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Well I missed the tryouts
this summer and honestly I’m not sure if I want to run this
year.”
     
    “ Well how about this you can
use this mile as your tryout if you want to join, but I’m going to
tell you I know you helped Ryan over the summer train for fights
and you were on the team last year so I’m not really worried about
you not doing very well today we see what your time is and you can
think on it sound good?”
     
    With a smile I tell him “ok coach
sounds good but I’m not pushing today just a lazy run.”
     
    With a laugh he walks over to the
track.
     
    “ What the hell Gracie, why
didn’t you do tryouts this year?” Rori finally asks me.
     
    “ Shit, no one else noticed.
I was just going to skate by, pretend like I never ran track. Damn
it. Come on Rori let’s get this shit over with.”
     
    With that we both get up and
head over to where coach is, he has finally stopped everyone who
was running. We all line up and wait for the count to go. Coach
counts down and yells GO! Everyone takes off while I just kind of
jog. Rori doesn’t bother to stay with me she knows I run well
enough to catch up if I want to. While I run I take this time to
reflect on my day starting from waking up in Ryan’s arms and the
dream I had, while I have no clue where that came from, I think I’m
afraid to lose Ryan for any reason. I continue to think about all
the bullshit in his truck, I know it was less about my dad and more
with the fear of losing him, shit how do I even explain this I know he’s going to
want to push me.
    I know that once we graduate
I’ll be going to college and there’s no chance Ryan will go with
me. His father wants him to stay and be in
the family business running the gym. All Ryan wants to do is follow
his dream of being an MMA Fighter. With
those two roads alone I won’t ever see him even if I don’t go away
to college. This makes me wonder if I should start to push him
away, well shit I think as I start to run
faster, I let out a laugh, this is why coach says I’m so good at
running I can’t get out of my head and when I get mad I feel the
need to run faster, with a sigh I shake my head, I’m now on my
second lap with no intention of slowing down looking up at coach
who has a satisfied smile on his face. I grunt and push forward I
can’t stop thinking about all that’s happened today. Damn it, coach knew once I got this started I
would have to join the team!
     
     
     
    Ryan
    I watch her walk up to the line with
Rori, I know coach said something about her not trying out for
track, that really irritated look gives her away, she said that she
forgot when tryouts were but with that look I’m beginning to wonder
if she didn’t go on purpose. I know I was gone a month. She seemed
a little anxious about the dates, I wonder if that’s when tryouts
were… She knew I would make her go. I know she loves to run because
she helped me train this summer. If she hadn’t helped I wouldn’t be
as good as I am. I see her start to push harder in her second lap
she must be all twisted in her head. Once she starts down that
rabbit whole, she won’t stop until her legs give out.
    This gives me time to think,
really think about all our talks today. It really has me worried,
she’s never upset about her dad not being here, I mean don’t get me
wrong she has her moments when I know it bothers her but she has
never acted like she has today. It makes me wonder what is going on
in that head of hers as she runs, I remember the first thing she
told me this summer when we started running, ‘ if I couldn’t keep up with her that wasn’t her problem and
she sure as shit wasn’t gonna slow down for me, if I wanted to run
with her I also wasn’t allowed to talk no matter what and I better
keep up. ’
    I’ve never figured out where she goes
in that head of hers but I do know that even after this summer I
still don’t stand a chance at running half as long as she does. I’m
finishing my third lap