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Your name is Andie, and skateboarding is yours. In second grade, you stole your brother’s skateboard and learned to Ollie, so your dad bought you your own board.
In your last three competitions, you’ve placed first, second, and first again, and today, you’re hoping to add another medal to your collection to hang right next to your poster of the Empire Fish Face, a band that your mom sort of disapproves of.
Today, you’re meeting your best friend, Paige, who is the only local skater known to (sometimes) beat you in competition, and right now you’re headed to the closest skatepark to warm up before the competition. You love skating! You’re even doing it to celebrate your birthday, which just happens to be tomorrow.
As you drop your board on the ground and head toward the park, you run over the list of tricks in your head.
You text Paige to let her know you’re on your way, but she doesn’t answer. No big deal, you’ll meet her there. You’re both so excited for the competition today. They’ll be a half-pipe and rails, and skaters from out of town are driving in to compete. Today, Burnbridge, tomorrow, the X games!
When you arrive at the park, you scan your normal hangs but don’t see Paige anywhere. Hmmm. This is strange. You decide to ask around to see if anyone has seen your friend.
You text Paige to let her know you’re on your way, but she doesn’t answer. No big deal, you’ll meet her there. You’re both so excited for the competition today. They’ll be a half-pipe and rails, and skaters from out of town are driving in to compete. Today, Burnbridge, tomorrow, the X games!
When you arrive at the park, you scan your normal hangs but don’t see Paige anywhere. Hmmm. This is strange. You decide to ask around to see if anyone has seen your friend.
You drop your board on the ground and head straight to Paige’s favorite place to grind rails. There are some old ones behind the town recycling center, left over from a building that was torn down because the people doing the demolition swore it was haunted. Burnbridge has a lot of history like that: partially run-down buildings, little landmarks that have strange stories behind them.
You call Paige’s mom on the way, and tell her you can’t find Paige.
“I don’t know, Andie. She left an hour ago to meet you. Have you tried calling her phone?” her mother says, but before you can explain, she hangs up, explaining she has to be at a PTA meeting. You sigh. It’s totally up to you to find her. What if something’s really wrong and you can’t even get her mom to pay attention?
You arrive by the rails, but there’s no sign of Paige. You try her phone again, but she still doesn’t pick up. What’s going on? Maybe look around and see if you can find anything?
You walk into the park, and everyone starts hugging you. Suddenly, you realize that everyone’s here: Pedro and Jojo, Amalia, and all of the skateboarders you’re used to competing against. There’s even Jamal from school, and Reaghan must have left her shift at the Juicy Bee, because even she’s here! She brought smoothies, and Paige even brought cupcakes with little candy skateboards on them!
You were worried for nothing! Whew, that was a close one. Usually, when things go wrong in Burnbridge, there’s something much creepier behind it. At least this time, it was something great. You decide to relax and enjoy your birthday party.