First of December, 2011
Todays Word of The Day (according to http://en.wiktionary.org/)
Semi-smile n.
A faint smile; a surpressed smile or forced smile.
Aiden was tearing me a new one. I ran laps after laps after laps followed each lap by a few drills, power drills, to get my pulse steadied but still working at top speed.
This is what he did to me, he made me work, day in, day out and that’s why I respected him. He didn’t want me to be just good, he wanted me to be excellent so he pushed me.
There’s something very calm and meditating about doing well when you’re into something. So even if I’m dead tired I still keep going, I keep going because I like being in motion. I like feeling the world around me, the bubble of air that surrounds our earth and the ground under my feet as I swift my body forwards as each of the moments I live pass me by.
“Why are you running?” He asks as I pour down a bottle of water. My throat is dry and so are my lips, parched is probably a better word for it. He’s wearing his pokerface, that face I’ve been trying to read for years but just can’t. I don’t know whether he’s mad at me, proud of me or just plainly happy. He never tells me in the middle of a workout if I’m doing well or not. I like to know continuously, that’s why I like the scoreboard mentality. You can physically see how well or badly you’re doing but with Aiden, he doesn’t tell me until I’m done and I’m so tired I can’t even appreciate it properly.
“You told me I had to.” He nods, biting his lips but otherwise keeping his face impassive.
“I’d like you to jump off a bridge.” I narrow my eyes. I know what he’s playing at, another lesson, yet another time of him trying to convince me that I am not running laps because he tells me to, that I am running laps because I want to. A semi-smile sneaks over his face as he senses my slight agitation. “Alright, in all seriousness, you’re done for the day. Go have a long soak in the tub and then hit the sack.”
Wordcount: 362
Fun factor: 4 out of 5
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