Everyone in this story is 18+ in this story of young lust that turned to young love.
Spin the bottle or truth and dare.
Book 3
I kissed you as an answer and drove you over to the taco truck across the street from the school. I've never stopped. I thought it was just fast food; it was great. We had a few. I was picking up a belly; I might have to find a gym, spar for cash, and I'm getting light cash-wise."
We kissed, and I rode over to the office of my therapist. It was a good two hours well spent. I gave her the info on how to find the court case, and we discussed meeting next month.
I drove to a gym for MMA. I went in and walked into the front counter, introduced myself, and say. "If you needed someone to spare against them. I can push them, but only for cash; you need me to sign papers?"
I pull out my gym card from Berlin. They see the gym listed, and the manager says. "Show me but don't hurt yourself; you look too skinny."
I took my sweats off, wearing a tee and my good boxers. Skinny was not the right word. I say. "May I have twenty to warm up, please?"
I go through the moves and warm up on the heavy bag. It's close to twenty. I put a helmet on and a mouthpiece in. I am given a paper to sign and led into a ring, and a big guy stands there. I bow and present my gloves to him. He taps back. Someone calls time. He came at me but did not get near. We grappled. He could not get me off my feet. I flipped him and pined him in under a minute. I helped him up and showed him how to feel his center better.
I say. "Time, please."
We touched gloves, and it was on my kicks; it stunned him, but he kept his center. I flipped backward, hit him with an uppercut, and it rocked him back. I worked on him. He was blocking fair. Maybe half were getting in, but he was not returning blows. If he blocked, I stopped. I showed him how to read a punch coming in and move to lessen the impact, keep his center, and return the energy. I say. "Time, please, again."
We touched gloves and went at it; time was called. We were well-matched, but I'm only doing this to make money; I don't have to hurt them or win. We fought for three rounds. Finally, we both stopped and embraced, shaking hands. I'm worth my money. I go to speak to the gym manager. He looks at me, hands me two hundred bucks, and says. "Son, why are you not fighting for cash? You could go places with your skills. You could have crushed him."
I answered. "I was abused by a cult that kidnapped me, but my Mom saved me. She sent me to people who taught me how to fight many people. I healed, but my Mom saw me in a match. I had not learned Aikido yet; I had not mastered my anger. So my Mom made me pledge never to fight unless forced to, and learning how to fight it's to keep me or others safe. It's complicated, but I promised my Mom on her death bed I would not fight. But sparing is training. Having belts was, at one time, my only hobby. Now my hobby is life. I'm warmed up, Sir. I can go two or three guys in a day before I'm not sharp.
The Gym manager says. "How are you at strait boxing,"
I leave the room, take my shirt off, tie my gloves on, jump in the ring, touch my gloves, and put a mouthpiece in. I say. "Names Dan, give me your best, or I'll tag the fuck out of you."
The other guy took exception to my saying that the bell rang and a flurry of punches came at me; I blocked and returned force for a punch. My blocks were better, and I knocked him down on a combo. He got up, took his mouthpiece out, and says. "James' name is James; Damn, you look like a kid. You are good. Keep pushing me twelve fights. You're the first to knock me down. Got another in you, son, or was that lucky?"
We went ten rounds showing him I was indeed lucky, but I was five years in training, giving me skill. I knocked him back, took his hits, and showed him the balance of the punch and how my power came from my center. In the last two rounds, we pushed past a wall. The place was quiet. We had the gym watching us. Round ten was over. I was showing wear and tear, breathing hard. The helmet had sweat running down me. I was wet down to my socks. I was handed a few hundred bucks, and James says. "Next week, Dan, why don't you box?"
The gym manager tosses me a towel and a shirt with the gym's name on it and says. "Come by any time, Dan. I have work for you."
He led the boxer away and was telling him my tale. As I drank water, I could feel eyes on me on my back. But it's a gym. I see a guy with bad scars lifting weights. I spot him, and I cool down with light weights. I went and showered and went home and called Ginger. We talked for an hour by facrtime, working on history. You said Mom was calling for dinner we said good night.
I cracked the books, did three weeks' worth of work in all my classes, and loaded it on a flash drive ready to be printed. Then, finally, my Aunt came home, man. I love her hugs. We started dinner together. We spoke in one of four languages. My Aunt wanted to speak this way as it kept our skills up.
You asked. "How was school?"
I say. "Horrible the only bright point of my day is sitting with Ginger at lunch. None of the school bullies are willing to play with me anymore. They bore me, but I have a list of ten names that need correcting including a teacher. Most are just grabbing tits and ass or hitting women. We have eyes watching their every move taping them. Two are on tape now. I'm not sure how to get justice. I can't just beat them up, thanks to my Mom. I'm not sure what to do?"
My Aunt Diana had a great answer and says. "You know men sit on the school board and have power at the school. Susan's complaint was a non-starter. It was boys will be boys. We tried to get it in writing, but the suits said no. Get the shits on tape saying that, put the ten on stage, and hold student court. You can scare them to get them there. Then send the footage to the news station."
The month flew by. I was making a grand or more a week at the gym, but It was Halloween, and I did not understand this dress-up and going to the same house for the same party thing. We were at lunch talking about what to wear. Finally, I was forced into a costume to match my girl's frozen blue and white frost.
I say. "Not to be mean, another shallow party sounds great. My first in the States party was life-changing, but life is more than booze and truth or dare. What if we went to the kid's cancer ward and we could make them laugh? I remember smiling at the hospital as some kids cheered us up."
I dressed as Hans from Frozen, which will teach me to open my mouth around my baby. Then, Ginger in that blue and white frost ball gown, we walked into the hospital. A man told us no way not going to happen.
I saw a doctor looking tired from a bad day. I walked up to the doctor and say. "I spent three months in a hospital bed as a kid. The only laugh I had was by some fools dressed in clown suits; I'm happy to play the fool. If it brings one laugh, it's worth it."
We six were led back to the cancer ward. I played the fool, tripping and doing displays of strength. I saw my angel in blue I swept her up in my arms and danced to the music we brought. In another bed, a little girl hooked up to hoses began to sing, her voice clear and pure. Ginger flew to her side, and they sang a duet.
I felt my look pushed away from watching Ginger; I saw people going in and out of a room down the hall, looking sad and final. I walked past the doctor, who let us in. As I walked past, he took my arm and smiled with tears. I looked down the hall, and I had to go. I stood at the doorway, the family crying, the baby on the bed, looking like an angel.
In a voice so low it was hard to hear, I say. "So you were so full of life. I will witness this girl's death had I been here days ago. I could have acted as a clown or fool. Ever she needed, I would have hung from the ceiling to make her smile. Instead, I have nothing but a smile or a memory of her. It's my loss; what were her favorite things?"
A woman got up. She was old and tired, her eyes full of tears. She came over and held my arm. She started talking about her grand-baby the stories came out like a warm rain after that. I glance, and the medical staff are at the door. The stories lasted for forty minutes. I stood there and listened, holding space for the little angel.
I see my friends outside there crying too. We walked out of the room, and the burn unit nurse looked like a Mom and asked if we could come by another day. But, unfortunately, it's too late for them today.
We looked at each other, Ginger says. "My man's name is Dan; I'm Ginger, I'm his; he is doing community service; his mom made him do it; we will be here; just say when."
Afterwards I took us to an upscale restaurant, and we were seated, I say. "The last five weeks at the gym have been good ones. Dinner is on me."
We made quite a sight but were treated like kings and queens. Ginger says. "We have a lot to be thankful for, but we have a surprise for Jason tonight."
I passed an envelope to Jason, I say. "There is the money for your first printing, I earned it sparing I get paid to work out, but we got you, brother. The world needs to see this."
Doing the hospital became a monthly thing for us. We got our friends to do it with us; we did eight hospitals. We were doing a burn ward at the Shriner's hospital. Unlike the others hospital, you could see what was wrong. We were given a tour, and I saw a kid in a wheelchair, about ten or eleven, with scars. His chest looked like my back. I split off from the crew. As they started to sing, the kid turned and left for his room. A nurse pushed him to the room. I step into the room, and I say. "Please excuse me; please close the door, nurse. I like to show this man we are like brothers; this is not the end, nor does it define us."
I took my shirt off, facing the boy. The nurse grasped. I turned for the boy to see he rolled forward and says. "Why the tattoos on the scars? Some look like the scar is of a metal or an award."