Working out mutual frustration

Abby and Ryan had an unlikely friendship as they both met at the gym one night after both breaking up with their boyfriends. They both had thought to blow up off some steam and didn’t even know they had been running next to one another for about an hour without realizing the other. Both girls slowed down their workouts as they were drenched in sweat and catching their breathes as they brought the speed down to walking pace. “I didn't realize I had a workout buddy on my run tonight,” Abby said through huff and puffs with a smile.

Ryan smiled as she said through her own short breaths, “I didn’t realize either. I had a rough night and needed to lose myself.” Her face turned sad as Abby brought herself to a stop to look at her neighbor.

“Boyfriend problems too?” She asked Ryan with a sympathetic tone.

Ryan looked and stopped her own treadmill as they each wiped down their sweat stains off their respective treadmills before stepping off. “Sounds like we are both in the same camp. I’m Ryan by the way,” she said offering a sweaty hand to her sweaty neighbor.

“I’m Abigail but please call me Abby,” she said with a smile as her hand shook Ryan’s. “So how did you catch your dick of a boyfriend cheating?” She said as they began to walk back to the locker room.

Ryan laughed and said, “Dumbass left his phone open on Tinder with a chat open with someone he was trading pics with. He tried to get mad and accuse me of snooping but I kicked him out without a second thought. How about you, Abby?”

“The son of a bitch had butt dialed me as he was fucking his coworker during overtime. Listening to that fuckers moan had me so enraged as I threw all of his shit out the window,” Abby said while wiping the sweat off of her forehead. “It sounds like we were destined to meet, Rye Bread.”

Ryan giggled and said, “I really like that and I’m glad I’m not alone in this. It sucks when you invest so much time into someone and then they stab you in the back without a second thought.” She held the door open as Abby let herself in first.

“Well guys are dicks so how about we just write them off for now?” Abby asks as she gets to her locker. Ryan’s was just a spaces down luckily so they could continue their conversation. “It sounds like we could both use a friend as well as a workout partner. I know we just met and I’m kinda a total stranger but how do you feel about meeting at my place for some stretching and exercising? I do have some pretty awesome equipment and we wouldn’t have to worry about men leering at us the whole time.”

Ryan chuckled as she said, “I am trusting you more and more if I’m being honest. I would love to see your place and workout with you in a more private setting.” The two sweaty women exchanged their numbers and chatted a bit more.

“So here’s my address. If you want to, we can get started early like 9am or 10am,” Abby said as she sent one last text message.

“Perfect! I love morning workouts,” Ryan said with a smile as she sent an emoji back to Abby.

“I am going to head out now and enjoy a nice hot shower. I’ll see you tomorrow bright and early,” Abby said as she offered a sweaty side hug to her new friend.