Chapter 10: An Awkward Situation

Through the Eyes of Peter

"Alright Pete. This is how you do a Giant Swing." King told me. We had been training for a little bit and King was beginning to show me some of his wrestling moves.

"Lay down on the bench press machine over there, and I'll show you how it goes." He said. I did as I was told, laying on my back and watching him come over to me. To my surprise, King took his tank top off and tossed it to the side.

"It is way too hot in here." He said. I nodded in agreement, though I wasn't about to start removing my clothes as well. He stood before me wearing nothing but black shorts and black sneakers. His jaguar mask seemed to peer into my soul, making me regret my feelings. Once again surprising me, King stood in front of me and took hold of my legs, spreading them apart and resting one leg under each arm. I blushed immediately in this awkward position and I hoped that he would let go soon.

"Okay, so you take the person like this and then you start to swing them around in a circle, got it?" King said. I nodded slightly, being too embarrassed to say anything out loud.

"Oh..." I heard a voice say. I looked over to my left and saw a woman standing in the doorway. Her eyes seemed to throw daggers, even though her expression was purely one of shock. Her dark brown hair fell behind her shoulders and right away, I noticed that she was here to work out. Adorned in a black sports bra and shorts, she appeared to be almost a heavenly sight to my eyes.

"Hi!" King said with a smile on his face as he waved to her.

"King! Can you let GO of me!" I yelled, being embarrassed beyond repair.

"I'll let you two have the gym to yourselves." The woman said as she turned to walk away. I hopped up to my feet and gave King a death glare.

"Great, now she thinks we're gay." I said to him.

"You never know!" King said with a playful wink. I shot him a look of disgust to hide my feelings as he laughed like a child. Obviously, he was just kidding but I couldn't let him know that his statement affected me. I ran after the dark haired woman.

"Wait!" I said as I put my hand on her shoulder. Immediately, she stopped walking and turned around, giving me a look that said 'did you JUST?'

I took my hand off of her shoulder slowly, trying not to make any sudden movements. I caught my breath and began to speak to her.

"Okay, what you just saw, it wasn't what it looked like." I managed to say.

"Riiight." She replied.

"No REALLY! That was my dad!"

She shot me a look of total disgust while saying, "Your own father..."

"Oh my god, no! Not like that1 You see, he was teaching me some moves."

"I'll bet he was." She replied.

"Okay, okay. Let's just take a break here. I'm here for the tournament. Are you?"

She smiled slightly, but it seemed threatening. "Yes, I am."

I looked down at her body, taking in her muscles. If I had to fight her, I don't know if I could take her.

"Hey buddy, my face is up here." She said angrily. I looked up in shock, I must have dazed off.

"Sorry." I said. I found that it was hard to communicate with her, as I was extremely nervous while dealing with her. I did admire her middle eastern accent, I found it to be very sexy. Judging by her skin tone and voice, I would probably say that she was Egyptian or something like that.

"Don't worry," She said. "I won't tell anybody about your homosexual incest relationship." She said with a wink. I choked up and couldn't say anything to defend myself.

"B-but!" I managed to choke out.

"I'll see you around." She said with a devious smile as she turned to leave. As she turned the corner, she slammed into somebody. The girl that she walked into turned out to be none other than Sylvia.

"Hey! Watch it!" Sylvia said as she watched her walk away.

"Same to you." The woman said. Just then, I looked on the floor and saw some kind of card. I picked it up and on the card was a picture of that woman. The picture wasn't very flattering, as she was stone faced in it, not even smiling slightly. Her name read 'Jamila'. Hmm...she is pretty interesting.

"Jeez, who's your friend?" Sylvia said as she came over to me. I hid the ID card and looked in Jamila's direction, even though she was already gone.

"I don't know, we just met and...wait a minute, why am I even TALKING to you!" I said harshly as I walked away from her and back to the gym. I heard her laugh in an evil manner, taunting me as I walked away from her.

"I love you too!" she said sarcastically. I can't WAIT until I face her in the tournament.