Both our Hearts

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: ANDY

"I do actually, dad taught me." l say.
Now that l think about it the clues were always there.

Dad was serious about boxing, rock climbing, karate from Master Case.

With mom it was always swimming and keeping a good shape she always said a great body brings positivity and l would always make faces whenever she said that statement.

I miss my parents.

We then start warming up and box for a while and we take a break.

"Who is that handsome man at the door?" Nico asks and l whip my head behind me to see who she was talking about since 2 more pairs came in after us with approximately 25 and 15 minutes to spare and l was the only female.

I am met with Tae's warm eyes l instantly smile and motion for him to come in.
"You are the worst partner ever, you came here and left me." Tae says overdramatically.

He introduces himself to Nicole.

As soon as he gets his gloves a voice summons every trainee to the Assembly room. And we all head there.

We all gather in the Assembly room. It was very huge and has a projector at one side and the other side had chairs and tables with our names on it.

We all settled in and the woman who looked like she owned the place came in and introduced herself as Martha and the rest of the people we were going to be working with and turns out Nico was our boxing and karate Shifu.

We all introduced ourselves.

First team
Me and Ki Tae Ruah

Second team
Wade and Devon

Third team
Marlon and Anton

They all looked in their early twenties except for the second team, they looked mid twenties; 26-27 l suppose.

We were all briefed on our day routines from waking up to going to bed.
We ran in the morning after waking up and before bed.

The daily routines mostly had physic, cybernetics related challenges and a few mind games to keep us at the top of our game at all times.

As soon as the briefing was done we went to eat.

We all sat at the table and began eating chatting a bit, getting to know each other.

"l am surprised we have a girl this time, they said no girls for the next three orientations." Devon said.

"You were here before," l ask and he nods saying he came with Wade. Just like Tae did with me.

"She must be the bomb." Both Marlon and Anton says and l laugh it out.

I was actually going to enjoy it here the people seemed friendly.

We dined and as soon as we finished went to the Assembly room for a few more notes we had to be aware of.

After that we went for the evening run.
When we returned we went to our rooms.

In my room.

I finish unpacking and start looking for my phone. That is when l remember how stupid l am. The phone was in my back pocket and it's probably dead by now.

"What if John tries to call me?" Is the first thought that comes in my mind.
I miss him already.

I go to Tae's room.

I knock and he opens the door shirtless.

My words are caught in my mouth, he is displaying his toned and perfect abs and l can't seem to think straight.

"Oh, come in. What's up?" He asks and l just stare.

"My eyes are up here," he says nudging me and that is when l am brought back to reality red as a tomato with embarrassment.

"Can l borrow your phone." I ask him and he gives me without asking a question.

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