Latecomers. She hated latecomers. It just seems that if you have any respect for the workout, your own fitness, much less the teacher, you would show up on time! Body pump is not for wimps. And latecomers are wimps.
Brandy had been teaching body pump at Uptown Fitness in Chicago for 2 years. She took her job and her fitness seriously. Her body was toned and trained and she could push her students hard. Her 5'6" frame and long blonde hair exuded confidence. She was in charge here. She would make the latecomer pay for his tardiness!
After the initial annoyance of having someone come into her class late wore off, she noticed that this latecomer was actually pretty fit himself. Making him pay for his untimeliness might be fun. She wondered if he could keep up with her for the remaining 40 minutes of class.
Brandy stepped up the intensity of her usual class workout a couple of minutes after he arrived. By the time Lady Gaga's "Me & You" had finished, some of her regulars were starting to look at her as if they were a bit annoyed by the intensity that she was setting, but the latecomer seemed to keep up just fine, without breaking much of a sweat. Going into the home stretch of the workout, the playlist hit "Burn" by Ellie Goulding and Brandy decided to take it up another notch. With this move, almost everyone in the class was backing off a bit from the intensity that she was setting. Except for the latecomer. He seemed able to match her move for move for the rest of the class.
By the end of the workout, Brandy realized that while she had been trying to out do this newcomer, she had been focusing on him almost exclusively. And while she focused, she realized that she much enjoyed watching him work out. He was almost six feet tall with brown wavy hair that seemed to tolerate quite a workout without getting too messed up. His arms were smooth and well toned with well defined biceps and triceps as well as forearms. His thighs bulged with each step move making Brandy's heart pump a bit harder that the workout necessitated. Yes, he was no stranger to working out, and she found herself wondering what it would be like to touch his well toned musculature.
As the class ended, several of Brandy's regular students said, "bye" and joked about the likelihood of being sore the next day before leaving through the door. After just a few minutes, Brandy found herself alone in the room with the newcomer.
"Nice class" he said.
"Thanks. It would have been better if you had been on time."
"So that's what got under your skin and made you want to run all of the students into the ground!"
"Actually, I wasn't concerned about them, just trying to teach you a lesson."
He laughed, "Lesson learned. I won't be late again, Brandy."
"I'm sorry, you're a step ahead of me. You are...?"
"Oh, your name was listed on the class schedule. I'm Aidan" he said as he extended his hand to her.
She took it and replied, "Nice to meet you. Next time be on time!"
"Yes ma'am" he replied.
As the conversation was going on, she found herself continuing to survey his body. Those arms were a sight to behold. She thought about reaching out to touch them, but realized how inappropriate that would be. But the thought alone seemed to make her heart skip a beat and her tummy to feel a bit odd.
He continued, "I was wondering, do you do personal training sessions?"
"Occasionally" she replied. "For a few clients."
"I was wondering if you could take me on as a client. See, I'm new to town and in the past few weeks of transition, I've not had much time to work out. I really need to catch up and it seems that you're more that up to challenging me!"
"I suppose I could take one more client" she said with a small grin. "Would next Tuesday at 8:00 be ok?"
"Tuesdays at 8:00 would be great, but I was really hoping to get started right away. Are you free to stay for a session right now?"
