At the Gym

“Sure, I have some energy in me"

Stacy and I made our way to the weight area, looking for equipment to do our lower body workout.

While we were taking turns at the squat machine together two guys approached us. Not bad looking, they were in shape.

“Hey girls, we were wondering how much longer you had here”

“We just started, so we won’t be done soon” Stacy said

“Ok, we’ll just wait until you’re finished”

So they stood there while Stacy and I were working out. Everytime we would take a rest, they would try to strike up a conversation, clearly trying to hit on us.

Stacy was receptive, replying and eventually flirting back with the one that was getting her attention.

I however, was embarrassed and annoyed. I know i wasn’t the most masculine looking guy, but why was everyone confusing me for a girl today!! Everytime the guy would ask me a question, I'd respond with one word answers and rest for as little time as possible. I also felt him ogling my ass every time i did a squat. I considered just saying I was a guy to scare him off, but I was worried one of the girls from dance would overhear me and blow my cover.

I wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible, but Stacy was being no help, she was loving the attention and in no rush to leave. As the boy tried asking for my number, i saw my ticket away from the situation.

“Sorry, I have to go now, my boyfriend is leaving. Catch you later Stacy”.

I waved to Stacy and pushed pass the two boys, making my way to Chad, who i saw leaving the volleyball court on his way out.

I went to his side and grabbed his arm,

“Pretend to be my boyfriend. Don’t question it, I'm trying to escape some creep that won’t stop hitting on me”

Chad looked at me confused, before seeing the guy from earlier was staring in my direction.

“Alright, I understand”

He snaked his arm around my waist, pulling me close to his side, resulting in a yelp from me. He then started walking towards to exit.

I looked back and saw the boy was no longer looking at me, instead talking to Stacy with his friend. Whew, glad that’s over

“AHH”

I squealed. Chad had lowered his hand and was now cupping one of my assheeks in his hands. I shot him a glare.

“What, I have to make this believable” he said, with a toothy grin

I just blushed in response, and kept walking.

Once we were outside the gym, I let out a sigh of relief.

“Thanks Chad, that guy was being annoying”

“Happy to help a cutie like you when I can. I never told you my name though”

I thought he was joking, but I looked and saw genuine confusion on his face.

“Chad, you’re joking right”

“I most certainly am not, I’d remember a girl like you”

“Chad....it’s me…Alex”

“..what?”

All this time he still had me in the same position as in the gym, palm resting comfortably on my ass. After hearing that, his grip loosened

“Yea, do you not recognize your own roommate??”

He squinted his eyes as he looked at me, before realization spread across his face

“Holy shit, Alex it’s you!!”

“Yes, that’s why I said it” I said, a chuckle escaping my lips.

He started looking at me up and down

“But how…you’re…hot”

This was a new side of Chad, the idiot side. It was kind of cute to watch how flustered he was and I couldn’t help but giggle.

“Never expected to be called cute by my bro. I accidently left my clothes in the dryer and they all shrunk”

Chad stood there, still reeling from the revelation. I let out a sigh and grabbed him by the hand.

“C’mon, don’t just stand there looking stupid, I’ll tell you all about it on our way back to the dorm”

So I led him across campus, telling him about the horrible day I had with oversleeping, then my clothes shrinking, and how much fun the dancing club was but now I’d have to pretend to be a girl everytime I was there in order not to be kicked out because of Stacy’s mistake. By the time we got back to the dorm room, I realized I had wrapped myself around Chad’s arm at some point, and I was leaning against him the entire time.

“Oh my god I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize I was holding onto you the entire time”

“Don’t worry about it…it was…nice”

We both stood there in awkward silence, before I said that I needed to shower off and get ready for classes tomorrow. Chad said he needed to get ready to sleep as well, so we continued on as usual. But until the moment I shut my eyes, I didn’t stop thinking about how comfortable I was with Chad today.