What The Luck!?

I Expected more people to pass but those of you that did will receive one of the vitamin packs made for intense training. Some of you may have already heard or used them before. They will provide your body with the necessary nutrients it needs to repair your torn muscle fibers. Once you have rested you can all leave or you can stay for an additional hour and use the school's library for studying." Coach Winters was already out of the room before anyone could stand and get the vitamin packs on the tables. 

It was a rough reality for anyone who had not made it to the end of the work out session in time. They would need to deal with the soreness and push themselves to make it to a higher level. However, those that completed the work out session were able to heal faster and continue to push their bodies. 

"We are staying for the hour, right?" Louis already assumed that the group would but he had to be sure. He really wanted to be done with the packet so he could focus on other things.

"Of course we are. We can't waste the time we have been given. We need to get closer to the top." For some reason, Sammy was incredibly goal oriented after training today. No one wanted to ask her why but they had a feeling that when she was working out she had found that she was a lot better than what she had expected. Knowing this she then had decided to push for even greater heights. 

"How are you all feeling? I know I am a bit sore already but I think that we should all be on the safe side." Laura had run to get them all their vitamin packs and was already snacking on hers. She had been the first to the gym and spent most of the time studying and practicing foot work for the time that she had to wait for everyone else. 

"I think I'm alright. You must already be feeling the soreness thigh. Did you even need to get all the way to the gym for your body to start healing your muscles?' Due to the knowledge of Lauras' faster metabolism, Art was stuck on the thought that she would already be more or less healed. 

"Eh, I was three quarters through by the time I started to feel my legs get sore. I did need half an hour to rest before I was able to do much. I exceeded the normal calorie count for the day and had to ask for food from the nurse so I could keep training while I waited. I would say if we didn't have the vitamin packs it would take at least three days to recover for me. Five for you." 

It was a rough estimate of how long it would take to recover but since the group was used to harsh training it made sense. But for everyone that was not ready for this kind of harsh training, it would take a week if not more to recover. 

"I feel bad. Only we passed with a few others. But we do work more lately." Of course, Jane was feeling bad for everyone. But she also knew it was a result of their hard work. 

"Don't feel too bad. From the looks of the training, it was made to make people realize just how weak they are. The work outs were spread out to cause us to walk the maximum steps and train to our maximum level. Those who failed now know their limits better. Those who passed know that they need to look higher and find a better method of training more suited to themselves." This was everything that Jackson had managed to glean from today's lesson. It was more useful to those that had not been training as hard as the group. 

"That makes a lot more sense. Coach Winters always seems like she is out to cause pain and suffering but I think she is really just excited to see everyone improve like crazy." Now that Asher had taken more time to get to know coach Winters, he had realized these things. She seemed hot headed and a tough teacher at first but once she took a liking to you and saw hard work she would reward you to push you higher. It was a tough task but well worth the rewards. 

"If we are going to the library we should go now before we sit down and our muscles start to slow down and heal." Cara was sure that once they had all sat down the soreness would catch up to everyone and they wouldn't want to move. Therefore, if they made it to the library first they could relax for the hour and get their packet finished. It was also the best place for them to look for the answers they might not have and need to research. 

"Yes, off we go!" Art took the lead toward the library after being pushed by Cara. he wanted the packet to be done and gone forever since there were too many path problems left for him to solve. 

After an hour of swearing that math was evil, opening multiple books, and eventually being kicked out of the school all together due to closing and locking down the buildings for the night, the group had done the packets and even entered the next stage of index cards on the academics app. 

The app had registered their current progress and started to suggest additional courses and study materials. Some of which the group was already introduced to. "I can't believe that it is trying to get us to study university level physics. That's just too much." Louis and Sammy both felt this way about the recommended courses from the app. 

"Says two of the three people that have been taking as many science classes as possible. You two and Srt are the reason that we are way more ahead in sciences than the other courses. The university level physics class in the introduction course from a university. We are barely able to get the first few questions on it correct." 

Laura was a hidden genius of the school. She was always acting impulsive and trying to move a little too fast. But her mind was not as foolish as it appeared. She was still one of the best top scorers on the exams every quarter exam period. For her to feel that a course was hard meant a lot for the perception of what the university physics must be. 

"Then we will avoid physics and sciences for now. We need to work on our English and history. Both are a lot of repetition and memorization. Both can be done while we train so we should do some team work activities while quizzing each other. Like throwing a ball and such." Cara had been thinking about how they would enhance their teamwork skills while they all walked home. They were nearing Sammy and Louis's house to drop them off before stopping at everyone elses' homes. 

"That could work. Studying with each other will help us check out answers. But if we are going to toss a ball around we need to start with three. We can't let out minds be idle when we are practicing either. If our minds move, then our bodies must move. On top of that, we need to communicate and challenge each other." Art and Asher were of the same mind and pushed this topic further. 

"I agree. But can we do some of the fun team building things too? Like cooking a meal together, building a camp for a night, and even going to play volleyball or something?" Jackson didn't want their focus on getting stronger to take them too far from the fun of their teenage years. He wanted them all to be able to still hang out and have fun. 

"That's a great idea! We should play team sports together and we will naturally work better as a group. It will also be fun crushing other teams!" Sammy got a little too excited about this as they rounded the corner to everyone's homes. 

"Speaking of volleyball, there is a weekend tournament that costs five dollars a person. The limit is ten people a team but only eight are on a side at once. We can enter and try it out for fun." Louis knew they would be doing this right after the week of training ended but they would be able to push themselves further again. 

"Sounds like a plan to me. Let's do that after the next few days of our special break training stuff." Asher was feeling tired and his mind was getting fuzzy. He decided just to agree instead of coming up with better words. 

Seeing that their fearless leader was half asleep everyone said their farewells and walked Jackson, Laura, then Jane home. When Art, Cara, and Asher made it home they proceeded to fight over the shower then collapse in to their beds.. The only thing on their minds was sleep.