The Gym
It was just another ordinary working day when Sam woke up, he was an Instructor at his local gym, he loved his job but the work ethics left a lot to be desired. He'd met his girlfriend Etta at the gym, they'd sort of fell into each other and had felt comfortable, they'd been together for just over eight months, she lived with her parents and he had his own pad so yes she spent a lot of time at his place.
"I'll see you later" he turned to her saying before he jumped out of bed and into the shower, twenty minutes later he was dressed in his usual Nike sports gear, sitting in his kitchen eating his bacon sandwich before throwing his gym bag over his shoulder and exiting his flat
Etta wasn't working at the moment, she had all day to lay in bed, Sam liked that at first, having his girl on tap was like a dream come true and she was on tap. But after maybe month four, when she started asking for money, not contributing to anything on their dates or even offering to cook a meal, he was wearing down, she was nice, but he couldn't see a forever in it if she didn't change.
He took the short jog to work, he tended to use the time to forget about home life and get into work mode, he needed to be full of energy to motive his classes, he generally did the circuit training sessions, a weekly cross country run and inductions into the gym, working closely with Dan who was his best friend. He'd sort of fell into the world of fitness as an alternative, his first love was music but after trying it with several bands, he'd decided his sound was better on it's own, unfortunately for him that wasn't bringing in the money and having spoken to Dan he decided to go the fitness route and loved it.
"Morning" he shouted as he walked in to see the usual group of colleagues forming for morning briefing
"Sam" Dan called across the room "We've go a full day today, We need to work out how this is going to play out"
"Yeah sure" he smiled rubbing his hands together, he loved when they were busy he'd get a good workout without even trying and he loved having fun with new clients
"Okay guys, I say it every day health and safety is everyone's responsibility, treat every client the same and go that extra mile oh and enjoy your day" Dave; the Manager said as everyone grabbed their rota for the day and set about getting their classes ready
"Alright, Alright, Alright" Sam walked towards Dan grabbing his rota from the receptionist as he passed "Thanks" he smiled as he took it. They sat together working out how the inductions were going to work around their set sessions
"Do we need to ask Jonathan to do these 3 and 4pm inductions because your class is at 3.30pm today and I'm monitoring the aerobics class for Sharon?"
"No not today I can do both those, I did Craig a favour last month and he agreed to do the session for me already I need to get off for 5pm sharp, the game" he smiled
"Okay everything else is alright then as long as everyone turns up" Dan said as they knocked fists and went about their day
The gym was busy for the day, it was the beginning of spring and everyone had the same thought, the place was busy with people getting shaped up for the summer fun, talking about bikini's and holidays, there was a definite buzz.
"Have you seen the 3pm induction?" Dan asked Sam as he walked towards the reception
"Why what's up?
"You'll see" Dan laughed as he carried on walking towards his class
"Is my next induction here yet?" he asked the receptionist
"Yes it's Miss Tate" she looked over at the blond sitting in the reception area "Miss Tate" she called "This is Sam , he'll be taking you through your induction" she smiled
She was a looker for sure, but she knew it and she wasn't impressed with Sam's reaction to her stunning beauty, she usually got a gasp, lustful look or something but he was very professional "Hi Miss Tate" he held his hand out saying, she smiled cocked her head and took his hand shaking it lightly "This way" he pulled his hand away from hers to show her the direction he was referring to. He did his usual spiel about the services, showing exit signs, restrooms and lockers before they entered the gym and started to work out her programme, he could only laugh at the way this woman threw herself at him, he was a one woman man, and although things weren't right between Etta and him, that was no reason to look elsewhere behind her back. 45 minutes later and he was finished and seeing her out the door "Bye Miss Tate" he smiled as he saw her out the door
"You played that smooth" Dan came from nowhere laughing "She was throwing it at you and you just forged on"
"She's not all that, or she thought she was all that and that's not attractive to me" he told him
"What you didn't fancy her?"
"No, she's too full of herself" he laughed "plus I got Ett at home"
"You know who your talking to Dude, I know too much about your shit for you to be throwing that shit at me" he laughed "Ett at home" he shook his head
"What do you mean by that?"
"Seriously?" he asked walking away leaving Sam wondering, eventually he left that thought, he was in work mode and his next induction was coming in in less than ten minutes, he needed to shower and change his top for the tenth time today, the last thing new client's needed to smell was sweat.
"Sam" he heard as soon as he walked into reception, the receptionist drawing his attention "Your next appointment Miss Jones is here, she has a friend with her"
"Double induction?" he asked
"Well she's supposed to be at 5pm with Dan but if it's alright with you to do both then I'll let Dan know he can have a break"
"I guess you'd welcome Dan's break" Sam smiled at Dina, Dan's bit on the side
"Mind you damn business" she smiled at him
"Miss Jones" he walked towards the two women sitting in the reception area saying
"That's me" one of the women stood up saying her smile grabbing him as soon as he focused on her
"I'm Sam your instructor" he held his hand out saying, she slapped it rather than shake it, he felt the sting of the slap vibrate up his arm and looked at his hand before quickly gathering himself "And Miss …." he looked back at the Receptionist thinking she hadn't given him the name of the other client
"Blake" she smiled "I'm Rena Blake" she grabbed his hand, as she played with getting his full attention by keeping hold of it
"Miss Blake" he smiled
"Call me Rena, Miss Blake sounds so... no one calls me that" she laughed
"Rena" he smiled wider pulling his hand away "This way" he guided them through their induction as usual, the two ladies were very playful and if he was totally honest with himself he enjoyed their company for the near hour he was with them "Bye" he said as he walked them to the exit "Don't forget anything you guys need just ask" he reminded them as they walked past
"Bye Sam" Rena said grabbing his hand again, her smile as wide as the first
"Bye Rena" he laughed pulling his hand away
"Bye Sam" Miss Jones said as she passed grabbing his hand this time, there was a bolt that went through his hand, if he had to explain it he'd have said it was like music coming through the biggest speaker you'd ever seen unexpectedly, making you jump out of your skin and leaving a ringing in your ear that lasted way past you leaving the building "Call me Mercy" she smiled up at him, he stood there wondering how this voltage could be going through her and she still found the strength to talk
"Mercy" he finally smiled, when he realised he was standing there holding her hand preventing her from moving
"Bye Sam" she smiled
"Thanks for that Dude, I've got some time for you know who" Dan stepped past him saying, as he looked through the window to see Mercy looking back at him and smiled
Sam went home that night to prepare dinner, clean up and settle in front of the TV in time for the game, Etta lay on the bed most of the night, mad because he hadn't come home early to go to bed with her, he'd cooked what he'd wanted and now he was spending the night with the TV. By the time he got to bed she was fast asleep and he was laying wondering what the hell she was actually doing there other than trying to bring him down to her level, he fell asleep
"Hi" he heard looking around to see Mercy standing in his bedroom
"Hi" he smiled, his heart warming at the smile on her face
"Don't mind the game I need to take you to bed" she stood naked with a plate of food in her hand telling him "You work so hard everyday, let me work for you tonight" she told him as she fed him finger food off the plate she held, sinking her fingers into his mouth dripping with juice off the food as she wiped it all over his lips and licked it off "Do you like my juice?" she asked as she kissed him, he didn't get the chance to answer before her finger was in his mouth again "Lay back let me do all the work" she smiled as her face travelled down his body, he gasped as her lips touched the tip of his hardness, just like that she'd found his F spot, he'd never felt lips like this on him, he moved faster begging her to take him deeper, faster, harder his body getting ready to release in her mouth and he hadn't even started touching her yet
"Sam" he heard as he cringed for the dig in his ribs "Sam you need to get up for work" he heard opening his eyes to see Etta laying beside him, he sat up looking around the room for Mercy and fell back on his pillow when he realised he'd been dreaming
"Yeah I'm up" he told her throwing the covers off himself to get up and do his usual routine, on his way to work he was doing his usual forget home jog thing but home wasn't on his mind this morning, he couldn't shake his dream about Mercy. He'd felt guilty for that happening with Etta in his bed but it also made him question what that relationship was about. With a free session that morning he took time out to have a conversation with Dan puzzled by his comment yesterday "So Dan I know you're not going to tell me shit but I have to ask" he sat next to him saying "What did you mean yesterday by Ett's at home?"
"Dude I really don't have any place being in your business, I'm a married man with so many bits on the side, I'm scared" he giggled nervously "But Etta's just there for what she can get, she'll suck you dry and move on to the next and she'll stay as long as you let her" he looked at him saying "I'm a player too Dude and you know what they say takes one to know one" he patted his back before getting up "It's up to you how long you want to put up with her shit" he told him walking away, Sam had that on his mind for the rest of the week
Week 2
He woke up excited today it had been exactly a week since Mercy had been in for her induction, he was sort of hoping that Thursdays was her day and she'd be in again today, obviously he wouldn't be inducting her again but he was on duty in the gym and that would give him lots of opportunities for conversation. He as flashing in all day waiting, watching, hoping even but nothing she didn't turn up, he went home in a funny mood, shaking himself out of it when he found himself snapping at Etta, angry with himself for allowing his emotions to get the better of him, she wasn't even worth it.
"Ett" he finally said eager to get the channels of communication going again "Are you even thinking of getting a job or something to help contribute?" he sat looking at her in the kitchen an alien place to her "I mean that food you eat doesn't just land you know?"
"What are you saying I've overstayed my welcome?"
"Actually I'm saying you need to find something to do a job or something to help yourself, or even me"
"You want me to work?" she asked shocked
"Yeah everyone else has to if they want things, even cooking a meal once in a while or something would be nice" he said as she walked back into the room with a sandwich on a plate he smiled at her effort as she sat opposite him with the plate and proceeded to eat the sandwich "Did you even think I might be hungry and need a sandwich?" he asked
"You know where the kitchen is" she laughed before taking another bite
"I'm off to bed" he laughed as he got up, he couldn't take much more of this shit
The next day he went to work as usual a bit concerned that he hadn't actually wanted to touch his girlfriend for nearly a week now, and he didn't actually feel guilty about that "Sam" Dan shouted him as he tided up the squash courts "Someone wants to see you" he told him shutting the door before Sam could ask any more questions
"Hi" he walked up to Miss Tate smiling
"Hi Sam" she smiled "It was just that I haven't been back since my induction and I wondered if you had the time to just walk me through my routine again?"
"Sure" he told her taping her details into the system to get her routine up at Reception "You'll need to put your unique code in here" he told her swinging the monitor round for her to see, she did and it was printed within the minute "There you go" he said handing it to her with a smile, he knew she'd thought she'd get his undivided attention. His attention went back to the computer, not giving her the opportunity to find him anything else to do, as Dina sat watching him diss the woman in front of him as politely as he could
"Poor Sam" she smiled as he sat in the chair allocated to the computer he was pretending to work on
"She is so not my type" he cringed "Plus I've got Ett" he told her going off into his thoughts 'have i really got Ett or has she got me? She's still not taken the damn hint and even pretended to be looking for a damn job, still not even cooking, cleaning nothing just laying there waiting for me to perform and most of that's even done by me, I need to change my damn life, I need someone for me, maybe I need to make the...' "Sorry" he looked up having become aware that someone was speaking to him "I was in another world" he smiled before he realised it was Mercy and Rena standing in front of him "Hi"
"Hi" they said together
"Two for the gym please Sam" Mercy said handing him the money for the session
"If you're going to come every week it might be best to get a pass and if you get the level two pass you can come as many times as you want each week"
"How much is that?" Rena asked
"It's... actually I'm not reception staff I'll pass you over to Dina" he smiled looking at Dina as he spoke, he was off to change his duties with Dan he needed to be in the gym. When he finally found Dan he was actually doing an induction so there was no way he'd get the chance to swap, his heart sunk before he took a stock on the feeling and asked himself why
Fifteen minutes had gone by and he'd done as much cleaning as he'd needed to do in the sports halls, he needed to get onto the changing rooms, but it hadn't been an hour since his last round so he had maybe five minutes to spare of course he found his way to the gym. Mercy was half way through her thirty minute routine she was sitting on the Leg Abduction machine, he watched as she rhythmically moved her crutch as the weights encouraged her inner thighs to clasp he could only imaging her holding him inside her with those muscles, making his eyes roll bringing a smile to his face "Sam" Dina's voice came over his monitor "There's something that needs attention in the men's on the first floor" he looked down at the talking equipment before looking back up to see Mercy still clasping, watching her muscles move for a few seconds before getting on with his job. By the time he'd finished and got back downstairs, they were gone
He got home that night to an empty house, a note on the table telling him she was staying at her parents house for a few days until the air cleared between them, he breathed unsure whether it was out of relief or relaxation that there would be no argument tonight, opening his bedroom door to see her asleep in his bed "What the..." he trailed off rolling his eyes as he took his usual shower and went to bed himself, he'd taken to eating at work especially when he was on a late shift because 11pm was much too late to eat. He lay thinking about his day, about Mercy, thinking what it would be like to be a cheat and would he really be a cheat if in his heart he knew this, whatever this was with Etta, has closed down a while ago, he was laying in bed with a woman and there was no interest, urge, love he was just in bed ready for sleep, it may as well have been an empty bed he looked at her thinking, as he waited for sleep to come
"Hi" he smiled as Mercy came into view "I've been waiting for you"
"I'm here now" she smiled as she brushed her hand through his hair, he closed his eyes to the sensation he got from her doing that, her touching him like that made him feel special as she looked into his eyes, he could see she felt that too "You're here" she told him as she lowered her head pulling him up by his collar towards her, their lips touched, he closed his eyes to take in the sensation, she quickly found and played with his tongue, he melted at the array of feelings he was getting from her touch. He was aware that she'd moved her attention to his neck kissing, sucking and biting he was ready he needed more, just as he thought that he felt her going down his body, heard himself gasp as he felt that familiar sensation he moved quickly this wasn't going to be over again before he got his gratification and he was so up for giving her what she needed too "Mercy" he gasped as he felt himself burst in her mouth his body jerking as he emptied, a smile on his face as he looked up at her "Mercy" he looked around to find Etta in the bed and rolled his eyes turning his back to her, feeling sticky he jumped out of bed to go clean himself up "I'm a grown 26 year old fucking man, why the hell am I wet dreaming?" he asked his mirror image, washing his underwear before going back to bed
The next morning he woke up as usual his days went by routinely, suddenly he was working from Friday to Friday in the hope that Mercy would drop into the gym. Things with Etta were going down hill fast, he was scared to do anything about it, he really wasn't into the hurting people's feelings thing, he'd watched his Dad do that to his Mom he'd vowed it was never going to be him, but he knew soon he'd have to draw a line on this using thing she had going on
Week 3
Thursday was the longest day ever, he was watching the clock from the moment he got up, all through the working day he'd check the rota to make sure he was still on gym duty for Friday and finally he was back home, falling into bed relieved that Etta hadn't made it back, he really couldn't fake it any more
"Sam" he heard as the door banged opened hitting the wall as she came in "I'm moving in" she announced like that was going to make any difference to the current arrangement "Mom said I had to leave" she shouted as he heard shuffling going on in the hall, he got up to look to find her dragging a big sack into his bedroom. He didn't say anything but he didn't help her either, she wasn't into the sharing the workload thing, he felt he was already doing enough for her, he was more or less her sugar daddy, without the age thing, he went back to the couch and left her to it
"So" he said when she finally threw herself down on the couch next to him "Why did your Mom throw you out?"
"She said something about me having to find my own way and her supporting me wasn't learning me any lessons or something"
"Oh so she was fed up of supporting you?" he sat up asking, wondering if this was the right time to tell her some home truths "Well I guess Your Mom and I are..." he got out before he turned to see her crying into her hands, his heart didn't break as such but he did feel a ping of loss for the second and decided against his get out conversation he'd got lined up "You need to get some rest" he told her sending her to bed, while he sat up feeling sorry for himself
The next day he was up well before his alarm went off it was Friday, he was on a mission, and that mission was going to lead to him having another exciting night tonight. It was 3.30pm and still no sign of Mercy or her side kick, he wondered about the complex just in case they'd chosen some other activity finally giving in to his urge and scanned the computer to see who was in the building and not finding her name anywhere. He was past angry, he'd built himself up, he'd waited a damn week for her to show, he'd got plans for his night and none of it worked because she hadn't fucking turned up, he sat in the changing room depressed like he'd been let down from the biggest date of his life
"You alright Dude, their waiting for the changing room and I'm stuck in fucking Judo clean up will you help me out?" Dan came in breaking his concentration "Everything alright?" he asked seeing Sam's face
"Yeah fine" he said not looking up
"You sure?" he sat next to him asking "Maybe it's time to take a break from Etta if you can't shake that shit off at work" he told him "Work Sam" he nudged him getting up "Come on get a grip" he pulled him up "We've got lunch together tomorrow, I'll give an ear for half an hour" he told him pushing him towards the door "Changing room" he reminded him pushing him in that direction "Thanks"
The rest of the day went by without Sam saying much he was scared his mood would get him into trouble if he blew up on anyone, by the time he got home he was past bursting "What the fuck have you done all day?" he rolled his eyes for seeing Etta sat on the couch eating doritos out of his favourite cereal bowl, he knew it was because she was too damn lazy to wash up after her damn self "Are you ever going to actually get up and do something for yourself?"
"What's wrong with you?" she turned as if his noise was a mere whisper
"Ett I'm fed up of catering for you, I know what your Mom's saying, you just suck the actual fucking life out of anyone that shows you the slightest kindness, I don't even know where this thing between us is going any more"
"What's happened?" she looked at him shocked at his outburst
"Nothings happened Ett, absolutely nothing, you're still the same today as you were when I met you nine months ago, and seriously that wasn't a good place, you need to do something for yourself get some work, study anything"
"I don't want to work" she jumped up saying like he was swearing at her "I've had a hard time and right now in my life I really don't want to work, is that so hard for you to understand?"
"Yes when you don't even know where your next fucking meals coming from or can't even afford your sanitary stuff, I'm doing everything, it's pressure Ett, pressure I don't fucking need"
"Pressure!" she laughed with contempt in her voice "You don't even know the meaning of the fucking word"
He could feel himself blowing he needed to get out of there but he was tired "I'm going to bed" he dropped his bag where it was and kicked off his trainers before grabbing his bag back up to put his dirty clothes in the washer dryer, grabbing a shower and finding his bed. He was that angry with Mercy he didn't even want to be dreaming about her again "Fuck her" he said closing his eyes and puffing his pillow angrily before burying his head in it to find sleep
"Your Mad with me" he looked up to see Mercy smiling down at him naked her nipple hanging over his mouth waiting "Lick it" she told him looking at her nipple as they both watched it harden, she watched as he took it in his mouth for a while before he sucked hard, half to hear her noise and the rest to get her back for not showing up earlier today "You're going to fuck me aren't you?" she asked as he opened his eyes to look at her a smile on her face as he pulled her butt up to meet his waist high enough for him to sink into her, he didn't have time for foreplay his urgency was there, he hadn't seen her for over a week "God Sam" he heard making him smile as he closed his eyes tighter and took his prize, his mind was in another place as she moved up and down on him as he watched himself sliding in and out of her lifting her off him as far as he could to get the pleasure of re-entry with every stroke
"God" he said opening his eyes to see Etta on top of him "Ett" he said stopping for a second before closing his eyes again and Mercy was back
"God Sam, where the hell did that come from?" she asked as she lay there undone "Great make up sex" she giggled before purring like a kitten
"I was..." he stopped himself realising he was about to tell her he was thinking about someone else, that he actually thought she was someone else "It's been a while" he settled for, thinking actually that really wasn't a lie before he got up to have another shower to get her off him, cursing himself for making it look to her like things were on the up, he stayed there until he was sure she was sleeping
"Dan" Sam said as they sat down to lunch the following day "I have a dilemma" he told him looking around to see who was in the cafe "Don't judge me"
"Me judge?" Dan laughed "That would definitely be a first"
"Okay" Sam started rubbing the back of his neck "I inducted this girl a few weeks back, remember the double induction?" he asked
"The two black girls?"
"Yeah those two, well one of them really, Mercy her name is, she's sort of in my head" he giggled nervously "I've been like dreaming about her, you know what I mean?" he asked as Dan laughed nodding his head "Don't laugh Dude" he looked at him seriously saying "Then yesterday she didn't show up for her usual session I was so fucking mad I went home and argued with Etta about shit she always does and well..." he looked around again "I guess it started off as another dream, you know" he asked as Dan nodded understanding "Dude I woke up fucking Etta and I was so fucking upset I had to close my eyes quick time to get Mercy back in my fucking head and get this" he pulled in closer to Dan as he spoke "I felt like I'd betrayed Mercy, doing that with my fucking girlfriend, I don't even understand what the fuck is happening for me right now Dude, but I need to sort my shit, I need advice"
"I'm sort of hearing that this thing you've got going with Etta is on it's way out"
"I was all set to tell her last night but I sort of chickened out like I always fucking do" he sighed
"You wanting to finish with Etta is that anything to do with wanting to get with Mercy?"
"No I don't think so, I don't even know if Mercy's into white men let alone me and well Ett she's just stress on another level I can't become her carer, that's what she's looking for, I'm certain she's got to go it's just choosing my time"
"Take that stab at Mercy get her out your system at worst at best she'll come back for more, if she does then you can bin Etta and take up with Mercy, don't ever leave yourself hanging"
"Seriously?" Sam looked at him asking "Your advice is to fuck both of them at the same time"
"Girls do that shit too Dude" he laughed biting into his lunch
"I have no intention of doing anything like that" he assured him as the two sat eating their lunch, talking about Dan's conquests and his happy wife "I don't know how you keep up" Sam laughed as they got up to start work again lunch time over
Sam spent the rest of the week fending Etta off, she'd caught the bug again after that last Friday night and try as he may have wanted to he couldn't perform like that for her again, he really didn't want to, so by Wednesday that relationship was back where he needed it to be near the end
Week 4
It was Tuesday and Sam was still in the fuck her stage, it had been two weeks since he'd last seen her he hadn't had even so much as a jump from his lower regions, happy that Ett had given up trying. It was cross country run day and his group of merry men and women were busy warming up "Dan" he shouted his second mark for the time they were going to make around the hilly track at the back of the football fields specifically made for mountain bike riding but doubled up for the runners. He'd started off with this group doing the 5 mile run in nearing 2 hours so it was a credit to them that they'd managed to get that run down to 45 minutes and every week they were up to beating their own record "We're off" he waved as Dan set his timer and waved back
'Sam make it quick' he gets a message from Dan as they were 35 minutes into their run with hopefully 8 minutes left to go to break the previous weeks record 'What's up?' he replied phone in hand waiting for Dan's response 'Mercy's here' Dan wrote back
Sam all but wanted to leave the group and rush back to see her, he had nothing to say, he couldn't say anything he was with someone else but for now just seeing her would be enough, instead he encouraged them to go that bit faster and eight minutes later the group were standing doing cool down before they hit the showers, Sam went to the staff showers and had the quickest wash down anyone had ever seen before making his way to the gym
He went inside this time, he'd got the hour spare, he stood in the small staff room allocated to the gym for private consultations or just monitoring and watched as Mercy slid back and forth on the rowing machine, envisaging her hands around his neck as she pulled herself up on him and slammed down hard, the smile on her face making him smile as she flung her head back with laughter, shaking her head watching her hair move frantically about her face and back, imagining her getting wildly out of control feeling her hair slapped his face with every movement. He watched as she moved over to the hanging leg raise his mind in a far away place as he saw her leaning against the fridge as he lifted her up to him spreading her legs her resting them on his shoulders, giving full access to her swollen lips bursting with wet want "God" he said closing his eyes trying to take himself there
"Sam" he heard a familiar voice and spun round on the chair, thanking god he was sitting down and there was a desk to shield him as he looked at Etta standing in front of the desk
"Ett" he said surprised "What are you doing here?"
"I came to say, Dad's said I can move back in, but it doesn't mean anything different for us, I just didn't want you to get home and start worrying that I'd left" she smiled
"Okay I'll see you later" he smiled hoping to close the conversation down he needed to go back to Mercy watching
"See you later" she smiled before turning on her heels and walking out
Sam spun back round searching the room for Mercy she'd moved, he finally found her drinking water at the fountain. He watched with some intensity as the cup hit her lips, his breath itched as he watched so closely he saw traces of water leave her mouth at the side "Damn" he whispered to himself as he remembered the feeling of her around him sucking so hard he had no choice but to give her every last drop of milk he had 'Dream about me' he heard her say so vividly he opened his eyes to see her looking at him
"Dream about me" she mouthed to him as he sat wondering how he'd heard that with his eyes closed before
"I will" he mouthed back before he realised he was at work and fraternising could mean job loss, he looked around before smiling back at her and getting up to leave the gym, he'd overstepped the mark
As he walked the corridors moving from one job to the next he was shocked to see an hour later Mercy and Rena walking towards him "Goodnight ladies" he smiled
"We're going for relaxation" Rena pipped up smiling "You want to come relax with us?"
"Working I'm afraid" he smiled
"Remember to dream about me" Mercy looked into his eyes saying as she gave him the sexiest look he'd ever seen
"Is that an invitation?" he laughed
"It's actually an order" she smiled
"Will do" he laughed harder
"Come back and tell me all about it won't you?" she laughed
"Will do" he told her laughing as he carried on walking away
He was on a high when he got home he'd actually got to talk to her and she was even funnier than he'd thought , he'd got home with the intention of letting Etta down easy, taking into account that things had to be properly spelt out for her, he envisaged a long night, to find a note telling him she'd gone on holiday with her parents, and she'd be back next week "Breathing space" he flopped in his couch smiling.
That whole week was like hell for him as pictures of Mercy sucking on him, him licking on her, them going hard at it haunted him the whole week there wasn't a morning he could have gotten up and gone without a shower 'I thought this was something that happened every once in a while' he thought on day five as he put yet another load of washing in the machine before heading to work, he needed to get this under control Etta was due back later today, and today was definitely going to be the day he was going to finish with her for good
Week 5
"Hi" Sam said as he walked into reception to see Mercy standing there "It's not your day today is it?" he asked a smiling Mercy
"I came in to buy that two week pass, I need to step up my routine" she said slapping her butt, Sam couldn't help but watch the jiggle and imagine their skin slapping together licking his lips, making her smile "Did you ere..." she took a few steps away from the counter to carry on the conversation, he followed her "Did you dream about me?" she asked looking at him for the answer
"Actually yeah I have every damn night" he laughed
"Are you just saying that?" she laughed
"No I mean it every damn night" he smiled "Tell me if I'm being forward but, could we go for a drink sometime?"
"I'm back at 6 for my end of day workout, a new thing I'm starting, so maybe 7 would be good, I can get dressed here"
"Perfect drinks it is then" he smiled "I'll see you here at 7"
Sam couldn't get the day to go fast enough at 5.45 he was in the gym waiting for her to make her entrance , his heart jumping as he saw her come in on her own too, watching her do her workout programme, Dan was too busy to ask him any questions, he'd finished work 45 minutes ago and was supposed to be going home to get rid of Etta but this was important to him at least right now it felt like the most important thing he had to do "The dipping bar" he moaned as he watched her imagining her pumping on him in a steady motion as he watched her lifting herself up and down on the bars with her ankles crossed behind her "I could do some shit with that woman" he said out loud turning to make sure there was no one in the room, turning back to see she'd finished and was wiping sweat off her, drinking water from a bottle this time as he watched her let it run down her chest, between her breasts to leave a wet mark at her belly button, he watched jealous of where that water had found.
It was suddenly 7pm and they were meeting in the car park to go on their first date "I drive but not to work I'm afraid, it's too expensive" he told her
"That's fine I drive all the time, hence the accelerated gym sessions" she laughed pressing the unlock for the car, Sam opened her door for her made sure she was in and shut it before getting in himself. They ended up at a wine bar not too far from the gym and sat at a table for two getting up close and personal
"So what do you do?" he asked hoping she'd at least be working
"I sing a lot and I design my own clothing line" she smiled "Everything I have on actually" she ran her hand down her body saying
"Impressed, so your self employed, how's it going for you?"
"Good actually, Rena's my partner in crime on the clothing line, she does most the marketing stuff and I do all the singing" she laughed
"So this singing, would it have been anything I've heard?"
"Maybe I Should Call" she smiled "Yeah it belongs to K Michelle but my version is pretty cool too"
"I love that song and yes I've heard another version sung by someone called Cedes" he laughed
"That's me as in Mercedes, I call myself Cedes in that life and Mercy in my real life stops the confusion, and I know when to have my diva on" she laughed
"So that was a break up I'm guessing"
"It was a while ago" she smiled "I guess I'm ready to get back on that horse so to speak, are you?"
"Am I ….?" he asked, he knew the answer and he felt like he'd be losing something in telling the truth here, maybe he could tell her a lie but it would be the truth by the end of the damn day
"Seeing anyone" she confirmed
He looked into her eyes, he wanted, no needed to lie, he knew that just then but her eyes demanded truth and how was he really going to start anything with this woman based on a damn lie "I am, we live together actually" he carried on wanting to slap the shit out of his mouth for taking that a step further than it ever needed to go "Mercy" he called watching her get up she was leaving, she didn't give him time to explain, she hadn't heard the full story and she was gone, he sat looking at the door shut thinking 'What was there to tell her, I am living with a fucking woman, so how the fuck do you come back from that?'
He finally got up and made the journey home, his heart heavy, Mercy had just walked out on him maybe for good and that was bad, but Etta was maybe sitting in his flat and he was going to have that conversation with her, she needed to leave tonight. He sat up waiting, building himself up for the confrontation at 1am he finally went to bed, it was getting late and with work tomorrow being a full day he needed his rest.
Etta finally turned up two nights later, with no explanation "Hi" she walked in as if she'd just finished a days shopping, about 10.30pm "Anything to eat?" she threw herself on the couch asking
"No" Sam pulled his arm from underneath her saying
"What did you eat?"
"Food that I brought" he turned to look at her when he realised he was answering all the questions "Where the fuck have you been?"
"On holiday, I left you a note"
"For a week it's been 10 days"
"I was with my family Sam, you know what that means right, I know you don't like yours, but I love mine, so I was with my family" she shouted at him
"Okay" he jumped up to look down at her "For your information I love my family, we just live really far apart"
"Your choice" she snapped
"Yes it is and another thing that's my choice, I need you to leave, tonight"
"What?"
"Tonight, actually right now, I'm not paying for you to live any more, it's a big world Ett go explore or whatever it was your Mom said to you a while ago except don't ….. and I really mean this …. don't come back, we're done"
"What did I do?" she asked breaking into a cry
"I think the list is a bit longer if we talk about the things you didn't do, but if you go away and draw that up I guess you'll come up with some sort of answer to your question" he frowned "Come on" he grabbed her walking her around his flat picking up her things before calling her a taxi and throwing her bags in it waving her off. He wanted to party when he got back upstairs but there really was a weight on his head for what he'd just done as well as wondering if he'd messed things up totally with Mercy
Week 6
It had already started off as the worst week ever with the split and Mercy's disappointment with him, to make things worse he'd taken to jerking off because she wouldn't come to him in his dreams any more, even though he told himself every night to dream about her. Then the whole week went by and she hadn't been in, cat amongst the pigeons when Etta decided to start at the gym again after nearly 10 months. He'd met her there originally, but she hadn't put foot in the damn place again since they'd actually gotten together, now she was a daily fixture
"Sam" Dina called him on the Monitor, he rolled his eyes almost certain it was Etta making another play "Boss wants to see you" she finished as he got up to make his way to the office thinking this thing might have gotten a bit bigger than he'd originally thought it would
"Dave" he walked into his office to see Etta sitting there, rolling his eyes for her drama
"Sam have a seat" Dave said looking at Etta as he finished instructing Sam "Miss Dexter here tells me that you started a relationship with her while you were working here and she was a customer, is that right?" Dave asked
Sam looked at Etta, he smiled she'd really looked like she didn't actually know she was doing but he knew she did, he'd lost this game "We did, but that was nearly a year ago, that relationship ended last week" he looked back at Dave saying
"But you did start a relationship with a customer?"
"Technically I guess I did, but she hasn't been a customer since we got together"
"Sam I'm bitterly disappointed in you, I thought better, you give me no choice but to terminate your working contract with us" he told him right there in front of Etta as she sat crying like she was the fucking victim in all this
"Okay" he got up, knowing there was no point in arguing
"Hold up, Dan will bring you to get your belongings and escort you off the premises" Dave told him as Dan appeared at the door to be instructed by Dave on what he needed to do
"What happened?" Dan asked him shocked as Sam relayed the event to him while they walked collecting his belongings and got to the main door "Shit bye Bro don't be a stranger" he hugged him looking up to see Etta standing there
"Nothing lasts forever, but wouldn't it be nice to stay together for the night? We can do whatever, as long as we're together then we're gonna be alright" she sang as Dan and Sam stood watching her "Maybe you can see what it's like to be unemployable for a while"
"You bitch" Sam snapped at her, she smiled happy she'd done her best
"... Singing oh oh oh" she walked off saying (Extract from: 'Stay Together' by Noah Cyrus)
"Dude" Dan got his attention as they both stood watching Etta walk off "Let me do some enquiries, I might know someone looking for staff, I'll call you later" he tapped his shoulder Sam nodding his head in acknowledgement shrugging Dan off his shoulder, before walking away
Although the hate was up front for Etta right now, all he could think was that Mercy wasn't going to know where he was, he was never going to see her again unless he stalked the damn car park every day looking for her damn car, and this was all Etta's fault.
Dan called him that night telling him about a private gym in West Hollywood that he might want to check out in two weeks time when the boss came back they were looking for a circuit trainer, and that was right up his street. It was less money and although he knew he could always call on his Dad for financial support, he tried his best not to, he had to face facts he'd have to down size, to suite his wage and that was fine he was a single man, it would be that way for a while to come after the Etta experience.
Week 8
Sam was past ready for work, two weeks of sitting down had turned him stir crazy, he needed to be doing something, anything, he'd put all his eggs in this gym basket, but if that didn't go as planned he was willing to empty bins anything he just needed to be grafting. "Sam" he finally got the long awaited call from Dan "Will says he can see you on Thursday at 11 in West Hollywood, can you do that?"
"I can do anything to get work Dude thanks, I owe you"
"You don't owe me Dude, that's just what bro's do" he laughed down the phone "Sweet night the weekend I must add, don't know what I'll do when you move to the other side of the world"
"Hopefully it'll just be West Holly and you can stop over make a weekend of it I guess"
"I guess" he sighed down the phone "Anyway good luck with the interview and let me know how it goes"
"Will do, speak soon"
"Soon" Dan said before the phone went dead
Sam made the journey over from Beverley Hills to West Hollywood, business was fierce in these parts they employed the best of the best and he had to believe he was among the best, he needed a way to sell himself, to get himself out of this Etta funk he'd found himself in. All his birthdays come at once when he was faced with Will, this rough looking black man with a heavily muscled body, looking like he tried out for the worlds strongest man type thing with the softest voice, who told him the reason he'd started out on his own was because he'd started a working relationship with his now wife, while working for a large firm "I don't condone it now, I mean ethically you would get the sack" he told him when he finished his story "But I do believe in second chances and Sam I think you're worth a second chance, but don't fuck it up" he warned him
"I won't" Sam smiled grateful for the chance to prove himself again
the next two weeks were busy he was sorting out his new home, saying bye to the friend it had taken years to make and moving on to pastures new. He'd found a little apartment almost central for all the amenities, it wasn't in great condition but the rent suited his pocket and he could make it whatever he wanted, if he's have wanted to afford caution he could have been alarmed at the amount of empty apartments there were in the block, but he didn't. He had his leaving party with the guys, even Dave came, left Beverley Hills on the Sunday and done two straight days of cleaning and painting before his furniture and bulk of belongings turned up on Wednesday morning, he slept in the lounge Wednesday night to give his bedroom paint time to dry and by Friday every room was ready, his cooker had been checked and his home was set up again, he'd got the weekend before he started work
Week 10
He'd found the perfect little coffee shop and spent most of his lunch time sitting in the window people watching, he wasn't a shy person but he was weary of making new friends, which made him lonely, they always seemed to leave once he'd allowed them to get too close and he could do without the upset. He'd left Texas when his Mom died some 5 years ago, no more than 5 weeks after the event, his Dad announced that he'd found a replacement, he couldn't, didn't, wouldn't find the heart to forgive him, his mind fixed on the fact that this woman, his best friends Mom, must have been in the picture before his Mom passed. She was laying there dying and all his Dad was thinking about was getting it on with this fucking woman, he walked out, even now when he thought about it he could hear his Dads voice calling him back begging him to listen to him, no fucking way, the word trust left him just then
He'd started his new job, he was doing two circuit sessions per week Tuesdays and Friday plus, he'd got the added responsibility of inductions on Mondays and Thursdays, because someone had left. The wage was just above average, so he'd got a bit more to play with than he'd originally thought.
Week 11
He walked into his workplace on Friday, the end of his second week waving to the staff, smiling as Deanne; the netball coach, gave him the come eat me look again, he seemed to be a bit of a novelty in the place, being the new boy but he was keeping himself to himself, both staff and customers were out of bounds for him, forever.
"Sam, what are you doing here?" he heard a familiar voice as he bent doing his lace, looking up to see Mercy standing over him
"Mercy" he replied surprised "What are you doing here?" he sprung up asking
"I asked first" she laughed
"I work here now, it's a long story" he laughed
"Okay, I live here, as in this town"
"So what were you doing in my side of the world?"
"I was on a tour, just seven weeks, I came back about three days after our date" she smiled
"So this is your local gym?" he looked around asking
"You could say that" she laughed "let's go get a drink"
"I can't sorry, I've got work to do"
"I'll come back at the end of your shift" she told him her eyes glistening "Did you bring that girlfriend of yours?"
"No, and well that's another story" he laughed as he watched her walk away
His insides were jumping as the prospect of hooking up with Mercy came into view again but very quickly died down when he realised she was a customer. He had to tell Will that she was a friend and ask permission he couldn't just do his own thing here, he'd given up so much to get this job.
"Will" he walked into the office hours later "I need to run something by you" he looked at the empty chair saying
"Sit down Sam, I'm all ears"
"I can't believe I just met up with a friend from home today here in the gym, she's asked for a catch up just a coffee and a chat, but I need to run it by you before I say yes to anything, because I think she may be a customer"
"A friend?"
"Yeah definitely a friend" he smiled at Will's suspicious mind
"As long as it's a friend and just a chat" he laughed
"What?"
"You young people still thinking girls can just be friends" he laughed "Get out of here" he waved him off
The Café
Sam and Mercy walked into his favourite cafe made their order and found a table "So" Sam finally said fed up with the small talk they'd enjoyed all the way there "I guess I'm going to carry on from where we left off" he took a sip of his drink "Etta; that was the girl that was living in my house, started out as a girlfriend but quickly became a massive weight and it took me about eight months to actually pick the guts up to get rid of her, I don't like hurting people" he smiled "I had all intention of finishing with her that night, after our date, I'd made the decision well before only she was on holiday with the family due back that night" he laughed "She came back three days late and we split"
"Maybe I should have waited around for that conversation" Mercy laughed
"Maybe" he got caught in her eyes "Your eyes are beautiful" he smiled "Anyway as a consequence she came to my workplace and informed my boss that I'd fraternised with a customer, I guess the breakup wasn't as amicable as I'd thought, so I ended up moving to where the work was, and here I am"
"My turn I guess" she smiled not making comment about anything he'd said "As I've said I was on tour and needed a gym it's part of my everyday routine, having grown up in that environment" she smiled awkwardly "And Will's my Dad, so I guess I'm not actually a customer"
"Wait what?" Sam gasped "My boss is your damn Dad?" he rolled his eyes "Why is this happening to me?" he grabbed his head with his hands, he'd got no way of getting this thing he thought he had about her off the ground
"My Dad's cool" she laughed "He's a teddy bear"
"He is?" Sam looked at her shocked "He really didn't give me that impression"
"leave him to me" she smiled "That's if you want to see if this vibe we've got going here is worth anything?"
"I do" he looked at her lust filled eyes saying
"Next Wednesday" she looked at him saying "Come to the gym at 7pm on Wednesday"
"It's shut on a Wednesday isn't it?"
"To the public yeah" she laughed
"You have a plan?" he tilted his head asking a smile on his face for the plan he had, they spent the rest of the time talking, laughing and drinking
Week 12
The Date
It was his night to do last checks before lock up, pushing the door to the gym he noticed a light on and went to turn it off, hearing a machine going he went to investigate "Hi" he smiled when he saw Mercy running on the treadmill
"Hi" she smiled looking at her her phone "I still have five minutes" she shouted over the music she had going on in her ear , Sam waved his acknowledgement and went to the office
He watched her working out as her strides got faster, working up to a steady flow, licking his lips as sprinkles of sweat started to trickle down her back, he imagined her sweat mingling with his as their bodies slapped together enjoying an exquisite workout
"Hey" she lifted off her earphone to shout to him, smiling at his watching her, while levitating "Come join me" she stepped off the treadmill saying, he didn't need asking twice he dropped his bag, discarded of his tracksuit top and went to her "We'll try this" she told him getting on the rowing machine, he got on and went slide for slide when he realised they were in competition, sweat breaking after the first 10 minutes
"Whhoo" he finally said letting go of the handles
"So you can go hard for maybe what... 10 minutes?" she smiled
"I could maybe go a bit longer than 10 minutes with warning, hard I mean" he smiled
"Shower" she grabbed is hand saying, leading him through a door, near Will's office, he'd never been through before "This is home" she said as she opened the door to a quaint two bed apartment tucked away at the top of the Gym "I'd love more time here but my career dictates" she frowned, grabbing towels "Come on"
"What?" he asked shocked
"I don't need games Sam, I need to take you to bed" she walked up to him saying raking her hand through his hair making him close his eyes at the memory of the intimacy they'd shared, as she pulled him into the shower
She grabbed hold of him before the water fully hit his body, touching his body in places that made him need to react to her, gasping when she found his F spot again, making his body shudder with the sensitivity, she knew how to work his body, he felt like this woman knew ever inch of him as she gave him pleasure with every touch. He smiled when she grabbed hold of the pole, moving her body up to meet him, he smiled at his memory of her on the leg raise as he gave her pleasure he hoped to the heights of which he'd received, gasping as she seemed to take control and move into the dipping bar position, suddenly he was inside her, this woman was a fucking acrobat, and it felt just right although hanging in the air she was totally in control of rhythm he was busy pulling her down trying to get her quicker but she resisted. Suddenly the tempo changed and she was frantic her hair flapping about, her noise loud and then it seemed like he was held by a vice as he felt her muscles pulling gripping, clasping him inside her, he was losing control opening his eyes he smiled when he saw he wasn't dreaming it was Mercy on him grabbing him, the picture he'd imagined was here, he could hold no more he grabbed her nipple in his mouth
"God Sam" she screamed as he held onto her hips his force steadying her as her body twitched and his reacted
"Shit Mercy that was..." he smiled realising he didn't have a word
"Same time tomorrow?"
"Same thing in a minute" he laughed "I'm loving your pole movements"
"Helps with my workouts" she laughed
The End