Gym Bae

Part 2

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'Cause being around you is all I see.
ᴸᵉᵗ'ˢ ˢᵗᵃʸ ᵀᵒᵍᵉʳʰᵉʳ ᵇʸ ᴬˡ ᴳʳᵉᵉⁿ

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"I'm so tired" I huffed from the cold matted floor. I closed my eyes, dramatically throwing an arm over my face, blocking the harsh fluorescent lights. "Really? I couldn't tell." John replied as he walked by my spiraled out figure. Instinctively I grabbed for his ankle and merely missed tripping him up to my dissatisfaction. He chuckled. "Too slow" I stuck my tongue out at him, though I did want to stick up something else but unfortunately there were kids in the gym today. Rolling onto my stomach, I slowly pushed myself back up to my feet.

"Ughhhh, I'm so sore". I whined out as I felt the contraction of my rather muscles under the weight of my body. "You say that every time." John said with the suck of his teeth. Don't you stretch?" "Don't YOU? Stiff neck-headass" I immediately quipped back, glancing around to make sure we weren't overheard. "See... I was gonna give you a suggestion to help but now? Fuck ya" he said rebutted with overly sensitive ass. "No! Wait! What was the suggestion?" I frantically questioned. "Nah, why would you take advice from a stiff-necked muthafucker" he said beginning to walk further from me. "I didn't even saaaay all that" I defended. He shook his head never changing his pace, forcing me to lightly jog after him.

As I neared him, I poorly attempted to place him in a headlock, treating him like the annoying big brother he swore he was. "I was just playyyiiinnnggg" I whined as he easily navigated out of my hold, giving me a light shove. "You lucky, my girl been telling me to be extra nice to you." I semi-awkwardly chuckled at the mention of... her, rubbing a hand nervously across the back of neck as if the action would soothe the tension I felt. "Aha... she still feeling bad?" "Yeahhh. You know she don't really get like that, so she's kinda embarrassed." I nodded unsure of what else to say.

Ever since the incident a few days ago, any time John brought her up or I came across her name I felt kind of... weird. Plus, reminiscing over what I said to her, especially as a first encounter, had my stomach knotted in embarrassment. I was definitely out of pocket. I tried to push back the rush of thoughts that began to fill my mind, triggered by his comment. "So, uh, what's the suggestion?" I questioned in attempt to segway from the topic of her. "Right, so there's this dance studio nearby that hosts this cardio aerobics class. You should check it out." "Doesn't that make them competition?" "Not unless you plan on teaching a class here, cause I know I'm not." I chuckled. "Whatever, but I'll check it out." "It's not bad. Victoria had me try a class with her once" his face contorted inquisitively as if he were reliving the memory. Normally the thought of John dancing would have me in stitches cause that boy knows he can't dance just as much as I can't sing. He was a two-step guy at most, just like I was a star at a karaoke bar. But the mention of her name again deviated my normal train of thought.

I don't know why the thought of her now puts me on edge but it frustrating. I thought it was just because I met my fave in one of the worse ways possible but even that didn't make sense. Especially since I wasn't in the wrong. However, my bodily reactions, twitches, and notable frowns were so blatant yet subconscious, it was starting to make me regret having met her at all. Who knows how I would act if I saw her again at this rate.

"and you know I'm not a dancer so after that I was not trying to go back." He continued as I tuned back. "But she always asking me to go with her cause it's her friends class and I'm just lik—"

"Wait, I'm sorry what!"

"What?"

"Victoria goes there?"