Gym, early morning

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Early night or not, Cameron was still tired and had woken up way too early. His room had felt too small, so he headed down to the gym. He ignored the punching bag, though, and settled for the tread mill and weight lifting machines.

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Aeryn's not much for leaving John alone at the moment, but she assumes he's gone to his morning classes and is trying to go about things as semi-normal. So before class, she heads into the gym to hit something. That's normal.

"Hi," she says when she gets there, heading straight for the bag.

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"Hi," Cameron replies, he's on the tread mill so he can't really stop what he's doing.

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She smacks the bag. "Good weekend?" she asks.

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"No," he says honestly, looking at the display and speeding up. "How's John?"

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She considers this, and answers, "That's a complicated question. I'm not sure how to answer it."

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"Start from the top?" He suggests because at least she's not saying outright that she doesn't want to tell him.

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At first she almost asks him to clarify what that means, then realizes that she can kind of figure it out for herself and still don't know the answer. "I'm not sure where that is," she admits.

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"Okay," he considers it for a moment. "Radio made a weird comment about something being in his head?"

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"Frell," she says, and hits the bag again. "I'm sure John'll be pleased to know it made the radio." Though the next time he starts dragging his feet, she's bringing this up to him. She knows ammunition when she sees it.

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Cameron frowns. "It hardly makes sense when you know something's wrong. Most people might just brush it off."

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"Unless it's something that shouldn't exactly be brushed off," she counters, hitting the bag again. "I realize it's stupid to try and keep this quiet, but he doesn't, and he's the opinion that really counts." She pauses. "It isn't something that can be ignored."

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"Is he getting help?" Cameron asks, remembering that she said he had agreed to see someone.

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She isn't sure how to answer that, considering John's insistence in not seeing a doctor. "We're working on that," she says. "We're not doing nothing, let's put it that way."

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"That's something?" He tries and looks up at her because her answers really aren't making anything clearly. "You know if there's anything you can do?"

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"He doesn't want surgery," she says. And considering how many people poked around in the other John's brain, she's not sure she can entirely blame him, at least at the moment. "We're focusing on alternatives. So why wasn't the weekend good?"

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He stumbles, just barely keeps from sliding off. "Surgery?"

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"There's something in his head," she says, by way of explanation. "I'm changing the subject now. Go with me on this. Why wasn't the weekend good?"

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He's still distracted because he hadn't taken the radio that literal. "Jaye and I broke up and I think I had a fight with my best friend," he replies but it doesn't quite compare to having something in your head.

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"I'm sorry," she says. Mainly to the first part. Kind of. And teasingly, asks, "Does this mean I can hit her now?"

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He turns off the tread mill and slides off, grabbing a towel. "I'd rather have you didn't," he says with a shake of his head and he might possibly be smiling just a little as he rubs his face with the towel.

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"That's not actually a no," she says, and she might be smiling, too. "I have to get to class. I'll see you later?"

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"It's not a yes either," he points out quickly. "Sure," he pauses and looks at her. "If there's anything I can do..."

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"I'll remember that," she says, and picks up her things before heading out of the gym.

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Isabel was up early. There was some time to spare before the bookstore opened so she headed down to the gym. A little time on the trainer would probably clear her head.

"Morning Cam," she said as she started to stretch.

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"Morning," Cameron said and had now moved over from the tread mill to one of the wieght lifting machines.