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Motorcycle and the Loft

Finally we made it to Spencer's house, which was an adventure to say the least. One, because I wanted to find out what surprise she had for me. And two, we were riding my motorcycle. I had brought it instead of the truck last night. I thought if she saw the truck before she saw me, she would run off and I might not get the chance to talk to her.

I knew Spencer wasn't scared because she had ridden on it with me before. But she didn't seem to like the idea either. We both got on the motorcycle and she had her arms in a death grip around my waist. It reminded me of the first and only other time that she had ridden with me.

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"Wow, you got here fast." Spencer commented as she let me in. "Usually it takes you twenty minutes to walk here. Did your dad give you the car?"

"No, I got my own, sort of." I told her.

"You got a car? When?" She asked really surprised.

"I said sort of." I clarified. "It's not a car, but it gets me around. I bought a motorcycle about a week ago. I've been fixing it up and I just test drove it over here. Everything's good."

"You bought a motorcycle?" She asked slowly letting it sink in. "Is it safe?"

"Yes, I did. And yes, it is. I promised you a long time ago that I'd stay safe if I ever got one. I intend to do that as best as I can." I answered her. "It's right out front if you want to take a ride with me."

"What? No! No way!" She yelled. "If you want to drive that thing around yourself, be my guest. But no way am I getting on thing!"

"It'll be fun." I tried to convince her.

"But you told me you just test drove it!" She argued back.

"It works fine, Spencer, I swear. And would I ever do anything with you that wasn't safe?" I asked her knowing what her answer would be. "All you have to do is sit there and hold on."

"And you promise not to crash into anything?" She asked hesitantly and I knew she was about to give in.

"I promise." I said placing my hands on her shoulders for emphasis.

A few minutes later we were on the road. I drove around the neighborhood slowly at first so Spencer could get used to it. But now we were going onto the busier streets around town. I could tell she was scared at first because she had a death grip around my middle. But I eventually felt her relax a little so I knew she wasn't terrified anymore. I drove us to the hill and pulled over on the side of the road.

"We're here, Spence." I told her as I helped her off.

"Where exactly is here?" She asked.

"The hill, I figured you might want to go somewhere relaxing. You sounded pretty annoyed with your parents when you asked me to come over." I told her and then added. "And after the ride here you probably need some rest."

"Honestly, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." She reluctantly admitted. "I wouldn't make it a regular thing though. But I actually did enjoy going faster once we were out of town. Feeling the wind was pretty awesome. And I'm glad I couldn't see the trees and everything blurring by. That might have made me sick and I would've been more nervous."

"Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it and that you didn't get sick." I couldn't help but laugh a little. "Now, let's go enjoy the hill together for a few hours."

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"So what did you think this time?" I asked her about the motorcycle as we went up stairs in her house.