Chapter 3 #2
“Thank you, Mr. Westin. We are so happy that you’ve decided to become a premium member.
As I told you when we toured, our gym is open twenty-four hours a day, and you have access to all our premium services.
There is nothing like getting a massage or sitting in the sauna after a workout,” the membership coordinator said with her best deal-closer smile.
“Oh, and we love our members that pay the annual fee.”
Fucking right, I joined the gym that my future woman went to.
Their premium membership wasn’t cheap at all, but after Allison gave me a tour and we went over all the perks, she sold me.
Plus, with the membership, you could add a person to your account for free.
Eventually, my baby would be that person.
If you paid the annual membership fee, you saved almost six hundred dollars a year.
I returned Allison’s smile. “I think I’ll like it here, and I know you like getting all that money upfront. It’s a win-win for both of us.”
After we said a few more words to each other, I went to stretch before I found the machine I wanted to use. It was almost six in the morning, and the gym wasn’t busy at all. I understood why Bruqlyn liked going around that time.
I was about fifteen minutes into my workout when a shadow eclipsed me. I didn’t need to turn to see who it was because her scent told on her. “What’s up, sweetheart?”
“Um, Euri, it’s interesting seeing you here, especially when I never have in the year that I’ve been a member,” she said with skepticism in her voice. “It’s giving stalker vibes.”
I finished the rep that I was on before I turned to look at her.
Damn, she looked good in her workout gear.
“Stalker vibes? Nah, more like you’re going to be my woman, so we might as well work out together vibes.
” I stood from the machine, took the disinfectant wipes that were near it, and wiped it down. “What machine you starting on?”
Her arms went over her body. “Euri, are you crazy? It’s alright, you can tell me. I won’t run… for now anyway.”
I wanted to laugh, but it was a semi-serious question. “I wouldn’t call myself crazy. I can be a little unreasonably insane when it comes to the people I care about. Is that a problem, sweetheart? I don’t want my woman to be scared of me.”
“Again, you do realize that we met two days ago. You’re going hard with the whole me being your woman thing.” The smile that accompanied her words told me she liked that shit.
I nodded. “I do realize that, but it doesn’t matter. On the third day, we’ll be together. If you weren’t interested in being my woman, you would have told me that shit. You haven’t, so I’m excited about day three.”
“You better be lucky that I kind of like that crazy shit, Euri.” She took a step back. “Come on, so I can get this workout done.” That’s what I thought.
While we worked out together, we got to know each other, per my plan. “Your form is good as hell. Did you learn and perfect your own form?”
“I work with a personal trainer every once in a while. He helped me get it right,” she told me as she did an elevated squat.
I stood behind her, fake spotting her. She didn’t need a damn spotter. What else she didn’t need was a personal trainer nigga, either. “Yeah, you don’t need that personal trainer anymore. I got you.”
Her ass held her squat, turned her head, and looked at me. I wonder if she can do that on a dick. “Now you want to be my personal trainer? First, my man, and now, my personal trainer. Wow, you know how to make a girl feel special.”
When she lifted from her squat, I pulled her back to my chest, then kissed her neck. “You are special. Why do you think, tomorrow, I’m snatching your ass off these single streets? Two special people belong together.”
“Well, what do we have here?” What the fuck! “I didn’t know you were a personal trainer, Euri. I would have hired you,” Cece’s annoying ass quipped.
Bruqlyn looked between me and Cece. “I guess everyone is joining my gym today. I’ve never seen you here either, and I’m sure I would have smelled you if you were here.”
Cece made the ugliest face that should have been at least a misdemeanor.
“Bitch, fuck you. I’ve always been a member here.
I just don’t come to this part of the gym like that because I do the classes.
You probably have the basic membership that only gives you access to this side and the showers to wash your ass since you live in a van. ”
I stepped into her space. In a low tone, I said, “Cece, you already know how I feel about my respect. When you speak to my woman, it’s the fucking same as speaking to me. Understand that I will die behind mine.” My lips moved to her ear. “And I’ll kill behind mine too.”
Her eyes bucked. “Your woman? Are you serious right now? Please tell me you’re not serious.”
“You got two options at this moment: walk the fuck away or make more of a ruckus so I can determine how your autopsy will read.” My tone was even and stern.
Bitches had me completely fucked up. I wasn’t so aloof to think that people wouldn’t look at me crazy for meeting a woman, then declaring her my woman on the third day.
The shit sounded crazy because it was. People thought it was crazy when Jesus rose on the third day.
Well, He was my brother, so we liked to do things on the third day.