Tim averted his eyes, trying to keep himself from getting turned on. His gaze turned back to Lynda, in Jennifer’s life, who was giving him a knowing smirk. “You should go talk to him!”
“Huh?” Tim replied. “The macho muscle guy over there! I saw you staring, you’re into him, aren’t you?” Tim turned back to look at the teen boy, but this time the boy noticed Tim glancing at him. Tim looked around, trying to play it cool. Lynda beside him said “Lyn, if you don’t go talk to him, I’ll go talk to him for you. At least give it a shot!” Tim sighed, feeling like he didn’t have a choice, stepped off the treadmill and began walking toward the teen boy.
When he arrived over toward the boy, he realized he had no idea how to start the conversation. He ended up standing there for a few minutes staring off at a wall before he heard a young nasally voice intrude on his train of thought. “Excuse me, are you okay?” The voice sent a sensual shiver down Tim’s spine as contrary to what he heard, his head told him this was the deep bass voice of the man he came to talk to. He turned and was reaffirmed by the sight of the overly muscled teen boy staring at him inquisitively.
“O-oh, yeah, I’m fine!” Tim replied, causing the boy to laugh. “Your friend sent you over here to ask me out, didn’t she?” Tim nodded, overwhelmed by his own confusion. “My name’s Clive, it’s nice to meet you. Why don’t we talk at least, so your friend doesn’t think you turned me down out of spite, hm?” Tim agreed and the two of them walked over to the small cafe-like area in the corner of the gym.
The teen boy, in the life of Clive, owned the gym they were in. He had just gotten out of a long-term relationship, and had just started looking to date again, so overall the timing was perfect. “How about this: I’ll give you my number-“ He reached over the counter to grab a business card and slid it over to Tim. “-and you can call me if you’re interested. I’ll be free tonight if you want. You pick the time and place, hell if you want make it a double date and bring your friend. My treat. Best case, we can at least start talking, worst case you abs your friend get free dinner. Deal?” Tim replied, “Yeah… I think that’s okay. I’ll think of over and give you a call if we’re on for tonight, okay?” The teen nodded graciously. “I’ll get back to my workout then. Hope I’ll hear from you soon.” The two parted ways. As Tim returned to Lynda, he noticed the Karen and Clive, in the life of the teen boy, we’re leaving the gym. It looked like the Karen was the teen’s mom, which given his current body was a funny thought indeed.