Alex sighed as he wanted to respond, but kept his mouth shut. [i]I’m getting the feeling he really will do. However, why on earth would he even accept us if he really is annoyed by all of us[/i]? Alex thought. He had already finished the first set of laps and now was starting the extra set. He wasn’t going to let on that he didn’t mind the extra laps. In fact this reminded him of when he screwed up during his MMA training with his mother. She’d always make him do extra work and something like this made him remember her. 

“If she taught me about MMA, then why didn’t she tell me about magic?” Alex questioned himself. He then shrugged and added, “Must have slipped her mind.” Even though his mother was a great MMA fighter, she was forgetful. He remembered his father telling him about the first time she tried to cook for him. She had forgotten the pot and it boiled over.  This made Alex laugh at the thought of his mother going crazy wondering why the pot boiled over. Not realizing she had forgotten it.