Pep Talk Quote Novels & Stories

“C’mon, Lindell. I don’t know you to be a quitter. Remember last year when I posted that picture of you doing that keg stand on the school’s forum where all the teachers could see and coach saw it and got mad and made you do laps every day for the rest of the season? You made sure I didn’t go a day without getting picked on by you or your friends. You were consistent in hunting me down. Even when I didn’t show up to school for a week, you still managed to track me down and did to me what you wanted. That’s the Blake Lindell I know who never gives up.” I stared at him dumbstruck. “That is the weirdest pep talk ever. I don’t think anyone has ever tried to cheer their bully up by reminding them

"I am right. And now you just have to go prove it." Fuck why did he have to be so obvious when it came to these things? He was older than I, so I guess he was being wise. Old and wise. I almost wanted to joke about his age, but didn’t think this was the right time for it. All I was going to be able to do was sit here, listen to whatever he had to say, and deal with it. Then more training. I let out a shaky breath. "Great. Another pep talk. Just what I needed."

"And for what it's worth, whatever happens in there, you won't be standing in it as the pack's joke anymore, or the girl nobody could explain. You'll be standing in it as exactly who you are. I don't think that girl has anything left to prove to a room full of strangers." I let that settle over me, warm despite the nerves still humming underneath it. "When did you get so good at pep talks?" "I've had a lot of practice failing at them the last few years. Figured I'd better improve eventually." A real smile, small but genuine. "Drink your tea. Kael will be here soon, and I have a feeling you'll want a clear head before he walks through that door."

The sly ratted me out. Instead, he and I are going to have a talk later, and I hope he receives the message I pass across with my face. The snitching lecturer also joins the class shortly after, and he drones on about something in the lines of taking responsibility based on the life story of a deceased pack legend, Keith Peker.

They both fell asleep with heavy but warm hearts. Quote for this episode: ‘The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall’