To The Rude Guy in Apartment Five by J. S. Cooper

Author:J. S. Cooper [Cooper, J. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

I was eight and Jagger was ten when he taught me how to skateboard. Doug had gone down the street with some of the neighborhood boys and left me behind sitting wistfully on the pavement in my rollerblades.

“What’s up, Magnolia?” Jagger had sat next to me and ruffled my hair. “You want a popsicle?”

“No, thanks.” I’d stared at the skateboard by his side and looked into his green eyes. “I don’t want to rollerblade. I want to skate.”

“So why don’t you?”

“Because I can’t stay on. I keep falling off.” I sighed. “And Doug won’t help me.”

“You want me to help?”

“You don’t want to join the guys?”

“I’ll go afterwards.” He’d stood, pulling me up with him. “Take your blades off and put on your sneakers.” He’d put his skateboard on the pavement in front of me. “First we’re going to work on your balance,” he told me as I finished lacing up my shoes. “I just want you to try and stay centered on the board and hold onto my hand. I’ll pull you down the street, okay?”

“Okay.”

And for the next three afternoons, Jagger had held my hand as I skated until I finally was able to go a few feet without him. Doug had then asked me to join him and his other friends. I’d told Jagger thanks and gone, but I’d never forgotten how, even as a young kid, he’d had my back.

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