"Come on, you're all a bunch of football playin' sissies!" Renee's
voice silenced the grunting football players. Their sides were aching, as
were their legs, and their arms, since Renee had them doing push-ups, up
downs, and sit-ups all day long in her training part of the camp.
Luke, whom was next to Ronnie, smiled and continued easily with his push-ups, his sister was actually going easy on them, since it had been only half a week since they arrived at the camp. Plus, he knew his sister's plans far too well, while the others were left guessing and aching terribly. Ronnie blinked harshly as a bead of sweat dripped into his eye from his forehead. "Man, this is harsh" he mumbled to himself.
"What was that, Sunshine?" the voice startled him slightly, causing him to look over to his left where he caught sight of Renee. She was smiling, and Ronnie just turned his head and continued to do what she was demanding. Even though what she demanded seemed completely impossible, but she would hear none of that from any of them. Out of the corner of his eye, Ronnie saw Renee stand back up, since she had been squatting next to him, and he sighed with relief. Her hand lightly rested on his helmet for a moment as she whispered to him "thought so Moonie, I thought so."
Two long hours later, long after dark, the team was still in their complete uniform gear, still doing more sit-ups for Renee. She blew her whistle sharply and stopped weaving around the group of them. "Alright, that's enough, for now. Rest up!" she yelled to them, smiling widely. All of them stood quickly and formed a circle, grunting and huffing all the while.
As she watched the team do their tradition since the year before, she only crossed her arms, shook her head, and smiled. But, someone grabbed her arm and pulled her over to the group, and she had no idea who it was. It couldn't have been Luke, he was in the middle yelling like a wild animal with Julius, so that also ruled Julius out. It wasn't Petey, he was far too busy throwing his helmet to the ground, and it wasn't anyone that she would have guessed. But, she looked over to her left and saw a bright smiling face greet her "Aww… hey Moonie, you know this is for the team, not for me" she whispered to him.
Ronnie shook his head and put his arm around her shoulders "girl, learn to live a little, you are part of the team!" he yelled to her. Julius turned and pushed through the gathering teammates over to Renee. He nodded to Ronnie and smiled, then took Renee's hand and led her to the middle. Ronnie just smiled and continued with the noise that went along with the ritual.
"Hey, Renee, what kinda power you got?" Julius yelled, his smile only widening as everyone tightly continued the sound. "I said what kinda power you got?"
"Hey, don't lose your head, you know I got some hard soul power!" Renee yelled back, only to have Julius slap her on the back with his smile broadening.
"I said, what kinda power you got?" Julius repeated, only continuing the way things went in the group of friends. Family was more like it.
"Hey, you know I got some soul power!" Renee replied loudly, once more. The two gave each other a high-five and pumped their fists in the air, getting the rest of the team to do so, leaving everyone yelling and shouting in victory.
A few minutes later, Renee was walking with Julius, back to the rooms, when he stopped. "You know, you're aight. We all like ya around here, you fit in, girl. But, you need to meet one person to really fit in" he said, looking at the ground for a moment before he looked quickly back up to her. He looked at her confused expression, and into her bright eyes.
"Who's that?" she asked softly, Julius was confusing her a bit, what with the way he had mentioned this other person to her, but she didn't mind. She was used to people springing things on her quickly, reminded her of how her father just packed up the family and moved them a few years after settling someplace, just like they were old children's toys that could be thrown in a box.
"Gerry" Julius replied, looking at the ground once more. Renee smiled and nodded, she had wanted to meet this Gerry character every since she had watched him on the television, he seemed like a very good player, and she didn't think that the Titans would ever be the same at their final game for the season without their captain leading them. Julius put his arm around her now shivering shoulders, and led her inside "sorry to keep you outside longer than you needed to be, now you're cold."
"It's alright, I don't mind the cold" Renee replied as the two continued to walk up the stairs, where Renee's room was stationed. Once they reached the door, Renee turned to face Julius "by the way, once we get home, will you promise to take me to meet Gerry? I'd love to meet him."
Julius smiled and hugged her tightly, once he let go, he looked into her eyes "oh, you're gonna love Superman! Ah, he's so cool, he's the greatest and best friend I've ever had. Thanks a lot girl, you won't regret your decision to meet him," he said with his smile widening.
"I would never turn down meeting a person like him, he seems nice and like a hard worker" Renee stated, and that was the truth. "Honestly I've wanted to meet him for a while now, never thought I'd get the chance though, but I never thought I'd be helping with coaching the Titans either." Julius just nodded, said good night, and left her to go to sleep. She would need the rest, if she was going to help Coach Boone get them all up at three o'clock in the morning, just for a jog.
And that she did, Coach Boone and Renee traveled up and down the halls, banging on the doors to every room and yelling at the people inside to get up and meet outside in five minutes. Once that was done, the two looked at each other and nodded, then went outside to meet the rest of the bunch of them outside. Standing there, ready to go, was Luke, Ronnie, and Julius. Coach Boone shook his head and looked the three up and down, then he turned to Renee "how did they do that?" Renee just shrugged and the two jogged over to them.
"Well, well, well if it isn't Sunshine, Big Ju, and…" Coach Boone began as he motioned to each as he said their nicknames, but he stopped at Luke "boy! You need a nickname!" Renee merely laughed and shrugged, she didn't have any suggestions on that one. "How about… Sandy?"
Renee looked over her brother, who pleaded with her with his eyes about changing the nickname, then she turned to Coach Boone and nodded. Coach Boone messed up Luke's hair, since he didn't have his helmet on at that very moment, and looked him over "yeah, you look like a Sandy" he stated easily, the others just smirked and laughed lightly. "Yeah, that you do boy."
Within four minutes, everyone else was there, and Renee walked over to Luke. "Before we start our little 'jog', I'd like to introduce you to Sandy!" she held up her brother's hand in the air, while the others hooted and cheered.
"It's about time that boy got his nickname!" Julius yelled, walking over to Luke with a smile on his face. Then, Coach Boone blew whistle and started the jog, Julius just turned to Luke "let's go Sandy, I'll race ya on the way there!" the two smirked and started out at a full run, but Renee stayed back and shook her head.
But, she felt a hand on her shoulder, and turned "hey, let's go" the person said. It was just Ronnie, but Renee didn't have anything to worry about with any of the guys, and Ronnie had double her trust of what most of the others did. "Okay?" Renee nodded and the two started out, it was going to be a long jog and they had each other to have a conversation with on the way to wherever Coach Boone had decided to take them.
Luke, whom was next to Ronnie, smiled and continued easily with his push-ups, his sister was actually going easy on them, since it had been only half a week since they arrived at the camp. Plus, he knew his sister's plans far too well, while the others were left guessing and aching terribly. Ronnie blinked harshly as a bead of sweat dripped into his eye from his forehead. "Man, this is harsh" he mumbled to himself.
"What was that, Sunshine?" the voice startled him slightly, causing him to look over to his left where he caught sight of Renee. She was smiling, and Ronnie just turned his head and continued to do what she was demanding. Even though what she demanded seemed completely impossible, but she would hear none of that from any of them. Out of the corner of his eye, Ronnie saw Renee stand back up, since she had been squatting next to him, and he sighed with relief. Her hand lightly rested on his helmet for a moment as she whispered to him "thought so Moonie, I thought so."
Two long hours later, long after dark, the team was still in their complete uniform gear, still doing more sit-ups for Renee. She blew her whistle sharply and stopped weaving around the group of them. "Alright, that's enough, for now. Rest up!" she yelled to them, smiling widely. All of them stood quickly and formed a circle, grunting and huffing all the while.
As she watched the team do their tradition since the year before, she only crossed her arms, shook her head, and smiled. But, someone grabbed her arm and pulled her over to the group, and she had no idea who it was. It couldn't have been Luke, he was in the middle yelling like a wild animal with Julius, so that also ruled Julius out. It wasn't Petey, he was far too busy throwing his helmet to the ground, and it wasn't anyone that she would have guessed. But, she looked over to her left and saw a bright smiling face greet her "Aww… hey Moonie, you know this is for the team, not for me" she whispered to him.
Ronnie shook his head and put his arm around her shoulders "girl, learn to live a little, you are part of the team!" he yelled to her. Julius turned and pushed through the gathering teammates over to Renee. He nodded to Ronnie and smiled, then took Renee's hand and led her to the middle. Ronnie just smiled and continued with the noise that went along with the ritual.
"Hey, Renee, what kinda power you got?" Julius yelled, his smile only widening as everyone tightly continued the sound. "I said what kinda power you got?"
"Hey, don't lose your head, you know I got some hard soul power!" Renee yelled back, only to have Julius slap her on the back with his smile broadening.
"I said, what kinda power you got?" Julius repeated, only continuing the way things went in the group of friends. Family was more like it.
"Hey, you know I got some soul power!" Renee replied loudly, once more. The two gave each other a high-five and pumped their fists in the air, getting the rest of the team to do so, leaving everyone yelling and shouting in victory.
A few minutes later, Renee was walking with Julius, back to the rooms, when he stopped. "You know, you're aight. We all like ya around here, you fit in, girl. But, you need to meet one person to really fit in" he said, looking at the ground for a moment before he looked quickly back up to her. He looked at her confused expression, and into her bright eyes.
"Who's that?" she asked softly, Julius was confusing her a bit, what with the way he had mentioned this other person to her, but she didn't mind. She was used to people springing things on her quickly, reminded her of how her father just packed up the family and moved them a few years after settling someplace, just like they were old children's toys that could be thrown in a box.
"Gerry" Julius replied, looking at the ground once more. Renee smiled and nodded, she had wanted to meet this Gerry character every since she had watched him on the television, he seemed like a very good player, and she didn't think that the Titans would ever be the same at their final game for the season without their captain leading them. Julius put his arm around her now shivering shoulders, and led her inside "sorry to keep you outside longer than you needed to be, now you're cold."
"It's alright, I don't mind the cold" Renee replied as the two continued to walk up the stairs, where Renee's room was stationed. Once they reached the door, Renee turned to face Julius "by the way, once we get home, will you promise to take me to meet Gerry? I'd love to meet him."
Julius smiled and hugged her tightly, once he let go, he looked into her eyes "oh, you're gonna love Superman! Ah, he's so cool, he's the greatest and best friend I've ever had. Thanks a lot girl, you won't regret your decision to meet him," he said with his smile widening.
"I would never turn down meeting a person like him, he seems nice and like a hard worker" Renee stated, and that was the truth. "Honestly I've wanted to meet him for a while now, never thought I'd get the chance though, but I never thought I'd be helping with coaching the Titans either." Julius just nodded, said good night, and left her to go to sleep. She would need the rest, if she was going to help Coach Boone get them all up at three o'clock in the morning, just for a jog.
And that she did, Coach Boone and Renee traveled up and down the halls, banging on the doors to every room and yelling at the people inside to get up and meet outside in five minutes. Once that was done, the two looked at each other and nodded, then went outside to meet the rest of the bunch of them outside. Standing there, ready to go, was Luke, Ronnie, and Julius. Coach Boone shook his head and looked the three up and down, then he turned to Renee "how did they do that?" Renee just shrugged and the two jogged over to them.
"Well, well, well if it isn't Sunshine, Big Ju, and…" Coach Boone began as he motioned to each as he said their nicknames, but he stopped at Luke "boy! You need a nickname!" Renee merely laughed and shrugged, she didn't have any suggestions on that one. "How about… Sandy?"
Renee looked over her brother, who pleaded with her with his eyes about changing the nickname, then she turned to Coach Boone and nodded. Coach Boone messed up Luke's hair, since he didn't have his helmet on at that very moment, and looked him over "yeah, you look like a Sandy" he stated easily, the others just smirked and laughed lightly. "Yeah, that you do boy."
Within four minutes, everyone else was there, and Renee walked over to Luke. "Before we start our little 'jog', I'd like to introduce you to Sandy!" she held up her brother's hand in the air, while the others hooted and cheered.
"It's about time that boy got his nickname!" Julius yelled, walking over to Luke with a smile on his face. Then, Coach Boone blew whistle and started the jog, Julius just turned to Luke "let's go Sandy, I'll race ya on the way there!" the two smirked and started out at a full run, but Renee stayed back and shook her head.
But, she felt a hand on her shoulder, and turned "hey, let's go" the person said. It was just Ronnie, but Renee didn't have anything to worry about with any of the guys, and Ronnie had double her trust of what most of the others did. "Okay?" Renee nodded and the two started out, it was going to be a long jog and they had each other to have a conversation with on the way to wherever Coach Boone had decided to take them.