The greatest thing in my life

‘Will you load up the van?’, my dad asks unnecessary. Ofcourse I will. Always and with a lot of pleasure. Just because MX is the only world I know. In my mind I pass every piece of my body, to be sure I’m not going to forget anything. Socks, boots, kneecaps, pants, helmet, goggles and a jersey twice. Also the gas will be nice. After closing the vans backdoors I slowly close the barn, while looking over the stuff inside. That’ll be it. At the track I open the bus. To my dismay I see that I forgot my bike. Everything’s inside, except my true friend! How the hell could I forget. My dad’s standing next to me. A little mad, but mostly disappointed. ‘How on earth can you…’. I can read his thoughts in his steel blue eyes. Not good. I’m feeling cold and sick at the same time. The thing is that we’re here and there’s nothing left to do than to put my gear on. What else can I do. The minute I put my goggles on, the speaker calls for the riders to get to the starting area. Nervous I put myself between the waiting riders and bikes. ‘I’ve got to race. Anyway, anyhow. When the gate drops, I see the bikes along and disappear in the distance. Ofcourse I cant’t keep up whit the yelling bikes, but I’ll do what I can. Won’t give up. My dad’s watching me. Don’t know his thoughts right now, but I won’t give up. Not on him. He’s always there for me, doing the best he can. I feel guilty as hell. So bad. While running my boots get heavier every minute. It’s almost impossible to keep this up, but I can’t let him down. Sweat gets along my goggles, annoying my eyes. I got to keep up. I got to…
Then in a flash I’m looking in a sharp light. Through my pinched eyes I see my dad standing above me. ‘Will you load up the van?’, he asks unnecessary. Ofcourse I will. I get out of bed and get dressed. While walking down the stairs I can only think of one thing. ‘Don’t forget. Just don’t forget anything…’