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“Did you fall yet?” asked the scary skater-girl with the lip ring.

“No! I haven’t fallen in four practices!” I said with pride.

“That’s a problem,” she said. “You’re afraid to fall.”

“Well, duh.” I kind of just stared at her at that point.

“If you’re afraid to fall, you’ll never be a confident skater. On Monday, you get to fall.”

“Okaaaaaay?”

“You need to skate with your head up. You need to be looking around you all the time. The minute I catch you not paying attention, I’m taking you down,” she said.

I like this girl. Girls like her are why I started playing roller derby. She has expectations of me. She wants to help me. Beating me down is her way of helping.

I’m touched.

On Monday, I plan to show up in padded shorts, and wearing those little dentist mirrors taped all over my helmet. I’m determined to know where she is every minute of practice.

But I have a feeling she’s not the real hitman. She’s just a decoy. Someone else is going to take me out, I’m just not sure who.

I can’t wait to find out.

In: My Unsolicited Opinion | tags: Decoy, Dentist mirrors, Fall, Hitman, Lip ring, Padded shorts, Roller derby, Skater girl. | #