The skate park was fill with roaring people, chanting and screaming to the top of their lungs as the lights flashed over excited crowd Lupe Fiasco's kick push played over the speakers to stall for time. Trent managed to sign up for the competition just seconds before they was about to end. Me Kurt and Rogue looked around for any open seats in the aisles until I saw Nina waving frantically a few rows down.
"Hey!" I yelled waving back and making my way down with Kurt and Rogue behind me
"What toke you guys so long?" She asked
"It's a long story that I'll explain after you meet Kurt and Rogue." I introduced
"Hi my name is Nina." She said smiling lightly
"Nice to meet you." Kurt said
"Yeah what he said." Rogue said
"Where's Mike? " I asked
"Ummmmm well..." Nina said rubbing the back of her head and showing the left side of her seat
Mike was covered from head to toe as a hat sunglasses and scarf covered his entire face. The only part of his body that wasn't covered up was his hands that was tightly wrapped around a brown paper bag as if he was concealing it from the outside world.
"Are you kidding me?" I asked looking at him
"Nope and every 5 minutes I can hear him snore like he's asleep or something." Nina said
"That's embarrassing as hell." I said before reaching for the bag until Mike grabbed my wrist
"I'm up I'm up. A guy can't take a nap before the competition start?" Mike asked taking off his scarf and hat
"Whatever I want you to meet some friends." I said after pulling my arm back away from him
"Right after I open up a can of happiness." He said cracking open a can of beer
The suds started to over flow in the bag and leaked out on to his clothes. Mike quickly leaned up taking sips of the beer but stopped as soon as he saw Rogue standing beside Kurt. To him she was the only other person around the loud chanting crowd didn't even exist and there was only one spotlight that shined down on Rogue.
"Hey I'm Mike but you can call me Mikey." He said dropping his beer and shaking Rogue's hand staring deeply in her eyes
"Well ummm I'm Rogue." She said blushing lightly
"And I'm Kurt." He said
"Yeah yeah yeah her little brother I'm guessing. So tell me about yourself." Mike said before Nina cleared her throat
"Are you alright?" I asked
"Oh yeah I'll be fine once my boyfriend stop drooling over another girl because pretty obvious that he's gonna get his ass kicked." She said pulling Mike away from Rogue by his shirt and making him sit down in his seat
"I'm gonna warn you now. He's a dog that needs to be spayed neutered and tamed and Nina is the right person for the job." I said before sitting down
"I'll make sure to keep that in mind." Rogue said sitting down beside me and glancing back at Mike
"Oh and by the way I'm her friend and classmate not her little brother." Kurt said sitting down
"Whatever man, it's not like I'm interested in anything you have to say anyway." Mike said before pulling out another can of beer
Nina sighed deeply and turned her attention towards the stage. Mike quickly started on a 2nd beer and stared blindly into space only to come out of it to see Rogue.
"So what happened?" Nina asked
After explaining everything that happened, Nina felt a little on edge about Kurt and Rogue but overall she really did believe that we all could have been friends if the circumstances were different. Mike really didn't care about anything that happened, the only thing he cared about trying to get to know Rogue a little better.
The music stopped and the lights dimmed on the stage as a man popped up from underneath the stage wearing a black and red striped shirt with Tony Hawk's company logo on it, dark black jeans, and black based red striped shoes. He raced to both edges of the stage high-fiving people in the first row waving his arms in the air trying to get the crowd just as excited as he is,"ARE YOU READY BAYVILLE!?" He asked as loud as he could
The audience cheered as loud as they could while the announcer/ hype-man placed his hand behind his ear listening carefully to roar of the crowd, "I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" He yelled over everything
The audience yelled three times as louder than the last time and twice as long. The hype-man smiled with satisfaction,"ALRIGHT! Welcome to the 25th annul city wide skateboard competition sponsored by Power-Aid and Birdhouse inc. I am your host announcer and hype-man Rob Dyrdek." He said
"He's cute." Nina said
Mike instantly sat up and pulled Nina so closed to him she might as while sat on his lap,"Like hell he is! You're my girl period." He said as Nina laid her head on his chest smiling lightly to herself
"You see what I mean?" I asked Rogue who looked surprised at Mike's reaction
Nina curled up into Mike's chest holding on to him as tightly as she could. Mike kissed the top of her head and laid his on top before glancing over at Rogue and winking at her with a slight smile. Rogue rolled her eyes and folded her arms as she lightly blush. Rob introduced the judges the events rules and a few contestants before the first event.
Their was one constant that was always ahead of Trent by just a few points as they entered the last event their was a 15 minute intermission so we all decided to meet up with Trent backstage.
"You're doing great man." Kurt said walking up to Trent who was sitting down drinking some water
"I told you you can count on me." He replied with a smile
"Keep up the good work and you're bound to win." Rogue said
"I don't know that kid over there is really good and he has been the lead this whole time." Trent said pointing behind his shoulder
I glanced over Trent's shoulder at a African American teenage boy doing a handstand on his skateboard. His body wobbled slightly but overall his white shoes pointed straight up in the air. He had on khaki shorts with a brown belt that was tightly wrapped around his waist so it was pretty clear that his pants sagged off his waistline and a white t-shirt. My eyes slowly turned solar blue and zoomed in on his face trying to collect as much information as I can about Evan "Spike" Daniels.
"Alright guys 5 minutes before show time." John said
"Alright." Evan said cartwheeling off his board
When he did that his board ran into the wall and slowly made its way back to Spike who kicked it up and headed for the stage. Trent whistled and looked back at us with a scared look in his eyes.
"Don't worry you got this bro." Mike said trying to pull Trent together until he saw his wrist blink a red light
Mike quickly hid it before looking like he was gonna throw up and quickly made his way passed Kurt with Nina following closely behind him.
"Ooooook. Good luck Trent." Rogue said after looking at the couple race pass her
"Remember we had a deal and for the record I'm glade you broke your board because if you handed I wouldn't have never met you guys. Good luck." Kurt said walking with Rogue back to their sits
Trent smiled a little before sighing deeply and looking at me as my eyes turned back brown.
"You'll do great especially if it's a rail grinding challenge instead of a ramp challenge. Are you ok?" I asked
"I wonder if that was HQ or not." He said
"We'll worry about that after the competition until than we need you to focus." I said
"Fine but don't I get anything? A kiss? A hug or something?" Trent asked as I started walking away
"Win and I'll make sure you get that and more." I answered before leaving
Trent's eyes lit up as a stagehand pushed him to center stage where Spike and Rob was waiting on him.
"WELCOME TO THE FINAL EVENT! These two skateboarders will battle one on one in a winner takes all challenge. Each contest will spin the Wheel of Legends to determine which course they will have their final run on or they could give that course to their opponent to try to knock them off guard. Both will have 5 minutes to show off their best moves and earn the tittle of City's Best Skateboarder and here they are!" Rob yelled
The crowed cheered with excitement and enthusiasm as Trent and Spike walked up on stage waving to the audience like they were celebrities.
"I think I could get used to this." Trent said over looking the crowd
"Yeah it is pretty awesome at first but once you're used to it the thrill dies down and becomes a normal thing." Spike said
"So I'm guessing this isn't your first competition." Trent said
"Nope this is my 9th competition and I intend on making this my 10th win in a row." Spike said smiling to his fans
Trent quickly looked over at Spike and gulped nervously until he heard a familiar whistle from the audience. Mike Nina Rogue and Kurt all pointed at me. I stared at Trent with a light soft smile and winked at him. Trent had a genuine smile on face as he raised his temporary skateboard in the air as if he had already won.
"Alright since Spike is in the lead he spins first." Rob said
"Hey good luck." Trent said holding out his hand
"I don't need luck when this is God given talent, I just need to show up." Spike said slapping Trent's hand away and walking up to the wheel
The wheel had 3 different courses that showed; rails ramps and half-pipe, and a few mystery courses that no one could see nobody expected us. Spike spun the wheel as it kept turning endlessly as Trent stared at it hoping is would land on something he can handle if Spike decided he can't.
The wheel slowly came to a stop,"THE HALF-PIPE CHALLENGE!" Rob yelled
Everybody lost it while Spike and Trent both vent by sighing in relief at the simple and very easily manageable challenge.
"So Spike are you gonna keep it or try to trip up Trent?" Rob asked
"I'll keep it for myself." Spike answered before walking to the side
"Trent you're up." Rob said
Trent happily got up and spun the wheel after a few minutes it landed on the rails, after a coin toss determined that Spike was gonna go first.
He stood on the edge of the ramp with this red cape tied to his back and flew down the ramp as he made his way up the other side he gave the appearance of flying like superman straight up in the air. When he went to the other side he did a Mctwist while doing a 50 50 rail grind across the edge of the platform. Back and forward Spike did unbelievable tricks such as Cross-rocket, back flips, front flips, 180 spins, 360 spins but nothing could compare to the last minute when he attempt to do Tony Hawk's 900 but only stop at a 750 degree spin either way Trent had his work cut out for him.
"How in the fuck am I supposed to follow up behind that on a rail challenge?" Trent asked himself nervously watching as Spike made his way down
"Good luck you're gonna need it Rookie." Spike said walking pass him
"Rookie!? OH HELL NO! Just sit down and watch how a Pro like me work." Trent said before racing out into the spot light
The audience was still going crazy from Spike's performance screaming as their lungs got sore watching the replay over the jumbo screen over Trent's head. Trent glanced up at the attempted 900 as 3 scores popped up underneath; 8, 8.5, and 9.5 to an already existing score of 28 now making it 54.
"Damn." Trent mumbled under his breath while calculating and comparing their scores
He needed all 9.5 or a perfect score of all 10 to even beat Spike, who felt confident that his victory was secured. Trent looked at the 4 miles of rails and thought up a few tricks that would blow everybody's mind.
"Are you ready? " Rob asked
Trent glanced up at us in the audience cheering him on and smiled as he laid the skateboard down and nodded.
"Ready. Set. Go!" Rob yelled
Trent quickly hopped on a rail doing a 50 50 rail grind before doing a 360 spin onto another rail beside him. He leaned down on his board and placed his hands beside his feet and slowly started to do a handstand.
"Oh God not again." I said
"What is he doing?" Kurt asked
"Trying to do a handstand while grinding a rail." I answered slowly getting up
"Do you think he'll land it?...Alex?...Where did she go?" Kurt asked looking over at my empty seat
"Probably backstage." Mike said before burping
"Why? Hasn't he done that trick before?" Rogue asked
"Yes actually...and he ended up in the hospital for 7 months over it with a spinal cord injury and a mild concussion." Nina answered
"Trying to be a show off like he is now." Mike said shaking his head
Everybody started looking back at Trent, who was struggling to his balance as sparks flew from the broad getting dangerously close to his eyes. He shut them tightly and managed to gain control as he leaned one side of the board the other side slowly started to raise off the rail. He stuck out his right hand and held on to his left foot as the speed increase, he was approaching the end of the rail. He quickly rotated his body placing his feet back on the board and did a kick-flip onto the rail beside him. I stared from backstage exhaling a sigh of relief while the crowd cheered with excitement even the judges applauded him. Trent glanced up at the 2 minute warming before putting pressure on the back of his board making the tip of it raise up in the air and slowly started to slip from under his feet. He kept hold on that position until the end of the rail were the board flew off the rail and Trent was flipping off the edge on the rail to land perfectly on one hand on the still moving skateboard.
"THAT WAS...RIDICULOUSNESS!" Rob yelled over the intercom
The crowd went insane hopping up out of their seats just to get a better view of the jumbo screen that was replaying the stunt. Spike stared in shock as his victorious confidence disappear hoping that his chance to win didn't disappear either. The skateboard slowly stopped moving eventually coming to a complete stop when Trent finally got off and kicked it up to him. The both videos of the skateboards replayed endlessly while the judges deliberated on who they wanted to win. After a few minutes the judges had made their decision, Spike and Trent appeared on the stage with Rob stand in between the two.
"WASN'T THAT EPIC!?" He asked
The endless outcry of the crowd lasted for an all time record and Rob couldn't be more happier to announce it to everybody until a stagehand passed him a piece of paper. The an entire stadium fell so silent the only thing that could be heard was Mike snoring in the audience.
"AND THE WINNER IS...TRENT! WITH THE SCORE OF 57!" Rob yelled as the replay of Trent's final run played with all 10s popping up on the screen followed by a huge brander saying Perfect Score on it.
Trent jump up and down racing all around the stage like a mad man who won the lottery. I couldn't help but laugh watching him mock Spike and run around like a lovable idiot. Everybody was clapping and cheering as Tony Hawk walked up to him and handed him the cash prize and skateboard.
"Hey man that was a great run. Is there anybody is the crowd you wanna give a shout out too?" Tony asked
After Trent calmed down from being starstruck by Tony, he happily nodded and grabbed the microphone.
"I WANNA THANK KURT FOR LETTING ME USE HIS BOARD AND WE'RE GOING TO WING STOP BITCHES!" He happily yelled
Mike woke up from his drunk intoxicated slumber laughing hard as hell while Rogue and Nina stared in shock.
"He can't be serious...right?...right?" Kurt asked