Tainted Love||Robby Keene

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Robby had decided to pop in at his mom's, just to check in and make sure she's alright. He may not be as close to her as he used to, but she was the only person he had his whole life. "Mom?" He called out, as he unlocked the door with the spare key. He got no response, and decided to continue speaking as he searched the apartment.

"I still have that spare key, I'm sorry if I'm intruding on anything. I just... I just wanted to see you. My board broke on the way here," He chuckled as he continued searching the apartment and still no sign of her, "Mom?" As he reached her bedroom, finding it bare, reality hit him. "You're gone. Of course." He scoffed.

Robby then made his way to his old room, grabbed his old skateboard and quickly left that damned apartment. He had no idea where he was going, but he knew he couldn't stay at that apartment or that dojo right now. He sighed as he pushed off, on his way to get lost somewhere. He looked to the ground just for a moment, admiring the way the cement below the board quickly disappears.

A tiny smile had appeared across his face, at the thought of him being able to disappear as quickly as the cement did. "Hey!" A girl's voice had boomed. Robby immediately looked up, and turned as quickly as he could; resulting into him falling flat on his ass. "Shit!" Robby cursed under his breath.

"Uh, hello?!" The girl pressed, "You almost hit me!" "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention!" He immediately apologized. "Right! Maybe if you stop staring at your shoes you'll see the pedestrians on the sidewalk with you!" The girl rolled her eyes, then stormed off.

"Wow," Another girl's voice sounded laughing, "You know, when you're on a skateboard you're supposed to keep your head up, right?" He turned around to see a girl with long light brown hair, who's a little shorter than average female height, she has glowing tanned skin, and tied with breath taking cloudy blue eyes that almost appeared grey. If it weren't for the sun hitting her perfectly right now, Robby would have thought her eyes were grey.

"Yeah," He rose to his feet then snatched his board up quickly off the ground, "Thanks for the tip." "Of course, we can't all be Tony Hawk. So, don't get discouraged." She flashed a smile of amusement. "Hey, I'm actually really good." Robby defended. "Oh, yeah. I totally get that vibe from you. The part where you fell on your ass definitely sold it for me."

Robby felt as if she were challenging him. He gave a dry chuckle, "You seem to have a lot of talk there. Can you even skate?" He challenged. She shrugged, "I guess you could say I skate a little." "Well, here you go," He handed her the board, "Let's see what you've got, Tony Hawk." She smiled and grabbed the board, "It's been a while since I've skated. But I guess I can't do any worse than a guy who doesn't even know to keep his head up." "Ha. Ha," He rolled his eyes, "Hilarious."

She then made her way onto the street, she knew she was going to need lots of room. He scoffed at her, as he crossed his arms watching her. He knew that the most she could do is keep her balance on the board.

She looked over to him, and she sees the doubt written all over him. "You don't need a helmet, do you?" He teased. She smirked to herself a bit, then she started. She did a 360 flip, a kick flip, impossible, and she finished it off doing a 50/50 on the curbside. She then stepped on the end of the board so it would pop up for her to catch.

Robby's demeanor definitely changed, he didn't appear so doubtful anymore. In fact, he looked very shocked and impressed all at once. "They're simple ground tricks, kid," She flipped her hair, "Nothing to get all excited over." "I thought you said you hadn't skated in a while! You did every trick near perfection!" He exclaimed. She handed him his board, smiling, "I just kept my head up." He grabbed the board and hung his head laughing, "Guess you do have a point. You didn't fall on your ass."