The gym

You arrive at the gym with Melissa and stop at the reception desk. There, Melissa helps you register for the free two-day trial. You fill up a form and sign at the bottom before being given a small key to enter and for your locker.

"This is where we go separate ways." Melissa says.

"Can't I just come with you?"

"Nope. My classes are not included in your free trial. But you can use any equipment in this room. Go train your legs a little bit. Don't push too hard at first because you have just eaten. I will see you for lunch. A normal lunch at a normal time." She teases you before disappearing behind a door. You are not the only one who has been watching her swing her hips across the room, almost all the eyes of the people training were on her.

You thought many times that the gym was a place full of beautiful women training to tone their legs and butt. You thought there would be many girls as pretty as Melissa and Judy but you are thoroughly disappointed. The gym is a place full of sweat and smelly men, showing off their muscles and looking down on you. There are only a few women but even them are severely lacking compared to Judy and Melissa.

Only one girl can be described as decent but she is already surrounded by topless men acting cool, eager to show their worth.

You steel your resolve and head to a cycling machine. It is very easy at first but after a few minutes, your legs already start aching.

You spend the rest of the morning dancing between stations. You are ashamed of your physical performance. The other men and women would often chuckle when they look at you. The few instructors who look after the equipment would often come to help and explain. All those experienced gym-goers can easily spot a first timer.

It is hard but you persevere, for the sake of your one on one yoga class with Melissa. It is this thought that keeps you driving forward.

When it is finally time for lunch, Melissa enters the room looking for you. She looks stunning. You feel happy that she is here for you but at the same time displeased that all the men are eyeing her.

You are exhausted but feel a boost of energy when Melissa approaches you. She giggles, "Don't **** yourself. Come, let's go have lunch."

She pushes you to the changing area and instructs you to take a quick shower. When you are done, she brings you to a nearby restaurant for lunch.

"I can tell it is your first time doing physical exercises. You should not push yourself too hard or else, you will strain your muscles. In fact, you should take a rest for the rest of the day if you don't want to hurt yourself."

"I can keep going!" You exclaim proudly but deep inside you are full of doubts.

"But you should not. You are doing yourself more harm than good. I won't talk to you ever if you return to the gym this afternoon!" She says firmly.

"But what about our yoga session?"

"Is that what motivates you?" She blushes. "You should forget about it, it's not happening."

"So you were lying to me when you tempted me?" You act like you feel hurt.

"When did I lie? I just don't want you to hurt yourself. How about this? Instead of going to the gym after lunch, go to the bookstore and buy a kamasutra book. I'll let you do it to me in any one of the positions of the book tonight, that is if you are able to." She chuckles.

"Really?" Your eyes light up, how can you not be excited at the idea.

"Yup but honestly, that is also unlikely to happen. You did not stretch yourself after work, so your muscles are probably going to ache a lot."

"You are messing with me!"

"I'm not!" She pulls out her tongue playfully.

...

After lunch, Melissa returns to the gym while you head over to a bookstore. You browse through the books and eventually find what you are looking for but you need to choose carefully. You can only choose one posture and you don't want to miss out on this huge opportunity.

At that moment, your phone suddenly vibrates. You take it out and find that two messages have arrived. But what surprises you is the contact name of the sender: "Celina-Possible future friend with benefits #1"

Message:

Hi John. You did not say what the new theme for this week's picture will be. I am eager to have my pictures reviewed, please tell me what the new topic will be quickly. For now, I'll attach a picture of last week's theme. Hope that puts you in a good mood.