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fun. No one cared.
I let my fears slip out of me in a long exhale and settled back, rocking side to side, holding my feet like a little happy baby.
"Roll to your right and keep your eyes closed as you make your way into a seated position."
I followed Lizzy's directions, my brain fuzzy and blissful from the last fifteen minutes of stretching and what seemed a lot like sleeping at the end of class. We finished with an Om, a Namaste, and a bow. I peeled my eyes open and looked at Rainy.
She smiled as she saw my face. "I'd say she liked it," she said to Anna on my right.
Anna nodded. "It was the end, wasn't it? It'll make a believer out of anyone." She leaned in close to me and whispered. "It's the only reason I keep doing this."
I pressed my lips together, but I knew my eyes were still smiling. They were right. I had actually liked it. I stood up and almost fell over. I felt thinner already, as if all of that stretching had tucked my fat away into all the right places. I felt long and lean and genuinely happy.
So this is what exercise did for people.
I'd tried running, treadmills, cardio classes, all that jazz, but all of those felt very jiggly and made me want to die. This hadn't been easy, at all, but my body felt better than it ever had after any of those other workouts.
I helped Anna and Rainy roll up the mats and then we went into the bathroom to change.
"So? Tell me more about the... guy," Rainy said as we got back into our street clothes.
Anna raised her eyebrows and elbowed me. "Guy?"
I blushed and looked down. "It's -- I --." I shook my head.
Rainy narrowed her eyes at me while she slipped on her socks, but she must've gotten the hint because she stayed quiet after that. Sure, I'd been talking to her, letting her in, but talking in front of a whole room full of undressing women still seemed like a stretch.
When we were ready, the three of us walked out together. Lizzy stood in the hall, talking to some gray-haired lady. She touched the woman's shoulder and said goodbye when she spotted us.
"So?" Her face was bright and I don't think it was just from the workout.
I nodded and smiled.
"Yay! I knew you'd like it!" She pulled me into a hug, but someone else wanted her attention, so she scampered off.
Anna waved as we walked out onto the street. "Back to the grind. Ha!" She laughed and scurried off to the left.
Rainy laughed back and then noticed the puzzle my face was in. "Oh. Anna owns her own coffee shop."
"Got it." I shuffled my shoes on the pavement. "Wait. Coffee shop. Tea shop. Doesn't that make you two like mortal enemies or something? Like Norway and Sweden?" I asked.
Rainy let her head fall back in a laugh. "Ha! I like it! Well, we've managed to go this far without killing each other, so..." She cocked an eyebrow at me mysteriously.
I wasn't quite sure what that meant, so I pointed behind me. "My office is this way."
She threaded her arm through mine. I stiffened for a moment, not flinching exactly, but I could tell Rainy felt my discomfort. Images of me walking like this with Nanny Marie when I was a kid flooded through my mind. I felt myself pulling back, finding it all too much, but Rainy just tightened her grip and smiled.
"I'll walk you to work."
I nodded, relaxing into her sureness. It actually wasn't too bad walking arm in arm with someone.
"Cliff's watching the shop, so I don't need to worry about getting back at a certain time," she said as we pressed forward through the streets.
I furrowed my forehead. Cliff?
Her eyes widened as she saw my questioning look. "He's the guy who was there last night." She waved her free hand as if last night wasn't a big deal, as if a better identifier for him wasn't "the guy who tripped that horrid bitch."
Cliff. Huh. I chuckled. I thought about his craggy, earthy looking face. What a fitting name.
Rainy cleared her throat. "So what really happened?"
I looked her in the eyes and she held my gaze as we walked forward. "Okay, okay. I
I let my fears slip out of me in a long exhale and settled back, rocking side to side, holding my feet like a little happy baby.
"Roll to your right and keep your eyes closed as you make your way into a seated position."
I followed Lizzy's directions, my brain fuzzy and blissful from the last fifteen minutes of stretching and what seemed a lot like sleeping at the end of class. We finished with an Om, a Namaste, and a bow. I peeled my eyes open and looked at Rainy.
She smiled as she saw my face. "I'd say she liked it," she said to Anna on my right.
Anna nodded. "It was the end, wasn't it? It'll make a believer out of anyone." She leaned in close to me and whispered. "It's the only reason I keep doing this."
I pressed my lips together, but I knew my eyes were still smiling. They were right. I had actually liked it. I stood up and almost fell over. I felt thinner already, as if all of that stretching had tucked my fat away into all the right places. I felt long and lean and genuinely happy.
So this is what exercise did for people.
I'd tried running, treadmills, cardio classes, all that jazz, but all of those felt very jiggly and made me want to die. This hadn't been easy, at all, but my body felt better than it ever had after any of those other workouts.
I helped Anna and Rainy roll up the mats and then we went into the bathroom to change.
"So? Tell me more about the... guy," Rainy said as we got back into our street clothes.
Anna raised her eyebrows and elbowed me. "Guy?"
I blushed and looked down. "It's -- I --." I shook my head.
Rainy narrowed her eyes at me while she slipped on her socks, but she must've gotten the hint because she stayed quiet after that. Sure, I'd been talking to her, letting her in, but talking in front of a whole room full of undressing women still seemed like a stretch.
When we were ready, the three of us walked out together. Lizzy stood in the hall, talking to some gray-haired lady. She touched the woman's shoulder and said goodbye when she spotted us.
"So?" Her face was bright and I don't think it was just from the workout.
I nodded and smiled.
"Yay! I knew you'd like it!" She pulled me into a hug, but someone else wanted her attention, so she scampered off.
Anna waved as we walked out onto the street. "Back to the grind. Ha!" She laughed and scurried off to the left.
Rainy laughed back and then noticed the puzzle my face was in. "Oh. Anna owns her own coffee shop."
"Got it." I shuffled my shoes on the pavement. "Wait. Coffee shop. Tea shop. Doesn't that make you two like mortal enemies or something? Like Norway and Sweden?" I asked.
Rainy let her head fall back in a laugh. "Ha! I like it! Well, we've managed to go this far without killing each other, so..." She cocked an eyebrow at me mysteriously.
I wasn't quite sure what that meant, so I pointed behind me. "My office is this way."
She threaded her arm through mine. I stiffened for a moment, not flinching exactly, but I could tell Rainy felt my discomfort. Images of me walking like this with Nanny Marie when I was a kid flooded through my mind. I felt myself pulling back, finding it all too much, but Rainy just tightened her grip and smiled.
"I'll walk you to work."
I nodded, relaxing into her sureness. It actually wasn't too bad walking arm in arm with someone.
"Cliff's watching the shop, so I don't need to worry about getting back at a certain time," she said as we pressed forward through the streets.
I furrowed my forehead. Cliff?
Her eyes widened as she saw my questioning look. "He's the guy who was there last night." She waved her free hand as if last night wasn't a big deal, as if a better identifier for him wasn't "the guy who tripped that horrid bitch."
Cliff. Huh. I chuckled. I thought about his craggy, earthy looking face. What a fitting name.
Rainy cleared her throat. "So what really happened?"
I looked her in the eyes and she held my gaze as we walked forward. "Okay, okay. I
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