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Implausible Proposal - Amanda Magee
We were entering the onramp to head north to the lake. It was nearly 100 degrees, the girls were in the back seat, and we were all sticky and disheveled. A motorcycle vroomed ahead of us, its driver looking over his shoulder in our direction. He had one hand behind him on the seat while craned his neck back and popped a wheelie. The girls gasped. “Oh, my, oh my, ohmyohmyohmy. Mom, did he just do a wheelie?” Briar gasped. “That is so dangerous.” “What’s a wheelie?” Finley asked. “It’s when they make their bike go up on one wheel,” I explained. “Why did he do that, mom?” Briar asked. “Well, I don’t know. I think usually that’s to impress people.” “Impressing people doesn’t…
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