"Baby you did fine, you over thinking' it." I chuckled, cutting off his rant.
"It took Javier one shot to hit the bottle, it took me ten." He said flatly.
"but you hit it didn't you, all that matters. And now you somewhat know how to protect yourself, win-win." I shrugged
"I think we should all do sum' tonight, Me, you, Jave, and André." I suggested.
"what do you have in mind?" He questioned wrapping himself around my abdomen.
"don't know," I shrugged, "definitely something corny though." I chuckled before lifting him up and throwing him on the bed.
"What are doing?" He whined, covering his reddening face.
I ignored him before climbing on top of him and leaving kisses over his face a neck.
"Clare!" He protested causing me to laugh.
"I ain't even doin' nothing." I teased, trapping his wrist to the bed to give me free reign over him.
"You're being annoying," he frowned, failing at his attempt to be mad.
"showing you love is annoying now?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
His silence spoke for itself causing me to smirk cockily, "exactly,"
"I gotta go anyway," I spoke, standing up.
"Where are you going?" He asked, sitting up.
"Jave and I are going to the gym while you have to help your friend set up her nursery shit." He explained.
"Yeah," he groaned, "I'm tired,"
"From what, shooting?" I chuckled.
"Yeah, that takes physical activity which I don't do much these days." He protested.
"Which ain't good either,"I shook my head.
"we'll be back when you get here." I spoke as I leaned down to kiss him.
"Jave!" I called out as I made my way to the stairs.
"I'm already down here." He spoke.
"Bet." I responded lowly, jogging down the stairs.
Since that Alyssa girl would be picking Joshua up, Jave and I could take the car.
Once we got in I sat and thought to myself before looking over at Javier.
"You can drive right?" I questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"I mean it's been a while, but I'm pretty sure I can still do it." He nodded.
"don't kill our ass." I smirked as I handed him the keys.
As we switched seats he released a breath before strapping himself in.
"Okay so back home, my moms car was a lot smaller than this one." He started.
"You want me to drive, I'm not tryna die." I said honestly.
"Nah it's okay, I can do it."
"aight," I shrugged watching as he slowly pulled out of the drive way.
In the beginning he was timid but after a while he seemed more comfortable.
"What'd you think?" He asked as he handed me back the keys.
"You did fine, don't know what you were so nervous over." I said honestly.
"I don't know how you'd react if I fucked up." He spoke.
"I'd shrug and tell you not to do it again." I responded with a chuckle
"Let's go," I spoke, nodding towards the gym.
"......15,ok, rest." I heard and immediately sat up in relief.
"You good?" He asked, chuckling at my shape.
"I forgot how tough you were when working out," I said honestly, rubbing at my arms.
"Take a break.." he shrugged.
"what?" I questioned, sure I'd heard him wrong.
"Take a break," he repeated.
"You sure?" I asked
"Yeah it's cool, meet me back here when you're ready," he spoke, taking his spot on the bench press.
I nodded and grabbed my bag, heading to the locker room.
When I made my way in I pulled out my phone, spotting a missed call from Destin.
I immediately called him, smiling as his face came across the screen.
"Hey D, You good?" I questioned.
"Yeah I'm fine, I'm just bored, if you're busy I can call at another time." He said shyly
"I'm at the gym, but I'm taking a break for a couple of minutes so it's fine." I spoke.
I stood up and flipped the camera around on the mirror so my full body was showing.
"Did you go alone?" He asked.
"Nah, me and my pops, he's helping me with my arms and core." I spoke.
"I want my abs to show more and I want more muscle." I explained, showing him what I meant.
He turned red a little but shook it off causing me to smirk.
"......I think your body is great already." He said shyly.
"Well thank you, but I want to get it better," I said honestly.
"My arms are almost there though," I spoke
"Enough bout' me, what you up to?" I smiled, sitting down on the bench.
"I have a Calculus test Monday, I'm basically gonna be studying for that all weekend." He shrugged.
"All weekend? Thas it?" I questioned.
"Yeah it's our first test, and I'll have the house to myself so it's gonna be extra quiet thankfully." He smiled.
"Watchu mean, You're by yourself ?" I questioned.
"Marquees and my dad are taking college visits for marquees right now for the colleges of his interest. Since we're seniors my dad is gonna be taking him out every weekend."
"What about you, aren't you going to college too?" I asked.
"Yeah, but I had the test so me and my mom are gonna go out another time." He explained.
"I thought you were home alone?"
"I am, my mom took extra shifts this weekend so she won't be home until late at night, even then she'll be gone again in the morning. She left me money for food but other than that I'll be relatively self sufficient this weekend." He explained.
"You're not afraid?" I asked.
"I'm okay, our neighborhood is safe, and we have security cameras and stuff so I don't have much to be afraid of." He nodded.
"So.......can I come over?" I asked boldly. I'd moved the camera so he couldn't see my face and bit at my fist as I waited for his response.
"Javi my parents would kill me."
"Well it's a good thing they won't be home huh?" I smirked.
"I don't know..." he said lowly.
"If I show up you can't just leave me outside, it's cold." I teased.
"Are your Dads are gonna be okay with that?" He asked.
"Uh, I guess, I just want to hangout for a while that's all." I said honestly.
"I'm sure they will be okay with it." I spoke with a shrug.
"I have to study, you can't distract me if you come over." He said adamantly.
"Yes sir," I chuckled.
"and no....funny business." He added, embarrassed at his own words.
"Gotchu," I smirked
"also please just make sure you're parents are okay with it." He added again.
"Damn," I laughed, "anything else?"
"No..." he blushed as he said shyly.
"you sure, you was giving a bunch a demands, you might've left something out." I joked.
"sorry," he smiled, hiding his face.
"Nah it's okay, I liked it." I said honestly.
"I got a question though, when you say 'funny business', watchu mean?" I smirked.
Immediately his eyes went wide, "you know..."
"Nah, I don't know, which means I don't know what I can't do." I shrugged.
"Javi—"
"Gotta go Destin, see you tommorow." I chuckled and cut him off, winking before I hung up.
When I made my way back out I went over to where we started.
"Damn pop," I laughed, watching as he benched about 300.
As he placed it back on the rack with an exhaled breath he sat up and looked at me.
"Your turn." He spoke, causing my eyes to widened.
"I think we gonna need to take a couple plates off." I responded, scratching the nape of my neck.
"We ain't leaving for you at least lift it once, hope you had a good break." He smirked, standing up from his position so I could take his place.
"You jokin right?" I asked with wide eyes.
"am I smilin'?" He questioned.
"I can't do that, that's 300, my max is barely 125 I told him."
"I ain't you.", I assured.
"you're better, come on now," he spoke nodding towards the bench.
"Imma spot chu', just relax."
He instructed.
I sighed to myself before wiping my hands on my shorts.
I then laid back on the bench and prepared to lift, or try to at least.
"Ready?" He questioned.
No.
•RUIN 🥀US•
*To Spot someone when bench pressing is basically just to support them*