The gym, Thursday after second period

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Aeryn's in the gym not too long after Criminal Justice ends, doing some warmups with the punching bag before Isabel's due to show up. The good mood is getting a little worrisome. It's new. Aeryn's not used to it, especially on a regular basis. The punching bag, however, if it were sentient, would probably be really glad for this.


[Meant for izzyalienqueen, probably on slowplay because work sucks omg, or should cameronmitchell stop by, but feel free to use for your own gym needs.]

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

So his theory was to go to the gym after class instead of before in the hopes of well, avoiding a conversation or a lack there of. Right, this theory his flawed and he hovers at the door for a moment as he doesn't know if he should just turn as she hasn't seen him yet. Then again, this is stupid and maybe he'll just see what happens.

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Aeryn doesn't see him at first, maybe because she's really kind of focused or just because her back's to him. She stops to take a break, and that's when she sees him to ask, "Talking today?"

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Which kinda makes it hard not to grin. "Yo."

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"Hi," she says, smiling back. "I wanted to apologize about the other morning."

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"Oh," his smile falters and he frowns slightly as he starts picking out the right weights. "You didn't do anything wrong."

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"I was out of line," she says. "I wasn't trying to make anything uncomfortable."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

That morning. He picks the right weight and sits down. "I was as much out of line as you were."

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She shrugs. "You weren't exactly verbal yesterday. I just wanted to clear the air."

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"I know," he sighs and looks up and the weight really isn't getting much exercise as he keeps it in one hand. "I'm sorry. That wasn't your fault."

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Aeryn sighs a little. "Did he say anything I have to kill him for?"

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"Nope," he clenches his teeth and starts on the exercise.

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She's not sure if she should push or not, so she shrugs a little and hits at the bag again. "All right. He said you two laughed it off anyway. I just wanted to be sure," she says. And isn't looking for his reaction at all.

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Cameron raises an eyebrow and wonders if John had really just been joking. "He said that?"

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

After Speech Isabel ran back to her room, got changed and then headed for the gym. She was looking forward to today's lesson. Smiling, she approached Aeryn and started to stretch.

"Good Morning!"

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"Hi," Aeryn greets her. "Your day's obviously not terrible so far."

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"So far no, Speech class hasn't been posted class was relatively easy. Now I have the rest of the day free." She grinned, "Plus, now's the fun part."

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She smiles back. "Good to know you have fun with it. Let me know whenever you're ready and we can get started."

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel stretched for a few more minutes and then stood up. "Ready," she said. "What today's lesson?"

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"You're going to get to hit today," she says. "So, how would you hold your fist if you're going to throw a punch?"

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel's eye might have lit up a bit. "Oh, the fun part!" Unfortunately she made a fist that would most likely get her thumb damaged if she ever had to throw a real punch.

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"Always keep your thumb on the outside. If you keep it inside like that, you might break it," Aeryn warns, putting Isabel's hand into the correct position. "Hit the bag a couple times, let me see what you can do."

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Eyeing the bag, Isabel hits it a few times, alternating with her right and left hands. The hits are okay but there's not much power behind them.

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"Good," Aeryn says. "You can hit harder than that, though. You're doing okay."

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Isabel nodded and hit the bag again, this time putting some more force behind it. If she was suddenly picturing Max's face on the bag as he lectured her about leaving and Destiny, well, no one had to know.

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"Definitely better," she tells Isabel, watching carefully. "You've definitely bruised it."

[Will be out the door in about 5 minutes, may be back at lunch.]