"Me too," Nicole responded, more reserved than her usual high energy. I had never really seen her like this. She was always excited and ready for anything. But you could tell she was anxious.
"I watched my opponent in her semi-finals match," Nicole finally said. "She's really good. I don't know if I can beat her, Jay."
"Are you kidding? You've been beating up guys at our gym for months. And today you demolished those other girls. You're gonna win easily!"
"I'm not so sure. Those other girls were easy, but this one has clearly been training for a while. She has this move that I haven't seen before and she caught all three of her opponents with it. No one knew how to escape it," she said gloomily.
"Well, what's the move?" I asked.
"It's hard to describe, let me show you. Lay on your bac
