Dreamful

 

DREAMFUL

    CHAPTER 8

               ...'Tring...! Tring...!', Destiny's alarm clock beeped at exactly seven-thirty am the next day. She partly opened her eyes and looked at the clock.'Seven-thirty? Already?!', she thought and lazily sat up straight on her bed with her eyes still closed. There was a knock at her door at that time.

"Come in!", she said, her eyes still closed.

"Get up, Miss. Or you miss the second day of gym training as well!", Grace said, coming in.

"Isn't there a nine-thirty batch or something? I'm really tired!", Destiny said making a face.

"You didn't go rock smashing yesterday that you are 'really tired'! And no, there isn't any batch after the eight O'clock one." 

"Grace. I hate you.", Destiny said loudly and got down from her bed. She got dressed in a black legging with a dusky pink tank top, tied her hair in a high ponytail, ate some fruit salad, and rushed to the gym on her bike. Her favorite part about housing in Amsterdam were the bicycles, of course. As she reached the gym, she saw a person standing at the entry.

"Hello! Are you Destiny?", he asked. She nodded.

"Well, I am Lucas and I'll be your gym trainee. Your sister says you're wanting to be a model?", he asked, raising an eyebrow. Lucas was a thirty-something man and in no way did he look like a 'boy' who could be 'new' to this field, as her sister had said.

"I am. And so I am here.", she replied, climbing the stairs to the entrance. The gym was filled. People lifting heavy weights, some doing planks and crunches while some running on treadmills.

"So, where do you wanna start?", Lucas asked, looking around.

"I don't know! You decide, It's up to you!"

"Fine. How well can you do a plank?".Destiny rolled her eyes.

"I'll try.", she said as she positioned her elbows on the ground.

"Maintain straight shoulders, Destiny. You're doing it wrong.", Lucas said with a frown. She straightened her shoulders.

"Now?", she questioned.

"That's right!"

"How long do I have to plank?!!!", she asked, her arms already losing strength. He looked at his wristwatch,

"Five minutes, maybe?"

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!", Destiny said and fell to the floor. She couldn't hold the plank any longer. He laughed,

"You didn't even plank for twenty seconds!", he said.

"I know. It's damn tiring! Can we start with something easy?"

"You should go and jog for twenty minutes, that's the easiest."

"Fine, fine.", she replied and turned and then turned back again.

"Lucas? Who's that friend of yours who's gonna train me for ramp walk?"

"Oh! Yes, I forgot to mention. Her name's Rylee Smith. She's not actually my friend but my friends' girlfriend, so she becomes my friend.", he said smiling.

"So, when can I meet your friends' girlfriend...that is your friend?", Destiny said with a laugh. She found that detailed explanation quite funny!

"She gets here by eight-thirty mostly. You can meet her then.", he replied. Destiny got out of the gym and onto the running track.'Jogging for twenty minutes? I'm gonna die!!!', she thought as she put on her ear pods and started listening to the beats of her favorite music as she jogged. As she looked around, she saw Stephanie, the rude girl she had met back at the audition hall. Dressed in matching leggings and tank top, she looked effortlessly stylish and was busy texting on her phone. Destiny felt herself slip and saved just in time. She had almost fallen when someone held her by the waist.

"Hi there!", he said with a smile as she recognized him and let herself free. She felt embarrassed. Embarrassed to death. She paused the music on her phone and removed the ear pods silently.

"Thank me for saving you, Miss.", Edwin said with a broad smile. He looked as handsome as he did the previous day, even in those gymming clothes.

"Well, I never told you to!?", Destiny said.

"I just saved you from embarrassing yourself, girl!"

"You think I forget things? I'm not that dumb!"

"You should learn to forget and forgive.", he said, smiling. Destiny left his question unanswered and started walking briskly.

"Dez! Thank me later!", he said with a laugh. Destiny stopped walking and turned to look at him.'What did he just call me? Dez! Didn't he?!!!'

"My name's Destiny!", she shouted.

"I'll call you Dez."

"I hate you!", she shouted again, turned, and started walking again.

"Opposite here!", he shouted back.'What a flirt!', she thought to herself and continued her incomplete jog.

                                                                                         TO BE CONTINUED...

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