“How about you come and see me in the gym after school?”
Kyla considered it for a moment. It did seem like a rather odd request coming from the female coach but then again Kyla understood why she was doing it. Besides, a little confidence building couldn’t hurt, could it?
“Um, sure.” Kyla replied nervously.
“Great.” Rachel replied smiling. It’d be great to have a few women there as well. I invited Gladys over as well by the way. I know that the two of you are friends.”
“Oh,” Kyla said brightening up a bit. “That’s great. I’ll look forward to it.” Kyla told the coach.
“Well, I’d best let you get off to your class. I don’t want you to be late.” Kyla nodded and made her way towards the classroom.
Fortunately, the teacher hadn’t arrived yet by the time Kyla had reached the classroom. She spotted that Gladys was already there in her seat so Kyla took a seat next to her.
“Hey.” Kyla greeted her friend. Gladys returned the greeting in a similar fashion.
“So Miss Owens invited me to the gym this afternoon when school’s finished.” Kyla told Gladys. “She also told me that you would be there.” Gladys nodded.
“Yeah, Miss Owens suggested that it would be a great way to help defend myself against bullies.”
Kyla nodded. Gladys did seem to get bullied a lot, mostly because of her weight, particularly from the cheerleaders especially from Sarah and her friends.
"Well, I'm glad that you'll be there." Kyla told her. "I could really do with a friend right now."
