Private Lessons With The Bad Boy Bully
The crowd was still loud, jeering, laughing, and recording me with their phones, waiting for me to fail.
But as I moved into the tumbling pass, something changed.
I started with a cartwheel then did a round-off, then the back handspring I’d practised over and over until my arms shook. I landed it, although not perfectly by any means, because my form was really sloppy, but I landed it anyway.
Little by little, the noise began to die down.
By the time I hit the midway point of my routine, the gym had gone completely quiet.
I could hear my own heavy breathing, the squeak of my sneakers on the mat, and the loud music filling the air.
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