Chasing Piper

C h a p t e r - T w o

I was stretching on my balance beam lying on my back when I heard the basement door open. I had just finished my cool down but I was still drenched in sweat and breathing hard.

"Yeah man, we have a full set up down here" I heard Jakes voice making his way down the stairs. I was just praying he wouldnt be bring another one of his freinds down to show them the room, I was acctually surprised that Aunt Mary hadn't started yelling at me to come up yet.

"Hey Pipe! Where you at?" Jake called and I could tell he was still at the entrance.

"Back here just finished up!" My voice was breathless. I heard footsteps making their way over.

"Mom said you have to hurry and shower if your going to." he paused and I looked over to where he was standing off to the side of the beam I was laying on a silly grin on his face "and you should because you stink and you are going to scare off our new neighboor."

"Oh shut the hell up"

"You really should probably shower" I heard the silky deep voice and almost fell of the beam from sitting up so fast. I looked up to see a smirking Chase. His eyes were taking me in along with all of the equipment throughout the basement.

"Aren't you a gentleman"  I deadpanned.

"Jake up here right now!" Uncle Phil's voice echoed through the basement and me and Jake shared an amused look. He hardly ever called for us when we were down here so we both knew It had to be because of his mom.

Jake gave a salute and ran his way towards the stairs. I jumped down from the beam and looked up a very confused Chase. He had to be about 6'2.

"So my Aunt wanted me to offer you a ride to school tomorrow" I said trying to break the silence.

This caused him to grin "So your only offering because your aunt told you to then? " he asked amused as he made his way over to my pink discarded gloves that I leave down here.

"Well I saw all the vechials and told her would wouldn't need one. " I said as I watched him bend down picking up my gloves without looking up at me.

"Nah I'm banned from riding my bike for awhile so a ride would actually be nice. With you and Jake?"

"Just me. Jake has to go in earlier. Sports related stuff." 

"Hmm" he mused looking up "what sports do you play?"

I smiled "Well obviously the pink gloves aren't Jakes"

"Piper Hawkins! You have 15 minutes to get your butt up here and you better not smell like a locker room" my aunts voice drifts down, dispite her words I could hear the smile in her voice.

"Piper Hawkins" Chase said drawling my attention back to him "I knew you looked a little familiar"

"Oh yeah?" I ask as I starting unwrapping my kuckles "how's that? Are you interested in boxing or do you just enjoy watching girls in the ring together?"

He smirked "Would it be wrong if I said both?" I just chuckle and roll my eyes answering "I suppose not"

"But I regonize your name mostly from working at The Rink. It's a gym in my old town where they teach boxing, self defiance stuff like that. One of the younger girls that came in with her mom all the time used to talk about how she got to go to one of your fights and coach use to use you as an example for the girls that would come in"

I raise my eyebrows shocked. "So you've seen me fight then?"

"Naw just bits and pieces, heard about them though. Aren't you the youngest-"