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Chapter 4

Blakes pov.

I have been looking at Cora since she stepped into the ring. I still can't figure out if she is dating that Ryder guy or not because he seems pretty protective over her. She but treats him like a brother. It's pretty impressive  the way she fights and I couldn't find any flaw in her fighting style.

Ok Luke kicked her once but that was because she was looking at that Ryder guy. Right now she's sitting on his lap while coach Harris is fighting against Noah. The fight ends and Noah won, yeah that's my guy.

Coach gets out of the ring and walk to Cora and she whispers something to him. Coach nods and Cora stands up and takes Ryder with her and leaves. What did she tell the coach so that he let them go?

Nah I shouldn't care it isn't my business. So I look at the ring and I see that coach is calling me into the ring. Right, I forgot we where 4 winners and two left so I'll have to fight against Noah. Yaasss. I can kick his ass. Again.

I step into the ring and I crack my knuckles and I smirk at him. I decide to let him make the first step. We fight hard and my busted eyebrow that Cora just had stitched some minutes ago is bleeding again. Noahs nose is bleeding but that doesn't stop him from fighting.

I land one last punch before the coach declares me the winner and I help Noah get up from the floor. I walk to the coach and he pats my shoulder "Great fight Blake. Your prize is a coupon for starbucks"

I love coffee because it keeps me awake. I smile at coach Harris and I go to the changing room and I get out to my car. I see Nathan, Victor, Luke and Noah already waiting for me. We get into my truck and we go home.

Ryders pov.

I wake up and I see that Cora is still sleeping. I softly stroke her cheek and I sigh. Why did I fall for her? I know she will never love me back the way I love her but I don't really care. I just want to see her happy. That's the reason why I sleep with a lot of girls, so I can get her out of my mind.

What clearly as you see isn't working. I look at her face and she looks so peaceful. Who would expect that she is a real fighter? She always has been the stronger one of us two. I'm not talking about physical strength, no I mean mentally.

I don't know how she handles it so good. I know she thinks about it and it haunts her sometimes but while she is so calmly, I struggle with panic attacks almost every night. When I look at her it makes me clam down. Since I met her she calmed me down.

Flashback

I'm sitting in a corner rocking back and forth. I feel how hot tears slide down my cheeks. The 11 year old Cora scoops in front of me and looks at me worried. She wipes my tears away and she cups my face with her hands "Ryder look at me. Everything is going to be fine. Just breathe in and out"

I start to control my breathing and she smiles at me. She kisses the top of my head and she looks at me. A hard and cold expression overcomes her face and she says in a cold voice "Ryder I promise you I'll get us out of here. Trust me I will make him pay for what he did"

When I sometimes think about what she told me that night I know that was when she changed. That day the sunny and happy Cora disappeared and a new Cora was born. The new Cora was heartless and cold.

I know she doesn't seems like that to you but she hides it well in school and she smiles just because of me. She hates seeing me sad that's why she's nice when I'm around. She can get pretty scary and when she's doing gang stuff I can't hold her back from being cold and heartless.

It's pretty scaring when you see how she changed. I wish that what happened 6 years ago would have never happened.

Coras pov.