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Post by Bri on Mar 18, 2024 23:09:45 GMT -6
Even though she hadn't taken any form of riding class as a small act of rebellion against her parents she still snuck away to the stable to ride sometimes, letting herself think about what a normal life, untainted by bitterness, could have been like. She didn't care if she was acting like the stereotypical child of divorce, she was pissed and didn't want to show her family any form of connection to them. She'd keep her little joys secret to herself but that didn't mean she was losing some of her leg muscle with the lack of riding she had been doing so when it came time to work out in the weight room for gym class she didn't complain. As usual she went off by herself and got set up on a leg press machine, adding some weight and testing it out but when it felt like it was too easy she added some more weight, going until it finally felt like a challenge. She rested her back against the reclined seat of the machine and steadied her feet on the board where they needed to go. She took a steadying breath and slowly started to work her legs, feeling her muscles start to ache but she told herself that meant it was working.  |
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 19, 2024 20:22:25 GMT -6
Emmett didn’t know what to do with himself when he had first been dropped off by his grandparents, still reeling from the fact that they were his real grandparents and not the ones back home. Somehow, he ended up at the school’s gym, and fell in love with the whole vibe of it. He liked the protein shakes, the burning feel while working out, and the little bro family he had found himself in with other students who also loved to workout. While he missed his family and life back on the farm, this was also fun and something new. Today he was working out his arms, sitting in front of the mirror and wall of dumbbells, and started curling with the twenty-five-pound weight, watching his technique in the mirror. As well as keeping an eye out on how good he looked. |
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Post by Bri on Mar 19, 2024 20:41:04 GMT -6
After a couple more reps Stormy felt like she was almost at the end of her limit but she was determined to do at least one more before moving on to a different machine. She took a deep breathe, starting to lower her legs when she suddenly felt them weaken to the point that no matter how hard she tried she couldn't get the weight to get back to the point where it was luck. She let out of a squeak of surprise, eyes going big when she realized she was going to get stuck and definitely embarrassed if the teacher, who would definitely make this a teaching moment, came to help. She looked around, trying not to panic and her gaze landed on Emmett, "Hey," she whispered, "can you...help...me out...here."
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 20, 2024 19:49:34 GMT -6
“Yeah, nice.” Emmett said to himself in the mirror as he watched the dumbbell go up and down as he worked out, though his eyes wandered around the gym from time to time, he tried to pay attention. Only his attention span never lasted long before he was distracted, which was how he spotted the girl on the leg machine, though he didn’t know at the moment that she was stuck. Till she asked. He blinked a few times out of confusion. “Oh!” he dropped the dumbbells before rushing over to her, throwing his leg over her so he could push the machine so she could safely get out, not thinking about how his ass was in her face, because this is how the bros had always saved each other.
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Post by Bri on Mar 20, 2024 21:58:03 GMT -6
Stormy looked back at the guy, briefly panicking at the thought that he might not understand and leave her there. Her eyes darted around, spotting Sam and Reed across the weight room and debated on calling out to them, though that would mean risking her fears from before and getting embarrassed. She caught her lip between her teeth when a shadow fell over her, making her look up just as Emmet was crouched down over her, her eyes flying wide open as she tried to comprehend what was happening until the lack of weight pulled her back into reality. She cleared her throat as she stared up at the guy. "Th-thanks."
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 21, 2024 19:50:12 GMT -6
Emmett easily pushed the weight up and locked it, making sure it wasn’t going to come back down as she got off the machine. He moved his leg back over her and smiled, an idiot’s smile, “Your welcome! Always good to have a spotter nearby.” He stood with his hands on his hips like Peter Pan as if he’d taken down Captain Hook himself.
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Post by Bri on Mar 22, 2024 21:57:29 GMT -6
Stormy's wide eyes stayed trained on this guy, it taking her a moment before snapping out of it and carefully getting up on her feet, though her legs felt a little shaky so she rested her hand on the machine to steady herself. "Yeah, no kidding, I didn't think that would happen." She said, trying to tone down the flustered feelings rushing through her as she was oblivious to Reed and Sam, who had seen the whole thing with wide eyes.
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 22, 2024 23:17:35 GMT -6
Emmett had to let the words sink in before responding, “Anything can happen,” he said proudly, feeling like that was a smart thing to say, even though it wasn’t that brilliant. “Your legs okay?’ He asked, knowing he always felt cramped after being stuck in that position for a few minutes when he first started working out.
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Post by Bri on Mar 23, 2024 23:17:01 GMT -6
Stormy had to catch herself before repeating 'yeah, no kidding' and nodded. "Definitely," she agreed but had no idea who she would even ask to work out with her, Sam and Reed had each other and she didn't have many friends. "Oh," she glanced down at her legs as if they could speak for her. "A little crampy honestly." She told him, thinking she might need to find a good place to stretch and take it easy.
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 24, 2024 10:44:16 GMT -6
(Until Reed leaves Sam for Shannon, like he always does XD)
Emmett nodded his head, unsure what to say as his mind was easily snagged by someone jumping on an elliptical. But the word ‘crampy’ pulled his attention back to Stormy, “Oh, you should stretch out, there’s plenty of room in front of the mirror.” He pointed to where he had been working out, where there was plenty of leg room and you were out of the way of people walking to the machines. He liked stretching there before most of his work outs.
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Post by Bri on Mar 24, 2024 15:51:40 GMT -6
(lol)
Stormy glanced towards the space he was talking about, holding back a grimace. She wasn't a huge fan of mirrors, especially when working out, it seemed like they always twisted what little confidence she had in herself. "Yeah, I probably should." She agreed, looking up at him again with a slight smile, "thanks again for your help...I'm Stormy by the way."
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 24, 2024 17:11:01 GMT -6
“You can always watch me in the mirror.” Emmett wiggled his eyebrows, always ready to flirt and talk about how good he looked, because he looked good. “Emmett,” he said, knowing it was the name his grandparents said was his name, but his parents said he was Junior, like his dad, and every other male in the compound.
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Post by Bri on Mar 24, 2024 18:16:09 GMT -6
Stormy felt her cheeks heat up and was unable to stop a giggle from escaping her, this whole thing new to her. "Right." She managed to choke out, "it's nice to meet you, even though I almost got crushed in the process." She joked, making her way over to the area he had pointed out for her to stretch at.
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 24, 2024 19:03:55 GMT -6
“Hey, if you need a spotter, I can always do my weights closer.” Emmett shrugged, looking around the gym for the first time since he walked in and noticed everyone else was paired off or were on machines that didn’t require help like treadmills. “If you need a buddy.” He added, though he forgot he probably would just be staring at himself in the mirror the entire time.
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Post by Bri on Mar 24, 2024 20:05:15 GMT -6
"Oh, thanks." Stormy smiled a little as she settled on the floor and started to stretch her legs but tilted her head to look at him as she reached to touch her toes. "I think that would be great, I don't need to risk getting crushed again." She joked.
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 24, 2024 20:26:45 GMT -6
Emmett went and grabbed the weights he’d been using and took a seat next to her, getting into position to start his reps over again. He couldn’t remember what number he had left off, but he didn’t mind redoing it. He stared at himself in the mirror, a smirk on his lips, though her words drifted into his mind slowly. “That would be terrible. And gross.” He grimaced at the idea of a body being crushed.
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Post by Bri on Mar 24, 2024 20:55:30 GMT -6
Stormy continued to stretch, laughing a little bit. "Yeah, wouldn't be something I'd want to experience." She agreed and switched over to stretching her other leg, frowning a little at the way her muscles seemed to protest. "So you'll definitely have to be my buddy." She joked.
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 24, 2024 21:14:08 GMT -6
Emmett lost count for the third time, finding it hard to keep track while staring at the mirrors. “Well, I’m here most days, most of the day… When I’m not in class or practice.” Or playing video games and pigging out, or drinking at a party, but the gym was a second home for him.
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Post by Bri on Mar 24, 2024 21:50:48 GMT -6
"Yeah, I'm pretty much here just because I have to be for class." Stormy laughed, otherwise she'd be out roaming town or holed up in her room, ignoring the world around her that seemed to want to keep crumbling until she was completely on her own.
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 24, 2024 22:18:37 GMT -6
Emmett thought about what class required you to be in the gym, though it didn’t register in his mind that he was in the gym class with her and was supposedly working out for a grade. “Too bad they don’t let you do whatever for gym class.” Thinking it would be fun to get graded for playing football, or baseball, and he could easily see playing something like dodgeball more fun than working out.
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Post by Bri on Mar 24, 2024 22:54:45 GMT -6
"Yeah, no kidding." Stormy shrugged but she knew there were some classes, like riding, that could be swapped for it but she didn't plan on setting foot in the barn. The only time she allowed herself to ride was when she was at her dads house and could take out her horse, but that was mainly so she could avoid her dad and all the awkwardness of remembering just how broken her family was. "How much weight can you lift?" She asked.
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 24, 2024 23:20:24 GMT -6
Emmett had to stop lifting weights to think about her question. “I think over a hundred?” He wasn’t sure what the number was, just what plates he needed to grab to put on the bar thingy, though he was lifting twenty-five pounds right now with just the dumbbells, but he considered this more of a warm up.
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Post by Bri on Mar 24, 2024 23:34:56 GMT -6
Stormy tilted her head, she assumed he could probably lift closer towards two hundred if he tried. "Impressive," she flirted, not really sure if she was doing it right, she hadn't flirted with guys before, being more shy in her younger years but now...well she realized there was more to life than just horses and getting good grades. "I don't know a whole lot about building upper body strength."
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 25, 2024 8:59:29 GMT -6
Emmett beamed when she found it impressive, “I honestly only started lifting weights when school started,” He admitted, though he was used to picking up and carrying heavy things in the compound, helping with their garden and farm animals, so weights weren’t a big deal for her. “Well, there are a lot of people in this gym who know a lot, but you could just do what I do if you are wanting to build up your arms.” He flexed his right arm to prove what he was doing was working, which it was of course, making him a great outfielder for baseball.
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Post by Bri on Mar 25, 2024 20:14:39 GMT -6
"Wow, could've fooled me." Stormy smiled, still a little surprised at herself but hey, maybe this just meant it was time for her to change too. She finished her stretching and stood up, moving a little closer to him. "Okay...where do I start then?" She asked, looking from his arm then to the racks of weights stretched across the wall.
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 25, 2024 21:14:28 GMT -6
Emmett shrugged, though he was beaming brighter with every compliment, his ego was easily fueled. “Guess I might spend a little too much time in here.” Though it wasn’t really that much, he just didn’t have anywhere else to go honestly. He furrowed his eyebrows together as he thought about where he started his gym journey. “Well, dumbbells are a great place to start.” He held up his to show her, though figured she’d probably didn’t want this one.
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Post by Bri on Mar 25, 2024 22:03:31 GMT -6
Stormy tilted her head, seeing the way he seemed to smile bigger and brighter, wondering if it was this easy with most guys, though logic pointed it out it probably wasn't. "It's a decent hobby though," she pointed out to him, knowing other students would rather party than work out. She looked at the dumbbells he was holding, tilting her head. "Can I try holding one of those?"
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 25, 2024 22:24:03 GMT -6
Emmett hadn’t thought of it as a hobby, he wasn’t sure he ever had a hobby before, unless it was flirting around with the girls at the compound. Of course he was always getting in trouble for that there, He looked down at the dumbbell and shrugged, “It’s fifty pounds.” He informed her, just so she wasn’t caught off guard like he’d been, almost dropping it on his foot.
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Post by Bri on Mar 25, 2024 22:49:17 GMT -6
Stormy looked from him to the weight, frowning a little. "I think I'll try, I usually have to help with bucking hay bales on the farm so I should be able to hold it." She said a bit too confidently. She at least wanted to try and if she had to drop it...she looked around the floor, seeing any empty spot covered by the foam tiles laid across the floor.
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Post by Kiersten on Mar 26, 2024 20:53:12 GMT -6
Emmett raised an eyebrow at that comment, having no one else he’d met yet that had done the same thing he did, though he didn’t know it wasn’t the nice hay bales that were already put together, since his compound made their own hay for the animals. “Holding is easy, curling it is the hard part.” He chuckled, wishing all you had to do was hold it to gain muscle, then he could play video games and work out at the same time.
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