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“Anything would have been better than nothing” Allison responded.

“Yeah I know!” Laura replied. “I only made things worse by doing nothing. I know that.   I am sorry for how I acted.”

Then Laura just started talking

“Ya know, Im a pretty strong willed person, pretty independent. Always had to fight for everything in life. Home, school, job. Everything has been a challenge on some level. Every inch has been a battle. Whether its siblings, or parents, or working harder than everyone, it’s been tough. Nothing comes easy for me for whatever reason. Then I came here, this gym, and I find a lot of equals. Girls who worked just as hard to get where they are and I finally find a place where Im accepted. The owner… you… always treated me great.   You put together this little round robin and every fight was tough.   Great competition. I have a shot to win, then I just cant believe Im getting no admiration from seemingly anyone as the weeks go by. How stupid could I be in hindsight? I just didn’t see it and the longer it went the more unbelievable it got. I just felt disrespected by the one person I felt respected me the most. I made something up in my head and thought it was true.   By the time I understood you hadn’t, I no idea how to backtrack it. And that just compounded things. Im so sorry I did that to you….”

Allison took the silence as her cue. She just waved her forward.

Time to continue their little tête-à-tête, to get a little more of the frustration out.

Laura understood. She was tired of talking anyway. The more she did the more she didn’t want to do it. She’d been an ass and was just reliving the whole thing.

This exchange went on for about 3 or so minutes. They both seemed to understand that the tone of this encounter had changed.   The earlier stress, if you could call it that, was turning to a mood of respect and understanding at least. They were working through things and the action in the cage was beginning to take a back seat to the real issue of their relationship. The punches had become more like a spar. Each landing solid and effective blows on the other but rarely was there any real follow up. Laura continued to be the superior boxer in these exchanges but Allison would continually back her off with jabs and strikes of her own.   After yet another in a seemingly endless 2 for 1 exchange against here Allison backed way off and threw her hands up in an open palmed ‘hold up, time out’ gesture.

“I wont lie Laura, that really sucked for me too. I wasn’t sure we could pull it off without you. You were a major cog for me…”

Now it was Allison hesitating.

“… but you aren’t the only one with apologies to get out.”

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“Anything would have been better than nothing” Allison responded.

“Yeah I know!” Laura replied. “I only made things worse by doing nothing. I know that.   I am sorry for how I acted.”

Then Laura just started talking

“Ya know, Im a pretty strong willed person, pretty independent. Always had to fight for everything in life. Home, school, job. Everything has been a challenge on some level. Every inch has been a battle. Whether its siblings, or parents, or working harder than everyone, it’s been tough. Nothing comes easy for me for whatever reason. Then I came here, this gym, and I find a lot of equals. Girls who worked just as hard to get where they are and I finally find a place where Im accepted. The owner… you… always treated me great.   You put together this little round robin and every fight was tough.   Great competition. I have a shot to win, then I just cant believe Im getting no admiration from seemingly anyone as the weeks go by. How stupid could I be in hindsight? I just didn’t see it and the longer it went the more unbelievable it got. I just felt disrespected by the one person I felt respected me the most. I made something up in my head and thought it was true.   By the time I understood you hadn’t, I no idea how to backtrack it. And that just compounded things. Im so sorry I did that to you….”

Allison took the silence as her cue. She just waved her forward.

Time to continue their little tête-à-tête, to get a little more of the frustration out.

Laura understood. She was tired of talking anyway. The more she did the more she didn’t want to do it. She’d been an ass and was just reliving the whole thing.

This exchange went on for about 3 or so minutes. They both seemed to understand that the tone of this encounter had changed.   The earlier stress, if you could call it that, was turning to a mood of respect and understanding at least. They were working through things and the action in the cage was beginning to take a back seat to the real issue of their relationship. The punches had become more like a spar. Each landing solid and effective blows on the other but rarely was there any real follow up. Laura continued to be the superior boxer in these exchanges but Allison would continually back her off with jabs and strikes of her own.   After yet another in a seemingly endless 2 for 1 exchange against here Allison backed way off and threw her hands up in an open palmed ‘hold up, time out’ gesture.

“I wont lie Laura, that really sucked for me too. I wasn’t sure we could pull it off without you. You were a major cog for me…”

Now it was Allison hesitating.

“… but you aren’t the only one with apologies to get out.”