Chapter 31: Secrets

Kara POV

My shift seemed to drag on today. I was sore and that did not help. Walking was a bit of a challenge. Some customers asked what happened. I lied and said it was because I tried to do the splits and pulled a muscle. They said OK and left it at that. I knew mother would second guess it. But that is what mothers do.

I finished my shift and went about counting my tips. I made 50 dollars. That's not bad. It could be better, but I'll live with it. I will put this aside and save up until I get paid, so I can get at least 2 pairs of scrubs from the thrift shop. They were always cheap and they also had cute scrubs. I knew some CNA classes provided them, but this one did not. 2 pairs ought to hold me until I can get some more.

I had to wear them in class and when I did my clinicals. The last two weeks of class were clinical. We would have to go into a nursing home or hospital and practice taking blood pressure and vitals. I wanted to do my clinicals in a hospital. Because they were more than likely to hire you.

I walked out of the diner and went to the car that Marcus was driving. He was waiting to take me to the dojo. I was going to class half an hour early. That would give me some time to work out a little bit. I needed to stretch and get my heart pumping and relax a bit. When we pulled up, David's car was there. He must be working out, or he might have a class.

I got out of the car and walked up to the door and there was a sign that said.

" All advanced classes are canceled, beginners' classes will still be held."

That is odd. I wonder what is going on. The door opened and I walked in. David is on the mat doing push-ups. He heard the door to the dojo open.

" Hey baby." he stated.

" Hey " I responded.

He got up and rushed to me. He wrapped his arms around me and gave me a hug and a kiss.

" Are you OK baby?" he asked.

"I'm a little sore but overall I'm OK." I responded.

" Your early." he stated.

" Yes I know." i respondede.

" I want to stretch and do some running before class starts." I stated.

" Are you up to that?" he asked.

" Yes ill be fine." I responded.

I then walked to the locker room to change. I changed into my blue workout outfit. It was blue with black strips down the side of it. The pants were blue with black stripes down the side of the legs. It had a pocket where you could put your phone in it or an i-pod. I dug out my pod from my gym bag. It had 50 percent battery.

I will have to charge it tonight when I get home after class. I put my gi on over my work-out outfit. That way, I was ready when class started. But right now I was going to go stretch and do some running. I needed to get my body ready for class. Stretching seemed to help when I was sore.

It wasn't going to help that area. I was sore today. But at least my muscles will be ready. I was also hoping that it would help relieve some of the pain. It wasn't a bad pain, but it was still pain. I have had a high pain tolerance since I was a kid. I finished changing and walked back to the mat. I bowed on the mat and went to a corner. I started stretching.

I made sure to focus on my lower half. That was where I was the most stiff and sore. I stretched my arms and back. I was feeling better and started running around the mat. I needed the exercise. I looked at where David was at, and he was watching me instead of working out.

He then joined me.

" Why were the other3 classes canceled today?" I asked as we ran.

"Because I had a fight," he stated.

What fight was he talking about? I did not know that sensu had fights that they had to compet3e in.

" What fight?" I asked.

" I cannot tell you," he stated.

What did he mean he couldn't tell me? What is going on? I stopped running and looked at him straight in the eyes.

" David, if we are going to be in a relationship I need to know everything," I stated.

" Kara, there are some things I will not tell you." he stated.

" Fine." I stated.

I did not like that. But I guess I can live with it. I bet it is the street fights that I have heard about. I knew people fought in those. I will have to have Marcus follow him tonight. I want to know why they were so secretive. I knew they had no rules to speak of. They were all street fights.

Those men that have been harassing me were probably apart from them. I haven't seen them in a while, so I assume that he took care of the issue. I guess even billionaires have secrets. I knew he was the owner and operator of the computer company that was downtown. I knew he studied material arts in Japan.

I knew a little about him. But I do not like secrets. I will approach this subject another time. We started running again. Class was going to start soon. I finished my work-out. It was time for class to start. We lined up like we always do. He had half us focus on our form and the other half running and stretching.

I was glad that was what we were doing today. It gave me a chance to focus on my form and practice it. I was in the middle of it when David approached me.

" You are getting good at that," he stated.

" I have been practicing," I stated.

" I think you're ready to test to move to the next belt," he stated.

" Testing isn't until next week." I stated.

" I know." he stated.

It was my group's turn to run. We ran 10 laps then David called us back to line up. We all lined up, and he reminded us of the testing that was going to happen next week.