He nods his head. I show him what I have been learning and he looks genuinely impressed. A few people walk in the room to work out. I’m surprised that I don’t feel scared or cornered by any of the men. It just goes to show how much I actually trust them. Trust never comes this easily to me.
We pause for a water break when we are both breathing heavily, and brothers come to talk to us and look happy that I know most of the moves.
“Wow. That’s great that you have been learning all of that,” Damien says with a nod.
“Thanks. It’s been good for to learn how to defend myself if I ever need to, and also it helps to release any pent up anger or frustration,” I tell him, and he nods his head like he understands.
“I can see that. I have been trying to get Ella to take some self defense. You know, in case she ever needed it. Maybe she can practice with you? I think it might help,” he says.
“I would like that. I think that it’s important for anyone to know, really,” I tell him.
“Thanks. I’ll let her know that she can join you tomorrow,” he says before he heads back to the weights.
“What’s going on here?” I hear a voice ask. I turn around which was the wrong thing to do seeing as I was in the middle of taking a drink of water and ended up slightly choking on it and splashing it all over myself.
“Hey, are you okay?” Crash says to me with concern in his eyes.
Tyson comes walking up narrowing his eyes on the hand Crash has on my arm.
“I’m alright,” I say slightly stepping away from Crash’s touch and Tyson’s eyes.
“Well, what’s going on here?” Tyson says as he crosses his arms over his chest. He’s clearly here for the gym because he’s got a muscle shirt on. I can see the muscle on his arms and the tattoos he has covering them. Plus the shorts he has on really don’t do much of hiding anything.
I let out a sigh that was completely unintentional. They both hear it based on the smirk on Tyson’s face and the smile on Crash’s. I also hear a couple chuckles which causes me to blush. Damn, I guess it wasn’t quiet at all.
“Well, I have been getting bored and Crash here,” I say pointing to him, you know, in case he doesn’t know who Crash is. “Well, he suggested I work on my self defense and, well, that’s what I usually did with my time at home. Read, write, exercise, therapy. You know, it was a great way to protect myself, so I can’t let myself get rusty or anything.”
The whole room goes silent and I swear I hear a cricket.
A few more seconds tick by before everyone lets out a laugh.
“Sounds good. Well you better get back to it. Wouldn’t want you to get rusty,” Tyson says with a smirk as he heads to where Damien is working out. I let out another sigh when he turns his back and I see his butt in those shorts. Damn, he can make them look good.
I watch as he shakes his head and pauses a step for a minute, but I’m just going to pretend he didn’t hear that one.
I’ll analyze the fact that I obviously find him attractive later.
I get into fighting and end up blocking everything out and concentrating on my moves.
I can feel Tyson’s eyes on me, but I try my hardest to block that out.
No distractions.
Tyson “Torch”
I can’t help but watch as Camilla spars with Crash. She moves with confidence and you can tell that her focus is on nothing else in that room but what she’s doing. I’m glad to see how well her classes have helped her and how seriously she is taking them. I wouldn’t think I would see her move like that if you would have told me months ago.
It’s great to see her finding herself.
She has changed from the scared almost broken women we found to someone else entirely. With the way she is rocking the moves, you wouldn’t have known that was her.
We all watch in shock as she takes Crash to the ground time and time again.
“Damn, she’s pretty good,” Steal says as he walks into the room.
We all nod our heads in agreement.
“She’s going to help Ella learn. I don’t think that she knows that Crash is actually a certified instructor, but it might help with Ella and the other women wanting to learn by seeing Camilla knowing how to do it,” Damien says.
“That’s true. We will have to round up the ones who can join. Maybe Crash can get that class going like he has always wanted to,” I say.
“I think this will be good for the club. Not only will it help us be more at ease with the women knowing a few moves should some fucker catch them unaware, but it will also be a good skill to have handy for everyone,” he says and starts making plans to start classes tomorrow.
I can’t help but shake my head. but I know that he takes Ella’s safety seriously and is going to do anything that he can to make sure she’s protected at all times.
When they are done sparring, I watch as Camilla laughs at something Crash says and something ugly turns inside of me.
I don’t like it.
I have no idea why I don’t like it. When he put his hand on her arm, I had this overwhelming urge to rip it off and break it.
I feel like I’m on
