Weigtless, I float into the LEM. The moon is small in the window now. It's over. Is it really over? Was I really there? Why is it impossible to truly appreciate something while it's happening? I wander back into the Command Module and peer out the opposite window. The Earth is getting close. Another few hours and we begin reentry checklist Alpha. -------- I ease my foot off the gas as I enter the long right-hander. Peter Cunningham's Acura is still just in front of me, making it hard as hell to pass. I burp the gas, drop into 4th, and nail the accelarator out of the turn, coming alongside Petey. 8700 RPM...and 5th. Our doors are mere inches apart, but at least I'm not behind him anymore. He's got the inside line...can I make this stick? -------- Tony looks at me and smiles a stupid grin. _He actually looks happy for me!_ I think, realizing that I just cost him $200,000. He kicks his board up into his hand and walks over. &quot;You'll have to teach me that sometime, Ben&quot; Tony Hawk says. 2008-05-15T15:26:14Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/30279 <p>I really liked the flow of this. It transitions very well, shows how the youthful mind can shift gears so dramatically. One minute the cardboard box is a space ship, the next minute it&#8217;s a racing car.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30279?basename=62497 2008-05-15T15:26:14Z Steve Fairweather http://ficlets.com/authors/fairweather12 <p>Really great way to pull us in! Love it!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30279?basename=61883 2008-05-12T21:57:41Z Jenunique http://ficlets.com/authors/jenunique <p>Solid daydreaming there. &#8220;Burp the gas&#8221; is a perfect way to describe it, too.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30279?basename=61860 2008-05-12T20:56:57Z Eckhouse http://ficlets.com/authors/eckhouse <p>I like how each one is like sharing a vision, you didn&#8217;t state what they were, we had to read it, and therefore, join in your dreams. Fun!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30279?basename=61818 2008-05-12T18:52:18Z Mistress Elsha Hawk http://ficlets.com/authors/mistress_elsha_hawk <p>Ah, the fantasies of youth. Nice rundown on the stuff that kept you occupied&#8230;or maybe what still keeps your mind going?</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/30279?basename=61814 2008-05-12T18:48:10Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477