"Have you ever ridden a motorcycle?" . "No." . "Do you want to? I have a helmet for you." . I took a deep breath. . "Okay." . Jeriel and I trained together two years ago. I had just started NWJJA and the team had a holiday dinner. I invited my girlfriend to oogle the single men and Jeriel talked about traveling the world. . Then he disappeared. I kept training. . Last week, team Cavernicola talked about the woman with dreadlocks who arrived. She had glasses. We laid eyes on each other the next class. He moved to PR after our dinner conversation and became a blue belt here. . Now I was on the back of his motorcycle with just a helmet and my nerves. The rules were simple: lean when he leans and enjoy the ride. Lydia was throwing a BBQ and I was formally invited. Well...there go my laundry day. . I don't know if I'm losing my marbles the older I get or if bjj made me extremely gutsy. I held on as we wove through Puerto Rico's infamous traffic, humming the theme song to Indiana Jones with him. . Yet, in my mind...I imagined I was Priss from the Bubblegum Crisis. One of the best cyberpunk animes in history. You should watch it. . I was on my bike, humming 'Mad Machine', darting through tunnels and hugging hair pin turns. The wind whipped through my hair as the scenery blurred into concrete and clustered trees. . My fear vanished, allowing my hips to fall into the rhythm of the bike. Before long, the ride was over. We partied until midnight, then we rode back. . I see why people ride motorcycles; it's the adrenaline drop. Flack on or off, the speed is a cruel mistress. Sometimes you fly...and sometimes you...well, fly. That's the risk you take. I didn't expect to scratch another off the bucket list, but it happened. . Maybe I might get a bike after all. . #motorcycle #motorcycles #puertorico #bucketlist #cavernicolabjj #nwjja #blackgirlmagic #blacknerdgirls #blackgirltravel #anime #bubblegumcrisis #cyberpunk (at San Juan, Puerto Rico) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6pSSeKJKo8/?igshid=1aobr7d11thmf
