Ree stepped from her motor bike and tucked her helmet beneath her arms, her gaze wondering over the sign of Golds Gym, she had fought here a couple of times, but it was the first time she would actually work here, she smiled at the thought, training kids was one thing she had been wanting to do for quite a while, to help them find release somewhere that wasnt the streets, and to focus their anger. It had helped her, infact it had saved her life, things after her sisters death had been sketchy to say the least, after her car accident she had become quickly addicted to pain meds, finding that it not only numbed the physicale pain but also the mental pain.

Shaking away the thougths she stepped into the gym, her gaze wondering around, she had a couple of hours to herself before the first lot of kids would be working through the doors. She spent the time setting up the equipment that would be needed, mostly the mats and the bags, she didnt want any of them in the ring just yet, not until she had accessed what they were and wernt capable of. After an extensive workout herself the first of the kids starting comeing through the doors, with a wide smile she turned to face them.

By the end of the session she had found those worth watching out for, the ones with the talent and the ones without it, the ones who needed it and the ones who wanted to be there because they just wanted something to do. With a sigh she went about putting everything back, her mind working over one of the kids, he had been so angry, she could see that in his movments and his actions, he reminded her so much of herself when she had been that age.

Once finished she slipped back into the ring and began her own workout.

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Rome walked into the gym; he was bored and had nothing better to do than work out - at least until Brian got into more touble.

He put his problems with Verone aside with his jeans and moved to a heavy bag in the boxing area, noticing a pretty woman doing her own workout on the other side. He started on his own workout, knowing better than to show off; that would only get him hurt, and probably hurt bad.

Ree directed her gaze in the direction of the man that was just entering the area, with a raised brow she assessed that he wasnt there for a training session, and also that he could use some work on his form, with a shrug though she decided agasint it, the guy didnt look like he wanted embarrassing any time soon. Finishing up her round, she went onto stretching, before flipping over the ring and down onto the padded floor.

Rome noticed the girl checking him out, but didn't do anything stupid; he did however, finish warming up and started on his actual workout, wishing that Brian had come with him to hold the bag. It was chained to the floor, but it still had too much give for what he wanted. He was still pretty rusty; those kickboxing classes in high school were so long ago that he could only remember the basics.

Ree shook her head, it was just to painfull to watch, the bag had far to much give on it for a man his size, hell there was to much give on it for her, with a small sigh, and tight smile she walked towards him.

"fancy a spot"She questioned as she slid behind the bag, she may not have looked like much, but she had trained with men his size and she knew how not to move. She fixed her feet in the ground so that she wouldnt move, she'd watch him a little closer to see how good he was, the give him some pointers.

"Thanks," he said, resettling himself. He began to actually hit the bag, not too surprised that she was holding her own. He thought he wasn't doing terrible, and it seemed like riding a bike: practice brought memories back. He wondered if she was analyzing his technique or his body, and then decided it didn't matter; he still planned to ask J.R. out sometime.

Ree watched him, every now and then having to readjust herself, he had the speed and power now, and some of the techinque, but not enough, she half thought about just leaving him to it and then changed her mind, she couldnt just sit by and watch a guy get a technique so wrong. With a small smile she gestured for him to stop.

"Swap and watch" She stretched her body up for a moment before falling into her stance, hands protecting her face, she went through the movements he just had, adding enough spin to the hips to actually make the hits worth something, her hips rotating and adding enough flare to the kicks.

He moved behind the bag and held it tight; this girl was stronger than she looked and he didn't want the bag flying away and her hurting herself by overextending or accidentally hitting him. He watched her techniwue closely, noting where she did things different than he did, and realized where he was going wrong. He wasn't too far off, he didn't think, but it was always good to have the right way.

Ree smiled, she got in another couple of sets, moving faster then she had been doing, when she stopped, she rolled her shoulders, her gaze flicked back over to him. "Swap"She stated easily, dancing back behind the bag. With feet firmly planted she turned her gaze back onto him, watching him as he moved, ensuring he was this time doing the movments correctly.

One thing he'd always been was a fast learner; he didn't worry about her losing the bag as he employed what he had seen, and soon was into a groove. He could feel the sweat under the wife beater, and decided to start a conversation.

"How long you worked here?" he asked, since random strangers didn't give pointers on kickboxing.

Ree nodded her head, she enjoyed a guy who was a quick learner. "Started today"She stated, which was the truth, she had started working there that day, however she'd been fighting since she was 23. With a smile flicked in hsi direction she watched him work, noteing just how good he really was.

"How'm I doin'?" he asked as he continued. He had gotten good at street fighting upstate, but that was nothing like kickboxing, and he was insanely curious about his chances in a real fight in a ring.

Ree tilted her head "With a little work you'd be competition"She stated honestly as she looked at his form, she'd have him fleashed out in no time. "Iv seen guys in the ring who dont learn as quick as you do"She offered him a smile.

She gestured for him to stop once more and then motioned over to the ring "How bout we see what you got"She suggested and made her way over to the ring, grabbing the tape so seh could tape her wrists.

"Alright. And I was upstate for a bit. Learn or die, there. Guess I never forgot that lesson." He waited for her to finish taping her wrists and taped his own, guessing that it would be painful if he didn't. He pulled off his shirt before he stepped into the ring; it was sticking to him and hindering his movements.

Ree smiled with a small nod of her head "Yea, its good up there, trained a bit myself"She watched him tape his own wrists before removing her own outer shirt, leaving her in her black MMA sports bra, her fingers grazed over the scar that curved around her hip and onto her spin, before finally standing into the ring.

"Dont be afraid to go for contact"She stated, knowing that most guys didnt like sparing with woman because they were afraid to hurt them. "Dont hold back, because i wont" She quickly eased into her stance, slightly stood sideways, upperbody facing him, and outwards, arms ready in front of her face, her back arm slightly lower, and feet locked on the ground.

Rome mirrored her stance, nodding at her words. "If you're as good as you say you are, me holding back will prolly get me hurt."

He was content to circle for a few minutes, resisting the urge to move first; that was a rookie mistake that usually hurt in the end, whether physically or pride wise.

Ree raised a brow shaking her head "Dude im a trained MMA fighter, my records 12-1-1, current champ, i know im good as i say i am"SHe laughed, she didnt say it in any other way then simply stateing the facts she knew she was good, better then good actually. With her gaze watching him circle her for a moment she smirked, dropped from her stance enough to bounce round so they had switched postions, her left lower arm shot forward, before she prung up from her back leg, her right comeing forward, hitting him solidly in the chest, she followed through, dropping back on her front leg, her arm right arm darting forward.

Rome was caught by surprise by the kick, looking for the left that never came, but he managed to block the right that followed, ducking under her center to aim a jab at her side, connecting with a 'thunk' before getting knocked away.

He knew he was outclassed and outmatched, but he was gonna hold on for as long as possible. If he gave up now, 2 things would happen: he'd lose some face, and she'd think he was trying to be a gentleman.

Ree all but smiled as his hand hit into her side, with a smirk she hooked her leg under his, wrapping her foot around his, she bent at the knee, her left leg comeing up to knock into his chest, her right arm wrapping around his neck, and with momentum she force him forward and onto the mat, her other arm wrapping around his neck tightly, knee in his chest, he'd be forced to eitehr break the hold, or tap out before he past out.

He wormed his hands into the hold and managed to loosen it enough to breathe before bucking and rolling, ending up on top of her before trying to fully break it; no use breaking a hold if the other could just redo it immediately.

He finally broke the hold and jumped away, not confident enough in his own skills to try one himself. He grinned; this was more fun than he'd had since Honey had helped him christen Cherry, which had to be saying something about what he did for fun.