* ˚ ✦ sidelines then skateparks (sk8 the infinity x male oc) * ˚ ✦

chapter 1

When I was a kid, I loved watching all kinds of superheroes on TV. They were mostly fun and pretty light-hearted, but once, a hero asked,

"Do you know what true happiness is?"

He pushes away from his desk, feeling the stiffness in his back and neck after hours of sitting. His eyes glance out the window, where the sun is starting to dip below the horizon, casting the sky in hues of orange and pink.

Without a second thought, he reaches out and takes hold of his skateboard, feeling the smooth wood beneath his fingertips.

He said he hated the thought that his life might end before he discovered the answer to that question.

He readies himself and skates down a ramp from his window and he's off. Pushing his right foot on the ground to build up his momentum while balancing himself on his left.

And that basically we would never know the truth because we were lost.

He does an ollie, landing back on the ground and doing a wide turn.

I thought, 'That's messed up. You really want kids to think that deep before they're even in school'?

He goes onto incoming traffic and latched onto the back of a truck, following it.

Is happiness having money?

Having hot girls to hook up with?

Being able to get into the best schools?

Getting on top of the social ladders.

He continued skating and does a trick on the side of a sidewalk.

I bet that's what a lot of people want in life.

He jumps over a traffic cone.

But, that's not what I want.

And I have to say.

He smiles.

I'm grateful I figured that out sooner than later.

He soars through the sky, his hat falling off, revealing his fiery red hair, but he doesn't care. His hair sways and his auburn eyes go wide in excitement as he laughs.

He hops on into a car on the passenger side. A man who was in the drivers seat, sleeping, awakened when he hears the younger boy shut the car door. He yawns as he starts the car again.

"You're late, Reki."

"I'm sorry, man." He buckled in his seatbelt and the car is off.

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Nollie:

Unlike a regular ollie where they pop the tail of the board off the ground, she popped the nose of the board off the ground.

Before she did this, I saw her position her feet with the front foot near the nose of the board and the back foot near the tail. She leaned forward slightly and quickly snapped her front foot downward, causing the nose of the board to lift off the ground.

At the same time, she shifted her weight to the back foot to level out the board in the air.

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A woman is driving a car late in night. Without looking to her side she asks the boy next to her a question. "Something wrong?"

The boy has light blue hair and captivating aqua eyes. "No." he replies blankly. "It's just weird not to see snow everywhere." He looked away from the car window for a second, before turning back.