Who owns twilight? Not me, that would be SM.
The week went by in a blur. Edward came in everyday, still shy and timid but constantly asked how my head was. Didn't give me too much personal information on himself but that's ok. I have a feeling the more I know about him the harder I will fall for him. I made sure I looked decent for work everyday just incase I might see him. He never got anything other then a medium black coffee so either; Mike, Angela or myself would have it ready for him when we saw him walk in. We did that with every regular we had, it seems to make their day when we remember them. At home I would purposely sit out on my porch and read so I could catch a glance of him coming in. He always looked so tired but never looked in my direction to my disappointment. I haven't seen Ms. Tanya either, that did not bother me one bit. I wonder what she did for a living. Probably a model or actress something to that effect.
I spoke with Rose and Alice a few times during the week. We had to plan the menu for Sunday and Alice filled me in on what a pain some of her students parents were. Rose hadn't mentioned my mishap with Edward the other day so I was grateful for that. Alice found an orange strawberry trifle that she wants to try out so I am relinquishing the dessert to her, so all I have to make is my famous spinach dip and bring some wine.
I haven't had time to write anything new, I usually write short stories but haven't had the time. I have been too busy researching what I am going to do to lose weight. I am finally determined to lose it! There are so many things I can do; I just don't know where to start. What foods to eat, what exercises to do. It's all so overwhelming. Who knew? I thought you just worked out and ate salad and stuff, but everything I read it is so much more then that. There are like ten million diets out there. There's the cookie diet, cabbage soup diet, you could always cleanse but I can't go with out food and just drink liquids please, I like my food! There are programs too! Weight watchers, Jenny Craig, nutrisystem. Where to begin? Well what I do know is I want to do this right. I don't want a quick fix because I am just going to gain all the weight back ten fold. I have been overweight for over 20 years. That's 20 years of binge eating, eating crap, and no exercising. Its time to grow up and start taking care of myself! I know I shouldn't make my motivation to lose weight to get a man's attention but it has opened my eyes for the first time in my life. I decided that I couldn't do this on my own. I need help, professional help. There is a gym right down the road from the coffee shop in Port Angeles, its open 24 hours. Not like I would use it all hours of the night seeing as I live so far away but I figure I can go before or after work. Friday I am going in to talk with director of the gym and see what they have to offer and if they can help me on my new endeavor.
Its Friday morning and work is crazy busy. Edward didn't come into today so that put me in a solemn mood. I was looking forward to seeing him. That's ok I think I will live. I had planned on after work to head to the gym.
Finally done with work. Got out later then I had wanted too due to busy lunchtime crowd. I pull into the gym and it's daunting. Do I really want to do this? Yes Bella you do! It's time to make a change in your life! I gather up the strength and head in. It's modern inside. The front desk is huge; I expected to see beautiful fit bodies walking around but its just normal people. I think I like it already.
There's a pretty brunette working at the front desk, her nametag says Heidi. Poor girl, who names their kid Heidi?
"Hello, welcome to fitness west gym, my name is Heidi how can I help you?" she said almost on autopilot.
"Hello, there. I am new to this gym thing and was wondering what you had to offer here. Is there like a person I could sit down and talk with? A tour I could take?"
"Of course there is, let me get Garrett for you. He's the head trainer; he can answer any questions you have. Please have a seat and I will get him for you" I felt like I was in an office building, she was so professional and formal sounding.
A few minutes later Heidi walks up with I presume to be Garrett. He's tall, scruffy looking but really built. His arms are like the size of my thighs and trust me when I say they are big! He takes me on a tour and tells me about what the gym has to offer. They have a butt load of classes you can take and a personal trainer program I am interested in. He leads me to my office and we sit and talk. He asks me what my goals and aspirations are, what I want to learn and get out of my gym experience. I was there for an hour. Garrett was really easy to talk to, I told him everything. How I have been over weight my whole life, having no motivation, no get go to get out there and just do it. He totally understood; he didn't put me down or anything. I really like him. Towards the end of the meeting he told me he wanted to be my trainer, he wanted to work with me slowly, getting my endurance built so we could move into more difficult things exercise wise. I totally agree with him. The gym also offers a nutritional program as well. They have dieticians on hand to help out patrons of the gym, they offer classes to take and even offer to help you plan menus for you to eat the right foods. I am so loving this place. I feel like this is going to be my home away from home. I am actually excited to start this new chapter in my life! The new and improved Bella!
"Well Bella, what do you think?" Garrett asked.
"To be honest, I am really excited! I wanted to get started as soon as possible" and with that Garrett printed out my gym contract and I signed on the dotted line. This time it didn't feel like I was signing my life away. It was like I going to get a new life.
"Ok so our first appointment will be on Monday at 3 p.m. come in work out clothes and sneakers, oh and don't forget your water. The first appointment won't be a cake walk Bella, so prepare yourself." Garrett said with power in his voice.
"Sounds good to me, thanks Garrett. I will see you Monday with bells on" I gulped out.
I left and drove home, I need to go home and digest everything that just happened.
So our Bella is getting her foot in the door, don't worry I haven't forgotten about the bar-b-que or Emmett's long time childhood friend. More Edward in the next chapter had to get Bella on her way before we delve more into Edward and the mystery into his shyness…….until next time ta-ta!