The night after the fight Daniel was lying next to Amanda who was sleeping. He had a conflicted look on his face and he suddenly sat up and looked up at a picture of Sam and Jack doing the crane kick and Daniel standing behind them with crossed arms and a proud smile. He thought (I've really got rusted, I spent all my time training the kids and I've let myself go. I have to start training more). Daniel said ''From now on I am going to join the kids at their traning''. Amanda pulled him back and said ''It's late, you can start training from tomorrow'' and they fell asleep.
The next day I was sparing with Sam and Daniel was the referee. She did a round house kick to my face. I caught her leg and flipped her around and threw her to the side. I run over and tried to punch her in the face but she kicked up and almost got me but I dived over the kick and flipped getting away from her. She got up and tried to drop kick me in the stomach but I blocked with my arms. I grunted and got up but I saw Sam trying to sweep my legs but I front flipped and managed to dodge. I kick towards her head but she caught my leg and pulled me to herself. I punched her stomach and she punched my chest. Daniel said ''foul, no point''. He continued by saying ''fight over''.
We sat down and Daniel said ''What was your mistakes''. Sam said ''I tried to overpower someone double my size''. Daniel said ''exactly, you should use your flexibility against someone bigger than you. try to get into their defence''. Sam said ''Yes sensei'' and Daniel continued ''Jack, what about you'' I replied ''I got too close where I couldn't overpower her''. Daniel said ''Bravo, you are getting good at recognising your mistakes, now you have to not repeat them again, right?''. We replied ''Yes sensei''. Daniel said ''Ok now give me 200 push ups''. We groaned and started doing push ups but to our surprise Daniel started doing push ups with us. He said ''I have to get back into shape, I can't let my students surpass me. We smiled and continued with our push ups.
Some days later I was hanging out with Sam at the dojo when Sam told me ''Hey Jack do you want to hang out before the school year starts''. I said ''A date huh'', Sams cheeks got red out of embarassment and she punched my shoulder and said ''No, no just golf and stuff and maybe something to eat after''. I replied ''Ok I was joking, I am free on Saturday I'll pick you up at 7''. Sam said ''I'll be waiting''. And we continued with our training. Daniel was looking at the couple from a far with a smile. He thought to himself (My plan is moving faster than I thought, if I play my cards right, my baby is going to be safe and happy for the rest of her life). And he started cheering in his head.