躍步,衝刺,蹬腳,穿著白色體育服的腰身在藍天中一彎,劃出優美的三分之一圓弧,落入海藍色軟墊。443Please respect copyright.PENANAJatHRJ7mHW
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一個挺身立在跳高墊邊,她輕甩一點都沒被躺亂的兩束長髮,小跑步回到貼了膠帶的助跑點。443Please respect copyright.PENANA3ubYtAgP0x
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「小圓,又在摸魚了?」聽這個又尖又吵,好像隨時都在興奮狀態的聲音,我連頭都懶得轉就知道是我不幸在田徑隊上唯一的同班同學。443Please respect copyright.PENANA97t8qFUOHS
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「才沒有!我是在觀摩雅騰學姊。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAmMq4GoqQF1
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「才怪!妳明明就不是練跳高的。」話是這麼說,采琪倒是一屁股在我躺著的跑道旁坐下。443Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9wKtYZaln
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「就算項目不一樣,那種優雅而瀟灑……怎麼說呢?像是『女人中的女人』,這種感覺吧?」443Please respect copyright.PENANA1MYdNgoe7q
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采琪不客氣地發出難聽的笑聲,真是一點都不懂得秀氣的女人,我們學校的男生是不是瞎了眼,怎麼還有一堆人看她矮就覺得可愛?443Please respect copyright.PENANA4Nf6mnDqNJ
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「人家是A段班頭腦的氣質,妳再修練一百年都沒用!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAhbvMLgj1fP
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「不只那個。」眼睛追隨著學姊,我努力用作文從來沒拿過七十分以上的國文程度解釋,「都高三了,妳說還有哪個A段班的學長會參加固定晨練?但她不只從來不遲到,放學後除了二、五的練習外,還會一個人留下來加練,暖身完就默默地在草地上一次又一次地跳,感覺很……那個怎麼說?簡單所以漂亮的……」443Please respect copyright.PENANAtrrD3aI63d
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「簡潔有力!」采琪說完,自己模仿猜謎節目答對的叮咚聲,然後笑得喘不過氣,「一聽就知道妳在瞎掰,不叫『簡潔有力』嗎?偷懶不需要那麼多藉口啦!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAzZUA2bIKLh
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我反擊:「妳還不是坐在這裡休息?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAdTbyFycZZx
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「我剛暖身完。」443Please respect copyright.PENANABmnbsGDq40
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「才暖身而已?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAYICIzOTkDl
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采琪瞪我一眼,「我們練長跑的暖身是操場十圈欸!而且我今天六點就起來帶學妹去跑市區了!熱死我了!這到底是不是冬天啊?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAkLstsvyt8d
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這麼說,她的屁股下真的濕了一大片。443Please respect copyright.PENANADC1RGRoCzk
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「總比去年寒訓冷得要死好!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAFzVN19gHra
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「可是這樣一點都沒有快要過年的氣氛啊……咦?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAGPPj1KHnVP
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采琪發出疑惑聲的原因是我突然挺起身子,要站起來的瞬間又跌了一下,才不怎麼乾淨俐落站直。443Please respect copyright.PENANA5L8l2HqWXY
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「好了,我不偷懶了!」443Please respect copyright.PENANA15Ks7GB9RN
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走向欄架之際,我又望了操場中央一眼,雅騰學姊正翻身在一百三十五公分的竿子上空最高點。443Please respect copyright.PENANAPZYFRieYFf
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袁雅騰學姊,私立青山高中三年二班十八號,我是在上高中的第二個月認識她的。443Please respect copyright.PENANAh0dKlnYlhj
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雖然腿不長,我一直都跑得很快,從小就常常是大隊接力的第一棒,可是從來沒想過要參加什麼運動社團。高一時的體育老師正好是學校的田徑隊教練,開學不久測了一百公尺短跑後,他問我想不想嘗試校隊?抱著可以光明正大不用朝會的想法,我在十月進了田徑隊,直到我遇見學姊。443Please respect copyright.PENANAdPrIQbwDNU
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第一次晨練,其他一開學就參加田徑隊甄選的一年級生早就選定練習的項目,暖身完就被學長姊各自帶開指導,教練帶著我逛了一圈,問我想要練什麼,就在這時候,我看到正在用簡單的橡皮筋繩練習的袁雅騰。443Please respect copyright.PENANAUulob7qssF
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不到校運會前,笨重的跳高墊是不會搬出器材室的,所以她只能在助跑後側身、雙腳前後掠過半空,落在繩的另一側,明明是最單純的剪式,卻真的像燕子一般輕盈地凌空,無聲無息地降落,如同她這個人,安靜、優雅、沒有一絲多餘。443Please respect copyright.PENANAmIuEc3VMBV
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「練練看跨欄好了!」最後教練對我說。443Please respect copyright.PENANAre3DufT4by
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於是我開始田徑隊的日子,每天來學校就先操場三圈,遲到加一千、未到補兩千,然後是馬克操、衝刺跑、環式、腳肌……和永遠停不了的吱吱喳喳,教練不時拿出新花招來充實我們的菜單,直到我們收完操攤在滾燙的跑道上,連嘴巴也累到動不了,靜靜看著流動的藍天白雲,感覺汗水滑落PU操場,像鐵板燒那樣「滋──」地蒸發。443Please respect copyright.PENANAhDvlUdEaWf
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這期間我一直注視著雅騰學姊。443Please respect copyright.PENANAzRxiuVIBHu
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不久後我就知道她從國中開始練跳高,進我們學校之前就拿過中小聯運的名次,雖說女子組跳高競爭不算激烈,以升學班來說也是很不錯的成績。青山高中沒有體育班,田徑隊裡大多是唸書唸不出名堂、精力沒處發洩的傢伙,我們安於笑鬧、打屁,用靈魂的垃圾食物填充每一天。443Please respect copyright.PENANAdCMDgWGC0S
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但雅騰學姊不一樣,她跳的時候總是盯著竿子上方五公分,在左邊的紅點起跳,在兩個紅點中央時越過時,正好在她的飛行高點、竿子的微曲弧度低點。443Please respect copyright.PENANA15zB24wPPU
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我好想知道她在竿頭上方仰望的是什麼樣的天空?443Please respect copyright.PENANAQI8rWx7PR6
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有一次我跟孟漢聊天,他是這一屆唯一專攻跳高的高一生。443Please respect copyright.PENANAr0tU3B9Smg
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「你能跟著雅騰學姊真好!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAK0VMFTG4bS
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「她真的很強。」孟漢說,「不是說跳得比較高,她是女生,論跳躍力或速度我是絕對不會輸的,可是這樣跳只是蠻幹,真正跳得好是讓自己原有的能力完全發揮,能夠做到的話,看起來會……」他瞇起眼睛,望向這個不像冬天的太陽,「……非常漂亮!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAAIuiFH2kAn
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我回想學姊的身影,除了田徑場上之外,還有在體育服外套上襯衫和制服裙,在校園中偶然撞見的樣子,沒錯!她個子瘦高,一頭清秀的長髮,但是讓人在她身上停駐目光的,還是孟漢所謂的「漂亮」吧?443Please respect copyright.PENANAxpMxydXMTy
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「不過高明的人不見得是高明的老師啊!」孟漢收回上望的目光,「她是有耐心,解講得仔細,問什麼也都會教,可是總覺得就是這樣而已。」443Please respect copyright.PENANA7hgBP7FeZo
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「怎樣而已?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAZR1ahNv6vP
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孟漢看著水泥地,想了一會兒才說:「眼中什麼都沒有看著,這樣。」443Please respect copyright.PENANArtphUgjWQB
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如果只看著欄架,就會像學姊一樣嗎?雖然我還是偷懶、總是分心聊天,但是當我朝著欄架跑的時候,在這一百公尺間,我是全心全意地看著心中想要成為的身影。443Please respect copyright.PENANAP7Y2XjXVtR
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短跑的世界是天份的天下,因為絕對有人比妳更努力,每個人付出一樣的努力之後,還是靠生下來的速度決勝負,但如果是跨欄的話,除了競爭對手比短跑稍微少了一點,又多了一分技巧的空間。443Please respect copyright.PENANAi4Bdo6NGvO
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高一的中小聯運我有報名兩百公尺短跑,理所當然地死得很難看,本行的一百跨倒是勉勉強強擠進了第六名,今年我不報短跑,專心在跨欄,除了一百跨之外,也要進軍四百米跨欄。四百是短跑界最可怕的魔王,一般選手能全速衝刺的距離大約是兩百公尺,想像妳必須維持衝刺一分鐘,又不像長跑那樣調息、控制速度,所以寒假開始我反而比學期中緊繃。443Please respect copyright.PENANAEbAaHia7E5
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只休息了一個周末,田徑隊又開始寒訓,星期一到四,早上八點到下午五點,第二個星期,考完學測的三年級生和寒輔結束的A段班同學也加入我們,所以今天我這個寒假第一次見到雅騰學姊。443Please respect copyright.PENANAzciD3hgm8k
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突然多了這些人,氣氛一下子變得很熱鬧,明明也才一星期不見,到處都在敘舊,幾乎沒有幾個人在認真練習──當然,草地上跳高墊周圍除外,一直到練習結束,「加聊」也告一段落,我才終於有機會第一次測試四百跨。443Please respect copyright.PENANAKOB3g0WPC4
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上禮拜已經測過四百,結果有點可怕,本來應該全速衝刺的最後一百完全沒力,雖然還心有餘悸,但過年後開學不久就要比賽,總不能到現在一次都沒跑過!擺上欄架後,狀況比我預想的還慘,我在倒數第二個欄架摔了一大跤。443Please respect copyright.PENANAaAD5Sjg9gO
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躺在摔跤的原地,天空已經暗了,學校裡大概是一個人都沒有,幾分鐘後我開始覺得有點冷,慢慢爬起來收拾欄架。臨走之前,我看了一眼操場中央蓋上帆布防雨的跳高墊。443Please respect copyright.PENANAa02v11qiyb
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我決定星期二起提早來學校練習,在平時上學的時間,我騎著腳踏車到學校,校門口的交通一到假日就很冷清,所以我遠遠就看到雅騰學姊的背影,她穿著學校的運動長褲和田徑隊外套,還有跳高時綁的招牌雙馬尾,正和坐在機車上的中年女人講話,雖然長得不很像,但我猜是學姊的媽媽吧?我聽不見阿姨在說什麼,卻注意到學姊用壓低了的急促語音回答,阿姨又說了什麼,看起來倒是溫和,但學姊丟下一句話,扭頭就要走,阿姨拉住她的袖子,兩人僵在校門口。443Please respect copyright.PENANADwAFPTGihY
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我提前跳下腳踏車,放慢靠近校門的腳步,交錯的剎那,我看到雅騰學姊嘴唇發抖著,卻說不出話,我當下做出決定。443Please respect copyright.PENANAiLjyWZMJIf
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「雅騰學姊,要開會了!還不進去嗎?」443Please respect copyright.PENANAeQkybhesnC
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阿姨看到我,馬上放開拉著學姊袖子的手,溫柔地對我微笑,學姊愣了兩秒,匆匆瞥一眼機車上的女人,轉身就往操場走去。443Please respect copyright.PENANArWJ5oxl0nZ
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因為目的相同,我們並肩走著。以前從沒有跟雅騰學姊閒聊過什麼,頂多是在混雜一群人之中偶然碰觸到的對話,但是這樣單獨、安靜地一起走著,卻不覺得尷尬,感受到學姊在我身邊的步伐,甚至覺得很舒坦,她又回來了!剛才校門口一瞬間,游移、難堪、不知所措的學姊,已經消失了!現在這裡的又是我所憧憬的,優雅自適的雅騰學姊。443Please respect copyright.PENANAyvKLfWl6LB
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「妳還真早來啊!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAzxtE6JHhFs
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學姊忽然開口,我差點反應不來,連忙回答:「是啊!這次要挑戰四百跨,不多練一點不能安心。」而且是因為看到學姊一次又一次跳躍的樣子,才決心努力的!443Please respect copyright.PENANAafYnmOvTYy
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學姊沒有反應,這麼說起來,她剛才說話時也沒有看我。443Please respect copyright.PENANARG6Z7gTaqy
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「雅騰學姊呢?妳也很早到呢!」443Please respect copyright.PENANAViCiK119IQ
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我擔心學姊其實不那麼想說話,但還是覺得反問也是一種禮貌,還好她很快就回答:「因為是第一次走路來學校,把時間估得寬一點。」443Please respect copyright.PENANA2RBIA61GLY
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「學姊家住哪裡啊?」我有點好奇,難道不是學姊的媽媽載她來的嗎?443Please respect copyright.PENANAo1bqMKfDGJ
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「北區。」大概是聽到我忍不住吐氣的聲音,雅騰學姊又補充:「走路差不多一個小時多一點而已。」443Please respect copyright.PENANAIfAvS2wrE2
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已經到了操場邊,我突然發現自己怎麼把腳踏車也牽過來,重點是雅騰學姊從頭到尾什麼也沒說,一踩進跑道就很自然地開始暖身,我趁機趕快回頭往車棚。