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Becoming Dana Fairbanks Chapter 3
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Chapter Three
School was in full swing and Dana was fully immersed in her “psycho” routine, as Jamie jokingly called it.
During the week, Dana would wake up every morning at 5am to get in her three mile run and morning exercises so she could be at school by 7am for her AP Biology tutoring with Mr. Finch. After school she would train until 6:30pm before heading home for dinner and to do homework.
Weekends were spent doing much of the same (training, studying, tutoring, and homework), although Dana slept in until 7am.
Just a few weeks ago, Dana had the added pressure of studying for the SAT and trying to find time to practice for the driving test. But now with both of those out of the way, the now licensed (but still car-less) Dana was excited that today was the first day of tennis tryouts.
The reason for her excitement was twofold. First and foremost, she would no longer be training alone and would have her teammates (which would include Jamie) to take some of Coach Hall’s attention off of her.
Coach Hall was not kidding when he told Dana and her parents that he was going to push Dana to her limits. She knew she wasn’t going to be getting a free pass now that the season was beginning. But maybe, just maybe, Coach would give her a little breathing room as he focused his attention on the team.
Second, tennis tryouts meant the season was just around the corner and she could finally put all this training to use. She was a competitor. She wanted to be on that court and she wanted to win. The school’s first state championship win was on the forefront on her mind. This was the year.
One of the consequences of Dana being so busy was it didn’t leave her too much time to think about THE question. Whether this was a good thing or not, she hadn’t decided. But as the teen lay in bed, wide awake a full half an hour before her alarm was set to go off, Dana realized that even if she wasn’t thinking about it, the question was still there…begging to at least be asked.
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Sweet, the ending was funny. You really describe everything so vividly. I feel like I’m reading Dana’s mind, (which I am since I’m reading this story) :) lol
I felt the same way as commented above. You are doing great letting D slowly figuring out her true self. Please don’t let her be injured while she was not paying attention to what she was doing. Seriously, her self discipline is part of what I like about this character. Looking forward to your future post. Thank you!
Ohh i’m first again! You know Dana’s routine is sad because she’s just a kid and that is like a grueling basic training schedule except no one is yelling and putting her on her face to do push-ups yet anyway :D I really hope she can get things sorted out and CANT wait to see if she kicks MAJOR buttttt on the tennis court, i guess we’ll see if all that training pays off, Thanks anionayo for another great post
Great chapter, anionayo!! You really are an excellent writer! I am so glad you decided to start writing fan fiction. I love all the little touches you put in (things like having to use the treadmill, the SATs, the driving test). Poor Dana! I can’t imagine keeping this type of schedule (which is apparently akshunjack’s schedule which is why I didn’t get in the first comment). I can see that it would keep her mind off other things. Love that Dana wants the season to start to distract the coach a bit. You do a great job in conveying the pressure that Dana is under as a potential professional athlete. The ending was great with her finally making that realization about her sexuality. Thanks you so much for the update! I’ll see what I can do about getting another chapter of mine up…