How To Perform

As soon as we stepped outside he grabs my hand. We walk towards his car which is still parked at the stadium. We get in and get out of the parking lot without any trouble, luckily a gate was still open. I give him the directions to the Gym. We get there at 6:05.
“Oh crap. I’ve gotta run in. You good?” I ask quickly while getting out.
“Yeah, i’ll find my way. Go, don’t be late.” He says while getting out.
I sprint in and strip off my sweats and toss them on a bench. I reach the floor and begin to stretch quickly and efficiently. Ridge comes in and starts telling the younger students what to practice, then tells Erin to practice the vault and me to run a few laps.
“Ridge!” I half-scream.
“I don’t wanna hear it,” Ridge says, “four laps, then floor routine, uneven bars, vault then balance beam. You were late again.”
I quit arguing and run my four laps, passing the snickering trio. Yes, they were back again.
I head over towards the vault to see how Erin is doing but stop because Ridge was there and Erin wasn’t. I head towards the floor and and put my music in. I zone out as I do my routine again. Once the music had stopped and my routine had ended I noticed Erin and Steve watching.
“WOW!” Erin and Steve say at the same time.
“Thanks, but it wasn’t that great I messed up quite a bit, almost fell a few times.” I say a little out of breath. “I have to head over to the uneven bars.”
Erin laughs at the expression on Steves face.
“What’s so funny?” Steve asks Erin.
“She tends to flash people when she is on the uneven bars and the balance beam.” Erin says just loud enough for me to hear.
“Er!” I say while turning a shade of dark pink.
“Sorry!” She says laughing. We all head over. Erin does her routine quickly, then i do my routine. Once we are done we decide to go to the balance beam since there was an open one and there was a line at the vault. Again Erin goes first and she completes her routine perfectly. I mount the balance beam and then do my routine. I finish only messing up at the dismount. I layed on the mat and Erin and Steve run over. Steve reaches me first as I’m sitting up.
“Are you okay?” He asked concerned
“Yeah, i’m fine,” I laugh, “this happens sometimes Steve, I’m fine.”
He helps me up then we walk over to the vault. Erin laughs as the trio snickers.
Steve looks at her and then Erin explains as they back up to watch. I run the stretch up to the vault and to a roundoff backhandspring back tuck off the vault. I land it and the trio looks over the one girl seems to realize Steve. All I hear is “Holy Fuck, is that who I think it is!?!”
“Do your actual movement.” Ridge snaps at me. Steve looks like he wants to punch Ridge. I walk towards the start and Ridge snaps “FASTER LOVE WE DON’T HAVE ALL DAY!” I jog back and then start my ‘actual movement’ a roundoff back handspring double twist. Ridge walks away being satisfied enough. I walk towards Erin and Steve. “I’m gonna go shower, so I’ll be right back.” I state.
“I am gonna go do my floor routine if you wanna watch Steve.” Erin says.
“Okay, and I’d love to see it.” Steve says with a smile.
Erin skips over towards the floor leaving Steve smiling at me.
“Better go catch up.” I say over my shoulder as I head off to the shower. Steve had brought my bag in and I guess Erin put it in front of my locker. I shower quickly and change into my white jeans, my flyers shirt, and my black, white and orange sneakers that I had packed. I tie my hair up in a messy bun and jog out towards the floor. Erin is about halfway through her routine, and Steve is surrounded by the trio, the Superficial Blonde is hanging off him and the Superficial Brunette is practically drooling over him and trying to get closer than she already is. The Small Black Haired Girl was the only one actually watching Erins routine. I jog over and stand next to the Black Haired Girl, “Hey,” she says to me, “I’m sorry about them, they can be so annoying. Oh, my name is Ashley.”
“Its okay and I’m Tina.” I say and we shake hands. I glance at Steve and he looks like he doesn’t want anything to do with them. He looks over and is pleading with his eyes. Erin jogs over after finishing her routine.
“If you’re not gonna help him, I will.” She says matter-of-factly.
I walk over “Hey.”
“Oh babe there you are!” He says, his face saying go along with it. The two girls look at me then give him a look of disgust, but they back off. He takes the step between us then pulls me into him for a hug then keeps me by his side. He smiles down at me and I smile back.
“Thanks for bringing my bag in, I really appreciate it.” I say leaning into him.
The girls finally leave, I wave bye to Ashley and she waves back. “We should get out of here,” I say as i grab his hand, “We have to get to your practice.” He nods then we head out. We stop to say bye to Erin. Then I grab my bag and throw my sweats in as we head out to his car. I toss my bag onto the back seat once he unlocks the car.
“I have to tell you something.” He looks kinda embarrassed. He started the car and was already on the way to Voorhees, New Jersey.
“Yeah?” I ask while watching him focus on the road.

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