Will She Be Okay? (A Romeo Beckham Story)

Chapter 10// Jayden

"15..16..17.." We were in line, doing sit-ups. We got to fifty then stood up. We got into pairs to work on our boxing 16-count combination. I worked with Amira. She held the pads while I punched first. She was wearing a pair of tight black Adidas bottoms and a black crop top. Her braids were tight but her baby hairs had escaped mans were tumbling down her neck in her natural curls. We switched over and she put on her boxing gloves. Amira was only 5 foot 2, but for a girl her size she was strong and powerful. She was in full swing with her combination, her speed and power obvious to everyone, when the door opened. In came Mr Beckham, Brooklyn and Romeo with Cruz and Harper . Brooklyn saw me and waved. Then he saw Amira, who was still oblivious, and nudged Romeo. He stared at her. She was captivating when she boxed, even I marvelled at her skill, but Romeo looked entranced. You could see how much he liked her by the smile on his face. Neil called time and Amira stopped punching. She took off her gloves and and flexed her arms, they were always sore after a class. We stretched to cool down, and Amira hadn't noticed Romeo. He watched her. The class ended and she walked off the training mats. She walked to her bag, to find Romeo waiting for her. She smiled and went to hug him. She stopped.
"Wait, I'm all sweaty!" She said sadly.
"I don't care, come here." Romeo said, pulling her in. They stood there hugging for a few minutes and then Amira said hello to David,Brooklyn and Cruz and then met Harper for the first time. Harper took a liking to Amira and clambered to to be picked up. Amira picked her up.
"What are y'all doing here?" She asked.
" I wanted to put the boys in boxing for a long time, and this is a good club, so I figured this would be the right choice." Said David.
"It's just a coincidence that you were here too." Said Romeo. The next class started, and Cruz, Romeo, Brook and David wanted to do it. David asked Amira to watch Harper. She took her to the seated viewing area to watch. I went with her. "Jay, are you stopping for JKD later?" She asked." Yeah."
"Have you spoke to Gigi?" She asked.
"Yeah, She's amazing Amira. Shall I ask her out? "
"Yeah go for it. I reckon she's well into you." Amira said.
"Really?" I said happily.
"Yeah!" She said.
I thought about it for a while while Amira talked to Harper about clothes. She watched Romeo with a smile.
"God, he's so fit." She said under her breath.
I laughed.
Soon after, her mom and dad came.
"Hey Ammi, we've had to come and bring your passport photo to put in your new license."
"Hi dad, Hi Mom. Jay can you have Harper for a minute?". She gave me Harper and told her mom and dad about Romeo being here. They knew about her meeting him at the go-kart place, and had been nearly as excited as her. "Well I'm glad I can finally meet them." Said Antonio. "Need to make sure he's not gonna upset my little princesa" he said. You got used to Antonio adding random Spanish into conversation after a while. Amira spoke fluent, so she would translate for me. Harper wriggled off my lap and ran to Amira. Katrina bent down to Harper. "Hello sweetheart, I'm Katrina and this is Antonio."
Harper babbled to Kat until the lesson ended.
David and the lads came over.
"Hello Mr Beckham, I'm Amira's father Antonio."
"Call me David, Mr Garcia, lovely to meet you." David said, shaking Antonio's tanned hand.
Antonio looked at Romeo.
"Hello mate. I'm Antonio." He shook Brooklyn and Cruz's hands aswell. Katrina introduced herself. David cleared his throat.
"You've got a lovely daughter, Mr and Mrs Garcia, and my Romeo has taken a shine to her."
"Amira has taken to your son aswell mate!" Antonio laughed.
"Maybe you and your wife would like to bring your children and have a meal with us?"
"That would be lovely." David said.
The parents exchanged addresses and sat talking for about an hour. They were getting on like a house on fire. Romeo and his brothers came and sat with us. Brooklyn took Harper sat him on his lap. He looked at Amira.
"My parents love you." He told her.
"I love them too. My parents like Romeo aswell, but my Dad is an old-fashioned Spanish bloke, but Romeo has won him over I reckon." She said smiling at him. She grabbed my hand. "My best mate here is in love with my cousin." She announced. I went red. "Who?" Romeo asked. "Her names Gigi." I mumbled. I went on my phone and showed them a picture of her Instagram.
"She's cute yeah, but she's not Amira." Romeo said, looking at Amira lovingly. She grabbed his hand with her free hand and put her head on his shoulder. I was so happy she was finally so happy, and now we both had someone we cared about other than each other. When it was time for our 2nd class, David was still talking to Antonio and Katrina. When it ended, the gym was due to close. David signed the boys us for regular training, so Amira and Romeo would see each other all the time. David hugged Katrina and Antonio and then they hugged Brooklyn, Cruz, Harper and Romeo. Romeo and Amira hugged for ages, tightly, like they never wanted to let go. He kissed her cheek shyly and squeezed her hand. He got into the car and they drove off waving. Kat and Antonio gave me a lift home. I got in and sat watching telly with my dad. We had a good laugh watching You've Been Framed and then I went up to my room. I wanted to talk to Gigi. I had a text from her already. "Do you want to maybe go for a pizza sometime?"