Alex stood in front of a short concrete wall, facing his friends. His friends were standing side by side, watching Alex intently. The concrete wall only came up to Alex's waist, and the bricks still looked new. He was about the train the shit out of them today. He fully intended on getting the basics covered today, and maybe more advanced stuff later. He paced from side to side, setting the serious mood for his first lesson.

"Alright young fucks. First we're going to be learning vaults and kongs. Now some of you may be asking if I'm talking about a safe or a giant ape. But, I'm talking about methods of getting over shorter object like tables, or this concrete wall. I'll start with a simple move, the lazy vault." Alex said. He ran at the wall and quickly put his right hand on top of it, and used his left leg to get him completely over the small barrier. "Soul, come try it." Alex said.

"Alright, seems easy enough." Soul jogged up to the wall and tried his best to mimic what he saw. Unfortunately, his right foot got snagged on the wall and he fell off instead sticking it. Alex sighed.

"That's.... Thats alright Soul, you win some you lose some. Better luck next time." Alex said. Soul hung his head in shame as he walked away. "This is going to be a long day." Alex said to himself.

"Alright, now I'm going to show you how to do a basic Kong. Watch and learn." Alex said. He took to a full speed sprint at the brick wall. He jumped, pulling his legs close to his chest and using his arms to hurl himself over the barrier. He did a small roll when he landed to slow himself down before returning his gaze to his friends. Soul was obviously nervous, like he was anticipating being chosen for the first go. "Clyde, you play basketball right?" Alex asked.

"Yeah, why?" Clyde asked.

"Well you must have some strong arms, so why don't you try it first?" Alex said. Clyde nodded and started backing up to gain speed. He took off running toward the wall, approaching the reddish hurdle with a matter of seconds. His arms easily carried him over the wall, and he landed on the other side perfectly fine. "Good job Clyde. Shard, why don't you give it a go?" Alex said. Shard nodded and began running toward the wall. He got himself over the wall perfectly fine, but he struggled trying to slow himself down afterward. Alex sighed, he knew he'd forgotten something.

"Okay, hold up. I forgot to show you all something. It's a technique you use when falling from high heights, or when your trying to slow down. Now, it may seem silly. But this could be the difference between you breaking your legs or smashing face first into a wall." Alex said.

"We're listening." Tiberious said.

"If your trying to slow down after a vault, or just trying to keep your feet intact after a fall, go into a roll. But don't roll like you normally would, none of that head first shit. When you roll, start on the same side as your dominate hand. You wanna roll diagonally over your dominate shoulder blade, and make your way to the non-dominate side of your back. I'm right handed, so I'll start the roll on my right shoulder and end it at the lower left of my back." Alex said. The guys nodded and focused back on Alex. "This next part is where you really need to listen. In the event that you just jumped off something and you want to keep your speed, this will help. First you do the roll like normal, but you end the roll on your feet instead of your lower back. But if your just trying to slow down, end the roll in a crawling position to haunt your momentum."

Alex did a roll, and ended the roll in a crawling position. He stood back up and did another roll, but ended the roll on his feet. His friends observed him carefully, taking in the position of every limb to try and replicate it later.

"I think I get it, but what reminded you to teach us the roll?" Clyde asked.

"I saw shard struggling to stop himself after the Kong. It's alright though, I'm not doing too bad for my first time teaching Parkour." Alex said as he both stood and walked on his hands. Clyde had to go over that last part again in his head. He put his hands up and inhaled.

"Wait, did you just say it's your first time teaching Parkour?" Clyde asked.

"Yup." Alex said, his voice being distorted as he was putting himself back on his feet.

"So you have no idea how to teach parkour, an activity that could be dangerous, and yet your still teaching us?" Clyde asked.

"Well, I gotta learn how from somewhere." Alex said.

"That's fair."

Alex and his friends were heading home after a long day of training. Alex felt better then ever, but the others..... Not so much.

"Ow, my legs are killing me." Soul wheezed.

"My fingers are all red and beat up." Tiberious groaned.

"Tell me about it, my arms are killing me." Clyde said.

"Oh god, my lungs are trying to kill me." Shard moaned.

"Well, the good news is we got through a lot more then I thought we would. There's not much left to show you guys, just a handle full of things left." Alex said.

"Seriously Alex, how do you do all those flips and spins without getting sick?" Shard asked.

"Your stomach gets use to it. I use to be afraid of heights, but I got over it as I did parkour. Some things you just become accustomed to." Alex said. He felt his phone buzz in his pocket. "Hold that thought." He retrieved his phone from his pocket and scanned the contents of the screen. It was a text from Alejandra.

"come home soon... I have a surprise for you." Alex chuckled at the text.

"Sorry guys, as much as I'd love to stay and hear you guys moan some more, Alejandra has a surprise for me at home. So, deuces!" Alex said. He took off like a bullet, racing back toward his house. The others groaned as they no longer had someone to share their pain with. Next Chapter: Surprise! Estimated time remaining: 15 Minutes