Run Forest, Run

[Jade D. Gawron]

Could it have been any hotter today? Sheesh. She understood the whole summer weather thing, she really did but the fact that they still had practice with the sun beaming and slapping against them didn't help at all. Jade could get how important track really was to everyone else, as it was to her and yes it conditioned her but still. They could have postponed practice or at least waited until the sun went down. Maybe it was because people tried to milk out the summer weather as much as they could in Montana. The winters were probably a bitch to have to deal with.

If that wasn't bad enough, all of track and field had practice today. So the field itself had been a bit crowded which also irked Jade's nerves. Was her PMS right around the corner because everything just seemed to have been irritating her today. After completing her last run and hurdles, Jade grabbed her water bottle and a towel and sat on the grass to the side. Being as sweaty as she always was during practice, the seventeen year old placed the towel over her head and watched as a few guys jogged in a group. She felt like tossing her bottle in the middle to see if any of them would trip or fall over causing the others to fall over but she decided against it. Besides, Jade thought she saw Jaiden running with but Hamish was no where to be found. Bummer. Eh, Jaiden was cute enough and he also had an accent... and was probably the fastest one there. So why not bother him?

Jade waited until they made their way around once again before she attempted at throwing her water bottle at his head. And if she missed... "YO JAIDEN! JAI! WOOHOO! OVER HERE! YES BABY! LOOK AT THAT PHYSIQUE. RAWR!" ...she made sure to get his attention the best way she knew how, with whistling included.

[Jaiden Bolton]

Pacing. Track was all about pacing. Boring sensible pacing. Jai was neither sensible nor was he particularly good at holding himself back, he’d run himself to exhaustion and beyond in the first few hundred meters if he could. But he wasn’t on the track team to show off. No, no, no. Jai was there to slow himself down and learn how to move at a normal speed both on and off the field in the words of his old trainer. He just had to stick with the other runners and match them stride for stride. It felt a little like being a Ferrari stuck in drag race made up of go karts. Or maybe bumper cars was a better analogy since the dude next to him had an annoying habit of stumbling into Jai.

The running was painfully dull, since no sane person wants to have a conversation when they’re panting and sucking in air like it’s their last dying breath. That didn’t stop Jaiden from running his mouth with none of the reserve he showed in his speed, carrying on a full blown one sided conversation with each foot fall. Or stop the rest of the guys from shooting him exasperated looks as he jogged easily beside them. His little ragtag team of runners had a tendency to pick up their pace when they passed a group of practising cheerleaders, the last dying swan song of their reserves expended in a peacock show. Jai was just glad for the small burst of speed between the monotony of jogging.

He was busy regaling his fellow runners with a monologue on his pet chameleon when something whacked him in the side of the head and fell to the ground with a dull thud. His dazed confusion was broken by the sound of a familiar voice calling his name. Jai gave Jade a one fingered salute matched with a grin and lifted up the water bottle. ‘HOW DID YOU KNOW? IT’S WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED!’ He emptied the water over his head, imagining he looked like one of those models wearing a stunning wig in a Pantene advert but knowing he probably looked more like a wet dog shaking water from its carpet of fur.

His running team still needed to make one more lap around the field before their masochistic coach would let them rest but screw it, they were going nowhere fast and he could easily catch up to them before they finished. Hell, he could go grab a coffee, tidy his room, feed Mia, watch an episode of Futurama and still come back in time to overlap them before they crossed the finishing line. Ignoring the scowls of their coach, Jai broke away from the group and putting on a burst of speed crossed the distance to Jade. He collapsed on the grass and tossed the empty water bottle back to her. ‘Man, who knew running in circles for an hour could be so boring? They should spice things up, throw in a couple of wild hungry animals like the Romans did.'

[Jade D. Gawron]

Bored was probably an understatement when describing how Jaiden looked on that track field. She couldn't really blame him for looking like that, he was a fast one. It kind of came with having super speed. Doing hurdles and long jumps were kind of a bore for Jade as well. She needed some intense obstacles, an in door ninja gym of some sort and since that wasn't possible she always used the outside world as her playground. It never failed her and her need for adventure. 

‘HOW DID YOU KNOW? IT’S WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED!’

Throwing her arms up, she giggled. Of course he'd the bottle and use the water for his own advantage, of course. Not like she was going to drink the rest of it from the way she tossed it at him. Even though his team was still continuing on with their run, hoped that Jai would at least come over to say hi or chill with her or something like that. Jade hadn't really made a lot of friends since she arrived which didn't bother her but it was the reason to why Jaiden was the only one who Jade was interested in hanging with. When Jai headed over to her, she noticed the look his couch gave him and smiled. Oh, he'd be alright.

Catching the bottle, she set it down and leaned back a bit with her arms behind her. "Sorry everyone can't run as fast as you, Speedy." The idea of a survival of the fittest in a Roman setting made Jade excited... for no reason because it wasn't happening. "Oh shit, that would be so much fun or even bulls and we could have a bull running! Or whatever they call them."

Brushing some of her out of her face, she furrowed her brows. "Tough shit for those who wouldn't survive due to their slow feet and uber useless powers, huh." She shrugged realizing that it would be over for them. Good thing they didn't live in the Roman times... or Spain. "I'm surprised even you showed up today, it's like annoyingly hot out here. I feel like they're trying to kill us before SPECTRE ever gets to." Lying on her back against the cool grass, with her small towel half way covering her face. "I noticed your buddy isn't here today... not that I was overly concerned or anything, you know."