The Stars // Yoandri Cabrera

25| Sore

Chapter Twenty-Five

Angelia's POV

"Come on one more sit up."

I push myself back up and almost pass out. "Athene who gave you the idea that this would make me feel better?" She smiles and I glare at her.

We were at my local gym where apparently everyone with muscles decided to come to. They had a boxing ring in a corner and in the other was a mat. In the middle there was different types of machinery.

I grab my water bottle as I get up and someone enters the boxing ring. As I take a sip of water, I watch curiously at the boxer. He takes a deep breath but then catches me watching, smirking. He winks and I blush, looking away.

As I put my water bottle down, the sounds coming from the boxing ring catch my attention. The pad holder was yelling different combinations, the boxer following through very powerfully.

I sit down near the ring and watch in fascination at the rotation of the feet, body, and hands coming together to create power. The boxer starts kicking, switching his stances and I can't seem to tear my gaze away.

Athene comes to sit next to me and watches. "I want to do that." He spins around and throws and kick, looking like some type of martial arts master. "No, scratch that. I need to do that."

Soon, the boxer is done and just as he starts to exit, I get up and walk towards him. He catches my eyes and smiles. "Like what you see?" I frown but shrug and respond, "Teach me how to do what you just did."

He laughs. "That takes years honey. And I don't train girls." I take a step back, disgusted at the person in front of me. "Did you just-are you serious?"

He ruffles my head and says, "Don't take it personally." I grab his arm that laid on my head, and pull his arm forward, using his own force against him. My fist connects with his cheek hard, and I hear him cry out in pain. "Don't tell me what I can and can not because I'm a girl."

Thanks mom for those two years of trapping lessons.

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"He's a jerk."

I turn to see a guy about my age with a small scowl on his face. I nod and turn back to the jerk who I punched that was now tending to his cheek.

"I'm Jace." I turn to the guy next to me and smile. "Angelia. Nice to meet you." He smiles back and I see Athene trying to weight lift, and failing.

I laugh and Jace says, "I'll teach you." I stop laughing and look at him, dead serious. "Really?" He nods and smiles, "You seem tough enough to take it and you look pretty bad ass."

I flip my hair over my shoulder, "Why thanks." He laughs a little and I laugh too. "Okay, cool. When do we start?" Jace heads to the ring and says, "Now. Put those gloves on." I scramble to get up and grab the gloves he was pointing to.

Just as I'm about to walk into the ring Jace stops me, "No shoes, Angelia." I blush a little and take off my shoes. "Oh. Sorry." He chuckles, "It's cool."

I walk into the ring and some people stop to stare at the mysterious girl in the ring. I frown and turn to Jace, "Is it really that weird to see a girl boxing? I mean Ronda Rousey can pretty much kick anybody's ass. She's a female."

Jace smirks and holds the pads. "Okay so we are going into boxing mode. Only ask questions if necessary. I'll work you through the steps." I nod and put my hands up, lifting my back heel up, ducking my chin a little.

"Throw a jab, cross."

I carefully throw a punch with my left hand and then one with the right. "Good," Jace comments. I smile a little and he throws orders at me that I learned from when I saw the jerk in the ring.

"Duck, duck, peri, cross, left hook, cross."

Jace throws combinations at me and I comply. "Roundhouse kick." I freeze and he smiles. "Stumped?" I drop my hands and nod. He shows me how to throw the kick and I try it out.

I manage to pivot my back foot, and soon I get the hang of it. "Can you go a little higher?" I nod and throw the kick about chest level. He raises an eyebrow, challenging me. "Higher?"

I sigh and nod. Taking a deep breath I lift up my knee and put it back down before kicking over his head. "DID YOU SEE THAT?"

Jace laughs and nods. "Nice. Really good. Higher than anyone I've seen." I smile proudly and he brings me over to a grounded pad that I could kick however high I wanted. 

Lemme me just pretend it's his face.

I hit the very top.

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"You kicked ass today."

I carefully try to get off the bed without causing pain in my sore bones but fail. "So. Much. Pain." Athene laughs as I waddle to the bathroom. "That last workout hit you hard huh?" I groan in reply and she snorts. "Better than the pain you were feeling before."

I nod and mutter, "True. True." I brush my teeth, take out my contact lenses and slide my glasses onto my face. I take my retainer and laugh. "I'm a nerd." Athene rolls her eyes and says, "Bitch. The door."

I laugh a little and slowly lay down on my bed. "I'm gonna workout till I feel sore everyday." Athene looks at me concerned while typing something on her phone. "Why would you do that?"

I sigh and grab my phone, ignoring the multiple text messages on my phone. "So that I don't feel the soreness in my heart." Athene laughs at the cheesiness and I defend myself. "It's true!"

She giggles and pats my leg. "You'll be fine." I sigh and turn to my side, my newfound stomach muscles retracting, causing pain. "Ugh."

Athene gets up and goes to the bathroom, leaving me in the serenity of my thoughts. Yoandri would've liked to see me defying the odds. I frown and cover my face.

"It feels real."

I groan and tuck myself into a fetal position the hurt in my heart suddenly becoming stronger than the hurt in my muscles.

"I'm sorry."

I close my ears and shake my head. "No he isn't. Don't Angelia." Athene comes out of the bathroom, thinks that I'm sleeping, shuts the lights off, and leaves the room.

I sigh and push the pesky tendrils of hair in my face out the way. "You know what the worst part is?" The silence seems to be waiting for my answer to which I simply whisper, "I still love him."

Shadows dance around my room and I close my eyes, "I still fucking love him."

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a/n

Who do you see Angelia as? I need a character for her and I haven't chosen anyone.