When We Were Young

When We Were Young(26)

Alicia

"Again!" I yelled. It was 10 am now and Alec and I had been sparring for hours. True to his word, we were out the door by 6 am and at the gym where he used to spar before fights. It was on the other side of town from my old gym, which is why I probably never knew he was fighting.

"Alicia I need a break." Alec huffed grabbing for his water bottle. He had shed his shirt around 8 am and it has been quite difficult for me to ignore his body. His back and chest were covered in tattoos. They swirled on his tan skin and rippled with the muscles of his body every time he moved. I'll admit the wings on his back were much nicer than mine. The detail was amazing and they were full of perfectly drawn feathers.

I sighed. "Alec you're not fighting like you used to in the underground fights."

"That's cause I'm sparring with you. I'm not going to try and kill you." He rolled his eyes re-tapping his knuckles.

I scoffed. I was about to make a snappy comeback before I got a brilliant idea. I smirked and pretended to be aloof with him.

"Maybe that's because you're too much of a pussy." I said nonchalantly. Alec hated being belittled. It agitated him to no end. He used to get alot of shit at home from his dad when he was younger, and he hated anyone coming for him and making him feel like less than a man.

"Excuse me?" he glared at me finishing the tapping on his hand.

"I mean maybe you can't fight like that anymore." I continued, "Maybe you've just lost that edge. It's okay to admit that you've lost it."

"I haven't lost shit Alicia." I could hear the anger in his voice.

I smirked and walked over to my water bottle. Even in a sports bra and compression shorts, I felt like my skin was on fire.

"It's okay Alec, you were never the best fighter around anyways. It's okay to say you've lost your edge." I turned to face him, making sure to keep my face expressionless.

He was shaking with anger. "Alicia shut up."

"I mean maybe your dad was right, maybe you just aint sh-" I didn't even get to finish because Alec had launched himself at me.

Finally, I thought as I dodged a jab from him. I could see the anger in each punch and I had to make sure I dodged him or he would do some major damage. He threw punches to mostly my body and I was able to deflect most of them. I landed a few of my own jabs to his shoulder and abdomen. He was throwing hard punches at my face. I was able to block most of them and dodge the rest. I could see he was blinded by rage and that's exactly what he needed.

Anger. Rage. He needed to be livid to fight.

Thank God I had seen him fight and analyzed his skills or I would have never seen the kicks he was throwing my way coming. I responded with a few of my own kicks, landing one or two. I'll admit that he had landed a few hard punches on my body and I was slowly but surely losing my stamina and bite as we continued to fight.

At this point I noticed there were others in the gym slowly gathering to watch us fight.
Though I was wearing myself out, I kept fighting with all I had. I needed Alec to get out all his moves. I needed him to get his body ready to use them tonight.

I knew I was done for when he grabbed me and slammed me onto the mat. The wind was knocked out of me and when Alec reeled back for a punch, and feeling of fear shot through me. Fuck, I may have pushed him too far. I closed my eyes bracing for the impact but instead the forceful punch landed on the ring floor only centimeters away from my head.

We were both panting as the fight officially ended.  Alec leaned close and whispered into my ear.

"This is why I was holding back. I could kill you." He leaned back and held his hand out to help me up.

"Next time Alicia, don't get me angry not knowing what to expect." He snarled at me. He was angry with me about this. But I had no regrets.

"I knew what to expect Alec. I've seen you fight. I've analyzed your skills, your pattern and your technique. I knew what I was doing. I know you wouldn't hurt me." I reasoned as he removed the tape from his hands.

"But I almost did. Alicia, I blacked out." Alec turned to me with a cold expression. "You know I can't control myself when I black out."

I nodded. I remember the small rages he would fly into when we were together. After a fight with his dad, he would black out and destroy whatever room we were in.

"You need that anger when you're out there tonight Alec. If you don't they'll kill you." I look him in those brown eyes of his. I hope he saw the fear of losing him in my eyes. I was scared to lose the father of my son. I had come to the conclusion that I still loved him. I loved him deeply. And the thought of him being ripped away from me again scared the living daylights out of me.

He sighed and walked up to me, grabbing my face gently between his hands. "I will be fine Alicia. Nothing is going to happen. I will walk out of there, alive." His eyes bore into mine and I sighed, still worried.

"You better. Or I will bring you back from the grave and kill you myself." I threatened.

He chuckled and kissed my forehead and threw an arm around my shoulders leading us out of the ring as people still stared at us.

"Well if I wasn't motivated enough before, the promise of an ass kicking from Alicia Debreve will surely do the trick." Alec smirked down at me.

I playfully shoved his shoulder as we walked out. I'm glad he recognized it wasn't a threat but a promise.

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1068 WORDS. HOLLER.

Whelp, this was more a filler chapter leading up into the fight. I wanted the fight to be in Alec's POV so be ready for a LONG chapter, and amazingness running through it! Hopefully I'll knock it out by next Friday! So be on the look out for that!

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