he agrees to go in

Tom agreed to come inside. He wasn't sure why Natalie's version of him would not normally go in - perhaps he was actually bored by it, probably having attending many such practices over the years. Tom knew that his own issue would be to avoid ogling the girls, especially the one who was supposed to be his own daughter. Still, the opportunity was too good to pass up, so he agreed to come in.

Sarah practically bounced ahead of him while he slowly strolled into the gym. He took a seat on the bleechers as the girls started. He did his best to avoid being obvious, pretending to look at his phone while watching them out of the corner of his eyes. While Tom certainly appreaciated fit women in skimpy uniforms, cheerleaders normally held no special appeal for him - not more than any other attractive, atheletic women anyway. But tonight he struggled to hide his arousal as he watched Sarah tumble and dance around the floor, innocently waving and smiling at him when she caught him looking. The realization that his Sarah was this high school cheerleader - and that at the moment she saw him only as her father - gave him an illicit thrill throughout the whole evening.

Finally he decided he couldn't take it anymore and went outside for a break. He walked around the parking lot a few times, finding the mild exercise did help some. After a while people started exiting the gym. He soon saw Sarah. "Hey, I wondered what happened to you? Finally get too bored," she asked.

Tom acted nonchalant. "Just a bit. But what I saw was fine. You're really great," he offered as a compliment as they headed to the car.

Sarah rolled her eyes. "Pfft. Of course you have to say that. You're my dad!" she pointed out, climbing into the passenger seat. Tom started the car and Sarah immediately put some pop music on the radio and softly sang along. She looked so sweet he hesitated to do anything. But he wanted to spend some time with Sarah and wasn't sure if he'd have the opportunity once they got home, given his new wife.

"Sarah wake up," he said.

She stopped singing and blinked her eyes. "Whoah, now THAT was interesting!" she announced. A minute passed in silence. Tom was beginning to wonder if something was wrong when she spoke again. "Amazing. I...I was literally someone else. I remember everything she said, did and felt like it happened to me. But it didn't. That's sooo weird..." she caught Tom's concerned expression and hastened to add "...but totally cool!"

"You...you still sound more like Natalie than Sarah," he pointed out.

She looked thoughtful. "Yeah, there's some bleedover maybe. But I'm feeling more like myself now." She put her hand on Tom's thigh and leaned in to kiss him on the cheek - but definitely not like Natalie's earlier kiss! He jerked the wheel briefly and she laughed. "Maybe we should have some fun before we go home?" she suggested.