Skate on skater!((open to all))

[flyboy]

Ah yes it was a beautiful day outside indeed. The sun was shining bright giving off a warm glow. The wind blew gently through the air brushing up against the trees. The last bell of the day signaling the students to leave had rung just a few minutes earlier. Most students were already on their way home while others stayed around. Some of them were staying for extracurricular activities like sports and drama while others were just hanging around with their friends. Derrick Johnson was one the latter. He and a few of his skater friends were outside at the back of the school chilling with their boards.

Today he was wearing an orange t-shirt and grey hoodie with the sleeves cut off. His straight leg but baggy blue jeans covered the top of his orange hi-top Chuck Taylors. Underneath his right foot rested a baker skateboard, TK camo deck. He stared down a set of stairs checking them out for something he was about to attempt. Propped on the center of the stairs was a lunch table. The skaters had snatched it up earlier while no one was looking and placed it here to skate."Wooo, hope I land this." he said.

One of the other skaters rolled over next to him and smiled. "Cause if don't land it, you know you're screwed right?"

Derrick sighed as he popped his board up and caught the edge. He trotted to the back door exit to gain as much speed as he could. As he stood with his board under his left foot, he sighed. "Okay here we go kid." Derrick pushed off and began to gain speed. Once he got enough he crouched down. At the edge he popped up nailing a heelflip and hovered over the stairs. He landed on the edge of the lunch table in a frontside crooked grind and made his way all the way down it landed switch. The other skaters all rejoiced and applauded him. Derrick jumped off his board with a surprised smile and threw his arms up in bliss. "Holy crap, I freaking landed it man! Switch at that!" He was ecstatic about his accomplishment, never before had he landed a heelflip to fs crooked. Derrick walked to the end of the stairs and took a seat, he clapped his hands and stumped his feet in pure joy. "Can't get no better than that mane I tell ya." he said to the others.

[shyler]

Wren, who had been sitting on a bench, not to far away from the group of.... 'Skaters' she believed Americans called them. Knowing that it wasn't such a good idea to go up to them, mostly because she was new, and half the time didn't know weather it was okay to say something to another person. Last time she got something wrong, someone asked her if she knew a girl called Sharpay, and she said 'Sharpie? Isn't that a marker?', earning her a very odd look, and no one to talk to. Though Akia, her cousin wanted her to wear 'normal clothes', she was currently wearing a black t-shirt, that was too big on her, and had a few words in Japanese lettering in a faded red color, and baggy camo jeans. Then she had an old, tattered hoody on, that was a navy blue. Sighing, she got up anyways, and took quick strides over to them. Her hands were slightly shaking in the large hoody pockets, more of nervousness, then her being scared. She walked up to the one who had just done some trick. "That was pretty cool. I'd probably kill myself trying." she said, smiling slightly. Currently, she had the hood down, showing her 'one-inch-below-her-sholder' length hair. She hadn't bothered to put it in those stupid loose curles that Akia insisted she wore.

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[Xander Donova (Scott)]

Xander was hanging with the skater boys as that was his clique. He loved shredding with the boys. He was wearing a loose turquoise v-neck tee with "Hurley" printed in black on the shoulder. His pants were slightly baggy dark blue wash jeans and on his feet he wore some black Vans sneakers. He thought about the crazy day he had just had. Man life was weird, he still had no clue who this new Principle everyone was talking about was. He knew he would probably find out soon though as he did often end up in that office.

He stood off to the side with his board and watched as Derrick AKA Flyboy land a crazy heelflip. Wow, that was awesome he thought as he clapped for Derrick. He grinned and laughed, "That was sweet man!" He saw someone wearing a hoodie approach Flyboy and comment on the trick. He wondered who this person was and watched.

[flyboy]

Derrick laughed a little as he approached Xander giving him a quick pound then leaned against the railing. He looked over to his right as he heard the voice of young lady. His eyes were instantly drawn to her facial features then her hair. A small smile came across his face upon inspection of her. For a moment he just gazed at her until he snapped himself out of it. Derrick took a gander back at the table then the girl. "Oh yea well, I thought I was gonna kill myself trying it as well. But I made it baby yea!" He was still excited about landing that trick. He rose to his feet and stepped forward a little closer to her. "The name's Derrick Johnson, but you can call me DJ...or Flyboy." he extended his hand towards her.

[shyler]

Wren gave a small laugh. "What doesn't kill you can only make you stronger." she said. She had to pull the sleeve of her hoodie up, and grabed Derricks hand, shaking it. "I'm Wren Hayami. I don't think I have any nicknames, so for now, just call me Wren." she said, letting her smile get slightly bigger, as it had barly been one at all at first, due to her nervousness. "I used to be able to skateboard. But that was a while back ago. I'd probably fall." she said, giving a small laugh at the end. It was true. She hadn't been that good, but she had once been able to go pretty fast, turn smoothly; the basics. Now, she wasn't to sure. She had honestly been worried about talking to them, as most the boys she met that skated during the summer, were really mean, and total jerks. These two didn't seem that way. They were actually pretty nice.

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[Xander Donova (Scott)]

Xander smiled and spoke after Derrick and Wren had introduced themselves, "Name's Xander, Occasionally known as the "Xan-man" but, most people just call me Xander." He approached them and stood next to Derrick. This was the girl he had seen in the lunch room. He listened to the girl talk of how she used to skateboard. Wow, she sure didn't look like the type that would skateboard. She looked more like a smart kid to him but, you can't judge a book by it's cover.

"Don't say that. You should try it first...then when you do fall, you can say you were right." He replied. Xander couldn't help it, he had to make a joke or use sarcasm. He was the 'sarcastic skater boy' after all.

((Tell me if the joke makes sense...I'll try and fix it if I got the tense wrong))

[shyler]

"I guess. But I don't have a board, and I'd be afraid of breaking someone elses. I could always save up my money and try and buy one. Then maybe you two could help me out?" she said. She realized that she didn't look like someone who would skate. More like someone who was labled 'nerd' she guessed. She did make good grades, but when she had actually learned to skate, she had felt like she actually knew what she was doing. Her brother instructed her once, and she was able to take off. It was almost as amazing as flying. In some cases, you actually were. Didn't see want to feel that again? Yes. It would be awsome! Then she would actually have people to hang out with, like DJ and Xander.

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[flyboy]

Derrick laughed a little bit at Xander's sarcasm. He was always the one cracking jokes in the group keeping it lively. But for some reason, Derrick couldn't help but stare at this young lady. There was something about her that sparked his interest. And the fact the she used to skate only made things better.

"I guess. But I don't have a board, and I'd be afraid of breaking someone elses. I could always save up my money and try and buy one. Then maybe you two could help me out?"

Derrick walked over to his board and picked it up, he then stood next to Wren with his board extended to her. "Gone give it a try. Don't worry about breakin it, I got plenty of backups at home." He looked into her eyes and gave a warm smile, girls have always been his one weakness. He just couldn't resist a pretty face.

[shyler]

Wren returned the warm smile, and gave a very small nod. "Thanks." she said, taking the board from him. The wood that was underneath felt worn out, though still strong, and the sandpaper like top made her smile slightly. It had been a long time since she had actually touched one. The one hand that wasn't holding onto the board was clenched in slight fear, but mostly excitment. Getting on the board like she was taught long ago, she gave a strong push, and began going down a slight slope. Every now and again she would give another push, as she slowly gained speed. She turned smoothly, and quickly, once, twice, then, prehaps she had to much speed, and had turned to sharply, because she ended up falling off of the board. She felt a sharp pain go through her shoulder, and it didn't seem to go away. It only started to dull a bit. She got up, dispite the slight wince that she managed to hide, and smiled. "I'm okay!" she informed them, before getting back on the board, skating toward them, and coming to a stop. "Heh. I could use a bit of practice, don't you think?" she asked, smiling.

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[Xander Donova (Scott)]

Xander watched as DJ let Wren use his board. Wow, that was an honor right there. He eyed DJ, he must think this girl is pretty special or something to do something like that. He stepped off a bit to the side to watch Wren try and skate on the board. She seemed to be doing pretty well.

She turned one corner to sharply though and fell down. Her being a girl, his first instinct was to go over and help her but, she seemed to get up and get going again. That was quite a fall but, it didn't seem to phase her.

She skated back over to them. Xander replied to her, "Yeah, just a bit." He measured with his ring finger and thumb a short distance apart as he said this. He knew DJ would be happy to help her as he had noticed the boy's slight attraction to her. He would help too cause, the girl seemed pretty nice and he was always ready to help out a friend.

[flyboy]

"Um yeah, a lil bit of practice. But you did better than most non skater girls. They usually fall as soon as they step on." he said. Derrick Retrieved his board and placed it under his arm then walked back up the stairs. He looked back at Wren and Xander with a smile. Once again he was about to try another trick on the lunch table, but this time something that he knew he could land without a doubt. "Yo check this nosegrind out." he said. Derrick pushed off and ollied into the air coming down with a nosegrind on the table. After landing it he cruised over to them. "Oh so smooth baby." He laughed a little to himself.

[Xander Donova (Scott)]

"Sweet bro!" Xander replied after seeing the trick. He smiled and looked over at Wren. He barely knew anything about this girl. Well, they knew she was a skater and, really not much else. He seemed to be getting to know all of the new kids lately. He wasn't going to quiz her of course, just ask her some getting to know you questions. She seemed like she could be a good friend so, the time to find out was now. "So, is this your first day at East High?" he asked her.

((oiy, the shortness))

[shyler]

Wren smiled slightly. "Awsome!" she said. "It won't be long before I'll be attempting those kind of tricks. Failing horribly, but attempting." she said. She turned to Xander. "Heh, yeah. I just moved here a few months ago from Tokyo, so I don't know much about America. Honestly, all of your food is a little.... greasy." she said, giving a small nod.

[flyboy]

"Tokyo huh, I've always wanted to go there. Home of the best anime." he said. Derrick looked to the sky as he thought about the great city of Tokyo. A dreamy smile formed on his face, he was lost in his own little world at the moment thinking about the skateable terrain and architecture that made the city unique. Filling his skateboard slip a little, Derrick was snapped back into reality. "Um yeah, the food here is pretty freaking greasy, but you get use to it as the time passes. The grease kinda makes the food better." he said with a slight chuckle. With a pop of his neck he turned to Wren. "So uh Wren, what are you doing later on?"

[shyler]

Wren nodded as DJ spoke of anime. "I've met Masashi Kishimoto. He writes and draws an anime called Naruto. I've met a few other people from the Shonin Jump thing too." she said. She fell silent for a moment, with a expression that clearly stated she was deep in thought. "Nothing really. I'm trying to avoid going home, honestly. Life is to hectic there. I don't have time to deal with it. You know?" she asked.