Boxer boy

Chapter 4

It's now Friday afternoon and I only have one more lesson left until I can leave. The week has flown by and I haven't seen Jace all week except Monday. All I can think about is what were they talking about? I know my brother trains boxing classes and individuals but by the look of that place, I don't think what they do is legal by all means. I know I shouldn't but, something in me is telling me to go back there. A little look won't hurt, right?

The bell rang and that was my queue to leave. I left school quickly and fast walked home. As I walk through the door I hear my brother on the phone next door, " Look Jace, I cant make it tonight, I have too much college shit to do, but it starts at 8pm and you'll be fine, your competition is nothing, alright, see you later, bye." He quickly ends the call. I shut the door to make it sound like I just got in.

"Hey sis, I got shit to do but I'll be in my room, in the nicest way possible, don't disturb me." He laughs and I laugh back, "don't worry I won't disturb you at all, I'll probably have an early one tonight so don't wake me up!" He nods and smiles at me as he makes his way up the stairs.

"Hahah yes, hang on a sec." I said to myself. Am I really doing this? Me, Samantha Anderson the goody two shoes is sneaking out. I mean my mum is never home as she's a nurse bless her soul, she works to damn hard and too long. But, I have to know what he is doing, especially has he's been a no show at school and in English, not that Mr clary cares.

It's now 7:55pm and takes 5 minutes to get there. I sneak my way out of the house and my mums already home which means she's asleep too. I put on Jace's jumper as it's cold and it's so comfy, plus if he wants it back, I'll give it to him unfortunately. I know what you're thinking really? She's walking alone, at night, in the dark. Hell no! I'm getting a taxi. I tell them the address and get there within 5 minutes. I pay the driver and say thanks, he looks at me to say am I crazy, and the answer would be... yes!

I walk up to the dodgy building and stop in my tracks, what the hell am I doing? I contemplate wether to go in or not and some how my feet start to move and drag me in.  As soon as I walk in I'm bombarded with the smell of smoke, booze, sweat and blood! My stomach turns and I feel nauseous all of a sudden. I keep it down though, thank god. I make my way through the crowds to get into the door we're the main ring is. From left to right, I feel stares and rude, disgusting comments. "Hey sugar tits".  "I would take her home and fuc—". I push my way through quickly not wanting to hear anymore. I hear a man through the speakers shout "Place you're bets now or forever hold your peace!" Bets? What is this place?

I find a corner with less people surrounding it and have a perfect view of the ring. I'm still pretty close though. I feel stares from across the room and as I make my way through the crowds, I see Jace's friends all staring at me with a shocked expression. I see a couple of them leap up and one run to the back.  Where is he going? As I turn to look at his friends I realise that they are right in front of me. How the he'll did they move that fast. "How did you get in?" one shouts "what the fuck are you doing here?" The others shouts and the other just chuckles "Jace is soo gonna kill you." He almost sings it. Before any one else could say anything more the bell went off and Jace's opponent came out. Holy cheese balls, he's huge! Not really muscle, more fat than anything else,  but he is quite small compared to Jace and his 6ft 4 figure. They introduce him and the cheers are spread out across the room, but I had a feeling everyone was waiting for someone else.

Next, they introduced him and holy macaroni is all I had to say. He was wearing red boxing gloves and a red robe and his boxer shorts had his name on it. They introduced him as "MAN OF STEEL!" the crowd goes wild and they start to chant it. But, to the side of him, his friend who I recognise is Karl points in my direction and oh shit! I start to move and hide but his friends hold me on each side, I kick and hit but nothing works. I look up and see a proud smirk turn into a disappointing glare. I don't do anything but just stare. His friends take me to their seats and Jace's eyes follow me and my every step almost like he was going to lose me. He shook his head and turned to his opponent. They banged their gloves together and got into their positions.

My heart levels were rising higher and higher by the second. What happens if he gets hurt, or worse? No, don't think like that, Jordan said he had nothing to worry about, right?

The bell dinged meaning go! They both jab left from right at each other, they both got nasty hits to their head and jaw. Jace took action and punched him right in the face causing him to stagger back, he clutched his nose as the blood rushed through. I could see a smile on his face but that wasn't for long because he got a nasty hit to his ribs causing him to stagger back too. That caused me to gasp out loud, the boys looks at me and smirked, "Don't worry chica, that was nothing." Karl laughed. Right, because that's going to calm me down.

The first round was over and apparently they were drawing so, it was all down to only one of them. "Come on Jace!" I scream, did I really just say that our loud. "Calm down chica, we all know who's gonna win." He said it like it was all a breath of fresh air.

The bell chimed again meaning round 2. The boys were becoming tired but that didn't stop them. Jace hit his side which let his defence down and Jace took this opportunity to upper cut him. It was all like slow mo, the man staggered back and collapsed onto the floor. A countdown of 10 started, "10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1... DING DING!!
"Give it up for MAN OF STEEL!" The man announces. The crowd, including me go wild and it doesn't quite down. Everyone's drinking, smoking and laughing and I, surprisingly am having fun, until...

"What the hell, is she doing here!" I hear him yell.

The boys just look at him, then look at me. They all shrugged and left me alone with him. He grabs my hand harshly and takes me out back but as we walk through the crowd, a man comments "Oi, Jace are you gonna share this one!" He looks at me like I'm the last slice of cake left. Before anything else was said, a fist flew past me and hit the guy and knocked him clean out. I gasp and go to help but I'm already being dragged through again, faster this time may I add.

As we make our way through the door into his changing room he pushed me against the wall and blocks me with his arms either side. "Oh cutie, you are in big, big trouble." I look up at him through my lashes and gulp, loud enough for him to hear.