The Personal Trainer's Ex-Girlfriend

Working With an Ex

Kehlani

Oh, my gosh! Seeing Blake here at my workplace has cause nothing, but sensing the palms of my hands being clammy along with the acceleration of each beat of my heart as it pounds against my chest and my breathing becomes shallow. Our boss, Mr. Burns introduces Blake to us when I notice his lips moving as if he's mouthing my name. While Blake is standing next to Mr. Burns, he gives me this bug-eyed expression with surprise in his eyes. My eyes focus at his gunmetal blue orbs just as his eyes still burn in my soul deeply.

Mr. Burns turns his head to face him with a puzzled expression written on his face. "How do you know Kehlani?" Mr. Burns queries with his eyebrow rising at him.

Just as Blake is about to reply, I interrupt him, "That's because he's the father of my daughter, Mr. Burns." Both of them along with my co-workers peer at me with their eyes broadening as if I said a confession in the interrogation room. "That's awesome!" Mr. Burns excitingly exclaims, clapping his hands together. "Kehlani, would you be obliged to show Blake around the gym?" Mr. Burns cordially asks.

"No problem, Mr. Burns," I accept and nod my head, cracking my knuckles. "Dang, Key!" One of my best friends, Ruth murmurs with a sotto voice. "All right, ladies and gentlemen." Mr. Burns claps. "It's time to go to work and, Ruth, this is not social hour unless it is lunch. Start working!" Ruth and I chuckle lightly.

"I'll teach the class while you show your ex around the gym." Ruth reminds me and pats me on the shoulder while I nod just as our fellow co-workers and we exit the locker room. "Yo, Key! Wait up!" I pivot to face Blake catching up to us and notice that he has a purple polo shirt with a pair of khakis. While my heart pounds against my chest like a hammer, his eyes make contact with my brown ones despite our differences of our height with my head at his shoulders.

I turn to Ruth, yet she diminishes into thin air, leaving merely Blake and I standing across from each other. "I'll show you around the gym," I say. "Come follow me."

Blake

Following Kehlani outside of the locker room of the gym, we walk to the area of treadmills and elliptical machines in rows with a myriad amount of people using them. "As you can see, this is the lobby full of equipment and there are TV's, so the gym goers can watch television while they're working some sweat. There is Aaron and he helps people on how to use the equipment," Kehlani points out to Aaron, who is assuming to be flirting with a woman using the elliptical machine due to him wearing a sly smirk on his face. Kehlani then turns her head to the yellow room with the schemes of purple along with the furnishing of the equipment. She turns her head to face me just as she speaks, "This is the thirty minute circuit where people workout for thirty minutes. Buffy and Joshua teach a class there almost every day from eleven thirty in the morning to twelve o'clock in the afternoon." Kehlani notifies and assures me with the raise of her eyebrow.

I nod, agreeing with her turning around as she is leading me to the back. While Kehlani is sauntering along with the sway of her hips as if music is playing in her head, my eyes roam from the back of her coily mane to her enlarged, rotund ass that fits firmly tight in her black slacks. "Did you get a haircut?" I question, enjoying a glimpse of her shoulder length coily natural black hair with highlights that reminds me of peanut butter. She reluctantly turns around to meet face with me with a simper surfacing on her lips.

"I got a Deva Cut two years ago and it's the shrinkage that makes my hair appear to be short." Kehlani mentions. Admiring her highlighting curls, I reach for one of her strands, but I refrain myself from the further touch. "Blake, my hair's not gonna bite," She heartily chortles, enlightening my concerns. My hand reaches for one of her coils and a soft single voluminous strand of her curl wraps around my finger. Man, her hair is really soft and spiraled with a texture that is a cross between fine and coarse. "I used to like it when your hair was straight, but with curls; it looks voluminous." I honestly compliment, earning a light chuckle from her and two of her white canine teeth reveal along with her whites.

"Thank you for the compliment, Blake, but we're at work to get you started on your first day of work. And plus, I don't Phe-Whora would tolerate you touching my hair at work." Kehlani mentions. Exhaling deeply, my head lowers as I scratch the nape of my neck and feeling uncomfortable about the topic. "Yeah," I take in a breath through my teeth, "We got into a fight earlier this morning."

"What happened, if you don't mind me asking?" I smile, assuring her that I don't mind talking about the tribulation of my marriage this morning. "She's been arguing with my family members about the dress code of her choice. And as her husband, I refuse to have her dress illegally provocative to put herself out to the public where men think that she's available. If she wants to dress sexy, she should only wear something for me." I opinionate and I look to see her slowly nodding her head as if she's figuring something out.

"Damn, Blake. You need to put her in check before she wanders to something risky and her losing you." Kehlani and I go to the back where one of the rooms are filled with equipment for abs and I then look at the layout of the words, 'Twelve minute abs' spelled horizontally on the wall. "This is where you'll be working since you're officially our personal trainer here in Medford, NY. Mr. Burns will inform you about your work schedule." Kehlani notifies me. When she reminds me of my work schedule, I unravel a piece o paper that is protected in my hand and hand it to her. She accepts it and her eyes dance at the corner of the paper. "Oh, okay! So, we almost have the same work schedule, except this Friday because I have a day off. We both come to work at eight thirty in the morning and I get off work at five o'clock and you leave thirty minutes after me." Kehlani nods.

"What time does Tessa get out of school?" I query.

"She gets off at 2:30 in the afternoon and she'll get picked up by Savon and Kevin this afternoon and take her to their place, so she can play with my niece and possibly do her homework until I finish my shift." Kehlani states and by the time she tells me, a gulp takes place in my throat and my eyes become bug-eyed at the mention of one of Kehlani's big brothers' names. Oh, crap!

Just as Kehlani has this faint smirk along with her wary eyes, she warns, "Don't worry, Blake. They're still not mad at you because they told me that they're no longer mad at you seven years ago." With that, I inhale a sharp breath and wipe my forehead with the back of my hand. "Phew!" I exhale. "No offense, Kehlani, but your brothers are like the bullies from House Party 1 and House Party 2." She begins cackling in addition to holding her stomach just as her knees bend. I miss that cute and intriguing laughter of hers, I mentally sigh in awe, but I'm a married man, who is not to commit adultery during my marriage.

"My brothers are not that bad!" Kehlani guffaws before I join with her until we cease our marathon of laughter as well as Kehlani finishing up the work tour and me changing into my work attire, getting ready to do my work performance.

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I look up at the hand of the clock, signaling the time that is now five o'clock and I glance at Kehlani, who passes by me. "Kehlani?" I call and she turns around to face me with curiosity.

"Yeah, Blake?" She questions.

"When you have a day off on Friday, is it okay if I can take you guys out to get some ice cream? I'm bringing Kelly and Theo." I propose.

"Yeah, of course. But, we're merely going as friends and co-workers. I'll ask my brother to see if Harper could come along with us because I don't want her to be left out."

"I don't mind and I think you should definitely bring Harper, so the kids can hang out and I get off at 3:30 in the afternoon. I'm thinking that the six of us could go to either Baskin Robbins or the Cold Stone Creamery." I reply.

"Okay," Kehlani nods. "Have a nice day, Key."

"Talk to you later, Blake." She smiles and leaves the gym in addition to watching her looking for her car until I am unable to.