One Of Them

Chapter 3

~Ashton~

I watch her struggle to do the push-ups, her girly arms straining. What a pathetic girl.

"Ash, pay attention."

My eyes land on my trainer Alec, who doesn't seem that pleased with me at the moment. "Go do your laps."

I start to move, my long legs and arms pumping quickly. I've always enjoyed running,it makes me feel free and alive. Closing my eyes, I quicken my pace. Flying. Soaring. CRASH.

I fall backward.

"Watch where you're going." Sabina Katherine leans over me, her eyes dark.

"What you were the one who crashed into me."

Her eyes widen. "Says the guys whose eyes were closed."

She does prove a point, which upsets me even more.

Grinding my teeth together, I struggle to stand. A hand appears before me. I refuse to allow her to help me up.

I get to my feet, at last towering over her. "You stay on your side of the room." I point to where her trainer Bruno waits. "And I'll stay on mine."

She takes a step closer to me, catching me by surprise. "I didn't know you owned this place." Her deep red lips curl up on the sides into a smirk. "But now that you made it clear, I'll try not to get my girly scent all over your precious belongings." With that, she flips her long, sleek hair over her shoulder, the scent of lavender oil tickling my nostrils. She then walks off, leaving me astonished.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~Sabina~

I lean over, hands on my knees, panting for breath.

"It doesn't take eighteen minutes and forty-six seconds to complete four laps." Bruno appears before me, arms crossed over his wide chest and fingers drumming on his elbow.

"I'm sorry." I inhale deeply, then release it. "I got caught in human traffic." My eyes search out Ashton, who's still circling the room, his long legs flying. Wow is he fast. And those muscles- he's as hard as a rock. I can still hear my body crying from when he crashed into me.

Bruno doesn't look like he enjoyed my remark. "Two more laps, NOW! Hurry up Sunshine. This time you only have seven minutes. Now go move those legs of yours," he booms as he pushes me in the back, causing me to stumble.

It takes me a moment to catch my footing. Once I do, I begin to sprint around the room as fast as I can.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I've never been so relieved before to see Ezra Black.

"Hey," I announce myself, sliding onto the wooden bench beside him.

"Ey." He smiles as he pops another fry into his mouth. "How'd training go?"

"Don't ask," I mumble, burying my face in my hands.

He tugs on them, moving them away from my face and I look back into his concerned eyes. "I know exactly how you feel, training is the worse. Who's your trainer?"

"Master Bruno." Just saying his name makes me groan in pain.

"Oh wow, he must be working you hard. He's like one of the toughest. Actually, I think he is the toughest..."

"Awe stop it." I punch Ezra in the arm lightly. "You're killing me here."

"Sorry." He bites into yet another fry. "Um, how else are you liking it here so far?"