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"And we're back," the interviewer sitting behind a desk exclaims. "If you're just tuning in I'm here with Red Bulls up and coming action sports athletes. You might recognize Robert "Bobby" Drake, who has recently made headlines with his absolutely stunning Winter X Games winning halfpipe routine at Aspen this year. He has just recently gained a sponsorship deal with both Rome Snowboards and Red Bull. Sitting next to him is St John, or just John as he prefers, Allerdyce. He is currently excelling in his field of motocross and is, quite literally, accelerating his way to the top in almost all of the races he has competed in. He, just like Bobby here, has recently gained a Red Bull sponsorship and is planning to tear up the coming up Red Bull X Fighter course on a brand new Honda bike! Now boys, those are some stunning accomplishments for two people so young!"
Bobby nodded humbly in response, while John simply smirked.
"Well," began Bobby, "When you put in the effort usually you get rewarded for it, and if you don't you just try hard."
"But Bobby," the interviewer began, "You don't just have a rising career, you also have a rising relationship is that correct? With Olympic Freeskiier Anna Marie D'Ancanto. In my notes it says you two have been together since you were eighteen? That's what? Four, five years?"
At that Bobby looked down in a movement that could only be described as rather shy. "Yeah we've been together for five years, and it's been honestly great. Rogue has been there for me on my careers uphill climb and, not to be overly positive about our relationship but, I'm sure that she'll be there for me when it reaches its downhill climb. But yeah, Marie is great and I honestly couldn't imagine being here without her. She even got me into snowboarding! She was learning how to ski when we were about seven and growing up Colorado, Aspen specifically, there wasn't much else to do, so she dragged me out there and I just really took to snowboarding."
"So," the interviewer responded. "Are you saying you probably wouldn't even be snowboarding if it wasn't for her? And do you still live in Colorado today?"
At that Bobby laughed out loud. "I certainly wouldn't go so far to say I wouldn't be snowboarding," he said. "But I probably wouldn't be doing it as a career, or going on up and coming Redbull interviews that's for sure. And yes, I train mostly in Aspen and have a house up there but my parents moved down to Colorado Springs to be closer to my brother, Ronny, who moved down there for work, and so I have a smaller place down there."
"Well what do you think you would be doing as a career if Rogue hadn't dragged you out there that early on in your childhoods? And the same question goes for you too John."
"I would probably be an accountant. That's what I was studying in college before I dropped out to be able to do snowboarding full time," Bobby said with a slight grin, "I plan on doing online classes though, so who knows I might still become one!"
The interviewer nodded along as he spoke. "Well it's a good thing you have a solid backup plan!" He joked. "What about you John?"
At that, John scoffed rather loudly. "I never went to college and growing up, it didn't seem like much of an option I mean, it was just me and my grandma and we could barley afford my first dirt bike and I felt so guilty about it for the longest time. But if I wasnt doing motocross I would probably want to become an author, you know go to school study literature, the works. But then I was about twelve and learning how to ride a dirt bike on one of my friends, and it just became my whole life. It was all I wanted to and I completely forgot about ever wanting to write, really after that happened. And it's been about thirteen years since that, and well, here I am."
"I have to say," the interviewer started off. "Based off of both of your stories you two have been in your separate fields for a rather long time. Bobby you for, about sixteen years and John, you for as you just said thirteen. How do you not get tired off it?"
Both John and Bobby began to look rather thoughtful at this question. "Action sports take a lot of dedication," explained John in a rather teacher like manner. "You have to love them, you have to want to live and breath that action sport. And it's rather obvious we both live and breath our respective fields. When you have that kind of love for something, even if it is something as grueling as motocross is, you never want to give it up so even becoming tired of it seems ridiculous."
"Honestly, I don't think I could've ever put it that well," said Bobby. "But back to the question, John's completely right. Anyone I've ever meet who does some kind of action sport is always working on that action sport. I know personally with rouge and me, we work together and train together a lot, and it's just a nonstop grind but I don't think either of us will ever get tired of the sport, if there's anything we're going to get tired off it's going to wind up being each other!"
John grinned at his last comment. "Well based off of your earlier statements about her it seems like that will never happen. That's a solid kind of dedication you have going on."
"That makes me think, John, do you have any relationships brewing? Of course there are rumors floating about some of your fellow motocross athletes." The interview asked.
"Well," John responded. "It seems like every time I even try to race someone on my downtime and some media outlet finds out, the whole world thinks that we're suddenly dating. But, no, I'm not dating Pietro Maximoff, or even Wanda Maximoff, and especially not Raven Darkholme. Even if a part of me does wish I was dating Raven Darkholme, she's an absolute legend."
"Well," the interviewer agreed. "That she is, absolutely stuns in all her endurocross events, which I hear John that you actually despise competing in, and have before said that you don't have the patience for. But, that's not the question I wanted to ask. With us being close to having to wrap it up, I wanted to ask you about a different relationship. The one with your parents. How supportive are they in this career you've chosen."
Bobby paused awkwardly for a minute a short flash of panic skipping over his face. How supportive were his parents? Of him? Of who he really was? Of the life he had chosen? But John, seeming to never miss a beat swooped in for him.
"For me growing up, my parents died when I was about five so it was just me and my grandma." John began, "so it was really just us against the world, and still kind of is now. But my grandma is one of the sweetest people I know, and I know that she is definitely proud of me. She's supported me every step of the way and I'll forever be in her debt for it. I definitely think she's my number one fan. She's just always been there for me, and when I came out as bi she really had my back during all of the media backlash that followed. So she's just, really, the best supporter I've got."
"Yeah," Bobby nodded, his head back in the game. "I don't think I could've made it this far without both Marie and my parents support. I too owe a great debt to them."
"Well it's wonderful to hear the kind of support you two have backing you, and with the answer to that question I can see the cameraman is singling for me to wrap this up, so that's all the time we have for today. It was great getting to know you two, and I hope you both succeed in your upcoming competitions! Good luck to you two!"