"Pushups, sit-ups, and jump rope before you start lifting." Zeke instructed.
I moved over to Noah since he seemed to be doing the same set of exercises. He smiled at me as he finished with the jump rope. "Here. You can have it."
There was no longer any time to feel bad about my fitness compared to others when doing a workout. Zeke was always quick to point me to the next station or give me a new ab exercise, keeping my mind solely focused on surviving. When he finally called it quits, I collapsed beside Noah, exhausted.
"Are you boys done out there?" Mom came out on the front porch. "Breakfast is ready. I made enough for Julian and his brother too!"
"We'll be right in, Mom!" Noah pushed himself up, finding new energy in her words. He grabbed my arm and pulled me to my feet. "Let's go!"
The twins moved way faster, bolting for the door.
"You guys might want to hurry before the twins eat all the good stuff." Noah told Julian and Andy. They followed us, leaving Zeke alone to finish pushing everything back in the garage.
"What about Zeke?" Julian asked.
"What about him?" Noah shrugged. "It's not like anyone dares to steal his share."
Breakfast was like a buffet feast. Mom directed us to grab a plate, fill it, then eat outside since there wasn't enough seats with all the guests. Julian and Andy were polite at first, only taking one serving of eggs, bacon and a bagel. But once they saw us pile our plates and go for seconds, they soon caught on that there was enough for everyone.
"Hey, do you want to go to the park after this?" Noah asked Andy.
Andy blinked. "Can we?"
"Why not? It's not like we have school or anything. Do you need to ask your parents?"
"No. They're at work." He turned to Julian. "Can we play at the park?"
Julian smiled. "Sure. I think our baseball bags are still in the car so maybe we can play a mini-game of sorts."
"I'm in!" Noah grinned. He turned to the twins. "Want to play 'over the line' at the park?"
Dave looked at him in disbelief. "You want to exercise even more..?"
"I'm in!" Kyle said.
Dave turned to look at him. "Really?"
Kyle smirked. "You afraid?"
Dave rolled his eyes. "Not even a little bit. I'm in too."
"I call Zeke!" Kyle yelled.
"Then I get Jake!" Dave shot back.
"I call Julian!" Kyle continued.
"Well then I should get both Noah and Andy." Dave claimed.
"What?? That's not fair." Kyle argued. "Why do you get the extra player?"
"Because you picked first. Plus, are you scared that me and the kids will beat you and your college bound team?" Dave wiggled his eyebrows.
Kyle narrowed his eyes. "Fine. It's on!"
I had no clue what they were talking about, but from the look of the Wilson brothers, neither did they.