Divas, Diamonds and Drama

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 4:30 am

Lately, Laquan had not been to the gym as he’d intended, so he purposely awoke at four thirty for a morning workout. He figured it would be a good way to relieve a little stress off his chest so he had parked his car in front of the twenty four hour fitness center near Briarcliff Road. He walked through the front door hoping that Shanice would not show up for her daily morning workout; it was not a good idea for them to be around each other so much being that Laquan was currently committed in an unhealthy marriage. He and Shanice had been secretly engaged in an intimate relationship off and on since high school and Shanice despised the fact that Laquan had married Mona instead of her.

However, Shanice continued seeing Laquan anyway and she didn’t care about screwing someone else’s man behind their back.

When Laquan changed into his workout clothes, he stuffed his gym bag into one of the lockers and then walked into the three thousand square foot area. A combination of the neon light sculptures with bright wall colors instantly boosted his energy so he walked over to the weight training area where he began some warm up exercises. He did two sets of standing dumbbell shoulder presses and three sets of dumbbell squats. Then he walked over to the stationary bikes and pedaled at a steady pace for thirty minutes. He could feel the muscles starting to burn inside his legs. Just when he had finished using the stationary bike, Shanice happened to appear out of nowhere wearing the sexiest work out gear he had ever seen on a woman. Along with her broad shoulders and long and shapely legs, her curvaceous figure resembled that of Kenya Moore from the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Laquan couldn’t stop looking at how juicy her ass manifested in the yoga pants she wore. The camel toe was staring at him right in the face. “Damn. That ass looks juicy” he mumbled to himself.

Shanice smiled as she walked into the gym, leaving behind a light fragrance of jasmine and patchouli. Laquan wasn’t the only man in the gym affected by her presence. He caught some random dude lusting after her ass and breasts. Laquan instantly became jealous and then moved to a different area of the gym to get his mind focused back to his workout sesession. Shanice trailed along behind him. Deciding to take a quick run on the treadmill, Laquan set the timer for forty-five minutes and then pedaled at a slow pace before gradually increasing his speed. Shanice hopped on the empty treadmill adjacent to his.

“You can never get away from me, Laquan. I will forever be inside your heart and mind so don’t even try to fight it off” she stated in a cocky manner.

A slight laugh escaped between Laquan’s' lips because he knew that Shanice was telling the truth. One potato, two potato, three potato….Laquan started thinking. He was determined to keep his mind focused on getting in shape instead of making love with Shanice. He began to jog faster on the treadmill but Shanice insisted on getting his undivided attention. She adjusted her speed level slightly higher than his and was now jogging faster than him.

Laquan caught on to what she was doing and then suddenly increased the speed level again and soon the two of them were racing against each other like two teenagers on a track field. People began to point and laugh until the manager on duty had come over and requested their speed levels to be lowered for safety reasons. Laquan was so embarrassed by his behavior that he glanced at the clock on the wall and realized that he needed to be at the auto shop before nine. He turned the timer off on the treadmill so that he could get himself ready for work when Shanice turned off her machine too and placed her hands on her hips. Shanice panted heavily because she had suddenly become out of breath. Laquan pointed his finger at her.

“That’s what your ass get for trying to out run me” Laquan flexed then sauntered away.