Page 34 of More To Us

"Sure," I say, then mouth 'sorry' to Kira.

She just nods.

The girl takes the photo and then another girl comes up to me. "Can I get one too?"

I agree to it, and as she leaves, I check to make sure no one else is coming.

"Sorry," I say to Kira. "I've been getting a lot of attention because the band played so much last summer. And we were part of a big Fourth of July concert with other bands that got us to be even more recognized."

"It's fine. Really." She points to the paper in my hand, which has the workout plan I created for her. "So what'd you come up with?"

"I made two versions." I hold out the piece of paper so she can see it. "The first one is a more aggressive plan. Heavier weights. Extreme cardio. Less rest. Basically this plan will kick your ass but you'll get results faster." I flip the paper over. "This plan is more traditional. A gradual increase in weights and reps. Standard cardio alternating with high intensity interval training. You'll still get results. It'll just take longer."

"Can I see it?" She points to the sheet of paper.

"Yeah, go ahead."

She looks at both plans, studying them. Then she takes a pen from her purse.

"What are you doing?"

"I like what you did but I have some adjustments." She crosses out one of the lower body exercises.

"You don't want to do the leg press?"

"No. I don't like that machine." She crosses out the reps on the exercise below it and writes something else in.

"You may not like it, but the leg press is really good for lower body strength."

"I don't want to do it."

"You could just try it. We'll start with lower weights and work up to—"

"I'm not doing it, okay?" She slams her pen down on the table between us.

What the hell? Why is she getting so angry?

"Um, yeah, okay. We'll take it off the plan."

She takes a breath. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to react that way."

"Is it your leg?"

"What do you mean?"

"You said you hurt your leg. I'm guessing that's why you're avoiding the leg press?"

"It's not that. I just don't like that machine." She puts her pen in her purse and gives the piece of paper back to me. "The rest of the plan is fine. I just lowered the reps on a few of them."

"Which plan do you want to do?"

"The aggressive one."

"You sure? Because if you're still recovering from an injury, we should probably—"

"I'm not still recovering. I got hurt a year ago and it was just a minor injury. I'm fine now."

She's not very convincing. She wouldn't even look at me when she said it.

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