Joining the Academy

Keeping up with the boys

A/N: I'll let the girls do the running. You guys are freggin awesome! Thank you so much for all your support. Cheers<3

*Kayli*

It is one of the most oppressively hot days in South Carolina this summer and I'm running up and down hills in the back woods of Nathan's house in some thread Victoria Secret sewed together to scam hundreds of females out of 70 bucks. My usually straight dark hair is a curly mess on top of my head, held up by one of Sang's clips Gabriel had managed not to snatch from her. There are beads of sweat dripping down my back, neck and in my opinion every fucking crevice of my body. The muscles in my legs and thighs ache and are screaming for a two minute water break. North, Axel, Silas, Raven and Nathan are in the lead closely followed by Kota, Brandon, Luke, Owen and Marc with the other four boys trailing behind. Sang grabs my arms to propel my body up the last hill. I will have to seriously do more cardio when this day over.

"Sang! Kayli! Stop trailing behind!" Axel booms, already several feet ahead of Sang and I. His chest has a fine sheen of sweat on it from the scorching sun and physical exertion. He makes this look like a leisurely sunset walk down the beach. You would think all the bulky muscles Silas, Raven, North and Nathan have would slow them down. Not a chance! Although watching abs of steel shirtless and dripping with sweat is quite tempting.

Owen, Kota, Brandon, Marc, and Luke are not far behind hardly out of breath while Sean, Victor, Corey and Gabriel are back here with us. I suspect Sean could run faster if he wanted to, but I think he is enjoying Sang's breasts bouncing in his handpicked bikini more than matching Owen's pace. It's weird to see Sean and Owen completely shirtless in shorts and sneakers - not that it's a BAD sight to see. Sang and I are blessed by the Academy gods with some of the hottest men in the entire freaking stratosphere.

"Axel! Not all of us can go as fast as an Olympic runner!" I yell, panting in between syllables. I close my eyes to swipe the sweat off my forehead then crash into a solid, wet body in front of me and flop down on the muddy ground. I look up to see Victor at a complete stop yelling at the group to take a break.

Sang almost skids to a halt and crouches down beside me, "Kayli are you okay?"

"Jesus Bambi, how did you get down there?" Marc asks, cocking his head to the side. Victor grabs both arms and hoists me to my feet.

"Sorry I didn't know you were that close behind me, Kayli," Victor apologizes, trying to brush the dirt off my arms with Sang's assistance.

Unfortunately the dirt is wet so all their hands do is continue to smear mud across my already sticky skin. Fantastic now I look like I came out of a mud bath.

Corey opens his water bottle and takes a swig, "Vic, don't think that's going to work."

Axel reappears with the rest of the Olympic wrestler team and bursts out laughing, "New look?" I roll my eyes; I would kill for a bath now. Sang takes out her water bottle and tries to wash some of the mud off her hands giggling at Sean squirting from his own at her. Wait...that's a better plan.

I unscrew the cap off my bottle, raise it over my head and douse my entire body in icy cold water. It feels phenomenal. Sure enough thanks to Mother Nature, the cold water has my nipples hard as diamonds. Raven, Axel and Marc stare wide eyed, and mumble numerous profanities. The twins are trying their hardest to focus on the foliage around us, but continually steal subtle glances. I snicker at Axel's expression, "No just needed a bath."

Gabriel whistles loudly then throws an arm over Sang's shoulder grinning, "You need a bath too, Trouble?"

"No Meanie," she says, swatting his arm away, "You're all sticky. I think you need the bath."

Axel rolls his eyes, "Still three hours left, let's go you two. Enough distracting."

There is a collective groan amongst the group. It's already hot as the seventh circle of hell, how are we supposed to survive three more hours?

"Can we cut it down to two this is torture?" says Luke, twisting his blond locks up on his head with Sang's clip.

Nathan snorts, "Since when has this ever been fun? We can thank Peanut and Kayli for this one."

"Alright enough complaining, if we move then we can be done before the sun gets hotter," Kota commands, stretching his arms above his head.

I look to make sure Luke is occupied and sign to Sang, "Cheat?"I ask, grinning mischievously. She puts a finger to her lip contemplating the offer then agrees with the smallest of nods.

I adjust my top one last time keenly aware both of my breasts are spilling so the dark area around my nipples peeks out. We both take off before Kota can say anymore. Sang's butt cheeks are bouncing behind her while she sprints down the hill. I push my legs faster following her lead. There is a long pause before the stampede of feet follow us down the well-known path back to Nathan's pool. I feel my heart pounding out of my chest as I push my body to the limit hoping to retain my lead over the boys. The adrenaline is all that is keeping me from passing out on the nearest boulder for an extremely overdue nap. I sneak a peek at Sang who is gritting her teeth and leaping over fallen twigs. I am going to throw Axel in the pool for this hopefully Owen and Sean will be nearby since this was their evil idea as well.

I dodge a tree branch, but still feel the wood scratch my back. I wince, hoping it didn't break the skin and keep going. I hear Sang squeak behind me. I'm guessing she lost the fight with the tree as well. "Oh God! Kayli wait!" she yells. I wrinkle my nose then look down in horror. Son of a fucker, the tree stole my top. I can't stop, I'm running too fast and I smell the chlorine. Relief is in sight! I look over my shoulder and cackle. I love my best friend. Her top is hanging next to mine on the branch swinging in the breeze.

"Ready to dive in?" she asks, skidding to a halt once we reach the bottom. I don't even respond, I throw my shoes off and do a cannon ball into the cool water. She jumps barely seconds after I do giggling uncontrollably.