Thread Roulette: More (JD, Luke)

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Friendly competition.

[JD Paerson]

"Fifty-eight...fifty-nine..." JD counted as he did sit-ups. He had a policy to always start with a high number, just in case anyone happened to be walking by as he went and he didn't notice. This time he'd started with fifty. He stopped at eighty, then stood and began to stretch.

After twenty minutes of warm-up, he did a simple jog around the training field. Nothing too fast, only about 20 mph or so, just to get the blood flowing. He found that it helped him to clear his mind when he did his running. Plus, it was a way of saying he was doing homework when really he was just procrastinating writing his science paper.

Even better was that he had the field to himself, so he didn't really have to worry about running into anyone. That was the part of his control that seemed most erratic. He could always get himself to start running, but stopping sometimes had its problems.

This was why, when he thought he saw something out of the corner of one eye, he found himself trying awkwardly to stop by turning to the side and digging his feet into the ground. It had worked on cars, and he thought it might work here, but he hadn't accounted for the muddiness of the field. He skidded and flew off-balance, landing solidly on his back in the mud.

"Ow," he said with a groan. He sat up to see what had caught his attention. Sure enough, someone else had arrived on the field.

"Just great," JD said. "I love looking like a complete idiot in front of my peers." He stood and went over to the guy, who looked vaguely familiar.

"Luke, right?" he said slowly. "I think we have a class together." Yet for the life of him, he couldn't remember what the guy's power was...

Ah well. Not like the guy was going to shoot fire out of his hands. JD held out his hand for a shake.

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