“Yeah. Can you have it set up in that corner? Thanks man.” He took the clipboard and signed his name.
Alistair supervised the new machine, then he sat on the leg press and exercised while he read the manual for how to use the machine. Once he was sure he knew how to use it, he got off the leg press, wiped it down, stretched and then got on the new machine.
“It looks like a freaking escalator,” Teagan said, looking at it.
“Yeah, like trying to climb the down escalator. This should be fun.” He got on and turned the machine on. “Wow, this is cool; hard, but cool.”
“Can I give it a go?”
“Later!” Alistair said not ready to get off the new toy yet. He always made it a mission to be the one to break in any new machines. That way he would know how to safely use it and could help others safely use it. “Yeah, it’s exactly like climbing up the down escalator. You’ve gotta go faster than the machine to stay up there. You slow down and it will slide you down and off,” he explainedThis would be a good workout for Sarai,he thought as he worked it. At last his legs were screaming from the workout and he slowed it down, turned it off, and stepped off, He was covered in sweat. He ran his hands through his damp hair and redid the bun on his head. He wiped down the new machine. “Teagan, come over and I’ll show you how to work it.”
“Looks like it’s a good workout, you’re dripping.” She tossed him a towel.He walked her through the steps. Then he let her get on and watched for a few minutes as she worked it.
“Oh my gosh this is hard.”
“Yeah. Great workouts are. He looked around for his other trainers. “Jason! No one gets on this without my permission.”
“You got it, boss.”
“I’m going to the smoothie bar,” he announced. “I’ve got my pager if you need me.” He headed up the stairs. “Tibs, give me a passion fruit with dragon fruit.”
“You got it. So, I haven’t seen that hottie around, she coming back?” Tiberius asked as he started mixing the smoothie.
“Yeah, she’s just busy working at her floral shop,” Alistair explained.
“You like her,” Tiberius said as he poured the smoothie into a cup.
“Yeah.” Alistair smiled. Tiberius put a lid on the cup and handed it over with a straw.
“You never came to the meeting,” he remarked.
“Well, I was busy.” Alistair smiled.
“Busy with a certain pink haired lady?”
“Yeah.” he smiled. “Her car broke down in the lot and I took her home, and, well, things heated up and….”
“You slept with her?” Tiberius punched him in the arm.
“It’s more than that, though. I think I’m in love.”
“Aren’t you supposed to be in love with Phoebe?”
“No, I’m supposed to marry Phoebe; love has nothing to do with it.”
“Come on man, a human? The council isn’t going to allow that, and even if they did, your parents...” Tiberius reminded him.
“I’ll deal with the parents, and as for the council, well, I never really cared what they thought. What are they going to do? Take my dragon from me?”
“Well, I for one think it’s great. You deserve to be happy and if any of the dragons were bound to fall for a human, of course it was going to be you. So, when do you see her again?”
“She’s supposed to come in tonight when she gets off work.”
“I’ll make sure we have a new batch of passion fruit waiting. Enough for two.”
“Sounds good.” Alistair took his smoothie and went to sit at the table he had shared with Sarai. He closed his eyes and took a drink, savoring the taste of the passion fruit as his thoughts turned to Sarai. How sexy she had been. The feel of her body beneath him and the thought that he had been her first turned him on. He felt himself getting hard.Shit!She hadn’t been into the gym in days, but he had talked to her on the phone earlier and she had said she would be in today. She had just been busy at the shop and getting her car fixed.I really like her. We have so much in common; we’re a good fit. I really hope she comes in today. I’m really looking forward to seeing her. Well I better get back to work.
He smiled to himself. His client, Teagan, was on her last machine. “Give it a pump up. I think you can do better than that. Feel the burn, Teagan.”
