>>18916438Carmody grins at Sola's invitation to dinner.
>"Done. Think about what your favorite spot is, and we'll make an evening of it.">>18916710As Sola heads out to the gym, Carmody pauses and considers Amy's question. Since it's obviously not a secret, she also digs the hook out of the back of her pants again. The metal was starting to poke her uncomfortably in the buttcrack. She looks at it, then listens to Amy's words and cracks a smile.
>"You trying to scare me off? That's the same type of shit Colby was saying."She shrugs.
>"I don't know, it'd be easy to tell you how tough I am, and how I'm ready for anything. But if it's as bad as you say it is, maybe I'm not. Are you, though? Is Colby?"She looks through the glass window at Ash Romero, who's taken on a role as sort of a mentor to herself and the other Dojo girls.
>"When I was in the hospital, Coach Ash came to see me, along with the other trainees. We talked some. She said 'survive, learn, win'. And it's just that simple. That's what I have to do. I'm a survivor, and she'll never admit it but I'm just as smart as Colby is, so I'll learn too. And then, hell yeah. I'm gonna WIN."She looks thoughtfully at Amy.
>"I don't know, what would YOU do? Eighteen, and you ain't going to college. Join the Army, go home and learn to weld like a man, wait tables, or dance in a strip club? Or if you're a great athlete and a natural fighter who lucked into getting trained by first Brooke Phillips, then Ash Romero..... think you might give this wrestling thing a shot?" 