The bananas hit the spot on the way to Basics that morning. When we arrived at Basics, bananas had been eaten. Just as Maximus mentioned the night before, Coach had paired us up. Just as he’d promised me, we’d been paired together.
Loren bumped shoulders with me as I started to walk off to where Maximus was across the gym. He’d secured us a sparring mat farther away from the main mat. Kairos stood there with Petyr and glared at me as I walked by. I thought about poking my tongue at him then decided against it.
Loren was paired with another second year. She was tall with long brown hair with pink streaks in it. Loren looked nervous as she took the mat with the girl. I remembered to file that away to ask her about later.
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