Here is another chapter for "The Snags and Serenity of Love." This story really lets me unwind and be able to write freely about anything, not having certain personalities to match. I'm really glad to write this, and would love it if I had alot of reviews (hint hint)!
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Ok, I've been planning on making the chapters have alternating POVs, but it's really easy to write from Sadie's POV, so this is going to be from her POV.
Chapter 3: Normal Gymnastics? I Think Not!
I walked into the gym, my gym bag jiggling with my change of clothes. It was Monday, one of days I had my gymnastics practice. I had always wondered why we had all of the bars and beams for gymnastics, but only had one ratty volleyball net…
I dropped my gym bag on the floor, watching through the windows as Anna, Nathan, and Jordan played floor hockey in the main gym. I sighed. He was all she ever talked about, and it was quite tiring. It was always "Nathan this" or "Nathan that." Ugh. You don't ever hear me saying, "Oh, Cody looked so cute today."
Wait a sec, where the heck did that come from?
I shook those thoughts from my head, tearing my eyes from the window. I set my bag down by the wall, and went over to the floor. I stretched, doing the splits and backbends to ready myself. I looked around the room, seeing the wedge mats for beginners, and the bars, vaults, beams, and rings that I was to practice on. Today, I was to review my floor combination, and then practice my strength on the rings.
I got up from my right split, fully stretched. I could just imagine Anna right now, saying, "How the heck can you bend like that? You aren't human!" I smiled at the thought of her disbelieving face. I pushed my ponytail behind me, and straightened out the shorts I wore over my leotard. I walked to the edge of the floor, thinking over my combination. After a few minutes of thought, I went into action. (AN: For this, imagine Mission Impossible music playing.)
I started in a pose, crouching low to the ground, looking like, as I would think, a trampled frog. My head shot up, and I did a dive roll from the floor. I stood up straight, looking around as if scoping the perimeter. I did a volleyball dive into a grounded barrel roll, my legs extending in the air in a v-shape. I rolled to my knees, and then jumped to my feet. I ran to the other edge of the floor, midway turning around and sliding to the floor. I slid into a back extension, landing the handstand in my right split. I curled my back leg around me, much like the scorpion in dance terms. I rotated with my leg, ending up in my left split. I pushed up from the splits and quickly did a back walkover. I ended up almost in the middle of the floor, and got ready for my final move. I took a running start and started with a cartwheel. I landed my cartwheel backwards and launched into a back handspring. After landing my back handspring, I jumped into a back flip. I landed the flip and spun around in a circle, and did a layout. I rolled over to my back, and jumped up. I did one final scope of the place, then went down in my splits, holding my right hand out like a gun.
I stood up from the floor, feeling a bit tired. Every time I review that combination, it takes everything out of me. 'I still have to work on a few things though,' I thought. 'I stumbled a bit on my back flip, my legs didn't feel straight in my extension, and my scorpion bend was not horizontal enough!'
I walked over to my bag, taking out a bottle of water. I never drink water, yet my family has been trying to get me to drink water. It can get annoying sometimes, but I just know that they care for my health.
I took a sip of the water, quickly putting it down when the purified taste registered on my tongue. I walked over to the rings, reaching in the white bucket by the rings for chalk. Gymnasts use chalk on their hands so that it is easier to rotate their hands while performing on the bars, rings, or beams.
Once my hands were at least a shade lighter than usual, I walked up steps, grabbing the cane at the bottom. I used the cane to grab one ring, then set the cane down. I hung onto the ring, freely stepping off the platform. I swung to the other ring, and grabbed it, now having a ring in each hand. Below me I saw the foam block pit, a safe landing for any unstable gymnast.
Using the rings, I swung around a bit, performing a few flips and tricks. I hung upside down, doing midair splits. After swinging around a lot, a just decided to work on my strength, and hung upside down. I closed my eyes, finally feeling calm. Well, until…
I heard a noise, and opened one eye. Right in front of me was Cody, staring at me. He saw me look at him and immediately talked to me.
"Hi, Sadie!"
"Ahh!" was my reply as I fell from the rings, very much startled. I landed in the pit, completely covered with foam blocks. I heard faint laughter coming from above me, and I pushed the blocks off of myself, glaring at the laughing boy.
"What'cha do that for?" I practically yelled at him. His laughter became more frequent.
"It was just a great opportunity, sorry," he replied, chuckling. I grabbed a foam block, noticing how close he was to the edge of the platform.
"Well, fine. Why don't you just sit and join me?" I smirked. At the word sit, I threw the block at him. He went tumbling into the pit, also getting covered with foam. He plucked the foam blocks off of himself, and took his turn to glare at me.
"What did you do that for? I'm not Inuyasha, you know," he grumbled. I laughed, greatly impressed that he knew my reference. I climbed over to the side of the pit, getting on solid ground. I held out my hand to Cody, and he took it, giving me a kind, but hesitant, smile. I helped him out of the pit, and walked over to grab my bag. I put a t-shirt over my leotard top, and walked over Cody, who was waiting by the door. We walked into the main gym, taking note of Anna, Jordan, and Nathan just starting to play football. Cody looked at me.
"You wanna join them?" he asked. I nodded hesitantly. We walked over to the three players, after I put my stuff down. Cody walked over to Nathan, while I went to talk to Anna. On my way over to her, I saw Anna waggle her eyebrows at me. I sighed. She was never going to let the incident in the hallway go.
Later, I ran past Anna, who was trying to block me from catching the ball. Cody threw the ball, and I caught it at the end of the gym. Cody, Jordan, and I cheered, while Anna and Nathan grumbled. In other words, we made a touchdown.
I high-fived my teammates, and shook hands with the losers. I went to go sit on the bench, completely exhausted. I looked up when I heard footsteps, and saw Cody making his way over to me. He sat down, panting just a little bit. He turned to me.
"So, you can sing, you're flexible, and you are awesome at football. What's next? Are you a piano virtuoso?" he asked sarcastically. I smirked.
"Actually, I am learning how to play the piano. Right now, though, the only thing I can play would be the Legend of Zelda theme, although I am working on Kingdom Hearts music too," I replied, laughing. Cody laughed with me.
'This was fun!' I thought, smiling to myself. As Cody, Anna, Nathan, Jordan, and I walked to McDonalds, I thought over the day. 'This was not a normal practice day. I had fun. And I had great friends with me too,' I blushed at that thought, Cody's face popping into my mind. I walked with the group, completely happy with the outcome of practice. 'I wonder if Wednesday's practice will be normal. Well, with them around, I think not!'
Another chapter done! Ah, I personally like this one. I have been a gymnast and dancer for years, so I was happy to make Sadie a gymnast. Oh, the reference for Inuyasha was just a random thing. I love Inuyasha (and other animes!).
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