Mr. Personal Trainer (#The2017 Awards)

F TV

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I continued to hurt till we had the fight.

"Saral...Plzzzz my school mates want to see Us.....just for this they arranged small get together...."

"But you only went last month for get together with them..." he argued back

"I said Us Saral!!"

Ohhhhh!! What difference will my presence make? What will I do there?"

"what do you do when you meet your fellow builders and investors and clients?" I asked

"I discuss business with them, Radhu" He replied

"So now, in order to meet you my friends will have to invest in your projects..buy your property!" I was going on different tangent. I knew he didn't mean this at all...but I had been frustrated with Saral's lack of attention towards me...And I didn't want him to ignore my surroundings.

"Is that what you think?" saral asked in frustration from other side of Phone...

It took me a moment to realize that I might have gone too far..

"I'm sorry..." I said but made it clear that my apology didn't change my accusation.

"Radhu...." Saral softened his voice and said " I will get bored...."

"what if I say the same when you take me to your business parties...." I said. That I was hurt showed in my eyes and the tears that flowed.

Saral didn't have an answer. I didn't wait for him to respond either. I disconnected the call.And he didn't call back.

I went to pack my gym bag and left early..

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I caught Arjun on the treadmill. In his light grey vest and gym shorts, he was busy doing the warm up jog. My mood brightened immediately. I put aside my negative thoughts from my fight with Saral. There was an unoccupied treadmill next to his. I walked fast to grab it, before someone else took it first. Treadmills are the busiest machines in any gym.

"Hiii!!!" I said adjusting my sipper on the dashboard panel ahead of me.

"Oh hello!" Arjun said looking at me. I immediately felt warm and secure with him.

"We are working out together, right?" I reminded him.

"Of course we are! Seven minutes of warm up and then stretching...." He advised me

"yup..." I said as I pressed the speed button on the treadmill and began my brisk walking.

I was so glad that I had things to do when all was not okay in my life...Arjun by my side and us exercising together.....so......

And then there was an awkward moment...in my hurry to grab the treadmill I hadn't noticed the LCD panel above me... this one was tuned into FTV, Fashion TV!..in this gym, no TV repeated any other channel- they were all on diverse range of channel..in spite of having option to change,no one on treadmill ever tried to change the channel...besides, the news and business channels anyway ran the breaking news and English movie channels showed subtitles.

The LCD above my treadmill was designed for FTV. I had so far always avoided taking this treadmill. Even though many members didn't have any issues with it, certain shows on this channel made me uncomfortable when I watched with everyone around. But then today, in hurry, I had made my choice.