Half a World Away // Vinnie Hacker

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I woke up the next morning in my bed but Vinnie was nowhere in sight. I don't remember him leaving last night or saying goodbye this morning. I got up slowly and let my eyes adjust to the light. My laptop was on my desk and I could see a pizza box sticking out of the bin in the kitchen. I walked out of my room and into the kitchen, noticing a piece of paper sitting on the bench. I picked it up and saw that vinnie had scribbled down a note quickly before he left.

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Sorry I didn't say goodbye, I didn't want to wake you up but I had an interview to get to. I made you vegemite toast and milo before I left. Thanks for last night :)

-V

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I smiled to myself and picked up the vegemite toast, taking a bite. He managed to put the perfect amount of butter and vegemite onto the toast which sort of surprised me. I walked over to my room and picked up my phone texting him, 'I think you've moved up to tier 2 Australian'. I got dressed into workout tights and a sports bra, tying my hair up into a ponytail and headed over to the shops. I was walking around just looking for nothing in particular when I heard someone squeal my name. I turned to see Mia skipping in my direction. I took a few steps forwards and came face to face with her. "Are you going to the gym here?" mia asked the second she stood in front of me. "No, I was thinking about it but a gym membership isn't really in my budget for living here. I might just go for a run later or something," I explained. Mia nodded and then her face lit up and she started jumping up and down on the spot, "You should come to our house and use our gym!" mia suggested, over-enthusiastically. She has a lot of energy for someone so little. No, jokes, she's only the tiniest bit shorter than me.

"Are you sure that's ok?" I asked. we started walking somewhere, I don't know where, we were just walking. "Yeah, I'm going to be done in about an hour, maybe a little longer so you could come back with me today and use it," she suggested. I nodded, it's not like I had anything else planned today. "Yeah, that'll work, thanks. I didn't really come here for any particular reason so following you around for an hour wouldn't be too bad," I joked. She smiled and clapped her hands then pulled me into Victoria's secret. She was looking at new bras and stuff while I stuck to the body sprays and perfumes, Victorias secret bras are too expensive for me.

After an hour of jumping from store to store and admiring all the expensive stuff I could never afford, we headed to Mia's car. "You didn't drive here, did you?" she asked. I shook my head. I had never even considered getting a car while I was here, driving on the right side of the road is too scary. We drove to the Hype House and Mia showed me to the Gym. To say it was huge would be an understatement, it was probably the size of, if not bigger than my apartment. "This thing is massive! and it's in your home!" I exclaimed upon seeing it. "Yeah, the boys are pretty big gym junkies excluding Calvin and Connor," Mia laughed, "Well, I'll leave you to it. Get me before you leave!" I nodded and then pulled my AirPods out of my pocket, connecting them to my phone.

I put on my workout playlist and started doing a mix of Chloe Ting workouts and some of my own stuff, personalising it slightly to myself. after about half an hour of gruelling ab and butt exercises, I got up to get a drink of water. I turned around for a second and put my water bottle down and when I turned around Vinnie was entering the room. "Oh, hi," Vinnie said, smiling as he saw me. "Hi," I smiled back, "Mia invited me over to use your gym," I laughed slightly at the mildly ridiculous situation. How often do you get invited to someone's house to use their home gym? "How long have you been here?" he asked.

"Just about half an hour," I replied. he nodded and then started his workout. I started the second half of my work focusing more on legs and arms. I was getting really distracted watching vinnie instead of doing my workout because he wasn't wearing shirt, just a pair of shorts and god did he look hot. I was admiring the way the tattoo on his back moved as his muscles moved when suddenly Thomas walked in so i just started doing sit ups, i wasn't even meant to be doing sit ups. "Oh, hey guys," He said as he walked in.

He started warming up which signalled the end of my time admiring Vinnie. I did about another 25 minutes worth of excerises before i decided on stopping. Usually i would do a half an hour gym workout twice a week and then work on cardio doing running and stuff the other five days but i think because i can use their gym, i might just do one hour long work out once a week and run the other six from now on, we'll see.

I got up and grabbed my water bottle, which I'm glad i brought with me when i went to check out the gym earlier, and chugged half of it, starting to walk out. "You can use my shower if you want. There's a clean towel hanging up," Vinnie said just before i opened the door. i smiled and nodded, saying a thank you as i left the room. i walked down the hall, eventually finding Vinnie's room and I went inside. I went into his bathroom and stood in front of the infamous mirror. I'm glad I don't look too bad after doing an hour-long workout. I walked back out to his wardrobe and took out one of his hoodies, he won't mind me borrowing one, and walked back into the bathroom, locking the door. I stripped down and got into the shower, the warm water hitting my body.

After about 15 minutes, i got out, dried off and got dressed back into my leggings and Vinnie's hoodie. When i came out Vinnie was just coming into his room. When he saw I was in his hoodie he smiled and shook his head slightly. I spent the rest of the day hanging around the Hype House with various members before finally getting home at 7.