Untamed (Sequel to Unleashed)

Practice

Sitting on an ottoman in the backyard I watched as the guys began their training for the day. With Charlotte getting a grand tour by Angel and Lily, and Ashton going over music stuff with the emo's I watched as Liam and Niall practice their reflexes while fighting.

"Tea?" Nick asks, as I looked up to see him holding a black cup with hearts to me.

I nod, "Thank you."

"May I?" He asks as he points to the spot next to me.

"Of course." I say as I scoot over to give him room.

"I heard you had a rough day today." Nick starts.

I shrug, "Well the whole school has randomly found out about my fire starting at my old school and now they think I'm connected to the carnival. Could be worst."

"How do you feel about that?"

"Worried." I say as I sip my tea, "I don't want people labeling me as 'That weirdo' again."

"Hmm," he says as he looks out to the field.

We sat there for a moment in silence when the phone rang.

"Excuse me." He says as he stands and walks off.

Looking back to the sparing between Liam and Niall I watched in amazement with how swift their movements were.

"You want a round Pollyanna?" Liam asks as he wipes sweat off his face.

I shook my head and laughed, "No."

"Why not?" He asks, his chest rising and falling.

"Because I don't know how to fight."

"Your dad never taught you?" Asked Niall.

"Basic stuff yes. Wolf/witches strength included, no."

"That says it, let's have a round." Says Liam as he makes his way to me.

I laugh shaking my head no as he takes my tea from me and pulls me to my feet.

"Come on, I'll go easy on you." Liam says.

Standing me in front of him he shows me how I should stand, and how to block shots coming my way. We did a few practice hits in which I got hit instantly because he was too fast.

"Come on Polly you can do better then that." Liam says, "Watch my stance, with the slightest twist of my hips or point of my foot you can anticipate what I'm going to do next."

"You are faster then me Liam." I say as I pulled up my sleeves.

"Because I had practice. So come on, let's practice your swings again."

Sighing I readied myself as did as Liam told me. We worked on my hitting him  for about 10 minutes before he says, "Now let's try blocking."

Running examples through with me he showed me what my father taught me, 'Never put your head down in a fight, and always block with your arm.'

"Now try to come for me." Liam says.

Taking a deep breath I got into my stance as I swung. He blocked and deflected each hit with no problem, it wasn't until my last attempt when he grabbed my wrist, yanked me to him, and spin me so fast as he pins my arm behind my back.

"You have to be creative with your swings Polly," he says heavily in my ear, "You can do the same combo with every fight, you need to be creative and change it up."

I nodded as I chest rose up and down heavily. I could feel heat cascading off of him as his breath on my neck sent a wave of warmth through me. Letting me go I turned to him and took off my sweater, leaving me with my tank top on, as I pulled my hair into a messy bun.