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“Feeling any burn?” he asked

“I’m so out of shape. A few months ago this’d be nothing.”

“You’re talking too easily. Let’s try some jumping jacks.”

She looked up at the ceiling “um.. I can touch the beams…”

“then do ‘em arms down to arms straight. Go for as much height as you can… no way will you hit them. Thirty and then rest ”

She started. ‘The floor must be good’, he thought. No signs of cracking. He wondered what she might weigh.

“Ok.. that’s thirty. now rest and then we’ll do another set ….” she wiped her forehead. and waited

“Ok thirty more.”

They repeated for six sets.

“Tired?”

“I .. yes… tired “ she sounded winded.

“I wanted to see what it takes to get your heart rate up. Are you getting rid of the heat?”

“Do you mean am I sweating? she still was panting.

“Yeah.”

“See for yourself”

She walked towards him and bent down. He could feel fear build up somewhere deep inside. He could suppress it, but this must be what a rabbit feels like when a wolf comes close. Still, she was so friendly.

“Well?”

He was still thinking about how big she was being careful not to look at her chest.

“Want me to come closer and drip on you or something?”

“No.. you’re pouring sweat. We’ll figure out some good all-weather aerobics . When you can, the wind sprints outside should be good if you do enough of them to get winded. Even better if you can hit the roads.”

“That’s a problem” she said as she stood straight up and stretched. ‘geez’ he thought. She so beautiful, but… He grew up around horses and, having been thrown a few times, had come to respect them, but this giant could carry one around like a small dog. He tried to shake that image from his mind.

“The county only clears me for walking.”

“OK.. i’ll come down and see your form on some floor exercises. ‘have a mat?”

“Back at my other place.”

“We’ll just go for form unless you feels ok them.”

She watched him walk down the stairs. He was cute, but seemed cooler and more stand-offish than Nick. She had to remind herself that this was just business and not a date. She really had to go on a date soon. Damn that alien.

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