Atlas Gym | Friday

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Sure the temperature outside was finally dropping below eighty, but within Atlas Gym, the heat was building.

There was no music.

There was no air conditioning.

There was only a hot and sweaty Russian who had spent the morning dragging old, dust-covered fans out of storage and setting them up to provide some relief to the Jazzercise participants who were literally going to be sweating to whatever oldies they could sing today.

Dimitri propped the doors to the gym open, hoping for a little natural air circulation while he went through his own workout, shirt getting heavy with perspiration. What? Like he was going to just hang out because of a little heat.

Atlas Gym was open for business!

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Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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"Liking your mo--" Dimitri understood that look in her eyes before it was too late. "I'm not answering that."

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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"Which means it's a yes," she teased, far too amused at the reaction. "So what were you going to say?"

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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"That liking your mouth has nothing to do with anything, though from your reaction it might," he answered.

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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Rose laughed, shaking her hair back again to get it off her neck. "It's got something to do with something."

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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"Something to do with talking," Dimitri suggested.

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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"Yeah, yeah, something to do with talking," she decided. "What were we talking about? Oh yeah, Yuri and Jessi. Sitting in a tree."

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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Dimitri sighed with exasperation and tucked back hair that hadn't yet fallen in his face. "Why are they sitting in a tree?"

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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Oh, Dimitri. Don't engage.

"Because they're K-I-S-S-I-N-G," Rose said, trying not to laugh.

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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His eyebrow lifted in confusion. "Why are you spelling 'kissing' at me?"

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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And now she was just laughing. "It's like a kids' song? Yuri and Jessi sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. FIrst comes love, then come marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage." She shook her head. "I was joking, yeah."

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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This little song of Rose's had Dimitri's eyes getting wider and wider and finally he laughed. "Who do we thank that they will never have a liger?"

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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"Hrmp," she said, making a face. "Not possible. They're not cool enough for a liger."

Not that she was possessive at all.

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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"Of course not," Dimitri agreed, noticing her attitude there and maybe sharing it just a little. "I also think they'd fall out of a tree."

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Rose grinned a little. "K-I-S-S- ow, you pushed me out of the tree? Yeah, I could see it happening."

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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"Meanwhile she'd probably be screaming all of this," Dimitri realized. Such a loud girl. Ugh.

"We should focus on something else."

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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"Hey, I'm open to suggestions," she teased, smiling up at him.

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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"So long as they don't involve my discussing things that are boring?" Dimitri teased.

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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With a smirk, Rose took a deep breath, obviously fortifying herself. "You can discuss boring things. I can handle it."

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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"It's too hot to torture you," Dimitri said, trying not to laugh at her fortification.

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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She looked up hopefully. "No reports today?"

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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"I think I can save them for tomorrow morning, when you're mentally prepared and the papers won't get wet from being in the air." Okay, so it wasn't that humid.

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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Which was helpful other than the thought of dealing with boring report stuff at 7am. But better than now.

"Sucks when things get wet just from being in the air," she repeated, unaccountably amused at the phrase.

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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Dimitri leaned down to reach around her and flick at the hair trying to stick to her back. "Sure seems that way."

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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She made a face at him, standing on her toes to brush away those stray bits sticking to his forehead. "Bet this doesn't happen in Siberia."

It didn't happen in Montana either which was really the point for Rose.

Re: Sweat With Dimitri

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His eyebrows wiggled as the hair tickled across his forehead. "No, for once, you're right about Siberia." And didn't he just want to frown at her being right given how often she was so incredibly wrong.