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SPOV
BEEP BEEP BEEP
"ARRRG" turning over I hit my alarm clock, I inwardly groan at the 5am wake up call. I only have two days left until classes start and the tryout. I get out of bed, throw on a hoodie and make my way over to the bathroom.
"You can do this Spencer. It's the only way," I mentally tell myself while looking at my reflection in the mirror.
I need to get a move on it. Glen hates when he has to wait more than 5 minutes. I jog down the stairs expecting him to be standing at the foot of the landing. And to my surprise he's not. I look towards the living room when I notice movement in the kitchen.
"You're late." Glen says while handing me a cup of coffee.
"2 minutes. Seriously Glen" I deadpan
"Spencer you've been working hard for the past month, you won't get lazy these last two days. Are you ready to head out?"
Grabbing my bag at the bottom of the steps I turn towards the front door and before yanking it open I look back at Glen "Thanks you know…I know you don't have to get up early everyday for the past month but you do. I just hope it all pays off"
"It's not going to be easy Spence. Some will laugh and some will tease but no matter what I will be proud of you at the end of the day. Mom and dad would have been too."
"Thanks Glen. Let's go before you start getting all girly on me. I can only take so much sappiness at"… looking at my watch…"5:15am." groan…
Walking out of our house Glen locks up while I make my way to the car throw my bag in the back seat and sit quietly in the passenger seat. Today I need to be my best; I need to give it my all these next two days.
"I forgot to tell you, you will have to train by yourself tomorrow morning. I picked up an extra shift tomorrow morning."
"It's okay. I think I might just take the morning off and just start mentally preparing myself." I tell Glen. Glen is a cop, so he usually picks up extra shifts when he can. He's all about saving the world one day at time. "Plus, I work tonight so I will getting in late."
"I think that's a good idea." Glen says as he parks the car.
"I also think I am going to push myself hard today because of it."
"Sounds good. Let's go! Three miles, no stopping, under 12 minutes. Each minute you're late, will be ten extra sit ups." … Looking at his watch…"Ready, Go."
I start off at a low jog just to get warmed up. Running this early in the morning is almost therapeutic for me. It's September, in Texas. So it's a cross between warm air, with a cool breeze but produces a cold sweat. I'm about to finish my first lap and by the look on Glen's face I can tell he isn't happy when I coast by him. I need to pick it up.
We just moved here. Here being Texas. It's different. But we couldn't stay in Ohio any longer. Too many memories, too many regrets, and too many things left unsaid. So Glen thought it was best we pick up and leave our old life behind and start fresh.
He got a job with the Sheriffs department. So we packed up what was left of our lives and hit the open road to whatever awaited us in Texas. Graduating high school two years ago, I had nothing keeping me in Ohio. After the accident, I took two years off and didn't do the whole college thing right away.
"One minute late."
"Yeah? That's good. I've come along since the beginning of the summer."
"Yeah, but you still owe me 10 extra sit ups."
"Okay, so lets do this. 260?"
He Nods.
I get on the ground and start doing my sit ups. Glen watches with a serious stare.
"Speed it up," he sternly says.
I know he's only trying to make me stronger and raise my endurance but he could be nicer. I guess it being 5:45am doesn't help much.
"Done." I say with mock sternness in my voice.
"Okay, let's do 100 push ups and then we will get started."
I do my push ups. They're easy for me. All of this is. I've been doing this for a month straight. I would be lost without Glen's help. And I need to do this. This will get her to notice me.
