As Tina dragged herself to the storage closet after the let down of her manager’s interruption, she starts to day dream about all the ways she wished it would have gone. In the storage closet, she pulls out the vacuum and begins to clean the main gym floor. While cleaning near some machines, she strikes up a conversation with Brittney, a regular gym goer working out near a Latino college boy.
Brittany was a pretty white woman with curly blonde hair wrapped in a bun in her early 30s. She carried herself well and but you could tell she still had some baby weight. Brittany was saying that she needs to get in better shape for herself but for husband. She was gloating that he had a big interview for a position that would change their lives. If Tina had her memory before the changes, she would think the resemblance to Jennifer is uncanny and working out where Bill previously stood.
Tina was interested to what Brittany had to say but needed to get back to work before her manager saw her slacking off. As she finished up vacuuming, she went back up the front where her coworker had been standing after taking his lunch break. “How was floor duty?” Asked Brett.
Brett was a dark haired college boy who Tina shared similar classes with. He wore a similar uniform to Tina but more fitted for a man. “It was annoying. Arles always chooses me to do it.” Exhaled Tina. “Why don’t you take a load off and I’ll cover all the customers for a bit.” Offered Brett.
Tina immediately took him up on his offer and took a seat at the stool. She thought Brett was really sweet and liked the way he treated her but saw him more as a brother than anything more. While thinking about this, she had taken off her watch and started playing with the dials. She’s never been able to get the watch to work but she liked wearing it. She started manually moving dials and clicked the button on the watch.
Meanwhile, Brett is talking to customers, Brittney and others are working out, and her manager is walking from the back of the gym.