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Chapter 1

I wasn't planning on writing the next part but my friend told me I needed to so she could read it. Hope you, and anyone else, like it

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* Five years later *

        "Trysta, would you come to my office when you're done, please?" Bobby yelled into the dressing room.

        I slipped my tank top on and yelled a "Yes" back through the door. I wonder what he needs to see me for. I let my mind wonder as I dressed and put my things away. By the time I had slipped my shoes on my mind had landed on only one conclusion, and it wasn't a good one...he was going to kick me out of the class. Or something had happened to Ricky. I shook my head and stuck with my first decision.

        You might be wondering how I had come to that conclusion. Well I hadn't been doing too well in school. Most of my grades had dropped, not enough to hurt me, but enough that Bobby took notice when he got my progress report. He had asked me about it multiple times but I had just ignored him, which shows disrespect and can get me in serious trouble. He had probably had enough of me.

        I tapped the open door letting him know I was there. He looked up from his paperwork. "Come in, Trysta; shut the door behind you, please."

         Not good, the door only got closed when bad things happened. My thoughts flickered to Ricky, another black belt that had fallen ill and had been put in the hospital. I animatedly sat down, fearing the worst. Ricky had become my best friend; if anything had happened to him i don't know what i would do.

But then I remembered that if something had happened to Ricky he would have told the whole class. Ricky was, afterall, our family and we were his. I knew that whatever it was had something to do with me.  

          "Is everything alright, Bobby?" I never called him sensei  like the rest of the students. I had known him for years and we had become close, so I dropped the sensei part of the name.

         "Yes, everything is fine." I breathed a sigh of relief

         "Then why did you ask to see me?" I was getting that nervous feeling in my stomach again.

          "I got a phone call the other day; the manager of a band had seen your fight on TV..." He paused and looked at the ceiling. I could see tears forming in his eyes.

         "What did they say?" I couldn't handle seeing him cry. He wiped the tears before he spoke again.

          "He wanted to know if you would like to take the position of a bodyguard for the band. You would be traveling with them on their tour." He was crying because he was happy.

          I couldn't believe what I was hearing. The manager of a band wanted me to be a bodyguard to them. It was a dream come true. I looked at Bobby with a huge smile on my face.

         "Yes, I would absolutely love to." I was giddy with joy and could barely stay in my seat. But I calmed myself and looked back to Bobby. He was smiling as well.

         "I thought you would say that, so I already asked your mother and she agreed to let you go. Now all I need to do is call the manager back and give him your answer."  He picked up his cellphone and dialed the number.

            In the silence of the room I could hear the phone ringing on the other end. Please pick up, please pick up. I kept repeating that in my head until I heard a faint "Hello?" On the other end.