The Awakening

Chapter 13 -Delana

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"Get up Delana! You have training!" Everyday for the last two weeks this is how I am woken up. Ryan bangs on the door, tells me to get up, then waits to escort me. He is my trainer. Which I thought would be cool. I thought wrong.

     Ryan is all business when we step into the training rooms. There is no joking with him. One time I tried to tell him a knock-knock joke and he sent me outside to run for a straight hour!

     Ryan is a god when it comes to training. He has knocked me to the ground and pinned me down too many times to count. I can't tell if he pins me down for fun or for training because he always has a devilsh smile on his face when he does.

     Today I happen to be in one of my so-called 'moods.' I am pretty pissy after what happened yesturday and Ryan knows it because he can't keep the smile off his face. "Knock that smile off your face before I do it for you!" Ryan busts out laughing at this. "Oh really now?! How many times have you knocked me down?" He pauses and I don't answer. "Exactly." Ryan pushes open the training room doors and I walk in. When I look up from tying my hair into a pony tail, I freeze. "Hello Miss Hail. I am delighted to be seeing you again." Satan is in the room...

     I whirl around and glare at Ryan. He didn't mention this! Ryan gives me a look that says he didn't know either. Well shit... "Hello Satan, what a nice surprise!" I turn around with a fake smile plastered on my face. He obviously doesn't buy it. I obviously don't care. "I am here to see how your training is going. I believe you learned take downs and defensive moves? I would like to see you preform these moves." Satan pauses and then smiles at me. "With Bane." I gave Ryan a pleading look. He had to stand next to Satan and watch me fail. Great.

     A man taller and bulkier than Ryan walks into the room. I am going to assume this is Bane. I'm dead! "Get into positions. Ready... Fight!"

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     "Good job Miss Hail. You will be an excellent fighter. Bane!" Satan takes Bane and leaves. "Delana?" I am still shocked. "Delana?!" I have no clue how I just took down Bane and beat him like that. "Delana, answer me!" I snapped. He has been ordering me around for weeks and now that I know I can take him down, I am ready. 

     "Why! Why should I even listen to you! All you ever do is boss me around like a dog! I am sick of it!" I knock Ryan to the ground with a roundhouse kick. I move to pin him down but he grabs my arm and yanks me to the mat. Surprised, I let him. Ryan rolls on top of me. I try to kick him, I try knocking his head with mine. That doesn't stop him.

     Ryan pins my legs down with his and I freeze. Ryan's full body is on mine. I start breathing hard. "Are you calm now Delana?" And just like that I'm pissed again. "Let me go Ryan! Now! Let me go!" Ryan sighs. "Delana knock it o-" In all my squirming I managed to knock Ryan off of me. I rolled on top of him and pinned him down like he did to me. Ryan looks at me, he looks at my lips then to my eyes.

     I don't know what made me do it but in that moment I had to... I kissed Ryan. He kissed me back and oh my god he is as good a kisser as he is a fighter. I let go of his arms and wrapped my hands in his hair. Ryan grabbed my hips and sat up. We were still kissing.

     When we stopped kissing Ryan picked me up and took me to my room. He didn't say a word on the way there. Ryan did kiss me when we got there though. "Keep your door unlocked after dinner. We will talk then." I nodded, he kissed me again, then I shut my door and he left.

     I slid down my door and sat with my head in my hands wondering...   What the hell just happened?