The next day Ava woke up feeling uneasy. She felt horrible and she knew exactly why. It was a Sunday and she had nothing to do so she decided to go to the dojo where she learns martial arts. Since what happened with Seth she had been going there occasionally so she could have a few fighting skills. She didn't like that the last time she wasn't strong enough to do anything for herself.
She walked into the dojo. It was scanty which was perfect for her. She saw her sensei in a corner and before she walked over there he turned and noticed her and smiled.
“ bellezza! I wasn't expecting you today” Lorenzo— Ava's karate teacher— said.
“I decided to come over since it's been a while” Ava replied with a smile as he walked towards her.
They started their lessons. He taught her some new moves while they practiced some of the ones he thought previously. They were both resting.
“Hey, Ava, think fast!” He threw a bottle of water at her.
She caught it with her left hand. “Thanks Renzo”.
“Sure,” he responded.
They sat down for a while and caught their breath. “wanna go another round?” Lorenzo asked.
“Sure” she got up.
“ I think you're done learning with dummies, how ‘bout you try fighting me for a change?”
She laughed. “But fighting you is still fighting a dummy,”.
“Oh, nice one,” he said sarcastically with a smile. “So are you up for it?”
“definitely! Where do we start?”.
“I want to see how good your reflexes are,” he folded his arms.
“That's fine by me”.
“ Be careful though,I'm quite skilled,” he smirked. “Are you ready?” He asked.
“was ready a while ago but you wouldn't stop yapping” she said with a smug look.
They spared for a short while, Renzo did most of the attacking while Ava avoided his attacks and when she couldn't block the attacks he would stop his hand or legs before it could get to her.
“You're being soft” she said when she got her balance back.
“I'm not”. He had a smile on his face.
“This isn't how you fight the others” she stated as she walked towards him.
“The others are guys, you may not be able to handle some things”. He replied.
“I'm just as strong as most of them, even stronger than some,” she stated.
He knew she was right but still had some doubts. “look, bellezza,I can't go too hard on you-”
She kicked him. “ Shut up already and fight me.” She said with a smile.He didn't say anything but smiled then tried to attack but he missed. “ too slow”. She laughed to provoke him.
They spared till it was 4pm when they stopped the practice.
“Good fight,” he remarked.
“Yeah, I liked the part when you surrendered”. She smiled before taking a mouthful of water.
“That never happened,” he scoffed.
“ Yeah but it almost did, and next time I come here I'm going to make sure you're on your knees begging.”
