First Lesson

As Henry and Gabriella walked out of Gabriella's house there was an awkward silence between them

Henry walked with his both hands in the pocket of his sweater while Gabriella walked holding her both hands at her back.

"So why did you quit being a coach when you're so great at it?"🤔 she asked curiously and also breaking the silence

"Gabriella do you care about what other people think about you?"

He asked ignoring her question, meanwhile his question shocked Gabriella and she stop halts her steps. Henry did not stop walking

"Keep walking"😒 he commanded and Gabriella resumed her steps and catches up to him

"Yes, I do care what people think about me, don't you?"🤨 she asked curiously.

"No I don't and that's where you're wrong, Gabriella, once you think something is good or bad, you should stick to your opinion, don't let other's opinion defeat yours thereby giving you a change of heart and making you inconsistent in your decision making"

He said without looking at Gabriella and kept looking forward as he walks

"What do you mean?" she asked curiously

"I realized that, although you were happy with were you live, you were too concerned about what I think about it and that alone made you weak. Those things shouldn't bother you because, no matter how much you try, you can never please a human" He said advisably

"Peoples opinion about you should not always matter, because, some of them are aimed at your downfall. The truth is that I do like living in a place like this with such a comfortable environment, but I decided to act cold since I noticed you were concerned about my opinion and that alone made you panic. This is your first lesson Gabriella, never forget it " He said as he concluded his speech

Gabriella's face brightened as her smile started growing slowly before it completely covered her face😇

"I won't forget bro" she said smiling

"bro?🤨, I'm your coach, call me coach "He ordered

*don't get too cocky*😑 she thought

"So about what you said, do you really like here or you just want to use it to console me?" she said expecting a 'Yes i mean It' answer

"You haven't learned your first Lesson, have you young lady? But yes I really like it here" He said honestly

"Oh, thank you coach and by the way I've learned my lesson. I was just too scared that you'd use because of my poor background to teach me poorly" she said excited that he likes her parents house and also stating why she was so worried

"Do you think I'm that kind of person?"🙄 he asked

"I don't know, are you?"🧐

Henry stops, looks at her and smirks

"I'll let you find out yourself" 😏he said

"Whatever the case may be only let in positivity in you, only those kind of opinion can keep you moving strong" he added

"Yes coach" she said with a smile as they both continued and finally reach the demacated path that leads to the main road

"coach please can you wait here for me. I want to visit a friend?"

she said and without waiting for a reply she rushed to the chicken's cage to see how chikky is doing.

Curious to know who this friend might be, he followed her, and saw her kneeling sadly and rubbing chikky's chin with the side of her finger

"What's wrong with your chicken"🤨 He asked looking at the friend she meant

"Its all my fault, I let Chikky out but an eagle attacked and now she can't walk properly, I just can't stop blaming myself"😔

"Do you trust me?" an unexpected question hits Gabriella's ear drum

*Why is this dude so weird and unpredictable always asking unexpected questions*

" I think I can trust you" she replied

"Then let the chick out" Henry said with a flat tone

"No way, there's no way I'm repeating the same mistake again"😑 she shakes her head violently in disagreement

"But you said you trusted me right?"

"What if she gets hurt?"🥺 she asked scared and a tear was about to drop from her eye

"What if she gets healed?" Henry replied her question with a question

*huh?, ahh, I forgot he healed me, maybe he can heal chikky too, no harm in trying right? , but I have to watch out in case any eagle tries to attack.*

"ok, but please be fast with whatever you're doing" she lets the chick out.

Looks at her

~sighs~

"Remember to add this to your today's lesson, becareful of who you trust, not everyone who answers your friend are your friends, remember your enemies even keeps you closer". he said and Gabriella nods in agreement.

As soon as chikky came out, he held her broken leg gently and poured some oil on it, the same as the one he used on Gabriella

~phew~

"All done" he said gesturing removing a sweat from his forehead, before carefully putting chikky back to her cage

"Thank you so very much coach"😁 she said as her excitement was visible in her smiling face

"You're welcome, she'll be ok by tomorrow"

"Come let me get you something for helping chikky and you can't refuse"

Not giving Henry an option she dragged him to her garden and plucked a beautiful yellow flower and gave it to Henry

"This is my thank you"😊 she said smiling as she hands the flower to him

."Umm, thank you too Gabriella for the beautiful flower, by the way this is a nice garden" he said as he collects the flower from her and they start walking to the main road

"oh, the garden, I've been working on it since I was little" She replied happily

"Well it's worth the time you spent on it. " He said, as they reached the exit

He turns to Gabriella

"If I said you were crazy cause you named you animals, I would literally not be lying but would it affect you?" Henry asked

"No... not really cause I've always known that was crazy"🤔 She gestures thinking

"I'm sure your little tree here also has a name, doesn't he?" He said referring to Mr. walnut

"Is it mr.walnut?"

"So that's what you call him, the name's dumb, why don't we call him 'Muscle' or 'T square' which is for Tall Tree"

He thought with Gabriella as they both looked at Mr.Walnut

"Yes, I see what you did there coach, you're quite good at naming things aren't you, I'll go with Muscle" She looks at him happily and smiles

"Yes, of course, that's what you expect from the world's best coach"😎, Henry raises his nose up demonstrating his pride, soon he realizes what he was doing

*wait...what am I doing?*😕

"See tigeress your craziness is rubbing off on me" 😓He said blaming Gabriella

"So you wanna blame me for having a little bit of fun, you were clearly enjoying yourself" she said somewhat annoyed😤

~chuckles~

"Yeah I won't lie, it was fun, maybe doing crazy things like this more often makes life more fun, anyways, I still think what makes you different is what makes you better than the others."

"thanks coach, that helps alot, let's go for practice"😁 stops a taxi

"Nah,you go home and rest, practice begins tommorow, you have enough time to name more of your items and I'll come pick you up myself"

"so I'm not coming?"

"Yes, bye remember to rest well and don't do too many crazy things, i just can't Imagine you being crazier than you already are, by the way I wouldn't be coming with my mask tommorow, so get ready to be blown out of your mind by my beauty" 😌 he said before he enters the taxi and they drive off

"Bye coach!!!" she shouted waving at the moving car.

"Can't wait to see you without the mask"

After the car disappeared from her view , she turned and walked back home

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Dear fans sorry for the late updates and as a compensation, I'll update one more chapter this evening, so stay tuned ok😘

Your Handsome Author: Henry 😎

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