Quinn's attack on my legs took me by surprise. My heart jumped out of my body for about 10 years before it decided to return. I held my chest for a moment thinking that I had died.
"Oh Quinn you nearly killed me."
Her best response was to laugh. Why is she up. It's nearly 10 and it's a school night, shouldn't she be in bed.
"Baby, wh-"
She interrupts "NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!"
I completely forgot that all districts got tomorrow off for teachers institute.
"Well let's get you to bed, you and I can
have a girl day tomorrow, okay?""Can I invite friends?" Her toothless grin was too adorable
"Sure hun. Whatever you want."
She shouts 'yes!' before scampering upstairs.
I lock the door shut and wander into the living room finding Luke cuddled up with his girl toy. How cute. He looks at me and I know he wants me to leave so I grant him that one wish. I jog up to my room and toss my bag on the floor before tearing of my sweat filled clothes and hopping into the shower.
After about 15 minutes I climb out and throw on a purple cut-off and white spandex shorts. Once I make contact with the fluffy blanket and welcoming mattress everything seems unimportant. The only thing my mind focuses on is sleep and soon enough we're submitting to the darkness.
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My alarm clock jolts me out of my slumber. Rubbing my sleep filled eyes I glance over at the clock and realize I have 15 minutes to get to conditioning.
Throwing on some black basket ball short and my purple and white Nike Elites took so much energy out of me. I'm so glad we are only lifting today. I slip on my Nike flip-flops, grab my white hoodie and gym bag and run out the door. I hastily jump in the truck and drive. It only takes me 4 minutes to get to school and I'm grateful that there was not cops out this morning. I do a shit parking job and race inside.
Once I'm in the weight room I'm so glad that I'm here with about 5 other girls, meaning that I'm not late.
"Hey Gwen why do you look so flushed?"
"I thought I was gonna be late." I choke out between breaths.
They all just laugh at me, including the coach. He's my Spanish 1 coach from freshman year. He's lost a considerable amount of weight but he looks better.
"Were are the other girls?" He questions as I throw on my shoes and none of us answer. "Well they have 2 minutes to get here or we're doing laps."
As soon as he says that 4 more girls funnel into the room and we are still waiting on four more. After about 4 minutes the girls file into the room looking at us with apologetic eyes.
"Okay, since you've all wasted my time you're all are doing laps for making me wait. Let's get going!"
After a series of groans and moans we all made it to the indoor track. He puts on some music then blows his whistle.
I lead the group, propelling one leg after the other. Some girls run with me but my pace is too fast and they eventually fall back. They all shout show-off and I back pedal and flick them all off.
Turning around was almost disastrous. I slightly tripped and almost fell; this was great for the other girls and they all died in laughter. I shook it off and laughed at myself as well.
We ran/jogged for about 20 minutes before coach decided that it was enough. He ushered us back into the weight room and we finished out lifting for the day. I primarily worked on my legs and arms. My core was strong enough and I could work on that at home.
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A New World (Lesbian Story)
RomanceAfter a mind-crippling traumatic experience, Gwendolyn has to find a way to forge on, forgetting her painful past in order to start anew. Can she do herself out of the hellish life she was left to live or will it haunt her forever?