Chapter 32: Preparing

Davids POV

I finished my day at the company and went to the gym. I put a sign on the door letting everyone know that the advanced classes were canceled. But the beginners class was still proceeding. They had testing next week. I locked the door and then started working out. I ran for about half an hour and then did some sit-ups. I had a set of weights in the back that I started lifting.

I wanted to be warmed up for my fight this evening. I was going to finish my work-out with the beginners class as a cool down. I finished working with the weights and went out to the mat. I looked at the clock. It was 3:00 pm. Kara would be getting off work shortly. I knew she would come here and change.

It was her habit on class days. I went back to working out. I had called the director of the street fight. There were 6 fights before mine. I would have plenty of time to teach my class and then get ready. I always wear the same outfit when I compete. No shirt and blue gym shorts.

I was doing push-ups. Kara showed up right on time. She was half an hour early. She looked so beautiful.

" Hey baby." I greeted her.

" Hey" she greeted me back.

I got up off the mat and rushed to her. I could not wait to hug her and kiss her. I was nervous about my fight and her presence always seemed to have a calming effect on me.

" Are you OK baby?" I asked.

I could tell by the way she was walking that she was sore from last night. For a girl that wasn't a virgin, she was really tight.

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

" Your early." I stated.

" Yes I know," she responded.

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

" Are you up to that?" I asked.

I truthfully didn't think she needed to be pushing her body like that. But that was her way of doing things. She wanted to stay fit and in shape. Stretching was always a way to relieve pain.

" Yes, I'll be fine." she responded.

She went to the looker room. When she came out she was wearing her gi. I knew she had work-out clothes on under it. Everyone would wear skin-tight things under their gi. She went to the mat and started stretching. I pretended to start working out again. But I was watching her stretch. I especially like looking at her butt. The gi really didn't show much. They were designed to be baggy and allow movement.

But I knew what her butt looked like without the gi. She had a rocking body. I hated that some things hid her figure. But in class I was OK with it. I wanted to have her with me all the time. But she would have to make that decision. I will talk to her about it. But not right now with her classes about to start and her getting ready to test her belt.

She was quite a remarkable woman. She has been through alot. From the research I did on her. Her parents are divorced, and she was part of a scandal at her old school. She finished stretching and started running. She looked over to where I was, and she noticed I was not working out, so I decided to join her running.

" Why were the other classes canceled today?" she asked as we ran.

"Because I have a fight tonight," I stated.

She started asking questions about it. She was not going to like my answers.

" What fight?" she asked.

" I cannot tell you," I stated.

I knew she was not happy with that answer, but it was for her protection. I knew som fighters brought their girls with them to cheer them on, but they would always end up in the middle of things and get hurt, either because they stepped in to end the fight, or the person who lost would target them outside the fights.

She stopped running and looked me in the eyes.

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

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

" Fine." she stated.

I knew that answer upset het, but I did it for her protection. There are some things that I do to make money that aren't exactly on the up and up. I'm a hired hand. I beat people up for money if they don't pay their debts. These are things that if she knew too much information, it could get her hurt or killed. Class started. Today I was going to break them up and have half run 10 laps and the other half work on their form and get ready for testing.

Kara was in the first half of the class practicing their form. I was helping a young girl when I looked over and saw Kara. I watched her for a few minutes and noticed that she was ready for testing already. I walked over to her.

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

" I have been practicing," she stated.

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

As a sensi I had the discretion to test my students without the board's permission. I would have to film it and show it to them for them to agree on moving a student to the next belt. But if I thought they were ready, they did not need to test in front of them.

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

" I know." I stated.

I wouldn't push her to test today. I knew she was sore. I want to be confident and not hurting in front of the board. That would go against her if they thought that she was injured in any way. It was Kara's group's turn to run their laps. After they finished, they could sit and watch everyone else until it was time to practice all together.

Her group finished running and then sat down. We finished class with some stances and bows and prepared them for what to expect during testing.

"The most important thing to remember is to bow on and off the mat and recite the greed. Also, when you test have fun and be confident," I stated.