
Since he joined the gym, Samuel has been going religiously and learning eagerly. Somehow, nights after work have become something he looks forward to as he can see his own changes in the massive mirrors in the weights area, his attitude has also changed about himself and towards others. He is... somewhat more confident.
Later on the afternoon on Tuesday, he got a call from the uni student Sharon.
"Why haven't you called me for so long?" the girl interrogates
"Uh... why should I call? *smile*"
"Well, I just saw you that night then I haven't hear from you since then"
"Do you want to do something tonight?"
"Um... like what?"
"Whatever you want, I need to go to the gym though. I'll be done around 7pm. We can meet somewhere around that area or whereever you prefer"
"OK, I'll see you there at 7"

Samuel hung up the phone, waited for time to pass, then off the gym he went. Right now, the place is blasting with trance music. But Samuel always pays no attention to that since he is so focused on his routines. Now, his soft yet toned back and shoulders are glistening with sweat. Today he works on chest and tris. As he is doing the 10th rep of his third set, a woman walks up to him and asks, "Can you help me with something?"
Shocked, Samuel tries to get the last rep up on the bar and catch his breath as he sits up. "What? I'm sorry, what do you need?"
"Well, I see you here very often and I wonder if you can teach me how to do this machine"
The woman is standing by the leg press machine that is right next to Samuel. Now he realized that the woman is dressed in tight dark purple crop top with light make-up, pink lipstick, and black spandex workout pants. Age around 35 and quite pretty looking. Samuel was caught speechless and stumbles, "Here, you need to first sit on it, then lift the handle on the side. I think you can start with 25lbs on each side"
"Twenty-five pounds? You think I can press that much?"
"Yeah, I think so, c'mon, you can do it"
"Now you need to do 12 reps each time and repeat that twice or three times"
"That'll kill me! Anyway, thanks for the help"
"No problem"
He goes back to his station, but now he keeps seeing that woman watching him from the reflection in front of them, yet he stays focused on the weight. Then, as he is about to leave the floor, the woman in purple stops him and says, "My name is Mandy and here's my number. I really need a gym partner, and you seem to be very good at it. Give me a call sometimes, or I guess I'll just see you here."
Then before Samuel can say anything, she goes in a different direction. Samuel is left speechless again, so he saved the number in his phone and got himself ready. As he walks down the stairs to the front desk, he sees a girl wearing a brown overcoat, loafers, tights, and her long curly brown hair cascading on her back, she turns around, "哈囉!好久不見啦!" (Hey, long time no see)
"Hey Sharon" Samuel gives her a warm smile, "你想要去哪?" (Where do you wanna go?)
"去我家!" (My house!)





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