Bradley, your boyfriend, had been pestering you to go to the skate park with him for the past month. He had recently gotten into skateboarding again, after not having touched his board for a year at least, and he wanted someone to go and skate with him. Under other circumstances, you'd be pretty pumped to go skateboarding since your bother had taught you how to do cool tricks when you were younger. However, knowing Brad, he would most likely try to show off his skills and fall on his ass or get seriously injured, which you obviously wanted to avoid. So you decided to lie-or better, not tell him the truth-about you knowing how to skateboard and pretend to be a beginner.
"So you're coming with me?"Brad asked, a huge smile spreading across his face. You rolled your eyes, giving him a nod before he pulled you into a bone-crushing hug.
"I won't be able to skateboard if you break my ribs,"you struggled to say before he loosened his grip around you, firmly kissing your lips.
"I'm so excited! I can teach you everything, all the cool jumps and-"
"I have to balance on the board first, okay?"you told him, his smile never falling.
"Yeah, gotta do that first, you're right,"he nodded to himself before looking around to find his phone, "I'm calling James to ask him if he'd like to come and you should go get ready to go to the store and buy you a board and all that jazz."
You chuckled at how giddy and excited he was, heading upstairs to put on some black sweats and a tight, white cropped shirt. You put your hair in a loose ponytail, wore your Vans and headed downstairs, where Brad informed you that James wouldn't be able to come with you. With your hand in his, you got in the car and drove to the stores to buy all the equipment that you'd need, even though the knee pads, the elbow pads and the helmet were a bit much.
"I don't wanna wear these,"you whined, pointing at the bulky knee and elbow pads. You already had a mini argument about you wearing the helmet and Brad gave in, leaving the helmet in the car.
"I don't want you getting hurt, sweets,"he explained as you walked to a small ramp. You almost wanted to laugh at how small the curve was, knowing very well that you were able to go down much larger ramps.
"You'll end up hurt,"you muttered under your breath, watching him get on the board.
"Hm?"he hummed, looking at you.
"I said that I'll try to stay on my feet,"you lied, slowly accepting the fact that's you'd have to fall down a couple of times to really make Brad think that you didn't know how to skateboard.
"Don't worry, love, I'll be right here,"he assured and then proceeded to show you how to stand on the board. You put on your best show, your legs shaking and everything to show that you didn't know shit about that sport.
The whole time Brad would rest his hand on your waist, making sure you stayed on your feet and each time you 'fell' he'd make sure you are okay and tell you that it's alright.
"Okay, wanna learn some tricks?"he asked but you quickly shook your head no.
"I'm not sure about it, B. You shouldn't do risky stuff, especially with the tour coming up and everything,"you stressed but he waved it off.
"Pft, I'll be just fine,"he scoffed.
"Brad, I know you, babe. You'll try to show off and hurt yourself."
He gasped, looking very offended for some reason, "I don't do that."
"Do I have to remind you that time when Con said you couldnt cook and you tried to make steak and burnt your finger? Or the time you and Tristan were on the gym and you popped your nose open because you wanted to do clapping pushups?"you reminded him, his cheeks slightly turning red at the embarrassing stories.
"Those were just some times that I was messing around,"he brushed it off.
"Please just don't do any tricks,"you pleaded, "I know how to do tricks anyways."
"What?"he questioned only then did you realise what you'd said.
"Shit,"you sighed, "I know how to skateboard."
"How do you know? You were rubbish some minutes ago,"he asked, confusion written all over his face.
"I don't know if I should be offended or take it as a compliment for my amazing acting,"you wondered out loud but noticed Brad's confused face and let out a breath, "My brother taught me when I was younger and I pretended to not know anything cause I didn't want you getting hurt."
"Y/n,"he started laughing, "You don't have to make up shit like that to stop me from skating."
"I'm not making anything up,"you huffed.
"Baby, I promise I won't do any tricks. You don't have to pretend anymore,"he said in between laughs.
"I can genuinely skate, Brad,"you frowned but he just chuckled a bit more, your anger slowly rising. You graded his board, heading for a bigger ramp.
"Y/n,"he called you but you were already climbing on that ramp, ready to prove him that you could actually skate.
"Y/n! You're gonna die, baby, just get down,"he kept on saying but you were already rolling off the ramp. Memories of your teen self came back rushing to you as you attempted to do your first trick. Thankfully, it was successful and you didn't make a fool of yourself.
You did your best, trying to impress Brad and show him that you did know how to skateboard but you got tired after a bit and decided to stop and get off the ramp.
"Y/n, holy shit,"Brad breathed out, his arms instantly around you when you stepped to the ground.
"I told you I could do it,"you smirked, hugging him back.
"You certainly can,"he pulled away, looking quite impressed, "But don't ever do that again. I almost passed out when you first went down that ramp."
"So you know how I feel,"you told him and he nodded.
"I do now."
"Great,"you smiled, "Let's go home now and chill cause I am tired."
"Wanna come tomorrow?"Brad asked, resting his arm around your shoulders.
"Definitely not,"you answered and he chuckled, shaking his head.
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hiiii
just to clarify, i know this isn't the best imagine but the idea was so much better in my head and i wanted to post something for you so here it is.
now a couple of things:
1. i wont have school for like 2 or 3 weeks cause of the corona virus so ill probably be able to update more
2. i have loads of ideas about skateboarding so i guess you'll have to deal with them lmao
3. go read emilysstoriess imagines for a better life. honestly her talents is incredible and she's an amazing writer.
4. just so you know riley's been busy and she'll be busy for some time but she'll come back at some point
5. thank you all so so so so much for all the reads, votes, comments and support. you are all amazing and i love every single one of you<3
take care, wash your hands and don't go to crowded places unless absolutely necessary.
hope you liked this<3
-sofia
