"Hey guys" I smile as I walk into the Braille warehouse
"Hey Amanda" Gabe smiles, then Uzi, and all the wave at me
"Long time no see"
"You have tattoos now" Ferry's eyes glisten
"Oh yeah" I laugh, showing off my COMPLETED left sleeve
Yeah, with Jade, Mike's tattoo artist, and a few other people's help, I got it finished! So now I have a sleeve, collar bone, side, thigh, rib, and other side tattoos.
"It looks sick" he smiles, admiring my arm
"Thanks" I nod "Where's Aaron?"
As if on cue, the man himself prances out of the editing room, "Hey Amanda!"
"Hey" I give him a hug "How are you?"
"I'm good, ready to shred?"
"Fuck, I wonder if u can Ollie" I say and he laughs
"You got this" He judges shoulders with me
"Can I snatch a board?" I raise an eyebrow
"For sure"
They give me one of there signature boards, and I Ollie perfectly, and say "That's a fucking miracle"
"How longs it been?" Carlos asks me
"Pfft" I think "A year?"
"Shit" his eyes widen, then I throw my board down and ride a ways, then set up my feet, but I land premo when I flick the board
"Dammit" I fall, then laugh a bit, and get up and do it again, and I land it, then heel drag so much that I fall
"You got that" Carlos laughs, so I do it again, and the board flies away
"It's actually pissing me off" I laugh a bit "I used to be able to do double heel flips down the seven stair"
"Practice" Carlos smiles, so for an hour and a half before recording, I get really good, I start doing rails and boxes, the mini ramps, and three stair. Then when we start recording we play skate, the next day though, we go to Fremont. I'm happy we didn't the first day, because I needed the practice. It's kinda strange how many people recognize him, but also... me.
We play skate and give away three boards to the worst or most damaged boards. Then right around four, MY FRIENDS SHOW UP! Zach and Jessie who are sponsored, Mike and Vince (who I'm not really close with), Zane who I'm aquatinted with, and Max who is a pot farmer, and the best dude in the world!
"Max!" I shout, then all the sudden he looks around, so I run, then jump on my board, rolling over to him, then when he sees me and smile spreads to his face, his eyes widen, then he drops his board and takes off running. I push harder towards him, then I scream a little as he knocks me off my board "I MISSED YOU!"
"Why haven't you been back?!" He shouts, laughing, then I try to stand up a bit more, and we stumble back a bit. Then when I'm standing, we squeeze the shit out of each other
"I moved!" I exclaim
"Where?!" His eyes widen as we pull away
"Los Angeles" I smile a bit, then laugh biting my lip
"Well didn't you come visit me when you came home to visit your parents?" He furrows his eyebrows, and my smile drops for a second, then I put it back on
"A lots happened" I laugh, trying to hide the memories "And Uh- there was nothing to come back to"
"Where are you staying?" He smiles at me
