Gym Bae

Part 1

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Damn, girl, ya mean.
ᵂᵒʳᵏ ᴼᵘᵗ ᵇʸ ᴶ ᶜᵒˡᵉ

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"Yeah, just like that"

"Ughhh"

"Mhmmm, do it again."

"Johnnn" I whined.

"Almost there"

"I-I gotta tap out."

"Just one more. You got it."

"No-nope!"

John sucked his teeth as he helped me rack the set.

"You we're about to beat your record"

"Well those weights were about to beat my ass." I said trying to re-regulate my breath. I grunted as I sat up and reached for my water.

"You done for the day?" He questioned, handing me a small hand-towel.

"Yeah, after my cool down, I'll probably jet."

"Coooould you do me a huge favor before you leave?" He tried to nonchalantly ask.

I squinted at him suspiciously as I continued to wipe off my accumulated sweat.

"Depends on what it is..."

"It's just a quuuuick workout reel for social." He reassured. I rolled my eyes.

"Ugh. Fine." I sighed. "It's the least I can do since you spotted me today."

"Yesss!" he celebrated with a little dance before grabbing his phone from his back pocket. I shook my head lightly amused by his behavior. Having worked shifts with him these last few months I've started to see his more child-like nature more and more. His humor was pretty elite too, not that I would tell him that cause while his muscles were big his head was bigger. However, regardless of that, I was still dreading having to do this. While an enthusiastic, child-like John was hilarious to witness and rare to see, all our co-workers avoided John and his damn phone like the plague. He was always trying to get someone to partner up with him for content. It was fun at first but it's escalated quite a bit since he started dating a certain someone.

"Oh, my girl called." He mumbled to himself.

"You gonna call her back" I said peeking over at his device. He snatched it out of sight with a side eye.

"I'll call her later... when your thirsty ass isn't around." I sucked my teeth again.

"Man, ain't nobody worried about your girl" I grumbled, "with her fine ass."

"See" he exclaimed with a pointed look. "THAT is exactly why you aren't allowed around her." I couldn't help but snicker.

In the last year that I've known John, I've learned three things. He loves his baby girl, he loves his girl and he don't play about either. Seeing as we worked at one of the most exclusive gyms in LA, we were a pretty close-knit staff. Which also means we were kinda-sorta in each other's business. And seeing as I was one of the very few female personal trainers hired here, most of the guys were always wondering about what my deal was. But there really wasn't much to it. I was laid back and about my business. Case closed. They were all convinced there was more to the story but I really didn't think life had to be that deep.

"So what's the video?" I asked, refocusing us on the the other topic at hand. John scratched the back of his neck, a nervous tick I notice he had and I squinted at him expectedly.