(Here's chapter 4 of "The Futures of Sam and me". Thanks to Martin Seymus Mcfly and The Time Traveler for reviewing. Now, for review replies.)
Martin Seymus McFly: Sheesh. God I can't believe it; you too? I'll try using "disrobed" and "smooched" or whatever plus everything else you metioned in your review in this chapter.
The Time Traveler: Thanks, man. I'm 3/4 of the way to the end of this one.
Copyright 2005
Sam pointed back at me with her finger. I continued to ride until I had nothing left in me. I had gone around my track about 150 times without stopping for water or any other fluid. When I was done riding, I pulled off of my track, and rode my 4-stroke Honda 250F into my shed. Then, I changed out of my gear to my same clothes. At the same time, Sam had climbed out of the pool, and had changed her clothes back to her pink short formal and skirt.
"I noticed you came out to watch me, Sammy," I said as I wrapped my arm around Sam.
"Well, I heard your dirt bike revs and I decided to come out and watch you," Sam explained.
"Oh, okay," I said back to Sam.
I began to make my way to the bathroom to take a shower to wash off the dirt and the roosts my rear tire spit up while I was out there. The dirt was coming onto my jersey and my body. My torso and face were all dirty, and my legs and knees smelled really bad. When I came out, I grabbed some different clothes and put them on. I ended up wearing my red and white American Honda motocross T-shirt with Andrew Short's last name on the back and underneath it was a 51. I also wore black pants.
"Hi. Had a nice shower?" Sam asked me when I came out.
"Sure did," I answered back.
Sam and I gave each other a quick smooch and I began to hold her waists with both of my hands. We began to form an embrace. Sam lay her head on my chest like she had been since she first heard me propose to her.
"I love you, Mathew," Sam whispered to me.
She began to move her hand up to my chin. Sam began to run it across my cheeks and my chin, as well as my neck.
"I love it everytime you do that, Sammy," I said to Sam.
"Thank you so much, sweetie," Sam said back to me.
I began to give Sam a soft kiss on her cheek and her lips. We began to hold our hands as we both walked down to the basement where we spent most of our time. Sam went to her make-up table and began to fix up her hair once again. I began to grab my PS2 video game "MX vs. ATV Unleashed" and began to work harder on that game to get a supermoto track under my belt. I turned on my PS2, and I began playing as hard as I could. Nobody could stop me once I was fully focused on winning as many races as I could because it looked like I was totally addicted to the game.
Wow, what a hard worker, Sam thought to herself when she saw how hard I was working on my game.
She had finished fixing up her hair and had sat down next to me while I was playing my games. I didn't care about what other people other than Sam thought about me still playing video games at my age; All I cared about was Sam, my friends (including Clover and Alex), my family, and myself. Sam sat on her own couch which was right next to mines. My couch was red and had a pillow on the top part where people rested their heads on. Sam's couch was green with the headrest in the shape of a heart. She began to pull the lever on the left hand side and a footrest popped up and Sam began to kick back and relax. I had done the same thing before Sam had sat down next to me on her couch.
"God, are you a hard worker," Sam complimented while she watched me play my hardest.
"Yes, I am. Thanks for noticing, Sammy," I answered.
"I've been interested in video games since the age of 3 when I first watched my dad and my grandpa play video games. I learned so much from them and I have pretty much stolen my dad's talent for sure. My grandpa just lies on his side and watches TV these days. My dad's a car mechanic and he works on cars practically everyday except Sundays when we used to go riding. Ever since I transferred here, and got married to you years later, I haven't seen my dad since,"
"Did your dad teach you anything else other than video games?" Sam asked.
"Absolutely. He taught me how to ride a bicycle, and a motorcycle. I started riding bicycles when I was about 5, and I started riding dirt bikes when I was 8 years old and I've been doing it ever since," I answered.
Sam was really astounded at how many different things that my dad had taught me over the years.
"You're such a lucky guy, Mathew. My dad never really taught me all those things because I rarely see him now since him and my mom went to Europe and let me, Clover, you, and Alex live together in our old villa. I hope to see him again as well," Sam said to me.
I continued to play my "MX Vs. ATV Unleashed" video game after we finished our conversation. Currently, I was racing the 125cc Supercross championship and I was at Boston, MA. I had won all 8 125cc races prior to that.
"How come everytime you play video games like this, you always pick the Supercross races?" Sam asked.
"Glad you asked me, Sam," I said.
"Like Jeremy McGrath once said, 'Supercross is what I've grown up, dreaming about...' Well, I kind of have been doing the same thing as Jeremy, only it's video games, and not the real thing. Outdoor nationals I crash too much; Supercross races, I adapt really quickly to, and I win more races that way. Jeremy McGrath won 72 races after his final win of his career on January 20th, 2001, which was the 3rd round at Anaheim, CA. It was the 2nd of 3 visits to Anaheim. He had a great battle with Ricky Carmichael that entire race. In fact, M.C. won the race, and him and Carmichael were friends about it. Coming into the round, McGrath and Carmichael were tied in points at 45 points. McGrath had won the first round in Anaheim, and Carmichael had won San Diego, which was round two. Jeremy won Anaheim 2, and broke the tie with Carmichael in points, and also gave him a shot at the Vans Triple Crown for a pay-off of 500,000 dollars for the rider who accumulated the most points after the 3rd and final round at Las Vegas. Unfortunately, McGrath couldn't get that pocketful of dough because he got a 3rd at Dallas, which was the 2nd round, and a 2nd at Vegas, all because he slid out in one corner, and Carmichael passed him. That same year, Carmichael made history tieing M.C.'s record of 13 wins in a row, in which was set by McGrath in 1996 before he got beaten by a fellow known as Jeff Emig at St. Louis. Ironically, '96 was McGrath's best year winning 14 out of 15 rounds, and a few outdoor nationals, but lost the outdoor title to Jeff Emig at Delmont. Prior to that, he had won the 1995 Outdoor nationals title. It was Jeremy's first outdoor title after winning Supercross titles in '93, '94, and '95. He lost his first Supercross title in 1997 to Emig all because of some bad luck. Prior to that he shocked the entire 2-wheeled racing world by leaving the Honda Factory team after being with them since he first turned pro in 1989. In '97, he rode a Suzuki to 2nd place in the '97 Supercross standings, just missing the title by a mere 15 points. He had got within 2 points before a flat tire at Charlotte, NC, losing 4 valuable points to Emig, and finishing 7th that night. He returned to his winning ways from 1998 to the year 2000 while riding for Chapperal Yamaha, winning the Supercross titles those years. After the middle of the outdoor season in '98, he finally decided, 'Hey I don't wanna ride outdoors anymore'. For the next two years, Jeremy would only ride at least one national, and that was Glen Helen in San Bernadino, CA. In '99, he came out to ride Washougal, but I forget how he did there. In December 2002, Jeremy announced his retirement after signing a 4 year deal with KTM. As a result, his KTM ride went down the drain, but in 2004, he came back on a Honda 450 4 stroke to ride Steel City at Delmont, PA, and didn't do well as people thought he would. He went down in a pile-up, finishing in 15th in moto number 1, and while running in the top five in moto 2, he pulled off the track. In 2001, the turning point for Jeremy's season was at Anaheim 3 in 2001, when he was leading, Carmichael started 9th, and by the halfway point of the 250cc main, he had moved up to 2nd place, was closing the gap on Jeremy, and that got to Jeremy. As a result, he blew a triple jump and Carmichael passed him shortly thereafter. The same thing happened one year later; he was leading Anaheim 3, when he got sideways in the whoops before a triple jump, and he couldn't do the triple. For me, ever since I got the N64 game, 'Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000', I've been mostly selecting the Supercross races because I get adapted to the tracks very easily, and I can win on them easily,"
"Whoa, that's a real surprise," Sam complimented.
I nodded my head and continued my focus on the race I was doing. I ended up winning the 125cc main after passing KTM's Nathan Ramsey #25.
"Mathew, honey, if you had to guess, what's your win percentage for this game?" Sam asked me.
"Well, I've only lost about 7 times. So, I'd say my win percentage for this game would be somewhere in the 90s. The first time I tried this game, I instantly started to win. I had tried a Supercross race at New Orleans, Louisiana, and I won it with ease," I answered.
Sam continued watching me play like how my 7-year old cousin watched me play video games when I was a teen. She continued kicking up her feet, putting up her hands to the back of her hair, and get into a relaxing position on her couch. Shortly after that, she stood up and stretched. Then, she went to the bathroom to grab her green bathing suit and came back wearing it. Sam stepped into her jacuzzi and continued to watch me play from her heart-shaped jacuzzi. Shortly after that, Sam began to feel a hard pain in her stomach. She was groaning in the process.
"Mathew, I think it's about to come out -- the baby," Sam called to me.
I quickly saved my progress, shut off my PS2, got Sam into her regular clothes and rushed her to the hospital.
End of chapter.
(Well, tell me what you think? I bet you guys can't wait until the next chapter. It probably won't come up until later this month because I'm gonna be caught up in SAT testing, taking my high school senior photos, etc. Well, see you all soon.)