“COME ON!” Luke screamed
He and Jesse were standing across from each other. While Luke seemed to be fine, Jay, on the other hand, appeared as if she had been running 3 marathons. She was exhausted but still determined to improve. She ran and shot a foggy beam at Luke. A huge chunk of ice had appeared meant to imprison Luke. She took a second to rest and stood with her legs spread even more than before. She was breathing heavily looking onward. A shadow came across her face, promptly, she looked up. Luke jumped over the ice and was headed directly at her. Jay moved forward and ducked. Luke swung towards his back and landed on Jessie’s body as well. As he was rolling off her back, he wrapped his arm around her neck and using his body weight threw to the other side of the court. She landed, hard and rolled for a bit. As she laid on her stomach, she tried to get up using her arms, but they just gave up.
“Can we stop with your torture?” Luke asked
“I’m, fine... just, just one more” Jesse puffed out
“We’re done, you need to rest, tomorrow is a break day okay?”
“No... we have three more days before school starts, after that... we-would, no, have time...” she said in short intervals
“Dude, you can't even talk properly”
She laid quietly.
“Come on, let’s go besides we have to check with Minx tomorrow”
“Yeah, sure... carry me,” she said smiling
Luke sighed and proceeded to give her a piggy back. He walked towards their streets. They walked in an awkward silence. He walked down the street and headed towards Luke’s house.
“Where is you going!?” Jesse asked jokingly
“We are going to eat” he answered with a bored expression
“Nah, don’t worry my mom is maki-”
“You’re skipping more meals” he cut her off
Jesse stayed quiet for a bit, “No, I’m not”
“It’s not going to help you”
“We need it for energy and it just weighs me down, okay?” she argued, “I got coffee for that”
“You need protein and carbs”
“Whyyyyyyy?” She asked exaggeratedly
“Protein rebuilds muscle, carbs give lasting energy, it’s basic biology”
“Yeah, but I still eat... sometimes”
“Your muscles aren’t growing back, and I bet you’re passing out after every workout”
“Don’t act as if you don’t spy on me”
“Do I have to? Just eat regularly, it’s going to help your body in the next few days”
They arrived at his house and Luke set her down.
“You don’t have to eat, just walk back”
“I’m just sore, that’s it,” she said, she proceeded to walk a few feet and then proceeded to just stop
“Can’t move your legs?”
“Can’t move my legs” Jesse confirmed
Luke walked back towards her, and picked her up and walked inside. Anna was in a more comfortable outfit with sweatpants, a long-sleeved shirt, with pink slippers. She was in the kitchen cooking something that smelled absolutely delicious. Ellie however, was nowhere to be found.
“Luke, can you go get your sister,” Anna asked while waving her spatula
Luke placed Jesse on one of the empty chairs. He left the room and walked up the stairs to Ellie’s room. He entered a purple room that had a bunk bed with several scattered blankets from pink to blue. All around the floor were toys, one that really stood out was the 2-foot Godzilla toy right next to the bed. She likes monsters, as she explained to Luke before. There was one thing missing, Ellie. As Luke walked in he turned around quickly and caught a flying little girl that jumped from the top of the bunk bed. There she was giggling and completely ignoring the dangerous act she just committed.
“How many times hav-”
“Have I told you not to do that” Ellie finished
Luke sighed and smiled, even though he couldn’t see her, she never failed to amaze him. The innocent little girl was just too pure.
“Come on, we need to eat,” Luke said sternly
“Carry me!” She commanded
“Damn,” he said as he picked her up and placed her on her shoulders.
They walked towards the kitchen it seemed like Jesse and Anna were finishing up a conversation about makeup. Jesse’s face lit up seeing Ellie. Luke had placed Ellie down and she ran towards Jesse.
“ELLIE!” She shouted in excitement while hugging her, she would’ve picked her up but... she would die.
“Jay-Jay” Ellie repeated
Everyone sat down on their chairs and waited talking to Ellie about her days during Kindergarten, and then Anna served dinner. They all received different proportions. Jessie got the most.
“Subtle,” Jesse said staring at Luke
Luke just smiled while chewing on his chicken leg. Ana was eating while making a few glances at Jesse while she was eating. Obviously, she noticed and knew exactly what she was going to ask.
“I am eating, I promise I am” Jesse stated
“Those are a lot of bruises...” Anna pointed out, Jessie guessed wrong. Anna proceeded to look at Luke, to which he was just munching away. It wasn’t noticeable by regular eyes, but to everybody in the room, it was obvious. Luke was anxious.
“When you said you were going to train Jess,” Anna said, “I assumed it was a bit of light training”
“I don’t remember saying “light”, at all” Luke responded while turning his head, “subtly”
“Okay sure...” Anna paused staring daggers at him
“Well, dinner was delicious, Jesse I’ll walk you home,” Luke said quickly and stood up
“Nope, back down,” Anna said simply, Luke obliged immediately.
“So, Jessie... when you said you bought a boatload of makeup earlier... it isn’t to cover up something would it?”
Jesse glanced at Luke, who proceeded to facepalm, “I-I-I don’t”
“I’m calling your parents” Anna stated
“NO WAIT”
“No, I will not wait, you are turning purple, and I know you’re not eating your meals. Whatever this is, it’s not healthy at all”
“Told you,” Luke said in the background
“You, quiet. You, there’s no discussion” Anna said picking up her phone.
Jesse looked at Luke hoping for his help but he just continues eating his mashed potatoes. He gave her a side glance as if he was challenging her. But for what?
“I PROMISE!” Jesse yelled
Anna paused, “Promise to what? Exactly”
“I’ll eat more, I-I won’t overdo it... I’ll listen to what you guys say” she responded looking back at Luke, proceeding Anna.
“I’m glad, you got the message. Anna please, you know how her parents get whenever she does... anything” Luke said standing up, “She’s finally going to start becoming healthier and more responsible. I’ll make sure of it”
Anna started hesitating, “No”, she said with her resolution.
Luke and Jesse looked at each other, now unsure of what would happen.
“At least, prove it,” Anna said
“Prove what?” Jessie said
“She wants you to tell your parents that you’re training with me” Luke answered
“But they’ll just kill me, and then Luke”
“If you can prove that I’ll believe you won’t get hurt, and I’ll support it,” Anna said finally
Jesse just walked out, Luke looked at Anna and proceeded to follow her. Luke jogged a bit to catch up and stopped her.
“How can I tell them?” Jesse said, “My dad will just make it stop, hell, if he’s lucky he gets to arrest you...” Luke just stared at her, “LOOK AT ME! I’M FULL OF BRUISES. How can I walk up to them?”
“When I said it was going to hurt, I wasn’t only talking about physically, everything is going to hurt. Every decision you make is going to hurt. Whether you want it to or not.” Luke told her
Jesse just looked down. After a moment of silence, she walked away. Luke stayed behind and walked back inside. Anna was talking to Ellie. Who was confused about what just happened, and a little scared. Luke crouched down next to her.
“What’s wrong El?” Luke asked
“Is Jessie okay?” Ellie asked
“I’m not sure... but it’s fine. She’s strong, she’ll be fine”
“Will she?” Anna asked
Luke looked up, but before he could answer his phone went off. He took it out of his pocket and saw Jessie’s name. He answered the phone and placed it on his ear.
“WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU AR-!” the phone screamed and Luke quickly pulled it away. The phone was still going off. That must be Jessie’s dad. The screaming stopped for a bit. That would be her mom. Then it began screaming again, dad. Then the phone hung up, that’s Jessie. Luke chuckled.
“Oh, she’ll definitely be fine,” Luke said
Anna laughed, and walked back to the table before saying, “You won’t be”
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