This was a lesson on how sometimes young girls do stupid things for boys they like. I was thirteen at the time when I got my first BMX bike and I was the only girl on the block who had a white and red Red Line bike. All the other girls had 10 speed bikes and the like, but I was the only girl with a real BMX bike. All the boys had Mongooses, Haros, GTs ect so I began to like this boy who had a blue Haro and I would ride with him sometimes around the block but could never go with him and his friends into the woods to go trail riding and ramp jumping because they didn't want girls riding around with them. Anyways, one day I came home from school and found six of the boys and the boy I liked waiting for me on their bikes in my driveway. Of course I was so awesomified and excited to see all the cool boys at my driveway waiting? Are they waiting for me I said to myself.
Anyways, the leader of the bunch named Dave asked me if I wanted to go trail riding with them and sure enough I said Yes! But then Dave said, "Well if you want to ride with us you have to pass a test first" So I said, " What kind of test is it?" Dave then said "its a test to see how fast you can ride because we don't like slow pokes riding with us, so if you pass this test you're in" So I said "Ok let's go". We all went to the edge of the forest clearing where the entrance to the trail was but their was a wasp nest the in one of the bushes that hang over into the trail path with wasps flying all around it basically blocking the entrance of the trail. During the whole time I was talking to Dave the boy I liked went and told the other girls what was going to happen and the next thing i knew everyone was waiting to to see me do this test. Dave finally said to me
"Ok, if you can ride as fast as you can straight through that overhanging bush and not get stung you can ride with us from now on" I looked back at the girls and my best friend Amy was shaking her head for me not to do it, but the boy I liked kept saying "common you can do it, then we can always ride together just you and me" Dave then said "yeah, you can be in our special club and not have to hang out with all these stupid girls riding their stupid useless bikes".
So I geared up in my mind that somehow I could do it. I could ride fast enough and blast right through that wasp bush and not get stung. As I was getting ready i looked back and say Dave and the boy I liked covering their mouths with their hands laughing. Then Dave said "oh common, what, you chicken? bwak-bwak-bwak-bwak-she's a chicken,bwak-bwak-bwak" I became so mad at that moment I said "oh yeah, then watch this" and I began to peddle as hard and as fast as I ever did in my thirteen year old life. I saw the bush getting closer and and saw the swarm of wasps flying around it but I was convinced in my mind I could do it, ride so fast through that bush that I would knock them wasps out cold with my Red Line speed. I felt the bush brush across my chest and over my breast and I instantly felt butterflies in my stomach thinking all in one second 'oh my god, what if I get stung on my breasts and my face...oh shit" I blew right through the bush with my eyes on my chest to see if any wasps were near my breasts till then after passing the bush around ten feet when I felt on my upper back the feeling of a red hot needle piercing my upper back near my neck. I screamed out in pain and fell of of my bike hurting my hands and chin on the rocks. I stood up crying to see Dave and the boy I liked laughing it up while I was hurt and in pain. I felt so betrayed and angry I slowly walked with my bike over to the crowd and suddenly a rush of energy sparked within me and I lunged at Dave grabbing his hair and trying to scratch his face. the fight felt like an eternity but was really only about 40 seconds long lol.
Dave felt so strong I couldn't stay on top of him. He grabbed my hands while I was pulling his hair and kicked me in the stomach sending me to the ground. All I heard from one of the boys was "kick him in the balls" So I stood up and rushed at Dave and tried to kick him in the balls but he moved aside and grabbed my foot yanking my sneaker off and threw it hitting me in the face. He grabbed me by my hair and started to drag me, all I could do was hold on to his hands to try and get my hair out of his grips. That's when the neighbor showed up and stopped the whole seen. Moments just after the fight stopped I felt all the pain in my body take over, everything hurt, my hands, my stomach, my head, my knees, my heel, the wasp sting in my back almost went away from everything else. I walked back home with my friend Amy and saw Dave kicking my bike and then throwing it into the pond by the road still laughing at me as if nothing happened to him but everything happened to me. That same night, my Dad went to Dave's house and spoke with his father. The following day Dave returned my bike all cleaned up and said he was sorry and never looked at me again. The following month Dave and his family moved!
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