Damn Right Cross!
...jab right, jab right, duck, right hook, upper cut…
My brain issued the orders and my body followed through.
Power, control, control the power.
Harry said nothing, but the words were etched in, completely. I wouldn't ever be able to forget.
"Hey baby." I heard Adrian's voice.
I stopped.
"Hector? Can I take a break?" I asked
"5 minutes." He agreed turning to leave.
Adrian! The voice in my head reminded me.
"Hey." I said turning to him, watching him climb in the ring with me
The last time we were in the ring together, he lost, I won, and we both were heart broken.
"Let's go" He joked holding up his gloves for me to hit.
"You excited to get beat again?" I asked
He laughed, "No, I'm excited to spank you're wise ass for talking like that."
"Oh really? Traelo papi" (Bring It) I said laughing
He hit my gloves and came at me, jabbing with his left. I practiced my combinations hitting him in the face, my right hook knocking him back.
"You and that hook." He said working his jaw trying to ease the definite pain.
Coming at me again with a powerful jab, followed by a very powerful uppercut, he managed to stagger me and slow me down.
Endurance, you must endure the pain in order to be the best. The voice spoke
I took a deep breath and heeded the voices warning and braced myself, but not fast enough for his right cross, I hit the mat seeing stars.
"Oh shit baby, I'm sorry!" he said dropping to my side while I caught my breath.
"That god damn right cross." I cursed
"I didn't mean to hit you that hard, I just… forgot." He said
"I'm fine, that was a really good one." I said sitting up
"Yeah?"
"Yeah," I laughed, then put on my scowl, "but you ever hit me like that outside the ring, I'll fucking kill you."
He looked at me, I saw it for only a split second, the fear of him actually loosing it, getting mad at me and hitting me. I know he would never, but I'm not sure if he knows.
"Never." He said swinging his arm back and making me lay on my back. He straddled me and pinned my arms to the floor. The last time we were like this, it was pretty intense, now it was just fun.
"What you think you're all big and bad 'cause you're on top?" I asked smugly
"Nah, I think I'm big and bad because I am." He teased
I laughed, he was crazy.
Kiss him. The voice ordered, and I obeyed
Slow, our kisses always started slow, but they always grew hungry. It was like once we got a taste, we couldn't get enough. He was always gentle with me though, he let me decide what I wanted, he never pushed, never made me feel forced. He was always gentle.
"Oye!" Hector shouted, "Do I need to get the water hose, or can you two control your hormones?"
I jumped at his voice, quickly scrambling out from under Adrian.
"Sorry Hector." I said blushing, making both Age and Hector laugh.
"What did I say about personal business in the gym?" Hector laughed
"None of it was allowed." Adrian spoke up. "We're sorry Hector, it won't happen again."
"Good, your coach is looking for you so I suggest you get a move on." Hector replied
Adrian turned to me "gotta go, got work to do." He said before taking off
"You know, it's not fair for you to be scaring him off all the time like that." I said laughing
"Yeah? Well it's not all that fair for you to be wasting our session nearly getting yourself knocked up on my clean mats." He joked
"That's nasty, I'm like 18 Hector, I ain't having' no kids any time soon." I said scowling at him.
"Let's go through it one more time." He said climbing into the ring with me.