The Boxer & The Badass (Dinah/You)

forty-seven.

(If you see a song in italics that means Y/N is listening to that song at that moment. Thank you and enjoy the fight)

Y/N POV

It's finally here, tonight I fight one of the biggest fights of my career. If I win this could change my life forever. But if I lose, I'm stuck here. I can't lose. Failure isn't an option this time around. I've got a lot of people cheering me on and I have to win. It's six o'clock in the morning and I can't sleep. I'm too anxious and my nerves are uneasy. I sat down in my window seat and watched the sun rise over the city. There's something peaceful about watching the sun rise.

"Y/N how come you aren't sleeping?"

"I can't sleep Gavin. All I can think about is this fight." I said.

Gavin got up and kissed me on the forehead. He sat next to me and we watched the sunrise together. I placed my hand in his and intertwined our fingers together. "It's gonna be alright Y/N you got this." Gavin said.

"I hope you're right." I said.

"Come back to bed, you need your rest." Gavin said.

"I'm gonna go for a quick run. I'll be back soon." I said.

Gavin kissed me on the lips and said, "Be careful babygirl."

"I will." I said.

I slipped into some sweatpants and put on a hoodie. I grabbed my phone off the charger and my headphones and went outside. I laced up my sneakers and did some stretches to loosen up my muscles. I scrolled to my phone to find the perfect song to run to.

Panda - Desiigner

I put on my hood and began jogging around my neighborhood. A few of my neighbors were out walking their dogs while some were just sitting on the porch reading the newspaper and drinking their morning beverage. I waved to them as I ran by and in return they gave me their best wishes for the fight. Since my old neighborhood wasn't too far from my new neighborhood I decided to run through there right quick.

I stopped at the basketball and I started thinking about the day Raquel came back. That's was one of the best days of my life. I ran by the gym, that's the place where I learned how to fight. I pressed my hands to the cold glass and looked inside. I was taken bad
back to when I was just a little kid looking in the window watching those boxers and thinking to myself, I can do that. I can still hear Gino's voice in my ear telling my to get my grubby little paws off his window.

A Tale of Two Citiez - J. Cole

The alleyway next to the gym was where I saw my best friend die at the hands of some low life thug. I still haven't been able to get that image of Raquel dying out of my bed. But I'm find comfort in knowing the same thing that guy did to Raquel it was done to him.

I walked down the block to my old apartment building. According to Mrs. Carter nobody has moved into our old place so I decided to stop by. I took the Bobby pin out of my hair and used it to pick the lock. When I opened the door I felt home again. Yeah it was empty but through my eyes I could see my old apartment. I went back to where Reese and I's old room was, on my side of the room I engraved something on the wall.

I am the greatest.

No matter what happens I am the greatest.

I decided it was time for me me to wrap up my trip down memory lane and head home. I'm pretty sure my father is wondering where I am. I exited the apartment and as I was leaving Mrs. Carter was coming up the stairs.

"Y/N what on earth are you doing here this time of morning?" Mrs. Carter asked.

"I was in the neighborhood so I decided to stop by." I said.