She had been on the ground for a while now and she had refueled some energy into her body now it was time to get up and do some MORE hopping. Yup. She could totally do it. The snake rose to her feet and held the rope handles. Air in through the nose and out through the mouth. And all set to continue. Back to the regular kind of jumping, the rope was behind her so she swung it over her head and starting the jumping. Hop...Hop...HoOoOp.

It was all going smoothly wasn't it for the short bangs of her hair that decided to get loose and annoy her coming down on her forehead and in her eyes and yet worse tickling the skin. Eeeek. IT wasn't good to be tickled while hopping. dangerous. She tried to ignore it and focus on the sound of her breathing. But who was she kidding that wasn't going to work. Still jumping and fortunate that it didn't need much concentration, she whipped her head trying to push the bangs of her hair OUT of her eyes. Guess what? It was such a BAD idea. Very, very bad. What was she even thinking. Like seriously.

She should've seen it coming when her legs got tangled in the rope and she fell on her side. OUCH! It hurt. Really did. Wincing, Cassia started untangling the rope from her feet. Ouch. Again. She rubbed at her side and was glad that nothing seemed to have been seriously injured. First thing she did before getting up was tucking in the loose bang of hair. Stupid things.

Then and only then, did she stand up again and continue. This time though she started on the reverse kind. The rope before her feet and she swung it over her head and jumped when she was supposed to. See, without hair bothering her she was a pro! Okay!

Hop...Hop....Hop

Just as she was hopping she remembered a trick she used to do. When the rope was right above her and coming down she crossed her arms FAST. WOOOT! It worked okay. She hadn't done this trick since forever. And she was thrilled and yaay and all that stuff.

As the giddy and proud and conceitedperson she was, she didn't stop. She kept on the technique, swinging the rope then crossing her hands. Was anyone watching her? She didn't like crowds watching her because she felt self-conscious but now she really wished someone could witness just how great she was doing.