Chapter 18.5Nerella Trish is going to be an acrobat!

Narrie Middlecreek here and after the dog show, we went to the frozen confectionery palace, that's actually a wooden front, like in an old western, one of my granpie's friends likes to make those movie props.

Anyways..! Today... Is VERY HOT!

(Picture of thermometer saying 90/32 degrees!)

I stared, I looked, Basically? Ellie texted me that they were getting an ice-cream after the dog show, and it's a great way to get on Maddie's good side.

See... Apparently Maddie is kinda like me in the way that she is really scared of dangerous stuff, but purposely does things like acrobatics. where you can probably, definitely break your neck..!

Anyways..!

"HEY YOU!" I called to Maddie when I saw them come over.

"Hey honey," She tapped a tall chair and told me, "you know, I've know you since you were as tall as this here chair." then thought for a moment and added, "And honestly, it should not surprise me that you like balancing because you used to climb right up these bar stools."

Momma Kate laughed, and then surprised me by encouragingly smiling, "So my princess might actually learn a skill this summer?"

I looked... So... Momma Kate isn't terrified that I'm going to break my skull? Like... This should make me happy right?

Maddie laughed and said, "I don' know. It's really just doing yoga on a really big tire swing."

"But..." I had dreams about being a sky dancer and now you say it's just playing on a tire swing..? "What?"

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Maddie laughed and explained to me, "Well... Acrobatics is just the art of balancing your body weight as it sways around in the air waves. But then the advanced stuff is when a performer swings from poles to hoops to swings like skateboarding in the air."

(Picture of Narrie starting to think about fire poles and playground tire swings and... an elegant tutu wearing ballerina dancing on the tire swing.)

I thought about that, Now that's the kind of stuff I signed up for and probably really will break my neck if I attempt it on my own so I had better do what my teacher says is play it safe!

Especially if she's also scared to break her neck!"

"Well Narrie!" Madeline Peterson looked directly at me and... I need to learn this looking directly into someones eyes to get their attention trick! "Do you want me to help you choreograph your own show?"

Ahh... So there I was, still... Kinda frozen as I watched Maddie's attention completely switch to Momma Laurie as she brought over a couple of ice creams!

See! Momma Laura KNEW that I would probably have a hard time getting my words out, so like... She even ordered me a Frosted Cocoa Berry Parfait!

"Honey!" She did not laugh while my nervous smile was getting pretty obvious, but she certainly smiled and even dared to lick her lips as she twirled the spoon around and told me with a snap of her fingers..! "I thought you wanted to be "Trisha Narella spinning around in an elevata."

(Picture of Lauri holding two ice cream parfaits and..! This is how she brings me back to earth!

I however started to breath again and nearly gasped as she sat down across from me and said, "Oh, you want one?"

Of course I nodded, but THEN..! Momma Lauri added on a stipulation!

"Well, I challenge you:" She started, "To do something incredibly scary and potentially real that will create a memory that might just be your worst memory but it is going to be a memory that will live inside of you... FOREVER!"

I... "You mean I gotta actually ask Maddie to help me learn how to hold onto the giant hoop as it spins around in the air..."

I am trying not to think about what I am saying because..! It's just scary! "And on top it off, I need to learn how to wave and not throw up?"

"Yeah." Momma Lauri smiled at me, nearly handing Mom the parfait that literally has my name on it and..!

Well..! I told her! "Only if you do something equally embarrassing too!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha." Maddie laughed, "You just want the parfait!"

"Yeah, so?" I said as Momma Laurie stuck a straw in her milkshake and told Madeline, "That's how I get her to do things she needs a little extra encouragement to do."

"WELL!" I will not be predictable! So I gave Momma Lauri a hug that made her spill a little bit of her milkshake and said..! "That was for..."

"Honey!" Lauri muttered, "You just made me spill it on YOUR head so..."

ARRGH! Picture of Narrie's sticky hair.

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