Fearless by O'Guinn Chris

Author:O'Guinn, Chris [O'Guinn, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Lightbane Publications
Published: 2013-06-02T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

WHEN I’D AGREED TO TRAIN with Kanoa, I didn’t realize how hard it would be to deal with two practices a day. It pushed me to my limits, which was awful. But then I noticed how those limits expanded, and that felt really good. And of course I lived for those little moments of praise from Kanoa.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday were jogging around the track and laps in the pool. Tuesday and Thursday were more jogging and weight training. It was brutal, but all he had to do was smile at me and I’d find the reserves somewhere in me to do one more lap, one more rep.

“You’re already fast, we’re just making you faster,” he told me one morning.

It helped, though. Like I said, I’ve never been an athlete, so I had zero knowledge of how to get in shape. The various machines in the weight room were like bizarre, scary Medieval torture devices. I had no idea where to even start, but Kanoa walked me through them and showed me the best routine.

So for once, I was ahead of the curve when the rest of my team was brought into the weight room for the first time. While Jimmy worked on impressing everyone with how much weight he could lift, I took my place at another machine and did the reps Kanoa had assigned me.

“Can I partner up with you?” Bailey asked.

The last time anyone had asked to partner with me on anything had been kindergarten and that had only been because I’d hoarded all the red crayons. I stared up at him in disbelief. My surprise only deepened when I saw him looking nervous, like he was expecting me to tell him to piss off.

I remembered what Liam had told me; how people thought I was stuck up. I still didn’t understand that, but I wasn’t going to let that label stick.

“Sure,” I told Bailey and showed him the routine.

I noticed as we worked out that more of the guys were paying attention to me. At first I thought it was because they were snickering about how weak I was. But then I noticed more of them dropping the weight they were doing so they could do more reps. They were following my lead, which was a shock since I didn’t know I had a “lead.”

Lancaster was nowhere to be found. He’d said he had to make a phone call and left us. I’d expected him to come in and correct Jimmy and his pack of idiots. But that wasn’t happening. When it came to supervision, apparently the coach had a strict hands-off policy.

“We want to build tone,” I told Bailey, but letting my voice carry. “Bulking up will slow us down.”

“Some of us can use some bulk, matchstick,” Jimmy sneered.

I ignored him. He didn’t matter. What mattered was that way more people were paying attention to me than I liked. As in, just about everyone was eying me. Being the center of attention was something I tried really hard to avoid.

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