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Chapter 23: A Day in the Skate Park

Over the weekend, Jojo went outside for a little walk and suddenly, Seth and Austin came towards him with skateboards. Seth said, "Hey, Jojo."

"What's up, guys?" asked Jojo.

"Not much. We're just about to head over to a skate park here."

"Skate park?"

"Yeah. Marcus, Chad, Noah and Zeke told us to meet them there with Mike and Cody. You wanna come?"

"I think I might have a skateboard."

"Cool. meet us at the skate park." Austin said.

"And bring some safety pads." Seth added.

"Sure thing."

Jojo walked to the house, went upstairs to his room and went to his closet and found his black and grey striped skateboard lying there. He picked it up as well as knee pads, elbow pads and a helmet. He went out of the door, put on his safety pads and skateboarded his way to the skate park. While he got there, he sees Zeke doing some extreme skateboarding. He leaped up towards the half-pipe and went up and down there. Jojo was awestruck to see how this is coming.

He went in the park and immediately, Zeke saw him walking down there and he got off the half-pipe and said, "J, how's it going?"

"Pretty good, Z." Jojo said.

"You came here to skate?"

"Well, kinda. I'm not very good at it, but I try."

"Dude, everyone's good at skateboarding." Mike said.

"I know, but going to the half-pipe seems a bit scary for me."

"It's no problem. You have your safety pads on, right?" asked Chad.

"Yeah, I do."

"Well, there's no problem. You'll be fine."

"If you say so..."

Chad and Zeke then took Jojo to the half-pipe. Jojo looks down on it and he looks extremely nervous and frightened that he might hurt himself. He got on his helmet and safety pads and got on his board. He took a deep breath and got down on the half-pipe and then went up in the air. He suddenly feels like he's on top of the world and when he went up and down the half-pipe, his confidence level boosted up in a million ways. They were cheering for Jojo and he started to make some tricks of his own. He went up and held on to the board while on the board and then, skated up and down and twirled around in the air and then went back to the ground. All of his friends cheered and applauded for Jojo's moves.

"Dude, that was awesome!" Cody exclaimed.

"I didn't know I had it in me." Jojo said.

"Dude, you got it in you. You just didn't know." Chad said.

"I know, right?"

"That was most excellent!" Austin exclaimed.

"I didn't know you can skate like that." Seth said.

"Neither could I."

"This is your first time here, right?" asked Mike.

"Yeah, pretty much."

"We hang out here mostly every weekend and basically just tear up the half-pipe and quarter pipe. Make some new friends here and we like skateboarding a lot."

"I never would've guessed."

Suddenly, Caitlyn and Misty came around with their pink skateboards and Mike looked at them and said, "Great, here comes the cheerleading skater poster girls."

Misty laughed at that comment and said, "Mikey, you're so funny, I almost forgot to laugh. You think we can't skate?"

"Cause you'll break a nail."

"You are so immature."

"Everyone knows girls can't skate. How can it be possible?"

"I'll show ya."

Misty puts on her safety pads and helmet and got on her board. She turns to Mike and said, "Watch and learn."

She got on the quarter pipe and skated on every pipe possible, high on the air, did some amazing twists and flips, as well as doing a 360 move. Then, she leaped up in the air and landed to the ground. Mike's jaw dropped when he saw what she did and asked, "How did you do that?"

"I've been around the skate park once or twice. Caitlyn here has gotten pretty good at it." Misty replied.

"You skate too?" asked Jojo.

"Yeah, I do. Wanna see what I got?" asked Caitlyn.

"Why not?"

She puts on her helmet and safety pads and started skating the quarter pipe and did some amazing tricks, like a 360 move, twists and flips and going totally airborne and then, she skated through the metal line and got back on the ground. Jojo was ashtonished and amazed that she's got a talent for skating. Caitlyn asked, "What do you think?"

"I think skateboarding could be your future." Jojo said.

"You really think so?"

"I know so. Completely."

She giggled and said, "Well, I always dreamt about being a pro skater if music doesn't work out."

"That's amazing."

"Are you guys an item?" asked Noah.

"No, we're just friends." Jojo said.

"Good friends." Caitlyn said.

"Sure you are." Cody teased.

"And Misty, I'd say you and Caitlyn would be pro skaters, beating out all the guys in the competition." Jojo said.

"I can see it now. I can take down my idol, Ryan Sheck-who. I love him and all, but if it's gonna be me and him, he'd better bring his 'A' game over, because he hasn't seen nothing yet." Misty said.

"Ryan Sheck-who wouldn't give you the time of day." Mike said.

"Oh, really? Which female skater do you know that you can beat out? Better yet, do you know any girl skaters, like pro skaters?"

"Well, there's...there's, uh...I bet that...I bet I can beat out...Who are some girl pro skaters?"

"Ha! I thought so."

Marcus and Chad went behind Jojo and Marcus said, "This is our first time here too. I've been skateboarding in Whatropolis and my dad taught me how when I was nine and since then, I've always wanted two passions-music and skateboarding."

"You have?" asked Jojo.

"Yeah. I'm starting to like Whoville now."

"How do you like it here?"

"It's gonna take some getting used to, but I think I'll handle it."

"What about you, Chad?"

"I like it here too and I've skated my whole life. So, this is really a first for me." Chad said.

"I can tell that we're gonna get along just fine."

"Yeah, we are." Marcus said.

All of a sudden, Koa and Mana went to the skate park and Jojo turns around and said, "Hey, what's up?"

"Not a lot." Mana said.

"I didn't know you'd be here."

"Neither did we. We heard about this skate park here and thought that we can check it out." Koa said.

"Well, you've come to the right place, dudes. Welcome to the Whoville Skate Park." Cody said.

"Me and Koa have been skating back in Who'aii for a few years and I'm hoping that we can adapt to this here." Mana explains.

"Hey, it's all cool."

Cody showed Koa and Mana around and Zeke comes behind him and said, "I'm really glad I'm here."

"You are? Why?"

"Well, skating's kinda my passion, but it's just for fun. I like to skate for fun because I taught myself how when I was 8 when my mom bought me a skateboard for Christmas. It was the best thing ever. She taught me how to and it's like whenever I ride this board, I think of her." Zeke said.

"Wow, that's great."

"Yeah. I'm also glad that I've got an awesome friend who really understands me a lot."

"Me too."

Seth and Austin came over and Austin said, "This has been the best few weeks we've ever had."

"How?" asked Jojo.

"Moving back to Whoville, seeing Cody and Mike, meeting new friends and go to the same school with people I can relate to-what could be more awesomer than that?"

"We're really glad we're friends now." Seth said.

"So am I."

Marcus came in the mix and said, "You know, I could get used to being here."

"Us too." Seth and Austin said.

"Same here." Zeke said.

"You guys wanna skate?" asked Jojo.

"Yeah!"

So, throughout the whole day, the gang had some fun skating. Mike, Cody, Misty, Caitlyn, Jojo, Koa, Mana, Marcus, Chad, Austin, Seth, Noah and Zeke were having fun with themselves and skated the entire day. For Jojo, when he looks at them, he sees them as like his own brothers and sisters and whatever comes their way, they got each other and it seems as though, things really are looking up for Jojo and his friends.

THE END

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