Josh was definitely looking forward to finally getting a new skateboard. Not only was his old one beat to hell after years of abuse use, it had also been a 15th birthday present from his parents and thus always left him with an uncomfortable nostalgic feeling every time he brought it out. And so it was sort of symbolic for him to be replacing it with one he was buying for himself now that he actually had the money to do so. Although hopefully being paid by Regan wasn't going to be a regular occurrence, even if it was more financially beneficial than the school's allowance was.
Finally after much bantering and a bus ride the three had arrived at the mall. Jubilee was pretty funny and everything but it was already starting to feel a little like a babysitting job. Particularly when she went running off into the store like the crazy ADD kid she was, ranting about roller skates much to the chagrin of both boys. "Okay I am definitely not the one you need to worrying about," Josh said to Bobby just as Jubilee knocked a pack of wheels off a nearby rack during her flailing followed by a loud "OOPS! MY BAD!" that rang out through the entire store.
"This is why we can't have nice things!" he called after Jubilee as he wandered into the store and started to browse through the different boards displayed across the wall. He definitely drew a few stares in all his golden glory but he paid them no mind as he inspected one of the Element boards more closely. "Dude, you wanna work here come help me pick one," he demanded of Bobby.