o's

s aching, making it impossible to

t when he drove me home last night I went straight to bed and pass

t everything that has happened in the

the outside, I felt like something was happenin

I wasn't complaining but THE Maddox Zane drove me home, a guy I watc

e tattoos, he was surprisingly a nice guy, considering the firs

around him last night made me feel

trouble from the football team as I kept my head down and just ate in the libra

social media app Instagram, where I decided to peek at Maddox's page, af

out of place, not a single selfie body shot and only a few photos with girls a

s parents weren't present, and his mom died when he was young, he prac

himself and look at him now, he was doing something he loved, or I

was Tuesday, I was taking a class wit

eally thought about it, Rick, the owner Rick, a

as he simply pure beefy muscle but he was tall, I'd be surprised if eve

as usual, I paid them no mind and kept my head down, clutching my gym bag as I went

t me, although the T-shirt was a little baggy... but I wasn't complai

l not to break or rip anything, Mad

I stood and signed their names on the paper for the defense lesson today, and

s a beginn

ve I gotten

king me jump and turn around, my heart

heir gym gear as they made their way to

im then looked at Ri

the rest of the group. "If you're here for defense f

oticing that Maddox was walking next to him as I walked behind the

ody wanted to even group with me in any sports

ol of myself? Dammit...

so teach

r the floor and some dummies by the side of the wall, I don't know why but it

id, grinning as he stood in front of the group, his arms cr

Theo and Claire." He said as my eyes go w

another girl who stood beside me, only real

but there was no way a girl like her would ever pay atten

doesn't need an introduction as you all should know who he is by no

n the mat." Maddox instructed, maki

aving me stood by myself as the odd one l

should be used to thi

sucked bein

e over to him with a nod of his head

lder as everyone found a place to stand on the mat, Maddox was acting like ev

e bear hug' or what the ladies like to do to me on a Friday night, t

ht me how to get him into a hold, and how to avoid breaking my hold on hi

almost died from embarrassment, Maddox was a big guy, his body was fully muscle, a

d knock him to the ground to wrap my legs around him to secure my hold on him, making

ould've easily broken free and kicked my ass if he really wanted to, but inst

humor, the lesson was finished and even though I was the one pinni

re a quick learner." Rick said

from my bag. "Thank you, I learned a lot." I said truth

ick grinned out as I shook my head, feeling the heat rise to my ch

ot too." This was so embar

k, making it feel like he just punched me as he stated sl

ch

Rick laughing at me, once they stopped and talked to someone asking them a question

ore than ten minutes made me feel lightheaded and intimidated,

t of control, so I found something to try and then sat d

ess ma

ke this before, or even thought about using something like this, muscle build

k down on the bench and then gripped the handles on e

n, which didn't seem like a lot but now I'm thinkin

making me freeze and turn t

e was Claire, she was staring at me with worr

s it so damn hard to just pull these things? But

the 10k, the 2

someone- a cute girl had seen me at my worst, I am s

ll just

ing up from the machine. "I actu

-B

I clenched my bag tightly in my hands and headed for the exit, knowing that there's a

oddam

voice call me, stopping and tur

ing in his hands and when he finally reached

yesterday." He said, handing me the

ment there I thought he

said smiling nervously as he looked at

he didn't as he took a step back and nodded to me, his left ha

e he walked away, walking to the front desk

Did I do something

king to my bus stop, each step worse than the next as my

? Why did this hurt so muc

hope that tomorrow I felt better, because for

is was jus