A Fighter Not A Lover

CHAPTER 6: That Bad Huh?!

▪HENRY▪

        Wow. I never thought she'd react that way.

        She had taken me back by surprise when she fired back at me and I gotta admit, I liked it.

        For the next few days, she has been trying to avoid me. In which whatever, she wants to act annoyed that's fine.

        Then tonight, she wasn't in my class. Neither was that guy.

         I tried not to think about it but to be honest, it was kind of pissing me off. I hate when people give up on things so fast.

          After class was over, I had gotten a text from a friend of mine to come and meet him at his gym he just bought tomorrow morning, which of course I was going to go cause he's one of my good friends.

          
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         When the next morning rolled around, I met up with my friend at the gym and looking around, it looked real nice.

         He approached me and then I saw Alex Welsh. The biggest douche in the world and one of those fighters who give us all bad names.

         "Hey man." My friend, Gordan says as we give each other a bro hug.

          "What's goin' on? Your gym looks awesome!" I tell him.

          "Thanks. Yeah, I've always wanted a gym and now I have one." He tells me.

         "It's awesome." I tell him.

         "Yeah. It's my baby." He chuckles. "So what have you been up to?" He asks me.

         "Not much. Taking a break from fighting right now."

         "Oh, that's cool." He says.

         "So how much does a membership cost?" I asked him.

         "It's $40 a month." He says.

         "That's not bad." I tell him.

         "No." He says.

         "Hey, why do you allow Alex to be here?" I asked.

          "Oh, um, well, he's actually one of the trainers here." He tells me.

         "What the fuck?! Why?!" I asked pissed off.

         "Because he's cool now. He's not as much of a dickhead as he was before." He says trying to convince me.

         "Yeah. Not likely." I tell him.

         "Well he became a lot better after he dumped that bitch, Maci Thompson a while back." He tells me.

          "Well, I guess.....Wait a minute, did you say Maci Thompson?" I asked him as I started to remember where I recognized Maci from. Seeing as to how it's been driving me crazy trying to figure out for the last week.

          "You don't remember her? She's the daughter of Mike Thompson and also dated Alex." He tells me.

          "Oh my god. I completely forgot. That explains a lot." I say.

          "What does?" He asks.

          "Nothing. Look, I've gotta get going but maybe later I'll hit you up and we'll hang out." I tell him.

           "Alright. See you later." He says.

           I then leave and get into my car and start heading back to the apartment to get some sleep before I teach my class tonight.

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         As soon as I got back to the place and walked inside, I heard giggling coming from Maci's room.

         I was heading towards my bedroom when I walked by her room and noticed her door was cracked half opened and as I saw through the crack, I saw her and that Julian guy.

        What the fuck? Are they a couple now? Wait, why the hell would I care? It's her life and if she wants to fuck it up by sleeping with any guy who gives her attention then I guess that is really her business.

         I really didn't want to think about her being with that Alex guy at some point but now I think I can see that maybe the rumors were true.

         Tired of watching and listening, like some creep, I headed straight into my room where I slam my door shut in hopes also that I might have interrupted their little 'hanging out' together. Though not that I care.

          After getting ready for class and walking out of my room, I stop when I see Maci sitting on the couch in the living room and watching TV.

          "Not coming to class tonight?" I asked while walking into the kitchen to grab myself a water bottle before I left.

         "No. I changed classes." She says casually while still watching tv.

         "Why?" I asked.

         "Because I heard there was another teacher who charged less and has a great reputation in teaching." She says.

          "Oh really?" I asked curiously. "And who would that be?"

         "Karl." She again, replies sounding casual.

         "Wait, Karl? As in Lexi's boyfriend who also is my best friend, Karl?" He asks.

         "Yeah." She replies.

         I started to feel angry all of a sudden.

         "Well, have fun being alone tonight." I remark.

         "Oh that reminds me, when Julian comes over tonight, don't be an asshole." She says.

         I stop at the door as soon as she tells me that and start balling up my fists.

        Then I open the door to leave, slamming the door shut behind me.

        What the hell does she see in him? Is she doing this to piss me off? Wait, why would she do that? She doesn't even like me.  I don't know why I even care. I don't like her. But if she thinks she's the only one that can have people over to fuck, two can play that game.

        Later on tonight, after class, I went to the bar for a drink and ended up bringing home a girl with me and we headed straight into my room and I made her scream out my name a few times, hoping that Maci heard.

        Then in the middle of the night, I woke up thirsty and started heading into the kitchen to get some water from the fridge when I noticed Maci sitting down on the couch, wrapped up in a blanket, watching TV.

        I grabbed a water from the fridge and walked over and sat down next to her.

        "What are you watching?" I asked.

        "Stranger Things." She replies.

        "What are you doing up?" I asked.

        "Couldn't sleep." She says.

        "Where's Julian?" I asked while taking a drink from the bottle.

        "He's gone." She says.

        "He was that bad in bed huh?" I teased and she just turned off the TV and got up and left, slamming the door behind her.

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