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I put my hand over my chest in mock offense. “Are you doubting my abilities?” Sure, I wasn’t the most athletic person in the world, but how much athletic ability did it really take to kick a shoe off?
“I wouldn’t say I’m doubting you, per se. I’m just very confident in my own abilities.”
I raised an eyebrow at Tori. “Confident or cocky?”
“I guess you’ll have to wait and see, huh?” Tori raised an eyebrow back at me, and we both burst into laughter.
I loosened my shoes then started pumping my legs to get my swing going. Unfortunately, I must have loosened them too much because one fell off as I was trying to get my swing into the air and it fell onto the ground right in front of me.
Tori stared at the shoe, then smirked at me. “This is going to be even easier than I thought.”
I stopped my swing and crossed my arms over my chest like an actual child. “That’s not fair. That was an accident. It shouldn’t count.”
“You’re really taking this playing for Willow thing seriously, huh? You sound just like her right now.”
“Whatever.” I picked my shoe up off the ground and put it back on, then made sure both of them were on just tight enough that they wouldn’t fall off again. Tori hadn’t said anything else, but I highly doubted that she was going to give me another do-over.
“Let me show you how it’s done,” Tori shouted as her swing went high into the air.
When it hit the highest spot, she kicked out her leg and her shoe flew through the air, landing practically on the other side of the playground. Shit. There’s no way I can beat that.
I kicked my legs to get as high as I possibly could, which still wasn’t nearly as high as Tori had gotten herself, then tried my best to mimic what I had just seen her do. Unfortunately, this time, my shoe didn’t land much farther than it did when it accidentally fell off. “What the hell?”
Tori threw her head back in laughter as she continued to swing, then kicked her other shoe off, which landed right beside the first one. She then proceeded to jump from the swing and land flawlessly on her socked feet.
“Show off,” I sneered as I continued to swing. Okay, Rosemary, focus. You got this. I swung my foot back and forth until it felt like just the right moment, then kicked my shoe off. “This one’s for Willow,” I shouted as it left my foot.
Much to my surprise, this shoe actually flew through the air. It flew so far that when it landed I couldn’t tell if me or Tori won. I tried to slow down my swing, then very ungracefully tumbled off of it. Tori must have had the same idea as me because we both took off in a sprint toward our shoes.
Of course, Tori got there first. She stared down at our shoes and shook her head. “I can’t believe it. You beat me by a fucking shoe lace.”
She wasn’t exaggerating. One of my shoelaces was literally stretched out along the grass and a few inches in front of the farthest part of Tori’s shoe. “Told ya you were underestimating me.”
“I suppose you’re right.” Tori bowed down to me. “I apologize, my queen.”
“So, what’s next?”
“That depends. Do you get motion sickness?”
“Should I be scared to say no?”
“Of course not.” Tori grabbed my hand and pulled me away from our shoes.
I pointed behind us as she brought me to the merry-go-round. “Shouldn’t we put those back on?”
“Nah. Shoes are overrated. I thought you would agree since you were the one who had us take our shoes off in the middle of winter.”
“That was different. That was at the beach.”
“Nonsense.” Tori pointed toward the merry-go-round. “Lay down. We’re going to stargaze.”
Once Tori and I were both lying down, fingers still interlocked, she used her feet to get us spinning. “To me, this is the perfect way to stargaze. As you know, I don’t like to stop moving, but I also know it’s good to slow down once in a while. Which brings me to the perfect combo—spinning while stargazing.”
“The perfect combo if you don’t get motion sickness.”
“Hence why I asked.”
“So, I take it you’ve done this before?”
