Chapter 23

*Melanie*

If I had thought that I had the tiniest bit of rage bubbling beneath my veins, it was turning out to be even more serious than that. I was starting to hate myself for it. I caught myself agitated and angry for no reason and I had the strange thought that going toe to toe with Damon was going to give me some kind of closure. I was starting to remember why I had strongly disliked him in the beginning. I ran my thumb absent mindedly across one of the small bruises on my arm, my mind drifting back to the gym yesterday.

Even now, hours after the incident I couldn't deny that the entire episode had been more than embarrassing. I had never once encountered any thing of the sort. But then I had never been the type to be so easily distracted during a work out session either. It was basically my number one rule to stay focused whenever I went to the gym. I didn't want to end up a victim of whatever injuries most gymnasts were prone to.

Which was exactly what had happened yesterday. An