Heartstrings in Brooklyn

Chapter 4

The sound of my alarm clock rips me away from my sleep. 7am, an early start for me simply because I needed to pick up my car from the gym. Not that I minded though, it's nice to have early starts, and It meant I got to see Alex. After our small conversation yesterday, I now know that he meant the kiss as much as I did, but that doesn't stop my head from feeling completely confused. Getting out of my bed, I decide that I'll work out for a bit while I'm at the gym, no more than an hour, so I grab some gym clothes and shove them on. I only wear a sports bra, leggings and a zip up jacket for if I get cold. Walking downstairs, with my phone, earphones, car keys and water bottle, I make some eggs and toast and eat it before Alex arrives. It was only 7:30 so I was proud that I got ready in half an hour, even if it was just a matter of getting changed and eating.

"'Good morning" I say getting into the car.

"Morning, hey are you actually going to work out?" He asks looking at my attire.

"Yeah, thought I should, and then I'll still have the rest of the day to do as I please" I smile.

"True, have you eaten?" He asks.

"Yep."

"Have you slept?" He continues.

"Indeed" I smile.

"Fab" he laughs before pulling off of my driveway and driving to work. When we arrive to the gym we part ways as he gets to work behind the desk and I go to work out. After 45 minutes I decide to stop for today and walk back out of the gym and into the reception area.

"You leaving?" Alex asks me as i walk over to the desk to scan my card so that it would show I'd been there for a 45 minute session.

"Yeah, I'm pretty tired, and this way I'll be home by just gone 9 and can meet with lexi, we're going shopping. I take a sip of my water.

"Are we practising today?" He asks.

"Up to you." I reply.

"No you say." He nags.

"What time do you finish?" I ask him.

"Well, I was supposed to see your brother today after he's worked his shift, I guess I could just come to your house and we could do something there? I guess we need to, you know, practise at yours as well to seem natural" he says quietly even though we were the only ones in the room.

"That's cool, I'll see you then." I say turning around to leave, but turning back to smile before doing so.

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Holding three bags of shopping in one hand and my coffee in the other, I sigh feeling like my arm would fall off any minute.

"Do you want to go and sit down somewhere? We haven't eaten yet." Lexi asks me looking at my hand that was turning red from the bags which were quite heavy.

"I still have my coffee" I say.

"So we will go afterwards. I'm starving anyway." She says, looking at her watch for the time. "And it's already 2, so we are going to eat the biggest burgers you've ever seen." She laughs.

"I'm getting back into healthier eating" I laugh.

"Oh shh it's one burger" she says.

"Easy for you to say." I reply, referring to her body. She has the most perfect body and never works out, she's able to eat anything and do anything and still look amazing. I don't have a bad figure, but it is not perfect by anyone's definition. I'm slim enough but have a belly which isn't completely flat, with boobs which aren't great.