Alex’s POV I circled John, waiting for him to make the first move. Maybe he was a little smarter than I gave him credit for. I figure he would have been balls to the wall kind of guy and attacked first, but nothing so far. I watched his feet as they pranced around, trying to get a feel for his fighting style. I stepped towards him, and he stepped back. Maybe his style was just defense. I stepped again and so did he. I couldn’t take this walking in circles any more and lunged at him. He moved out of the way, but I caught his leg and he fell to the ground. We went rolling, and he jumped back up to his feet. I sat there for a minute to see what he would do, but he didn’t take the bait and kept circling me. “Ready to give up Alex?” He taunted me but it wasn’t going to work. I jumped up and

