Chapter 7 Abilities


    Sorah walked into the room and spotted Luna straight away at the far corner of the gymnasium.


    She was so relieved that the girl had this ss with her. She made her way through the small group of


    students who had gathered in several small groups to get to Luna. “Fancy seeing you here.” She said


    with a smile on her face as she sat on the floor next to her to put on her shoes and begin to stretch.


    Luna was very happy to see a familiar face. She hated Gym but didn’t want to say it out loud as she


    didn’t want Sorah to think her stranger than she already was.


    “Hey, Sorah” she answered. “I didn’t see you at lunch.” She replied as she finished putting her hair


    in a bun. Everyone had to begin by stretching before the gym teacher arrived to start the warmup


    exercises and group people ording to their skills. Luna had taken up Yoga so she was quite flexible.


    She tried everything to help her get control of herself and get rid of this sleep walking problem.


    God forbid if Sorah were to find out that she was a sleepwalker. They conversed and stretched for


    about 10 minutes before the Gym teacher walked in. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Luna.


    Trying not to draw too much attention to the poor girl or himself heposed himself and started with


    Introductions.


    He began; “May I have your attention please. Everyone! Please, please some silence so we could get


    started… I am your gym professor: Lucian. As I like to say; Physical education and practice is a very


    important aspect of everyday living. To be able to perform well academically, you need to be healthy.


    What else other than a bnced diet can contribute to being healthy u may ask? What else but


    physical activity. Afterall: sports is Health.”


    “I take it that you are done with the stretches. Let us begin warmups line up in to rows and separate


    yourselves. I want everyone six feet apart. We will begin with some cardio.” Luna looked at Sorah


    and got into position. She thought to herself “Why does everything have to be so intense in this ce.”


    She started following his instructions to the T surprisingly as in high school she could not do more than


    10 minutes of cardio and any type of physical activity that caused her to perspire was repelled by her.


    She had always been frail.


    “Damn girl, you didn’t even break a sweat. Do you run track?” she asked Luna as she looked at her in


    amazement. Luna just shook her head and sat down to rest while breathing heavily. She didn’t


    understand what had changed in her. The old Luna would have probably needed oxygen by now but for


    some reason Luna was perfectly fine. Her heart rate was normal, her breathing was fine her skin was


    cool. This did not seem normal but she didn’t know how to exin it. She actually wanted more. She


    felt like she could do so much more, talk about a confidence boost. This year may be a good one for


    her after all.


    Just then the coach separated them and had each person climb one of the 2 ropes which hung from


    the gymnasium ceiling. Looking at the rope she got cold and asked whether she could pass but the


    professor exined that without a letter from your doctor no one could be excused. Luna sighed and


    went to the back of the line. Sorah went first and she climbed in 2 minutes. That was the best time


    yet.


    Luna watched as the boys showed off their muscles and skills and cowered to the back of the line while


    watching the clock hoping that by some miracle, she would be saved from the humiliation of being


    unable to climb the rope. Just the Sorah interrupted her thoughts and she returned to reality only to


    realize that it was her turn.


    “God damn it!” she muttered to herself as she whispered encouraging words to herself. She sped


    her hands into fists, opened and close them and ran while grabbing hold of the rope. Before she knew


    what was happening, she realized that she was halfway up the rope and could heat the crowd of


    students cheering her on. She couldn’t believe what was happening. Luna had sessfully climbed the


    10-foot rope and was down again in under one minute.


    This time Luna’s heart raced, and her hands shook as she could not exin what had just happened.


    She was surprised. Mr. Lucian looked at her in bewilderment but did not smile. Sorah was quite


    surprised at what she just saw and started to wonder whether this girl was human. She felt a bit jealous


    as she was the reigning queen of gym ss but considering that this was College and persons from a


    wide cross-section of the continent attended anything was possible.


    Luna walked over to the bench and took a drink of water as if to calm her nerves. Everyone was


    looking at her. She was not used to all that attention. Sorah came to take a seat next to her and


    congratted her on a job well done. Just then the bell rang and Luna got up and rushed to the exit.


    Sorah followed her to the showers to get her number. “Hey, you don’t be running off so quickly, we


    need to exchange numbers. Don’t forget that you promised to help me with Anatomy.” “Right. I’m so


    sorry I rushed off like that I just need to catch the bus as I have a ton of work to do when I get home.”


    She smiled apologetically as she gave her number to Sorah. “See you around. It was really nice to


    meet you today.” She said as she headed out the door waving at Sorah. She tried to make sense of


    her performance at Gym ss today and that look that Professor Lucian shot her. “What was that about


    anyway?” Luna brushed it off and made her way home.Content provided by N?velDrama.Org.