Just Let Them Think There's No Place Else You'd Rather Be [Private]

One bounce, two bounce, one dodge, two dodge, bounce, keep at this speed and you'll reach the end in no time.
It was the fifth time I had even tried to do the bouncy castle obstacle course, and as of yet I hadn't even beaten my second time. Rope ladders, slides, cargo nets, the whole enchilada. Near seven in the evening, and the sun wasn't even close to setting. The joys of Summer.
Not very long. 30 yards, I can do that. I can beat that time. The trick is, do not slow down....
Easier said then done, in all fairness. Five times, three fails. First time had been to sort of get an idea what was even in there. Second, that was where I'd upped my game a little and gone all out. Third and fourth had failed mostly because I'd fallen a lot.

And it actually hurt a lot when I fell. Carpet burns and all that.
I was wearing a purple and pink New York City design top, which didn't really cover my arms at all. That meant when I'd slid after falling, I'd burned my elbows. Short pink shorts meant one of my knees had a slightly oval shape carpet burn, which I didn't even know was there until a couple falls later. I also had on purple converse, and I was wearing a pink bracelet with pink stud earrings. 
One mistake I'd made had been wearing my hair in its usual style, down around my face. It had been pulled mercilessly each time I'd fallen, but I was adamant I wouldn't pull it back into a ponytail. I refused to be bullied by a bouncy castle obstacle course.

One ladder- is this the last one?
For a second I allowed myself a little flare of pride. I was almost done! And I was positive, more than positive, that I'd just beaten my time! 
Go Kalina, Go Kalina, you can do it-
Just my luck that as I thought that I collided with a very human body. Someone who had probably been doing the course as well had been right in my path, and seeing as though I'd sort of been running as fast as it was possible to go on a bouncy castle thing. Which was pretty damn fast.
Tumbling, I skidded across the rubber surface, gaining a couple more carpet burns on top of my other carpet burns, and pulling my long hair even more than it had been pulled in previous falls. At least other times I hadn't been sort of thrown off course.
Yeah but it is kind of your fault.
I sort of stopped on my face, and had to turn over to pull the hair out of my mouth and stuff. Staring at the ceiling, there was literally one thought going through my mind.
Well, so much for beating my time.

Sitting up, I winced at the pain of fresh wounds, and tried to pat my hair back into its previous style. It had been knocked about a bit today, but I was pretty sure this was the worst fall so far.
Ugh... Never going to get it back normal. Its probably all fuzzy and everything. Well done Kali. Ruined hair all because you were too stupid to tie it up before we started... Let this be a lesson... carry scrunchies everytime you leave the Cabin from this moment onward.
After a couple seconds, I sort of gave up, hoping that my efforts without a mirror had made me at least presentable. Seeing as though I wasn't able to see my head, then I'd be relying on my immense hair care skills to have fixed my hairstyle.

The person I'd bumped into spoke then, bringing me back to reality.
Oh Gods, Kalina did you just forget you'd bumped into someone? Did you just think your hair was more important than the person you so rudely knocked down? New personal low....
Turning to the person I'd knocked into, who was in fact of the female variety, I shook my head and held up my hand halfway.
'I'm fine, really. Just a couple carpet burns, and hey! You're sort of asking for them when you get in a rubber bouncy castle style thing. Are you okay? And em... it was my fault. Usually I'm pretty good at noticing people are in front of me, using my eyes, that sort of thing, but I was trying to beat my time and I guess I hadn't thought there would be someone in here. I am so, so sorry for knocking into you,' I smiled weakly too her, and then for the first time took notice of the other girl there.

'Can only speak for myself, but I'm pretty okay,' I said to her, keeping my smile in place.
When she closed her eyes, I wasn't really expecting what happened.
Did she just... create a packet of bandaids? Like an actual pack of bandaids? Now that is something you do not see everyday... A pack of bandaids, out of thin air?
I suddenly came aware of how my mouth had flopped open, and worked to close it into a thin smile. Though, I had good reason to be sort of... shocked. A girl just created a pack of bandaids in front of me. Kind of a shocking thing to see.
I took the bandaids she offered me gratefully, and nodded my thanks as I opened a couple to use on my worst carpet burns. When I was done I looked up and pulled my hair to one side, trying to make myself look a little more normal.
'I'm Kalina. Thanks Victoria, for the bandaids.'