"Hey Brooke." John says when I walk out of the locker room.
"Hey. What are we doing today?" I ask him.
"The ones who want to participate today are wrestling. The others are going to be walking. So mainly boys will be wrestling. Girls never really do it. But first our ten minute jog." He says.
"Cool I'm going to wrestle." I tell him. The coach comes out and blows his whistle.
"Ten minute jog starts now!" He says and we all start jogging. Well I start running not jogging.
"Brooke slow down!" Xavier yells after me. I just continue running until I'm at the front. And I still continue.
"Brooke!" Riley yells at me. The boys are all right behind me. Xavier finally catches up to me.
"You do know this is a jog. You're going to get tired if you stay at this rate." He says.
"You're just jealous because you can't catch up to me." I say and start running faster. I hear him laugh but he doesn't chase me. So I continue at my rate.
"Ten minutes is up you may stop and walk one lap!" The coach yells. I stop walking and turn around to see the boys glaring at me.
"What did I do?" I ask them while walking backwards.
"Get over here." Xavier says. I just smile at him and continue walking. But faster then I was. I get to the coach and stop.
"Brooke it's nice to see you again. How have you been?" He asks.
"Great. So are we wrestling today?" I ask him. He nods. "Can I go first?" I ask him again.
"We put our strongest first and they stay out until they lose a fight. So if you really want to go first the I guess you can." He says.
"Who's your strongest?" I ask him.
"Robert. And he's not afraid to hurt a girl. That's why most girls don't do this. So you sure you want to do it?" He asks and I nod.
"I can take him." I say with a smile.
"Okay. Everybody wrestling today come over here. The rest of you continue walking!" He yells. All of the guys run over and the girls continue walking.
"Sir it just us guys today. The girls don't want to wrestle this time." A guy tells coach.
"We have one girl Brooke. She want to go first. So Robert Brooke let's get started." He says. Once we get situated he tells us the rules.
"On three. One. Two. Three!" He says and we start. Robert goes to hit me but I duck. He's predictable. He goes to kick me but I grab his ankle and twist. He's facing away from me now. He tries to get it out of my grip it can't. I lift my leg up and kick is knee making him fall. I go down and pin him to where he can't move.
"Brooke wins?" The guys all ask.
"Surprise." I say with a smile. "Who's next?" I ask them.
"Well Riley is always next because he's the next strongest. Do you want to fight your sister Riley?" The coach asks him. Riley continues staring at me.
"Uh. I guess?" He says. He sounds very unsure.
"Let's go little bro." I tell him. When he doesn't move I go over to him ad drag him to the mats.
"On three. One. Two. Three!" Coach says. I stand there when Riley doesn't do anything.
"Any day now." I tell him. He gives me a smirk and goes to punch me but I grab his wrist and flip him. "Think again." I tell him when he gets back up. He goes to kick me but I grab his foot and flip him making him fall on his face. "Nope." He gets back up and looks over at Xavier. "Come on Zay. I can beat both of you together." I tell him. Zay smiles and steps on the mat. He stands next to Riley. I give them an innocent smile.
"Come on." I tell them. They both start to circle me. I go for a kick but Zay catches my foot. Before he can do anything I kick my other one up and wrap it around his neck. He let's go of my other foot and I flip him. He lands on his back while I land on my feet. Riley uses that as a distraction and goes in for a punch. Zay is still down. I grab Riley's fist and flip him again. This time he doesn't get up. "Let's go." I say. They still don't get up so I turn to coach and shrug.
"You have to pin them!" Ross yells. I look at him and smile. I pull Riley on top of Zay and pin both of them.
"Winner!" Coach yells. "We'll continue this tomorrow." He says.
"Coach this is my last day here. So I can't continue this tomorrow." I tell him.
"But you just got here." He says.
"I know but I'm going to still be at school I just don't go to class unless a teacher needs help with something." I tell him.
"Okay. Well good job today. I might bring you in to help me sometime." I smile an go into the locker room and shower. After I'm dressed I walk out and head to the principles office.
"Brooke." He says.
"You should've seen me today. We wrestled in athletics and I beat the unbeatable guy in our class. Then I fought Riley but he couldn't beat me so I brought Xavier up there with him and I beat both of them. It was so fun." I say. He smiles.
"This training you had in Tulsa wasn't just training was it?" He asks.
"No. I was taught how to defend myself. Because you know before I left for that year and a half I was bullied and/or beat everyday by someone in this school. And when I came back for the four months I was still bullied just no one could lay a hand on me because the boys wouldn't let them. But I decided that them sticking up for me shouldn't happen. So when I ran away I made the decision to train in fighting. For eleven months I trained in fighting. And each month my trainer brought someone in for me to fight and each month the guy got better and better. But each month I beat the guy that was assigned. So no I didn't just train." I tell him. He smiles at me.
"I'm proud of you." He says.
"So are we." I turn around to see my brothers and the boys.
"Thank you. And hey Zay I like that bruise on your face." I say with a smile.
"Thank you big sis." He says.
"You seven go to lunch. I'll see you afterward Brooke." Edwards sad to us. We all smile at him and head out. Great way to end my official learning session.
