Cheating Cheetahs

3- Surprise

Peyton

These past few days have been crazy. Everyday after school I drive straight to CA and practice as much as possible. Today is Wednesday and I'm on my way to CA right now. The gym is getting more and more packed by the day, tryouts are only 3 days away.

When I got to the gym I set my stuff down and began stretching. I looked around to see if any of my friends were here yet and saw somebody who made my heart sink. Bianca Treger was here. I didn't know what to do, it's like she's getting in my head. I grabbed my phone and texted Jamie saying 'James! Bianca is at the gym right now!' she answered quickly 'omg really? im on my way there rn'. What do I do? Ignore her? Say hello? Ugh Jamie needs to get here quick.

I had a private starting with TJ so I headed to the mat in front of the mirrors and we began stunting. TJ is another amazing stunting coach at CA, he's also crazy strong. My stunting private went great (as usual) and got my mind off the fact that Bianca was here. Jamie, Brayden, and a few other of my friends got here during my private.

Afterwards I took a break and walked over to tumble track to chill with everyone. Everyone was talking about how Bianca was here, tension was high. I just stayed quiet, I don't want everybody to know how nervous I am for tryouts.

After a while of chatting I headed over to my tumbling private. I'm determined to get my standing tuck today. Brian knew how bad I want this, and encouraged me a lot. I. Threw a few by myself on the rod floor, then moved to the mat. He spotted me a few times and then he told me to try and do it by myself. My heart is racing. I can do this. I can do this. I have to do this. I threw my tuck but stumbled a lot after landing. I know I can land this. I threw it again and landed perfectly! I DID IT! I instantly threw my arms around Brian and hugged him like crazy. It's taken me such a long time to do it and I finally got it! I turned around to find Brayden smiling at me, he saw me throw it. I ran over and gave him a huge hug. I'm so happy.

After my mini celebration I continued throwing them and worked on my standing back handspring series to full which would be a plus to get before tryouts this weekend.

The rest of the week I practiced and practiced and practiced. I got my standing back tuck for sure but I couldn't get jumps to tuck... hopefully my stunting will make up for it. I'm ready for tryouts.