Something new

I'm laying in bed when I hear a knock at my door. I sign and as I am opening it my sister jumps onto me holding me in a tight hug. I gasp in shock

"Hi there. What are you doing here?" I stutter.

"It's nice to see you too" she backs off and enters my house. I stand there still waiting for an answer.

"Well I decided I need to do something with you and it will help you. You know ever since..."she trails off, I know exactly what she means. Since what happened with our mother  she has been taking it surprisingly better than I would have thought.

"What are we going to do, I just had a long day at work" I sigh.

"Get ready and go put on some exercise clothes"

oh no i shake my head. "This doesn't sound good"

"shut up and go, and hurry"

"haha...." I run upstairs and throw on some yoga capris with a blue waistband and a loose shirt braiding my hair so it flows down my back. Putting on my blue tennis shoes I head back down stairs.

She is standing there with her arms crossed and foot tapping

"Took you long enough"

"whatever stinky" I snap back

"real mature" I roll my eyes. And we leave, she starts driving and I'm trying to guess but she is being stubborn and not telling me where we are going.

We pull up to the gym, the parking lot pretty much empty. This looks promising... "Alright come on"

"What are we doing here Sarah?" She smiles, still not spilling her secret. Here goes nothing. When we enter I see a boxing ring in the middle of the floor I look over at Sarah

"there is no way"

"come on just try it please, it has really helped me and my instructor is super nice and knows all about our situation"

"what are you dating this guy"

"maybe...."

"Ugh Sarah, what the heck"

"You are such a baby, alright listen. Just do this once for me, if you don't like it you never have to try it again. If you do like it then I reserve the right to say I told you so...deal" she holds out her hand and smiles.

I slowly put my hand in hers and state "deal" "wait here" she runs into an office in the corner and out comes a tall glass of water.

His muscles are toned and he looks like he is not a force to be reckoned with. "Nick this is Ariya my sister"

"Ariya this is Nick, one of your trainers/ and my boyfriend" she smiles, biting her lip like I am supposed to jump for joy.

(Nick)

"Nice to meet you." I state.

"First we are going to see what you are capable of and run you through some tests to make sure your body can handle this. Boxing is hard work. And it's even harder if you don't believe you can do this. So clear your mind and let's get started"

He walks me around making me punch and jump and do things I didn't even know existed. During a push up I fell down and I'm not kidding I laid there for probably a good three minutes because ouch.

My whole body at this point is a big sore lump. And my sister is just standing there with this huge grin on her face. Next he walks me up to a leather worn out punching bag.

"Is this where I nap?" I laugh. I groan as a sick smile spreads on his face.

"Nope...I want you to hit this bag as hard as you can as many times as you can" I sigh.

Clenching my fists I hit the bag and it knocked me back. Then I realized the bag didn't even move. I look over to see them both laughing and my eyes narrow. Suddenly the door to the gym opens and another tall man walks in.

Probably around my age with brown hair and hazel eyes he walks over to us and glares at nick. "Are you going to help her or stand there making Googly eyes with Sarah."

He waits for an answer then walks over to me "Hi I'm Marcus. I see you are new at this, let me help you. Face the bag like you are going to punch it"

(Marcus)

I turn and he walks up and presses on my hip.

"You need to move your whole body, not just your back." He then demonstrates and hits the bag with his fist.

I stand there watching as all of his muscles work as a unit to put force into the bag. I follow him and feel pain in my knuckles. I look at them and they are covered in cuts.

He sighs and looks at my hands "follow me" he walks over to a first aid kit and sets it on a nearby counter.

"Thank you for helping me, it seems my sister has more important things to do" I nod towards Nick and Sarah giggling against a machine

"No problem" he stands there silently waiting for me to put my hands on the counter. Slowly my knuckles are starting to bruise and he applies ointment and bandages.

"There you should be set to go" he closes the kit back up and goes into the office, he seems to be a huge talker...I roll my eyes.

Nick walks over and tells me that I have a lot of work to do and that he can see a lot of potential.

"Did you have fun?"

"A little I guess...right now I just feel so sore" on the car ride home Sarah keeps smiling waiting for the big (I Told You So) I try to ignore her. Finally when I get home I look over and she has a huge smile

"I told you so" she finally says.

"You are such a loser. I admit it was fun but not an everyday thing. I hurt...really bad"

"yeah that's what happens." I look down at my bandaged knuckles.

" Thank you Sarah. I love you" I lean over and hug her.

"I love you too Ariya. Text me later and we can talk'' I walk inside and collapse on the bed falling into a deep exhausted sleep.