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Ava groaned as she rolled over to silence
Damn her motivation and setting her personal training session so early in the morning (which it really wasn’t)
She had been in need of some lifestyle changes recently, work had been a bore and her life felt so draining and purposeless. After confessing her feelings to her good friend Mary, it was recommended to her to start taking lessons from a personal trainer to give her some direction and something to focus on.
• 3 Days Prior
Mary was able to get her a business card for one of the Personal Trainers at the gym, the name on the card read JC Simmons- Personal Trainer.
It had listed his social media information so prior to reaching out, she opened up Instagram on her phone and those pictures were all the motivation that she needed to call this trainer.
Man I bet he does all kinds of cardio hehe….I could get on board with some good old fashioned cardio with him.
She thought to herself as she dialed the number in her phone, it rang twice followed by a greeting.
“Thank you for calling OCS Personal Training this is JC Simmons, what can I do for you today?”
“Hi, uh I was referred to you by a friend, she recommended I schedule a personal training session with you.”
“Oh awesome! Can I get some of your basic information?”
The conversation flows easily, she gives up her information to him and they settle on their appointment for 9:00am on Thursday morning. It was Monday, and Ava had to make sure that she had done her laundry so that she could wear her favorite leggings that made her butt look extra good for this cute trainer.
Fast forward back to Thursday, Ava rolls out of bed managing to fall on her ass after failing to get untangled from her sheets. Her phone’s clock reads 7:45am. Ava groans once again, rarely does she ever wake up before 10:00am these days. She works the later shifts, her work days rarely start before 2:00pm so she has plenty of time to sleep in the morning.
Ava gets up, drags her tired body over to her closet, and opens the swinging doors. Pulling out her favorite leggings and then deciding on a tank top that is very form fitting and pushes her boobs up on full view for anyone who’s eyes wander anywhere below near her neck. She pulls her hair back in a pony tail, it used to be short but over time, it has grown a couple inches reaching below her shoulder. She decided on a snack to eat because she is starving, deciding on a banana with a few spoonfuls of peanut butter.
Seems healthy right?
She is already to go by 8:25 which gives her just enough time to drive there, park, and then rush inside the door just as the clock ticked 9:00am.
Phew that was close, we made it.
She walks up to the reception desk, eyes scanning around for the brooding hunk of man that was supposed to be training her this morning. Her eyes briefly catch the figure of a woman with jet black hair, pulled back in a bun glancing down at her watch and scoffing every few minutes.
Jeez, what has got her all pressed?
“Hi! Good morning what can I do for you this morning?” A blonde-haired, blue-eyed guy probably close to Ava’s age asks her as she gets close to the desk.
“Well hello! My name is Ava Silva, and I have an appointment this morning for a personal training session with JC Simmons.” She replies, flashing the best smile she could that early in the morning.
“Oh yes, I am so sorry to inform you that JC had a family emergency that needed to be dealt with immediately so he will be out of work for the next week. I understand the inconvenience, but we have another available trainer who is more than qualified and is willing to take your sessions until JC returns” the receptionist says apologetically.
Ava’s smile falters, dang That blows, he was so hot. But luckily I can be patient.
“Yea okay that should work fine. Do you have any idea when he’ll be back?” She inquires.
“At the present time, no we do not. JC has promised to keep us updated as much as he can but the situation is delicate and unpredictable.”
“I understand, thanks for trying to make things work for me though. I appreciate it.” She returns, trying to be genuine.
“Of course, it is our pleasure! Beatrice, would you come over here please?” He looked up at the woman Ava had seen earlier and waved her over. When she turned around, holy shit were all the personal trainers here insanely hot or what, Ava was pleasantly surprised.
The woman was stunning, not only did she have an amazing figure, very much complimented by the tight clothes she was wearing but she had these brown eyes that seemed to get more beautiful the closer she got to Ava.
“Beatrice, meet Ava the new client you are taking in for JC while he is gone” The blonde introduces her.
This mysterious woman sticks her hand out as if to shake it, Once processing what was happening Ava took her hand and shook it.
I am no expert but the whole cliche feeling sparks that always gets talks about in movies, yeah that just happened with this goddess of a woman. God help me.
“Pleasure”
Oh. My. God. Shut up. She has an accent too. This is too much.
“h-Hi, I’m Ava” there’s a bit of an awkward silence and she just gets two blank stares from the gym employees.
Ava you dumbass, he already said that.
“I was just testing you, I know he already said my name.” She tries to cover up her stumble, but the blank stares remained blank.
After a few seconds of uncomfortable silence, the goddess herself spoke in that heavenly accent again, “Well okay. Shall we get started?” As she motions to the gym behind them.
“Right, y-yes. Okay, you lead the way boss. I am all yours” this confession makes Ava slightly blush which she hopes nobody notices.
They walk through the gym, Beatrice pointing out all of the different areas. It is all rather intimidating, there are so many machines and loud noises. Every few minutes there’s the slam of heavyweights that makes Ava startle, she isn’t sure whether she is going to get used to that or not.
As they get closer to the back of the building, there’s a room off to the side with various pieces of simple equipment, Beatrice enters that room and turns the lights on. The wall is lined with mirrors, and Ava takes a second to look around the room.
She is brought out of her analysis when she hears that Beatrice has started talking.
“So today is not going to be how it normally is, the first half is going to be us strictly going over the goals and things you want to work on and accomplish and the second half is going to be you doing various exercises so I can see where your strength is from the start” she says as she takes a binder off of one of the benches.
“I am going to start with some basic questions, this is not to intrude on your personal life but it is for me to gauge how well you are taking care of your body outside of our time spent together. If you don’t feel comfortable answering any of my questions, just let me know and we will move on. “
Ava nods, wow this woman is hot it is hard to focus on what she is saying. Because holy abs.
“Some are going to be yes or no questions, others are going to need specific answers. “ Pulling out a sheet of paper and a pen, Beatrice prepares to write.
“Okay sounds good boss.”
The woman huffs at the response as she looks down .
“Full name please”
‘Ava Maria Silva’
“Birthday and how old are you”
‘July 2nd, 26 years old’
“Approximate Height and Weight”
(I am American, don’t judge me) ‘ 62 inches, 130 lbs’
“ Would you prefer if I just give you the paper and you can go through and fill out the sections on your own? I do not want to insult your intelligence and assume you cannot do that yourself.” She asks, offering the paper and pen.
‘Oh yes, okay. I guess that works for me.’ She takes the piece of paper and pen and begins reading through the questions. They were pretty easy questions, just pretty much asking about physical health and nutritional choices and what Ava’s daily schedule looked like.
‘u-Uh Beatrice?’ Ava says, clearing her throat after speaking.
“Yes Ava?”
Damn my name sounds so much better when she says it.
‘Why is one of the questions if am and I quote “participating in sexually promiscuous activities on a regular basis”?’
She is met with once again a blank stare from the stunning, English woman. “It is for the purpose of knowing what your body must undergo on a regular basis. The last thing we want here is injuries, if you are not comfortable answering the question you do not have to Ava.”
There it is again; shit I need to get her to talk more
‘It is not that I am uncomfortable, I was just curious as to why you wanted to know’
“It is protocol Ava; we do things a certain way here. It is a part of working together as a team, what I do or do not want to know about you is not relevant” the woman says after clearing her throat.
‘Okay Bea, whatever you say. Now what’s next?’ she asks after completing the sheet. Beatrice takes the sheet from Ava and takes a second to read through her answers to all the questions. A few minutes pass, and she nods seemingly in approval, she sets the paper and pen down.
If anyone asks her if she quietly made note of Ava’s answer to the question she brought up, she would take it to her grave that she did.
“Thank you for answering all the questions, we are going to get started on our next portion so I can gage your strength levels and know where to begin for our first actual training session in a few days,” Beatrice said, as she stood up, and began walking over to some of the equipment stored off to the side.
She first picked a white pole-looking thing, Ava had no idea what it was for. She then grabbed two yoga mats and some large elastic bands. Ava tried to behave her very best and look in another direction as the woman bent over, but she failed terribly at it. After Beatrice returned to Ava, she placed the two mats on the floor, and the bands next to them.
“The first thing I want to do it stretch; one so I can also note your level of flexibility” Ava wiggled her eyebrows at this statement, causing the woman to clear her throat, “ and secondly, it’s so that your muscles are stretched and warmed up for the next exercises we do.
We are going to start with a simple upper body movement with this pole.”
She sets up her hands on the pole, placed just wider than her shoulders.
“To start, you’re going to keep the bar flush against the front of your body, you are going to roll your shoulders back, pause for a second, and then bring them back forward.”
Beatrice demonstrated the move as it was explained, helping Ava tremendously. Her eyes wandered up and down the woman’s body, noticing the placed the pole was touching and was slightly jealous.
Ava quit it, why are you getting jealous of a stupid pole. Pay attention.
Ava brings her eyes back up to meet Beatrice’s and she finds her looking right hat her.
“Is everything okay Ava?” the trainer asked, inquisitively.
“Yes, sorry just spaced out for a split second.”
This is going to be a long hour Ava thought to herself.
As the session carried on, Beatrice would explain and demonstrate what she wanted Ava to do. Sometimes Ava would need a few tries, she had always been a professional clutz, but she would get it eventually. They flowed into a rhythm, and Ava did find that she was enjoying herself. From the time they spent together, Ava had a feeling that Beatrice was going to be a tough cookie to crack, but she knew she was up for the task. She would try to sneak a few jokes and puns into their movements, but the most reaction she had gotten from the woman was the slight upturn of her lips after Ava made a joke about fishermen going to the gym to find muscles. She felt a flush of accomplishment after achieving that.
Eventually, Beatrice’s timer went off, signaling that their session was over. Ava made a move to pick up the equipment they used, but Beatrice shooed her away.
“You don’t have to do that Ava, it’s alright.”
“But I want to” she even tried her puppy eyes, perhaps it was a bit too soon because they didn’t quite work on Beatrice yet.
“It’s quite alright, I have to sanitize everything anyway. I appreciate the offer though. I do look forward to training with you” Beatrice said as she extended a hand out to Ava, once again.
“Thank you for filling in for JC, sucks that you must put up with me from now on. I’ll see you in a couple of days!” She took her hand, shook it, and then grabbed her things to make her way up to the front desk back to the blonde haired boy.
“Hello Ava! How did your session with Beatrice go?” he asked as she got back up to the desk.
“You know I was nervous, but it went really well. I am looking forward to working with her for now.” She replied.
“That’s great to hear. Again, I apologize for the situation with JC, thank you for being patient with us here. I have scheduled that your next session is in 3 days does that still work for you?” he asks while looking down at the computer.
“Yes, that works great! You have a good one -err I don’t think you told me your name?” she said as she gathered her things.
“My name is Michael, and thank you Ava” he said flashing a smile with her pearly white teeth.