall. He held on to her waist to keep her balanced, and quickly let go after she got it.

Both of them stood there awkwardly, not really knowing what to do or say, before Kiki spoke.

"Thank you so much for catching me. I don't know what would've happened if you didn't."

Before he had a chance to respond, Nikki ran over to the duo, and wrapped her arms tightly around Kiki, tears streaming down her face.

"Kiki you idiot." She mumbled, her face buried in the surfer girl's shoulder. "Why'd you do that? That was so stupid."