Racehead by Daya Daniels

Author:Daya Daniels [Daniels, Daya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Sports
Publisher: Sayad Books
Published: 2018-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

Nevada

YOU NEVER STOP LEARNING…

I breathe in the summer air as I slide into the seat to the wooden bench next to Banks.

Laughing, he unwraps his sandwich speedily. “This was fun.”

Today could possibly go down as being one of the oddest in history…

I observe all the people who move around us, then my eyes are back on Banks who’s devouring the turkey monstrosity we’d just picked up from the food stand a short distance away like he hasn’t eaten in days.

I look left then right. “Fun?” I scrunch my face and stare at the façade of the Mission Museum where we’d spent the last three hours learning about the history of the landmark hotel the Mission Inn which was built in 1903.

Honestly, I thought I’d be yawning through the entire tour but surprisingly it had all kept my interest. And when the tour guide explained that the inn had been host to famous US presidents like Gerald Ford and John F. Kennedy, and that it’s now considered to be one of this state’s most haunted destinations, I was all ears.

“Yeah, it was fun.” Banks chomps on his food.

“Okay, then.”

After leaving La Sierra, I went through my mental rolodex thinking of all the possible fun kid things I could do with Banks around Riverside. I came up with the public pool, the arcade, the movies, roller-skating and even Go-karting.

Banks wanted none of it.

So, instead of doing all that fun stuff, we went to the California Citrus State Park to learn about how citrus became so important to this great state. Then went on a tour and tasted lemons, limes and the grapefruit which grow there.

Banks was enamored with the place. He took photographs at every turn of the tour. At first, I thought it was a joke and that he couldn’t possibly be having any fun, but strangely enough, he was having the time of his life!

I glance at Banks’ black and white note book which rests on the table—the one which he’s been writing in all morning. He stalls with chewing his sandwich and unwraps mine, shoving it over to me.

“I’m not really that hungry, but I guess I can join you.” I pluck up half of the sandwich and take a bite.

“It’s delicious, isn’t it?”

“Yes, it is.” I lick away the mustard at the corners of my mouth and giggle when Banks does the same.

We eat for a little while in silence amidst the chirping sparrows and the traffic which meanders by. Banks hums to himself and flips open his notebook.

“What do you write in there, Banks?”

He brushes his hair away from his forehead. “Nothing important, just facts. Stuff I learn. I like to learn stuff.” He chews his food.

“That’s really cool.” I nod. “I learned a lot of stuff today too. Things I’ve never thought about, thanks to you.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, absolutely.”

“Kids at school think I’m weird.” He frowns.

“But you aren’t weird.”

“Well, I’m the smartest one in class and I’ve just moved here, so I don’t have a lot of friends. I don’t know anyone really.

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