A Gentle Disease (Joel Hokka)

(13) I'm Relentless Like You Made Me

Joel

Freya and I were on the date, she was telling me something. But my mind was preoccupied with Sonja. How funny! I'm on a date with my girlfriend and here I was thinking about the raven haired girl. I played with my wine glass.

"Joel are you listening?" Freya asks me. What was wrong with Sonja? Whenever I brought up Freya's name, she would flinch. Like she also stated that she has to stay away.

"Joel babe are you okay?" Freya asks me and I look at her and nodded. What if I was making an mistake? What if this relationship with Freya was me escaping? God I knew I liked Sonja. Why was I an ass to her?

Sonja

(The Next Day)

"Iron lady! Back for more?" Joe asks me and I laughed.

"Of course daddy beast! I'm here to workout hardcore, break a sweat and just kick ass!" I said with a laugh. My physical therapist looks at me with an amused face.

"Well...well I didn't know you had a daddy kink Sonja." Joe said while winking at me. I laughed, while I wore my mesh panel yoga leggings, a massive hoodie with a sports bra underneath.

"I mean have you seen yourself? You're quite hot Joe! I'm surprised you're still single!" I said with a giggle.

"Alright you're making me blush! Do I need to kick that Hokka boy's ass for breaking your heart?" Joe asks me. I sighed recalling both Aleksi and Joel, men such a disappointment.

"No Joe, they're too good for me. First Joel is taken, well he kissed me and his girlfriend terrorised me. Now the black haired one Aleksi doesn't want anything to do with me." I whispered. Joe sighs.

"Iron lady, you're so strong remember that. Your heart is one the toughest. Don't fret so much, you have the heart and soul. It's doesn't matter." Joe says while holding my hand, in a comforting way.

"Alright I'm ready for this shit!" I said with a laugh. Warm up was pretty smooth, but we managed to come up with a new set up. There was something clipped to the pull up bar, with a purple resistance bands.

"Alright this is something different now. I want you to use this for a walking set up, and just go for it hard." Joe says, I laughed.

"Yes daddy!" I said. I saw Joe look at me shaking his head.

"God this is going to be a long session Iron Lady. So make daddy proud." Joe says while winking at me. I begin into the session, gosh I was boiling hot. The resistance of the bands were taxing, but I could feel each muscle group working and recruiting.

I stopped a little while and pulled off my hoodie and continued to workout without it. Sometimes I would feel Joe touching my hips adjusting my posture. His exposed tattooed arms crossed over his chest. His head nodding in approval.

"Fantastic!" Joe says, we stopped using those rings and then we went  onto the pull up bar. I began doing some hanging L-seats, my whole body shook with tension. Joe looked at me wide eyed.

"Damn Iron Lady I'm telling you! You're killing it." Joe says, while he gave me a five second holes. I took a break and went back at it. Knowing the pain Joel puts me through, this is the only way I can cope.

Here in this gym, abusing my body to the extreme. These exercises gave me an escape, just loved the pain. Flashes of Freya came back to me, the way she dug her claws into me. I gasped and stopped.

"Sonja breathe!" Joe says while I found myself getting nervous. I fell onto my knees on the black mats. Joe held onto me, I just cling onto his muscular body, I didn't care I just needed the comfort.