Chapter 208

Aurora was a beast, and she wasn’t taking any prisoners. I should’ve known when I was warned by multiple people that this wouldn’t be a walk in the park, but she was very supportive of me. Even when she was kicking my rear end, and even when I wanted to give up and fall over, she would shout some encouragement my way, usually in the form of an insult, and I would pick up the pace. Brandon wasn’t joking. By the time we were finally done with running the obstacle course, practicing The Hill—which was killer—and lap swimming for an hour in the pool, I was completely drained. My muscles ached, and I wondered how difficult it might be to get Jamie to swing by and give me a hug or something so I could restore the torn muscle tissue all over my body.

I was in the shower area, getting dressed, when Aurora came in. She was as fresh as a daisy since she hadn’t actually been working out any herself. There were four other girls in the room with u