Twenty minutes later, Sally arrived at the gym and spotted Tom setting a reasonable pace, jogging on a treadmill. She took a second to admire his powerful frame and smooth elegant movement before opening the door and approaching him with a welcoming, “Hi.”
Seeing the image of her approach, attired in body-hugging Lycra which accentuated every curve, Tom"s heart skipped a beat, but worse, because of the distraction he misjudged his footing and almost collapsed off the machine. After the stumble, he quickly recovered enough, with the help of the support frame, to reach out and reduce the speed to something less challenging, “Glad you could make it,” he panted.
Sally suppressed a giggle, not convinced if Tom had tripped or was merely clowning. They both undertook a fairly rigorous routine o
