#Chapter61 Ready to enter the ring

"Hailey!" Dean's breathless voice calls out among the bodies behind me. "Wait up!"

I slow down and wait for him to catch up. Once he reaches me, I laugh at his tired body as his hands collapse onto his knees in order to catch his breath.

"You-" he breathes in, "are-" he breathes in again, "really fast."

"We are literally ten meters away from the gym." I point out.

"That's still too far," he holds a finger up as though saying I must stop talking.

"C'mon lazy bones," I roll my eyes and continue walking to my destination.

The evening colours are already melting...