Fighting Liliana

Chapter Fifteen

   My brother, Scott, Gigi, Cierra, and I all eat breakfast and then I hear my phone ringing. I ran into my room, hoping it was Parker. I picked up my phone to see that is was my school calling me. "It's Sunday, why would they be calling me?", I ask aloud. "Hello?", I answer the phone.

"Ms. Johnson, this is the Clearwater Rapids University's Dean of students and I'd love to have a chat with you this afternoon if you are free.", he says. "I am.", I say nervously. "Great, I'll meet you in my office around three o'clock. Have a great morning.", he says and hangs up.

I walk into the living room and I start eating my pancake again. "Was that Parker?", Gigi asks. "No, it was the Dean.", I say looking at her. "What, why?", Cierra asks me. "I don't know, I have to meet him at three, so I can find out.", I say getting up to go call Parker. I dial his number and it goes straight to voicemail.

"Hey, this is Parker, leave a message." I go to leave a message, but I change my mind because I still don't know why the hell he was talking to Mya. I go into my room to take a shower, but I'm still extremely nervous. I hope I'm not being kicked out for missing a couple of classes to train with Parker. I wash quickly, then I get out of the shower and I put my CRU hoodie on and then some skinny jeans and I see that it's about two thirtyish.

Since our college isn't very far, I decide to walk to campus. I walk into the Deans office and I sit down in the chairs and wait for him to come up and tell me to come in. I wait twenty long minutes and then he waves me into his office. I walk in and I sit down and my leg starts bouncing from being so nervous. "Do you know why I called you in here today, Liliana?", he asked me. "No, sir." , I say looking him into the eyes.

"I was made aware that you were taken downtown to the police station after being involved in an incident outside of a club last night.", he says annoyed. "I'm sorry, sir. I never do anything like that, and it won't happen again. The guy was bullying my brother and his boyfriend for being gay and I-", he cuts me off. "Liliana, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to expel you." , he says sadly. "Please give me another chance!", I cry.

"I'm very sorry, sweetie, but we can't have someone like you representing our school in that way. ", he says. I grab my things and I run out of the school. I start crying and I slam myself down onto a nearby park bench and I keep crying. I'm messing everything up. I got arrested, and now I got expelled from the college that both of my parents went to. I've officially hit rock bottom.

I walk back to my apartment and I open the door to see Gigi, Cierra, Scott, and Charlie watching tv. Cierra notices me first and looks at me with concern. "Lil, what happened?", she asks. Everyone else turns around and stands up with concern as well. "Wow, I must look worse than I thought I did.", I chuckle softly. "Liliana, what happened?", Charlie asks impatiently. "I was expelled.", I say quietly.

"For the fight yesterday?", Gigi asked. "Yes", I say looking at Charlie. His head is down and I can tell he's angry. "Liliana, you know better. I promised mom and dad that I'd take care of you and make sure that you'd stay on the right path if something ever happened to them, and you're making it so hard!", Charlie yelled. "How can you take care of me if you're never even with me dumbass!", I yell back.

"Lil, he's right. You shouldn't have hit her.", Cierra says. "Are you kidding me?", I ask in disbelief. "Sorry, but they're right Lil. You have to learn how to control your anger", Gigi says. "Do you guys hear yourselves right now? She was trying to defend me!", Scott says. "It's okay Scott. You three can leave now.", I say looking away from them. "Fine", Charlie says and grabs his stuff. "I'm sorry, Lil -", Scott starts.

"Let's go, Scott!", Charlie yells. Scott sends me a comforting smile and I return one. I give him a hug and go in my room and lock the door. I feel my phone buzz, and I check it to see that it's Parker. "I heard what happened, are you okay?" I just set my phone down and I don't reply.

Once I hear that everyone is gone, I walk out of my bedroom and I lock the front door. I was about to just lay down and do nothing, and be depressed. I changed my mind though, I got dressed and I went to the boxing gym hoping that Parker wasn't there. I walked in and saw exactly who I was looking for. "Nate!", I yell.

"Liliana, are you okay?", he asked me. "I need you to train me for my fight on Friday.", I tell him. "Are you insane, Lil? Parker would kill me.", he says quickly. "Well, he could always go and train Mya since he wants to talk to her.", I say sarcastically. "I'm not getting in the middle of you and his bullshit. I can't train you, Lil. Friend code is a real thing.", he says. "Fine, what about him?", I ask pointing to a tall, buff, Italian man.

"No, Lil! Not him either. Especially not him. Parker hates that guy. Plus, he only trains for underground fighting." , he says sternly. I look at him weirdly. "Underground fighting?", I ask. "Shit", Nate says and puts his hand on his face. "Please don't, Lil", he says looking at me. I quickly shrug, walking over to the guy. "Really, Lil?", I hear Nathan yell. "Hi", I say to the man. "Hey", he says looking down at me.

He's about 6'5, with tattoos, and tanned skin. "What's your name?", I ask him. "Vincent Romano. You're Liliana Johnson, right?", he asks. "Yes.", I reply shocked. He stops hitting his punching bag and laughs at me. "I see you here with Davidson all the time. I've seen you fight too.", he clarifies. "Oh, that makes sense.", I say laughing. "Why aren't you with Parker?", he asked staring into my eyes.

"He's mad at me about something.", I say. "Talking to me probably isn't going to help your case.", he laughs and starts punching again. "I actually wanted to know if you could train me from now on. For underground fighting.", I ask shyly. His head quickly pops up and he stares at me. "Are you serious?", he asks. "Yes.", I answer quickly. "Why isn't pretty boy training you? The fight can't be that serious", he says.

"You're right, but I think maybe we should just strictly be in a relationship." , I say. "Ah, I see. Okay, well I'll train you. Your boyfriend won't like it though.", he laughs. "Why exactly don't you two like each other?", I ask. "We fought a couple times about two years ago. It always got extremely personal between us.", he shrugs. "Oh, well when can we start training?", I ask.

"Eager. I like it. Get in the ring", he says walking over to the ring and getting in. "Show me your best right jab", he says. "Don't I need gloves?", I ask. "Not for underground fighting. ", he grins. I go to hit him and he blocks me, then punches me in the shoulder and I groan. "Fuck dude.", I yell. "Sorry girly, but to be the best you got to beat the best.", he laughs. He throws a jab at me and I duck, punching him in his jaw. "Not bad, young lady.", he says impressed. We go at it for about an hour before I hear my name.

"Liliana, are you fucking kidding me?", I hear Parker yell. I quickly stand up and look at Parker. I've never seen him this angry since I've known him. His eyes are burning a hole through mine, his face is red, his knuckles are in a fist, and his jaw is clenched. "I thought maybe I should train with Vinny here since you're all about Mya now.", I say getting out of the ring and walking past him. "All about her? I'm training her for one fight, Lil!", he yells. My head jerks up and I'm instantly pissed off.

"You're what?", I ask him infuriated. "Shit", he mumbles quietly. I start walking again before he stops me. "Lil, stop", Parker says grabbing my hand. "She almost killed me, Parker.", I say back to him. "Lil, you don't understand. I owe her my life. This is the biggest fight of her career. This could be huge for me as a trainer too.", he says quickly. "I'm glad you have her because we're done.", I say walking out of the gym.

"Hey, Lil. Here's my number, you can text me and we'll meet up tomorrow. ", Vinnie says handing me his card. "Thanks.", I mumble. "It's going to be okay, girl. All you need is yourself. ", he says walking away. He's right, all I need is myself.