Monday afternoon I stepped foot back into the gym after my 3 month absence, I was greeted with a hug by Annabelle when I walked in the door.
"Welcome back beautiful" She says excited, "I'll call Angus to let him know his group is here", she picks up the phone and dials his number, he comes out from his office within seconds of her call, smug smile spread across his face.
"I have to admit, I didn't think you'd come back" He greets me before turning his attention to Declan, Tess and Cassie, "Go warm up, we won't be long" He instructs them and they run off to the mats.
"I'm not going to give you any special treatment Zoey, you've got a lot of catching up to do" He tells me coldly
"I could be at home right now but I choose to come here today but if you're going to use your platform as my trainer to punish me for our personal relationship then I will leave" I warn him and he looks at me floored.
"Zoey you made a commitment to the gym and you haven't been here for 3 months, I'm treating you like any other client who skips out on training, it's nothing personal I promise you but I am required to ask you why you have been absent so we can add it to our feedback and try and improve" He explains, dropping his cold tone and adopting a professional one, if he wants feedback I'll give it to him.
"I fucked my trainer, who happened to be my boyfriend and then I broke up with him because he was an ass who kept secrets, he also made a comment about sleeping with my twin sister who is also his client. Can I go warm up now?" I hit him with my truth
"Go" He yells at me, I clearly struck a nerve. I run off to join the others.
We did a half hour of normal training and then an hour of boxercising. I feel like death half way through one from the intense workout and two from watching Angus flirt with some petite brunette that I don't remember seeing here before. I think I may vomit, I can feel it gurgling inside of me, this is just all too much.
"I'm going to be sick, I'll meet you after class out the front" I announce to Tess and I run off to the bathroom. I sit on the cool floor in front of the toilet, trying to stop my head from spinning. I use to be able to do this, I was good at this and now I'm have my head in the toilet looking at what I had for lunch. Once I know I'm done throwing up I grab my clothes from my locker and go shower. Is this why he wanted me to come back here? So he could flirt with girls in front of me? I should have stayed home.
I walk out of the showers as Tess and Cassie are walking in, they both hug me.
"He's waiting for you out there" Cassie warns me and I feel a wave of nausea come over me again but I have nothing else to throw up, I have to go face the music, I walk out to wear he's waiting, head hung low in shame.
"You OK?" He asks, almost sounding concerned, I could lie to him and say yes or tell him the truth, I decide to go with the truth
"I threw up" I admit
"You're out of practice" He acknowledges, I don't add in that I watched him flirting, "Lets get you some water" He says walking me back to the front desk where he pulls out a bottle of water from the mini fridge and hands it over
"Thank you" I say, taking it from him and drink it slowly, "Theres a few new people in your class now" I hint
"Yeah there is, always happens as we get closer to Summer, we get an influx of new clients" He explains, "You did good today Zoey, you should be proud" He praises me, smiling brightly, it's the first time I've seen the bright smile again and I feel my heart melt. I want to kiss him but I'm not allowed to any more, I threw away that right 3 months ago.
"I just need to get back up to where I was before" I tell him fiercely.
"You will get there Zoey, you did it once before and you can do it again, it's just going to take time but I'll work on it with you" He says having faith in me and I smile at him. I see the brunette from boxercise walking towards us, she's staring me down like I've stollen her toy.
"Hey Angus, my Mum wants to know if you can come for dinner on Saturday night, she's cooking a lamb roast and promised there will be lots of green vegetables for you" She says smiling at him
"Sounds good, what time?" He asks her
"Around 6?" she suggests waving goodbye to him, he watches her leave with a big smile on his face
"Your girlfriend is pretty" I tell him, breaking his trance
"My girlfriend?" He asks confused
"The girl who just asked you to dinner, she seems nice and it's good that she's feeding you considering you can't cook" I say and he bursts out laughing
"That's my cousin Zoey, that's really gross that you thought she was my girlfriend" He laughs
"In my defence you were flirting with her" I laugh
"I was being friendly to her, you really have no idea what flirting looks like do you?" He asks and I smile at him relieved. Tess, Declan and Cassie met up with us at the desk.
"She better not be sore tomorrow Angus, that would ruin formal for her" Tess says and I see them do a secret pinky swear thing
"Hydrate and stretch Zoey" Angus tells me and I smile at him.
We say our goodbyes
"I'll see you Wednesday" I say to Angus
"Welcome back Zoey" He replies
"Welcome back beautiful" She says excited, "I'll call Angus to let him know his group is here", she picks up the phone and dials his number, he comes out from his office within seconds of her call, smug smile spread across his face.
"I have to admit, I didn't think you'd come back" He greets me before turning his attention to Declan, Tess and Cassie, "Go warm up, we won't be long" He instructs them and they run off to the mats.
"I'm not going to give you any special treatment Zoey, you've got a lot of catching up to do" He tells me coldly
"I could be at home right now but I choose to come here today but if you're going to use your platform as my trainer to punish me for our personal relationship then I will leave" I warn him and he looks at me floored.
"Zoey you made a commitment to the gym and you haven't been here for 3 months, I'm treating you like any other client who skips out on training, it's nothing personal I promise you but I am required to ask you why you have been absent so we can add it to our feedback and try and improve" He explains, dropping his cold tone and adopting a professional one, if he wants feedback I'll give it to him.
"I fucked my trainer, who happened to be my boyfriend and then I broke up with him because he was an ass who kept secrets, he also made a comment about sleeping with my twin sister who is also his client. Can I go warm up now?" I hit him with my truth
"Go" He yells at me, I clearly struck a nerve. I run off to join the others.
We did a half hour of normal training and then an hour of boxercising. I feel like death half way through one from the intense workout and two from watching Angus flirt with some petite brunette that I don't remember seeing here before. I think I may vomit, I can feel it gurgling inside of me, this is just all too much.
"I'm going to be sick, I'll meet you after class out the front" I announce to Tess and I run off to the bathroom. I sit on the cool floor in front of the toilet, trying to stop my head from spinning. I use to be able to do this, I was good at this and now I'm have my head in the toilet looking at what I had for lunch. Once I know I'm done throwing up I grab my clothes from my locker and go shower. Is this why he wanted me to come back here? So he could flirt with girls in front of me? I should have stayed home.
I walk out of the showers as Tess and Cassie are walking in, they both hug me.
"He's waiting for you out there" Cassie warns me and I feel a wave of nausea come over me again but I have nothing else to throw up, I have to go face the music, I walk out to wear he's waiting, head hung low in shame.
"You OK?" He asks, almost sounding concerned, I could lie to him and say yes or tell him the truth, I decide to go with the truth
"I threw up" I admit
"You're out of practice" He acknowledges, I don't add in that I watched him flirting, "Lets get you some water" He says walking me back to the front desk where he pulls out a bottle of water from the mini fridge and hands it over
"Thank you" I say, taking it from him and drink it slowly, "Theres a few new people in your class now" I hint
"Yeah there is, always happens as we get closer to Summer, we get an influx of new clients" He explains, "You did good today Zoey, you should be proud" He praises me, smiling brightly, it's the first time I've seen the bright smile again and I feel my heart melt. I want to kiss him but I'm not allowed to any more, I threw away that right 3 months ago.
"I just need to get back up to where I was before" I tell him fiercely.
"You will get there Zoey, you did it once before and you can do it again, it's just going to take time but I'll work on it with you" He says having faith in me and I smile at him. I see the brunette from boxercise walking towards us, she's staring me down like I've stollen her toy.
"Hey Angus, my Mum wants to know if you can come for dinner on Saturday night, she's cooking a lamb roast and promised there will be lots of green vegetables for you" She says smiling at him
"Sounds good, what time?" He asks her
"Around 6?" she suggests waving goodbye to him, he watches her leave with a big smile on his face
"Your girlfriend is pretty" I tell him, breaking his trance
"My girlfriend?" He asks confused
"The girl who just asked you to dinner, she seems nice and it's good that she's feeding you considering you can't cook" I say and he bursts out laughing
"That's my cousin Zoey, that's really gross that you thought she was my girlfriend" He laughs
"In my defence you were flirting with her" I laugh
"I was being friendly to her, you really have no idea what flirting looks like do you?" He asks and I smile at him relieved. Tess, Declan and Cassie met up with us at the desk.
"She better not be sore tomorrow Angus, that would ruin formal for her" Tess says and I see them do a secret pinky swear thing
"Hydrate and stretch Zoey" Angus tells me and I smile at him.
We say our goodbyes
"I'll see you Wednesday" I say to Angus
"Welcome back Zoey" He replies
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