BMX bikes were already a thing when I was like 13 years old

BMX bikes were already a thing when I was like 13 years old. All the big brothers of the neighbourhood had to share their bikes with their little brothers because they were too expensive for a family to afford two. Or parents were happy that one sibling would be on firm ground while the other was about to somersault to his death. 

At least one kid would survive.

The thing was that we thought we were the Knight Riders of a new age. We could hit the shops alone or in twos, and then regroup to discuss our findings as a pack of cool bikers, now with cheap snacks, at the local park. 

Because we were just children, we were full of conspiracies. We were sure the local cafe owner was having an affair with the policeman’s wife. 

We were sure we ourselves were love children from our own parents’ previous lives. One guy found out it was actually true which made us all think. 

I still see some of those guys, it’s very seldom but on occasions we just bump and reminisce. We talk about other people’s messed up families, but never about our own. We know so much about each other but we just don’t want to cross a line.

The conversation always starts with the question, so what are you doing now? As though the answer will explode like fireworks in our faces. But it never does. 

The guy who used to own a dry cleaning business still owns a dry cleaning business.