Harder,Better,Faster,Stronger.

Chapter 5.

One piece of advice to anyone that lives with me ? Never, ever, wake me up. No, i'm not one of those people that attack you and get in a strop if you wake them up. I'm one of those people that think its a killer after me and I try to attack them but just end up tangled in my sheets and on the floor. And that's exactly what happened when my mom woke me up this morning. You'd think that she'd be all sympathetic and help me up ? Wrong. She just burst out laughing until tears were coming out of her eyes whilst I scowled at her from the floor.

She eventually did stick out a hand to help me up which I begrudgingly took. When I was up and untangled, I stood there with my hand on my hip. Just because she helped me up doesnt mean I'm happy with her. She's the reason I was on the floor in the first place !

“Don't stand there giving me attitude little miss. I Only woke you up because it's 6am and time for you to go on your run.” my mom scolded me. My eyes flicked to the clock by my bed, she was right. I gave her a sheepish grin and ushered her out of my room, so that I could get ready.

I quickly threw on my running outfit, grabbed my ipod and galloped down the stairs, slightly more gracefully than last time. I guess that was a good sign, right ? I know It doesnt sound like much, but its only been three days since I started my new healthier lifestyle so it was an improvement.

I made my way to the kitchen to see my mom preparing me a fresh fruit salad. I grinned at her, thankful for the thought. She smiled back at me, and handed me a bowl of it which I gladly munched down. My mom laughed at me.

“No matter what, you'll always love food.”she said amusingly. I gave her a toothy grin in agreement and grabbed a bottle of water before making my way out of my house. As I opened the door to leave, my mom called out, “Don't forget you've got self defence at 10 !”

I paused. How the heck did she know that ? I didnt tell her. Okayyyy... I put my headphones in, and began to run. Already, I was feeling fitter and finding it easier to run with little difficulty. When I ran, it felt like I was free. Like as I ran all the weight on my shoulder.. just lifted off. I don't know why I didnt try to run before. Its freaking awesome.

I stopped running when I got to the park. It was quite an empty but beautiful park, with green grass and fields of flowers. I took off my hoodie that I was wearing and put it down on the slightly wet grass so that I could lie down. I stared up at the sky, looking at the clouds going by trying to guess what shapes the clouds were when all of a sudden I felt something hit my chest, knocking the wind out of me.

“Oh shoot !” I heard a male voice say. I sat up, trying to get my breath back. I looked to see a guy around my age with dirty blonde hair and a musclely build standing over me looking guiltily. Still slightly confused to what was happening, I turned to see a football next to me. oh.

“Watch where you're hitting that.” I said with narrowed eyes. He smiled sheepishly at me.

“Sorry about that.” he said as he picked up the ball. He was walking away when he suddenly stopped and turned around. “Hey, d'you wanna play some soccer ? We could use an extra pair of legs.”

I was shocked. Why would he want to play with me ? Had he not seen how big I was ? Plus, he was a pretty goodlooking guy. Again I ask,Why would he want to play with me? I considered what he said. I used to play soccer when I was younger so I knew how to play. And I was still pretty pumped from the run.

“Sure, why not ?” I said with a smile. He flashed me a happy grin and stuck out a hand to help me get up which I gladly took.

“Im Xavier.” he introduced himself.

“Ariana.”i said with a smile.We walked a bit before we came up to four other boys who were standing around bored.

“took you long enough to get the ball.” one of the guys moaned. Then he noticed me. “ what's with the fat chick ?”