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Post by Jack Triton on Dec 29, 2008 16:54:10 GMT -6
Jack shrugged as he hit the bag and made it move. "I am not into her and she is not into me." He said simply as he looked over at her. He didn't understand why everyone thought he was with Brittany. They were just friends and nothing more. "I don't understand why everyone thinks Brit and I are more then just friend. Why can't a guy and girl just be friends and nothing more?" He asked her as he stepped back so that she could hit the bag. "If you don't make it move now just keep hitting it is will move sooner or later." He told her as he watched her step up to the bag and hit it.
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Post by Emerald Christanson on Dec 30, 2008 21:57:43 GMT -6
Emerald looked at him and watched as he talked about him and Brittany. She laughed gently when he finished before shrugging gently. "That is just how the whole college system works. That time me and Chase broke up, however brief that split was, stayed around the school for like a month even after we got back together. Towards the end people thought that we broke up because he cheated me, when the truth was, I was jsut made at him for forgetting a dinner that he was suppose to come to with my parents." She laughed again. "But that is how it is with you and Brittany, students here kind of exaggerate the truth. And guys and girls can be friends. People just don't find that as interesting to talk about though." She turned her gaze away from him again and to the punching bag before she began to hit it.
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Post by Jack Triton on Dec 30, 2008 22:40:48 GMT -6
John listened to her as she talked. "You are right. Sorry I am just kind of tired of everyone thinking Brit and I are dating. I mean is there something wrong with a guy not having a girlfriend?" He asked her as he placed his hands on both sides of the punching bag as she hit is. "You are doing great at making this bag move. You have one hell of a punch." He said shotting her one of his hunderd watt smiles. "So tell me about your self." He said wanting to get to know her better.
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Post by Emerald Christanson on Dec 30, 2008 23:00:33 GMT -6
Emerald smiled at him and nodded. "Yeah, I understand. I guess gossip is the one thing that never changes no matter how old you are," She said, "And there is nothing wrong with a guy not having a girlfriend. But everyone thinks that for you to be single is like...impossible, i think is the word they used." She smiled at him. "Told you i can make it move. i have been taking kick boxing since I was like six. I needed something to do between playing with Barbies and riding my bike," She told him and smiled. She felt her knees go weak when she saw him smile, but composed herself quickly. "There really isn't that much to tell. I grew up in Haven. Was homeschooled until i was in middle school because my mom traveled a lot and i used to go with her. then when middle school came around, I wanted to be with other kids so i enrolled in public school. I met chase my freshmen year of high school and we were pretty much inseperable and we started dating like a year later. that is pretty much it," she told him, "So what about you? tell me about yourslef."
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Post by Jack Triton on Dec 30, 2008 23:28:37 GMT -6
John smiled at her. "Then remind me never to piss you off. I don't feel like getting my ass kicked by a girl." He said to her as he watched her take another swing at the bag. "There is not much to tell. I have on older bother. My mom died when I was twelve. So my father raised us. I joined the Marines right out of high school. I wanted to be a pro wrestler but messed up my neck in wrestling school so I could not do that. So I went to collage and decided to coach. Oh and I love to sing and want to make my own CD one day." He said smiling at her as he told her about him self and what he wanted to do.
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Post by Emerald Christanson on Dec 30, 2008 23:40:19 GMT -6
Emerald smiled. She nodded and laughed slightly. "Consider yourself warned," She told him, "Besides, the female population at this school might hate me if i messed up that face of yours anyway." She smiled at him again and listened to him talk. "Wow, I barely know what I want to major in yet," she said, "It seems like you had it all figured out." She looked at him again. "But I could picture you as a Marine and a wrestler though. I used to watch wrestling until my mom kind of told me that I couldn't. Said it would rot my brain, or something of that nature. And my dad backed her up. My parents are...overly protective, I think is a good term to use. I don't think I was allowed to cross the street until I was ten by myself." She said with a small laugh.
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Post by Jack Triton on Dec 31, 2008 0:30:13 GMT -6
Jack laughed as he listened to her talk. "My mom told me I could not climb the trees out side my house because I tried to jump out of them one day. She made my dad back her up on that." He said laughing as he rememered his brothers reaction as he landed on him and scared the hell out of his date. "You see I jumped out of the tree to scare my brother and his date one night only I landed on my bother and broke his nose and scared the hell out of his date." He said laughing again as he told the story. " I thought my mom was going to have a heart attack when she learned that I had jumped out of the tree onto Max but she didn't she just yelled at me and pulled my ear." He told her wondering why he was telling her this. He had never told any one that story before. It felt good to talk about his family. He missed not having someone to talk to.
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Post by Emerald Christanson on Dec 31, 2008 0:40:13 GMT -6
Emerald laughed lightly as he told her the story. "you broke your brother's nose by jumping out of a tree?" she asked again, "Wow. But I can see why your mother had your dad back her up on that. I mean, climbing trees is one thing, but jumping out of them is a completely different thing altogether." She smiled up at him. "So what did your brother's date do? Did she run away screaming in terror?"
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Post by Jack Triton on Dec 31, 2008 1:44:52 GMT -6
Jack sighed and smiled. "Yes I can see the point to that. But it was fun and you see when I leaned on my brother he had hand up her shirt and it tore her top. She took of screaming just as the water sprinklers came on and she slipped and fell in the wet grass and tore her shirt even more. Making her scream even more by this time my dad was double over laughing and so was my brother broken nose and all. This making her even more made and she started to screech even more. He thanked me for it later." He said as he laughed at the memory of that night. "My bother is one of my best friends. We are close we were there for each other after my mom died." He told her as he watched her hit the punching bag.
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Post by Emerald Christanson on Dec 31, 2008 1:51:57 GMT -6
Emerald stopped punching the bag and looked at him for a minute before she burst out in laughing. "Okay, so I must admit, that story is like the funniest thing I have heard lately," She told him. "God, I bet that was so funny to watch." She smiled at him again, finally able to control her laughter enough. "So, how old is your brother?" She asked him. "But that is cool that you and your brother are so close. And I bet you two secretly planned that whole thing, minus the broken nose."
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Post by Jack Triton on Dec 31, 2008 2:33:20 GMT -6
Jack smiled he was happy that he was making her laugh. He knew that she had not done that in a while. "It was funny. And still is when you think back to that night." He told her as he ran a hand through his short hair. "Max is 38 he is six years older then I am." He told her as he reach down and grabbed a bottle of water. "Here you have been at this for a half hour now. Take a break have a bottle of water then we can start again." He told her as he stepped away from the bag and handed her a cold bottle of water.
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Post by Emerald Christanson on Dec 31, 2008 13:24:10 GMT -6
Emerald nodded and took off the gloves before taking the water from him. "Thanks," She told her before opening it and taking a sip. She smiled at him again and nodded. "It sounds like it was pretty funny." She took a seat on the floor. "So, why did you actually decide to become a coach?" she asked him as she took another drink of the water. She leaned back on her hands and looked up at him.
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Post by Jack Triton on Dec 31, 2008 16:37:44 GMT -6
Jack sat down next to her on the mate and looked over at her. "I have no idea why I decided to come a coach. It just felt right. I mean I love wrestling and football so I figured why not teach others how to play and wrestle since I can't do it. I want to see how far they can get and watching the look on their faces when the win a game or a match is amazing and I love the feeling I get knowing that I helped them do it." He told her and laughed. "I so hope that made since." He said smiling at her as he reach out and pushed a lock of her hair behind her ear with you thinking. "I am sorry I probably should not have done that." He said pulling his hand back and looking down at her wondering why he was contacting with her like he had not contacted with any one in a long time.
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Post by Emerald Christanson on Dec 31, 2008 20:59:51 GMT -6
Emerald smiled at him and shook her head. "No, it makes perfect sense. What you said I mean," she told him. "And I think that is a pretty cool reason to become a coach. My dad wants me to become a laywer, you know, follow in his footstep kind of thing, but I fall asleep watching trails on TV. I don't think I would make a very good laywer if I kept falling asleep during a trial." she told him and laughed. She watched him reach forward and tuck a piece of her hair behind her ear. She shook her head after a few moments of silence. "It's okay." she told him and bit her lip gently. She hadn't been this open or talkative with someone since the shooting, but she felt for once, that she could begin to move on and continue her life for the first time.
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Post by Jack Triton on Dec 31, 2008 22:12:59 GMT -6
John could not take his eyes off of her as he watched her talk about becoming a lawyer. He laughed when she talked about falling asleep while watching trails on TV. "Yes that would be a problem I don't think your clients would be very happy if you fell asleep while trying to defend them." He said smiling at her as he played with his bottle of water so that he did not reach out and touch her again. He smiled when she said it was alright that he touched her. He knew that it was not alright. She was a student and just lost her boyfriend. He was a teacher and to old for her. Not only that but again she just lost her boyfriend. He should not have feelings for her. "You know you are the first person that I have really talked to and relaxed with since the shooting." He told her hoping that he would not depress her or upset her again. That was the last thing he wanted to do right now.
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