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leg muscles. She didn’t make a habit of checking out any man’s rear, but she couldn’t help herself.
     
    “Lord, help me,” Lucy murmured as Michael bent over in front of her to grab his toes. He glanced back while he was stretching and Lucy popped her mouth shut and started blushing. She hadn’t even realized it was hanging open while she’d been ogling him.
     
    Michael burst out laughing. “You’re supposed to be stretching your legs, Luce, not your mouth.”
     
     “Maybe you should’ve warned me what you were gonna do instead of assuming I’d follow suit. I‘ve never been much of a follower,” Lucy retorted as she began stretching out her leg muscles.
     
    “Is that right? I can guarantee that you’ll be following me the entire run and begging me to slow down,” he joked as he stood up.
     
    “Do I hear a challenge coming on?” Lucy asked with a gleam of excitement in her eyes. “I have a feeling we’ll see who’ll be following whom soon enough.”
     
    “Whoever makes it to the end of the gravel road first wins the race,” Michael announced with laughter in his eyes. “There are no other turns along the way, so there’ll be no excuses. You’ll go up a steep hill that’ll end at an open field.”
     
    Michael turned to her.  “Are you sure you’re up for this Luce?”
     
    “Just say when,” Lucy said as crouched down and got in position to take off.
     
    “We’ll start on the count of three,” Michael said as he bent down next to her. “One…two…three!” he yelled and took off.
     
    Dirt flew behind them as they took off running down the gravel road. Lucy barely noticed the cows that were peppered along the field to her right as she ran. The road was straight for a quarter of a mile before it turned slightly to the right. They soon passed four metal silos and a red barn. Lucy glanced over at Michael and smiled to herself. She was just keeping pace with him even though she could pass him at any time. She wasn’t even winded.
     
    Their feet continued to glide over the gravel as they passed an old abandoned house. The road went straight for another quarter of a mile before it veered to the left.
     
    Lucy glanced over at Michael as he started to speed up. She slowed down a little to let him pass her. She wanted him to feel like he had the race in the bag before she showed him what she was made of.
     
    Michael smiled as he looked over his shoulder. “You better pick it up, Luce!” He yelled as he picked up speed again.
     
    Lucy laughed out loud as she decided it was time for him to see what kind of kick she really had left. A surge of power coursed through her body, but she refused to let it out yet. Every single cell in her body felt alive as she became stronger with each passing stride. She finally unleashed the power she was holding in and the surroundings blurred as she bolted past Michael. .
     
    Lucy’s body protested as she pulled the power back and slowed down. She glanced over her shoulder. Michael was looking at her with a look of shock on his face as he struggled to catch up. Lucy let him reach her as she pretended that she was out of breath.
     
    “I didn’t even see you pass me!” he exclaimed as he finally reached her. “How’d you do that?”
     
    Lucy shrugged her shoulders as they jogged down the road. She really wasn’t sure how she was able to do it. Most of the time, she contained the surge of power to where she’d barely win a race. She was an oddity and never fit in as it was without everyone seeing that side of her.
     
    Lucy let those thoughts die as she took in the beautiful view around her. She could hear the steady trickle of water as they neared a small creek. There was a small bridge that was constructed of just gravel and dirt that the water whirled under.
     
    Michael looked over at Lucy as they moved closer to the creek. “Can you swim, Luce?”
     
    She glanced over at him, confusion etched on her face. “Yes. Why?” she asked as