(D3)[GFC] Nothing wrong w/ a little competition..

[Todd Thorne]

Time: Day 3, Early Morning
Weather: Cloudy
Warnings: None
Characters: Todd Thorne, Emily Wyatt [OPEN]

Todd nodded gave a dazzling smile as he showed his membership card to the Gym's young and attractive receptionist. As he passed by he heard her giggle to her coworker and make a comment about his "cute butt."

It was pretty quiet this morning and the gym was practically empty. One of the many perks of living in such a small town...you didn't have to fight over the workout equipment!

Coming this early in the morning was a new experience for Todd since he usually only went in the evenings after work. But just the other day he decided it would be beneficial to his goal to fit in a morning workout to his routine, just like the big boss! Nothing like a shot of endorphins to wake you up in the morning beats coffee any day!

He started towards the row of black treadmills lined up by large glass windows facing the front of the gym. He wanted to get at least 20 minutes of cardio in before he started his rigorous weight training. But stopped dead in his tracks.

Well, well, well...Lookie who we have here!

Directly ahead of him was a bleary eyed Emily already running on a machine and oh so fashionably dressed in a ratty pair of pink sweatpants and a men's large t-shirt with the words "Frankie Say RELAX" in large bold letters.

Todd smirked.

Awesome ensemble there Missy!

He didn't think coming this early would provide him a treat such as this! If he knew Emily came in the mornings he would have started coming earlier a long time ago.

He placed his gym bag to the right of the treadmill closest to Emily and waited for her to noticed his presence. She had one of those ipod shuffles hanging around her neck and unfortunately for him was oblivious! She was more concerned about mouthing the words to the current song on her play list and keeping up her stride.

Well it wouldn't be fun at all if she didn't realize he was here so with a grin he leaned over towards her and shouted, "YO WYATT!"

[Emily Wyatt]

Emily was so very tired, it was a miracle she was even able to get herself out of bed this morning after all the hospital excitement last night. Since she missed her work out yesterday due to oversleeping she forced herself out of bed to work out at the butt-crack of dawn this morning.

When she arrived the gym was practically empty save for a few elderly women chatting quietly on the stair climbers. This was fine by her she looked like hell and she really didn't want to try and socialize with anyone this early in the morning anyway.

Once she was at the treadmills she turned on her i-pod and put on her headphones and was content to just zone out on her 5 mile run. She was in the middle of Afi's new hit, Miss Murder when and sudden shout coming from her right scared her half to death caused her stumble into the left side hand rail and almost trip onto her face.

She hit the emergency stop, yanked off her headphones and glared at a thoroughly amused and laughing Todd Thorne.

Oh he picked a bad day to mess with her. She was already grumpy because she was forced to go to work on her day off and miss watching her weeks worth of City Lights episodes. Now Todd has the gall to bug this early in the freaking morning. She just didn't have the patience for this shit today, no sir!

Emily quickly stormed off the treadmill, stepped right in Todd's face and preceded to rip him a new one. Startling the elderly ladies working out right behind them.

"What. The. FUCK. TODD!" With each word she jabbed a finger into his chest. One of the elderly ladies took a sharp intake of breath while her friend shot her a disapproving glare for her use of foul language. Emily didn't care, she was in a foul mood and Todd was going to have to deal with it. "Was that necessary? I almost killed myself back there!"

Her angry words however did not have the intended effect. Todd didn't look apologetic in the least and still grinned like the Cheshire cat.

This just pissed her off even more. She was oh so tempted to take TTisAWESOME's advice and knee the son of a bitch in the gonads. He definitely wouldn't be smiling then!

[Todd Thorne]

Somebody was testy today!

Emily looked like she was about to pop a blood vessel as well as take a swing at him.He took a step back and held his hands up in mock surrender. Still grinning he said, "Woah man! I didn't mean to scare you that badly, honest. I was just trying to get your attention!"

Emily gave him a look that clearly said she wasn't buying it.

"Anyway I didn't know you went to the gym! I thought you had an elliptical at home or something, this is great! I've wanted a workout buddy for while now!"

[Emily Wyatt]

Emily scowled no one had a right to be that jolly for so early in the morning.

"Save it Todd. Knowing you I bet you overheard my conversation with Linda the other day about my machine breaking last week and couldn't resist coming down here to bug me. If I didn't know any better I would say you are stalkig me!" With this last remark she punched him the shoulder. Hard.

[Todd Thorne]

Todd rolled has eyes and massaged his now aching shoulder, She sure doesn't hit like a girl, geezus!

He gave her another grin, "Em who in their right mind would want to waste their time stalking you?" He then gestured to her rumpled and less then flattering work out attire. "You look like you just rolled out of bed." With a dramatic roll of his eyes Todd continued, "I say someone is a little full of herself! Seriously I have better things to do with my time then document your every movement. I swear us meeting here was fate!"

[Emily Wyatt]

Emily felt her face flushed. Who the hell dresses up to go to the gym at 6am? Really? Well apparently TODD does, the man had his hair perfectly quaffed and was wearing a matching Nike tracksuit and cross trainers. He even wore a matching sweatband and wristbands. If Todd were a woman she'd bet he'd would have even done his makeup.

She turned and climbed back onto her treadmill, "Fate, stalking...it doesn't matter Todd your company still isn't wanted." At this she shooed him away put her head phones back on and jacked up the volume on her i-pod. She began walking at a brisk pace and ignored Todd who climbed onto the treadmill beside her.

[Todd Thorne]

Todd leaned over and looked at Emily's current mph. Heh, she was only going 3mph! She's definitely an amateur.

Emily noticed him looking in her direction and gave him another glare. He smirked, pointed at her console and then pointed to his which now read 4 mph. It was a silent challenge You think you can keep up with me, Em?

[Emily Wyatt]

Emily yanked off her headphones and said, "What's that supposed to mean Todd, I'm not in a race with you.

She felt her anger rise once again when Todd responded with a patronizing remark how he couldn't expect a woman such as herself to keep up with the likes of him.

Chauvinist pig.

"Oh you think so do you?" Emily smirked and bumped her speed to 4.5 mph. "Well I'll have you know I was Greenvale's reigning track and cross country star my junior and senior year of high school. I still hold the fastest times all these years later. I've also kept in shape since then, so I'm afraid it's you who won't be able to keep up with me!" And with that last remark she stuck out her tongue.

[Todd Thorne]

Their little one up man ship continued for another couple minutes until they were both running full tilt with no end in sight. Todd could see this wasn't going to go anywhere and to be honest if he had to keep the 8mph pace for much longer he saw his legs giving out.

"Okay Em! You win! You are faster my mistake."

When she only gave him an unbelieving look and frowned Todd threw up he hand and continued. "REALLY! I'm serious! I'm slowing down..." He brought the treadmill speed to a crawl and then said "I need to go lift some weights and punch the bag." Then he smirked and gave her a wink "That's how real athletes work out! It's where the real skill is anyway!"

[Emily Wyatt]

Emily rolled her eyes and stared after Todd who moved on to the free weights area. He couldn't keep up with her and now suddenly running isn't athletic enough. Pu-leaaaase.

After she completed her cool down on the treadmill she made her way over to the punching bag Todd was currently kicking.

She watched him flail a few moments before she said, "Yo Daniel-san your form is all wrong."

[Todd Thorne]

Todd saw Emily's approach and continued to kick the crap out of the bag. He didn't actually know what he was doing he just saw someone do it on a TV movie last night and thought that it looked a lot of fun.

He turned to Emily and smiled, "Really? You think you can show me how it's done Mr. Miyagi?" With this invitation he stepped back, spread his arms and gestured to the large black bag.

[Emily Wyatt]

Emily stepped up to the bag and kicked it a few times and sent the heavy bag swinging. "You want to have a controlled movement or you'll never get an power in your kicks."

She stepped back, "Now you try."

Todd was a pretty fast learner with each new kick his form was improving. Emily gave him a grin and a thumbs up."Hey not bad Thorne, if you keep this up you'll be kicking like a pro in no time!"

[George Woodman]

George parked out front the gym. Last night was a rather stressful night for the man. He was still beating himself up over losing his temper at the lawyer. At the same time, however, he wished he could have hurt him more. The jealously over his perceived closeness to Emily fueled his hatred, making him want to make the lawyer the next victim.

However, at the same time, it also figured that he could somehow be made useful. No sense in killing a perfectly good pawn. However, now was not the time for that. Now is the time to do the daily exercise.

He emerged wearing a black muscle shirt and shorts. He carried a bag with his sheriff uniform for after. Today would be a more intense version of his daily menu. There are dark days ahead, and he needed to stay in absolute top shape in order to go through them.

He walked in and looked around. There were very people in the gym. He walked over to begin when he saw Emily and Todd.

"Good morning Emily. Todd." He said to the two of them, trying to sound as cheerful as he could. "I hope you were both able to get enough sleep after the chaos that was last night. It's good to see you two staying in shape." he looked up. "We at the Sheriff's Department do more than keep the peace. We set an example for the rest of Greenvale to look up to."

[Emily Wyatt]

Todd was kicking the bag once again, when Emily spotted George Woodman walk in. Looks like it's the Sheriff Department day at the Gym. She caught his eye and gave him a smile and a wave.

Poor Todd however hadn't noticed the Sheriff's arrival so when George suddenly appeared at Emily's side the surprise made him lose his balance and sent his kick flying. He almost hit Emily in the head but luckily she was able to dodge his wayward kick.

"Woah! Todd, seriously haven't you almost killed me enough today? Watch where you are kicking!" Todd looked sheepish and she laughed, "You know giving me a concussion in front of a witness, especially our boss, is probably not a good idea!"

Emily looked at George, "I'm surprised to see you here George! I didn't realize you had a membership too. I guess I should expect Steven, Linda and Thomas to walk through the door next! I've only had mine for a week and this is the first time I've seen so many from the department here."

Man if I knew my co-workers would all show up I would have at least picked a better work out outfit! Too late now!

[George Woodman]

"Well, to be honest, I've been coming here since the gym opened." George said. "Sure, I can get a full workout from the comfort of my home or even in my office, but there's something about the atmosphere at a gym. Something that makes you want to become stronger." he said. "It good to see more of the department taking up membership here. Many other of the new recruits should follow your example." he added. For a morning where he barely got any sleep and had to deal with annoying witnesses all night, he sure was trying his hardest to be cheerful. Perhaps it was the atmosphere.

He began to do his pre-exercise stretch. "So tell me a little bit about what different exercise you two have been doing." he asked.