Date: September 28 Characters: Artie and Mike Location: The weight room @ school; before school Summary: Artie's working on his walking and is caught breaking the rules by Mike.
He'd been skipping physio (and avoiding doctors) for the past two weeks now. Nevertheless, Artie knew good and well that working out on the treadmill was still supposed to be on the no list. Did that stop him? No. He just had to keep it a secret.
Coach Beiste had already unlocked the weight room, but she was in her office, having coffee. The rule was that you were supposed to go get Coach Beiste if you came to work out alone, otherwise you were supposed to work out with a buddy. Artie didn't care much for rules these days.
Artie had a plan in mind to strengthen his legs. After successfully hobbling over to the treadmills, he climbed on. Slowly and deliberately, Artie held on to the rails instead of his crutches and let the crutches fall to the ground. He kicked them out of his way before pressing the start button. Artie gripped the rails tightly, slowly increasing the treadmill's speed. His mother was going to kill him for this. And yet, he was grinning; he couldn't bring himself to care. He triumphantly stuck in his ear buds, ready to spend the next 15 minutes rocking out to his IPod shuffle dedicated exclusively to walking.
First up: Britney. "And now I-I'm stronger, than yesterday..." he sang, keeping his eyes on his feet.