True to her word, Bella dragged me to the gym the next day. She spent the morning eliciting every ounce of gossip from the night before,
and had totally forgiven me for not answering her calls. We ran on the tread mill a bit, did some weights and we're sat chatting on the bikes when he walked in.
"Is that Pedro?" I asked nodding in his direction.
"Yup. There's like one gym in the town so he would be here. Wanna say hi?" She was excited.
"No thank you. He'll head over if he wants to say hi, I'm sure. Right are we doing the pool and bubbles?" This was the main reason I'd agreed to come.
"Yes! But I should say hi, we'll go past on our way" she smiled and grabbed her water bottle and towel.
"Keep going old man!" She teased as we walked past him at the free weights.
"buenas tardes chicas" he smiled "you had a good workout?"
"We have worked our literally asses off, and then back on again with squats" I joked slapping my ass stupidly.
"I can see" he raised and eye brown my way.
"And now we're going to float in the pool and steam until we're raisined" Bella added.
"Enjoy" he grinned and we headed off.
We changed and I did a few laps of the pool and lounged a bit. They had a steam room and an ice shower that we both tired our best to handle but we were complete wimps! I was just giving up and planning on headed out when Pedro got into the pool. Bella teased that my mouth was open as I watched him slip into the water and effortlessly swim laps.
We sat on the edge of the jacuzzi, the gym was rather empty, there was a family in the pool at one end and an old couple who were in the bubbles, but apart from that there were few people around.
"Right, don't let me stay in here too long or I'll never walk again" I announced getting right under the bubbles. The old people got out and Bella headed to the sauna promising to fetch me in a few minutes.
"Room for one more?" My eyes were closed but I knew it was him. I opened one eye to see him slip into the water. His arms and chest were toned, muscles on fine form after the workout, although not a defined six pack his body was perfect, I had to do everything I could to stop my self staring.
"You we're quick, I thought he'd be hours in the gym kinda guy" I teased.
"Not at all if I can help it! I jogged here, 20 minutes on the weights, 20 minutes in the pool, that'll do me for today" he smiled. "What about you? Are you a gym bunny?"
"Not any more. I mean I love being active, but super hero knees are a real thing and I like being pain free. I'll run a bit, I have some weights at home but no actual gym membership for me any more"
"You look incredible for it though" he smiled, flirting properly for the first time
"You're not wearing your glasses" I teased. "But you very kindly know the right things to say"
"It's working then?" He winked and moved to sit a little closer. "What are you doing tomorrow evening?" He asked.
"Uumm I'm not sure. Not much, I'm off to my uncle's the next day so..."
"Have dinner with me" he didn't ask, it was an instruction.
"No Bella, just us, like before you jet off, I'd like to have dinner"
"That would be lovely." I led back and then rubbed at my neck. "Argh, I slept far too well and now my neck is killing me" I tried to move so the jets were on the right spot.
"Come here" his hand was suddenly on my shoulder and he'd turned me so my back was to him, his fingers kneading my aching muscles. "Better?" He asked his voice gruff behind me.
"Much, thank you"
"Gross!" Bella teased as she walked to find me. Pedro's continued to rub my neck.
"Don't like it when mom and dad get along?" He teased and then stopped, his hands slipping down my arm "any good ?" He checked leaning close.
"Loads better, thank you. Right, come on then small one. We should go" I stood and hopped out to leave with Bella. According to her, Pedro watched my every move like all of his birthdays had come at once.
"You two looked cosy" she teased as we dried our hair in the changing rooms.
"He was just rubbing my shoulder because my neck hurts" I protested. "And he maybe..."
"Maybe what?" She jumped in quickly.
"He kinda asked me out"
"He did fucking not!!" She shouted a little too loud and other looked around "what did he say?"
"He asked if I wanted to have dinner with him tomorrow"
"And...? Do you?"
"I think I said yes, yeah"
"Eeeek! I'm so good at this" she clapped her hands together.
"It's just dinner"
"Just dinner but lasat night you spent hours chatting and flirting and then he kissed you"
"Not a real kiss"
"Just give him time!" She smiled and got her things from the locker before we headed off.
