Kick, Push (Kick, Push Book 1 / The Road Book 2)

Kick, Push (Kick, Push Book 1 / The Road Book 2)

There’s a single defining moment within every skater. <br />It lasts only a second. Two if you're good. <br />Three if you’re really good. <br />It’s the moment you’re in the air, your board somewhere <br />beneath you, and nothing but wind surrounds you. <br />It’s the feeling of being airborne. <br /> <br />The sixteen-year-old version of me would’ve said it was the <br />greatest feeling in the world. <br />Then at seventeen, I had my son. <br />And every single second became a defining moment. Even the ones that consisted of heartbreak when his mother left us. <br /> <br />Seventeen. Single. Dad. <br />That’s what my life became. <br />Yet, every day, I managed to find that feeling of being <br />airborne. <br />Or at least I convinced myself I did. <br />But I lied—to myself and to everyone around me. <br />Until she showed up; Tanned skin, raven dark hair, and eyes the color of emeralds. <br /> <br />You know what sucks about being in the air? <br />Coming down from the high. <br />Sometimes you land on the board and nail the trick. <br />Then kick, push, and coast away. <br />Other times you fall. <br />You fall hard. <br />And those are the times when it’s not as easy to get back up, dust off your pads and try again. <br />Especially when the girl with the emerald eyes becomes your drug... <br />And you become her poison.