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- Author: Kate O’Keeffe
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Marlowe
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~ 3 months ago ~
“Let me get this straight. You want me to willingly climb into that oversized
beach ball, roll down the hill as I attempt a slalom like I’m a pinball, and
then bounce up against that wall thing and come back to Earth with a series
of vomit-inducing bounces—and pay for the privilege?” I raise my
eyebrows at my kid sister and her boyfriend, standing in their swimsuits,
their hair wet, towels wrapped around their waists.
Just because they’ve done it doesn’t mean I’m going to.
Surely they’ll see reason.
“Come on, Marlowe. It’s so much fun, and besides, you brought your
swimsuit,” Ryn, my total risk taking, youngest sibling stereotype of a sister,
replies.
I eye a Zorb as it goes rolling by, the poor person trapped inside
screaming their lungs out. If I was in any doubt about this whole fiasco, the
frenzied screaming more than makes my point.
“I beg to differ on the fun part, Ryn.” I cross my arms over my chest
and feel every inch the older sister. “And anyway, I’m sure your idea of fun
and my idea are pretty much opposite.”
“Zorbing is awesome,” Ryn’s boyfriend, Gabe, announces, as though
making such a declaration will spur me on to get into one of those…things.
“How about we go and have a nice cup of coffee. Seattle is famous for
its coffee, you know, and I’m sure you two could do with warming up. You
must be cold.” Without waiting for a response, I turn to leave the park.
Ryn gets a hold of my sleeve. “Do you always need to have a giant
carrot stuck up your you know what?”
“I don’t have a giant carrot stuck anywhere, thank you very much,” I
reply haughtily.
She shoots me a look that tells me she doesn’t believe me.
“Just because I don’t want to risk my life in a big plastic ball doesn’t
mean I’m uptight you know.”
Ryn scoffs and Gabe shoots her a look.
“Well, I’m gonna do it. We both are. Right, Gabe?” Ryn shoots me one
of her defiant looks.
“Yeah, but you don’t have to if you don’t want to, Marlowe. It’s cool.”
Gabe shrugs.
“If you’re happy being poultry,” Ryn adds and immediately begins to
cluck like a hen.
“That’s not what I meant,” Gabe hisses at her.
Not listening, Ryn adds in the arm motions and bobs her head back and
forth in her chicken imitation—just in case I missed her point.
“Would you quit that?” I complain.
“Only when you say you’re gonna do it,” she replies between clucks.
I take a furtive glance at one of the Zorbs. The woman who was
prisoner inside has now climbed out, dripping wet, high fiving her friends
who are all whooping and laughing along with her.
She looks happy—and alive, most importantly.
“See? They enjoyed it and they’ve gotta be at least your age,” Ryn says
in my ear.
“Thanks a lot.”
“So? What do you say?” Gabe asks.
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