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Chapter 10
I walked up to Rudy confidently and said, "Ok Rudy, I'm ready."
"Good," he replied, "Because the competition starts now."
Everyone went to their seats except Jack. "Are you sure you want to do this?" He asked.
I took a deep breath and nodded. "Yeah, I'll be fine."
"Ok, good luck." He went to sit down and I grabbed my Bo staff. I stood in front of Frank.
"Now," he referee said, "I want a nice, honest fight."
When we started to spar, Frank said, "You're brave to have come here after our threat; you and Jack will pay if you win."
"You don't scare me, Frank," I said sternly, "Jack and I can take care of ourselves."
He tried to hit my wrist but I blocked it... the first time anyway. He tried again, and hit his target. I yelped and dropped my Bo staff. I gripped my wrist in pain.
"Jess!" Jack yelled, almost jumping up from his seat.
I shook my wrist and grabbed my Bo staff quickly. But as soon as I had it, Frank hit my staff with his and it snapped. "That's not supposed to happen..." I said quietly, my eyes widened slightly.
Frank dropped his staff and tried to punch me. I ducked and started to back away. "Oh, is the little black belt scared?" He mocked.
"Oh you mean like how you were the first day I was at school?" I snapped.
He glared at me and tried to kick me. I tried to duck to the side but he hit my wrist again. I closed my eyes dropped the broken Bo staff.
Jack came over to me and asked, "Are you ok, Jess?"
"Let's just get out of here," I replied quietly.
"But-"
"Jack, I can't do this, let's go." I took his hand and pulled him to the door.
We went outside and sat near the door. I looked at my lap. "I'm sorry," I whispered, choking back tears of regret, "You must think I'm so weak..." I prepared myself for the worst. I had learned a long time ago about what people do when they're disappointed in me. I knew not all people were like 'him', but I also knew that some people weren't worth trusting.
"I don't think that, Jess," Jack said gently, I looked up at him, "I understand why you backed out."
I was confused. "A person I used to know back in China... he um... he didn't understand when I backed out of something..."
"Was this guy your ex-boyfriend?"
I gaged, "No! He was one of my mom's friends. He was from America, he went to China to get away from something he did here... He hates me."
"Why? What did you back out of?"
I sighed. "Nothing you need to concern yourself with, Jack. It's not important."
He shrugged. "Ok..."
I closed my eyes. "So you're not mad...?"
"Of course not," he held my hand, "It doesn't matter. It was just one tournament."
I looked at him and smiled.
"So when are you going to tell Bobby your parents are dead?" He asked.
"Are you crazy!? After what I just did I'll be lucky if I'm not disowned!" I replied, "I'll tell him soon, I promise."
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Rudy was a bit ticked off about me backing out of the tournament and, as punishment, told me that I had to clean dojo bathrooms for a week. He pretended not to care about what I did because my uncle was around, but I could tell he was angry.
All in all I was pretty happy, I got some new friends I felt I could trust... for now, and I got back in to karate. I could really use someone to lean on. After my parents died and 'he' went after me, I was scared. But if I went to the police I would just give myself away. I might as well of just stayed in China if I told the cops what had happened.
I had to take care of myself now. Part of me felt I could really trust Jack, part of me said to stay away. How am I supposed to deny my feelings?
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And that's it. Story over. The End. Who exactly is 'he' and what does he want with Jess? Yeah I'm gonna be honest you probably won't know for the next few stories.
Review, tell me what ya think, I'll start the next story... when I get the chance.
Have a blessed day.
~Nydroj