(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[(text-colour:black)[[Eli]]] wakes up at 4:45am every morning to his alarm
He was always ready for the gym at 5am sharp, so he could get his workout for the day before he went into his office job. His gym membership is at Planet Fitness, which has all of the equipment he needs in order to get his workouts in.
(text-colour:black)[[However, there was one day that something changed.]]
(text-colour:black)[[Aubrey]] wakes up at 4am every morning in order to make it to the gym at 5am.
Her alarm clock scares her awake most mornings because she is usually in a deep REM sleep and she is mostly dreaming about what she needs to do in her future.
She usually has a somewhat of a filling breakfast since she has her fitness classes right after her workout. She shows up to the gym exactly at 5am every morning, she mostly had her headphones in and grinded for a whole hour 3 days out of the week.]
<img src= "https://fmcampbell-04.neocities.org/images/Confident%20Cartoon%20Athlete%20in%20Action.png" width="300" height="400" alt=athletic man />
(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[A little backstory on Eli Torres.
Eli is 24 years old, his current relationship status is single but he has been off and on dating apps. He hasn't been successful on them but it's okay because sometimes dating apps just do not work out for people.
His educational background is that he has his bachelor's degree in Business Administration and his occupation is a small business owner, and his business is an athletic wear company. He makes about $100,000 a year.
His favorite drink is chocolate protein drinks because he loves his fuel in the mornings.
The type of music he listens to while he is at the gym is hip-hop because that type of music is the only music that gets him pumped and more woken up.
Eli has a lot of discipline because he is always setting alarms for meals, tracks his calories, and set reminders for the gym. He is very competitive, but he's not cruel and aggressive.
Lastly, he gives very much "big brother energy" at the gym, but for Aubrey it was different, he fell very hard for her at the gym since he thought she was the prettiest girl ever.](enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[A young woman caught Eli's attention and it happened to be Aubrey Smith.
Eli would never get distracted during his workouts, but every single time she would walk past he would always have to discreetly stop what he was doing because he thought she was the most beautiful girl ever.
(text-colour:black)[[One morning...]]]
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(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[Who is Aubrey?
She is a 23 year old woman, and she is the potential love interest to Eli Torres.
Her relationship status is also single, but she eventually falls for Eli as well as the story progresses.
Her educational background is that she has a bachelor's degree in sports medicine but she is working towards her master's degree, so that she can become an athletic trainer. Her current occupation is a fitness instructor and she makes about $22,000 a year.
Her favorite drink is apple juice, she loves to have a glass of apple juice with her breakfast before she goes to the gym in the morning.
Aubrey has a very bubbly personality and she is a very determined individual. Her commitment to going to the gym every morning, even before her fitness instruction classes is commendable.
She is also very observant, a little sarcastic, but also very quiet. That is why she would get very nervous when she would talk to Eli. However, once she gets to know a person very well, she is very witty and playful.
Lastly, Aubrey does not chase attention, it naturally finds her, which makes her admirable and makes people fall in love with her.](enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[One day during Aubrey's workout,
She asked if Eli could spot her doing her arm workout since she did not want the heavy weights to drop on her.
She quotes, "Hey, could you possibly spot me, I don't want these heavy weights falling on my chest, since I am trying to break my record of benching."
Eli froze when she ended up asking the question, and kept tripping up on his words but eventually he was able to get the words out.
He said, "ye-ah, yeah sure I would be more than happy to help you while you're lifting your weights."
Aubrey lifted the weight successfully, and Eli was super impressed with her ability to do that.
(text-colour:black)[[After that interaction]]], Eli was so glad and excited that he was able to interact with his gym crush.
(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[Aubrey saw something special in Eli, she was not sure what it was but she got this cool vibe from him and that's what Aubrey enjoyed the most from guys.
After that morning, they started (text-colour:black)[[interacting a lot more at the gym]] and the nerves started going away after awhile once he got very comfortable with her and he got a really good vibe from her as well.] (enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[They started training after that (text-colour:black)[[one interaction]]] and would plan (text-colour:black)[[workouts together]]]from the day before they were going to do workouts together.
Eli eventually asked for Aubrey's phone number, and she ended up giving it to him.
He asked, "hey, I don't want to be weird or anything but can i have your phone number?"
She says, "Yeah of course! I would be more than happy to give you my phone number!"
*gives her phone number to him*
Once he got her phone number, they would hang out outside their workout times, and would go and get a coffee and breakfast together.
At breakfast, they would talk about their hobbies, personal lives, and how their jobs were, and what their occupations were.]
(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))However, after that one interaction Eli and Aubrey had with each other. There was this other man that was kind of eyeing Aubrey.
Eli noticed at some points in time during their workouts, and would end up getting somewhat jealous but would not show it to Aubrey since he did not want to give off the jealous vibe.
This other guy was named James. He would go to the gym a lot but would not go everyday like Aubrey and Eli would.
[(text-colour:black)[[James]] would try and interact with Aubrey and Eli, however they did not want to have anything to do with him. He sort of gave a creepy vibe to the both of them which is why they chose to ignore him half the time.
Eli and Aubrey would try and remain nice because they did not want James complaining to another worker how they were not being fair.
Eli and Aubrey shared the exact same opinions about James, which brought them closer and closer together. They both decided to confront James about him being creepy.. and well that did not go to plan.
James was very offended with the fact that they both called him creepy, which made him storm out and never show up to that gym again since many other people at the gym felt the same way towards James.](enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[After the interactions and texting everyday after their workouts,
The gym felt different for the both of them.
They would love to create small-talk, do the same workouts, and talk about how difficult their workouts were and how much they would struggle but make it through to the end of each of their workouts everyday.
Finally, they went out on some (text-colour:black)[[dates.]]](enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[One day, Eli finally asked the (text-colour:black)[[big question]] to Aubrey.
He wanted to surprise her with the type of date they were going on.
He told her, "dress nicely, but I will not tell you why"
That made Aubrey way more nervous than she already was, and so she decided to wear a nice sundress that was giving summer vibes.](enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[Eli finally dropped the question.
He asked, "would you want to be my girlfriend?"
Aubrey jumped up out of excitement and said...
"YES YES YES, I will be your girlfriend!!!"
They both ended up giving each other a kiss and were both so happy to finally call each other boyfriend and girlfriend.]<img src= "https://fmcampbell-04.neocities.org/images/Determined%20Athlete%20Against%20Concrete%20Backdrop.png" width "200" height= "400" alt=blonde man />
(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[Who is this mystery of a guy named James?
James is 28 years old and he started showing up at the gym at the exact same time that Eli and Aubrey were showing up to the gym.
He started memorizing Aubrey's schedule because he started becoming more and more obsessive with her, but Aubrey did not like that at all because she was into Eli.
James is tall and fit, but something was just totally off about him. I think it was because he would stare for too long, it was more like he would study people instead of just looking at them when he would look their direction.
No one really knows much about him. When Aubrey would ask him why he would come to the gym at the exact same time, James would claim he was there just for "training" for something, but no one knew what he was actually training for.
James seemed polite and he meant well, but his compliments felt way too rehearsed and just a little too personal. For example, he would compliment Aubrey's body but she always believed she was being objectified by him because he would compliment her body all the time.]
(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[A story about a Gym Rat and his Love Interest
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(text-colour:black)[[Morning of the Gym - Eli Torres & Aubrey Smith]]]<img src= "https://fmcampbell-04.neocities.org/images/Moonlit%20Picnic%20Under%20the%20Stars.png" width="500" height= "400" alt=picnic setting />
(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[They would either do picnics in the park at night to stargaze or they would just have geninue talks with each other.
They would both love to discuss their hobbies, interests, and what their family life was like.](enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[They would go to this fancy Italian restaurant once a month, and they really enjoyed their breadsticks and unlimited amounts of salads.
This would be their cheat meal for the month, and honestly did not have a limit of how much food they would eat for this fancy dinner. Eli and Aubrey would essentially treat themselves after all of the hardwork they would do in the gym.]
<img src="https://fmcampbell-04.neocities.org/images/Cafe%20dinner%20date.jpg" width="400" height="400" />(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[Eli and Aubrey would take walks in the park every here and there after their workouts at the gym. They really enjoyed this because it was a nice cool-down from their workouts and they would be able to have genuine conversations.]
<img src= "https://fmcampbell-04.neocities.org/images/%20.jpg" width= "500" height="400" />(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[Who wouldn't guess they would have gym dates all the time!
It would be just their typical days in the gym, and Eli and Aubrey would just enjoy their presence while working out together.]
<img src="https://fmcampbell-04.neocities.org/images/%20-2.jpg" width="400" height="500" /><img src="https://fmcampbell-04.neocities.org/images/Alternative%20Minimalist%20Movie_Show%20Poster%20-%2010%20things%20i%20hate%20about%20you.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt=movie />
(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[Eli and Aubrey would do movie nights every weekend.
They both really enjoyed Rom-Com movies and had such a soft spot for them. Each of them enjoyed '10 Things I Hate About You' the most since it was such a classic. Who wouldn't like this movie, they always questioned.](enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 10, 0,#ffffff,0.4049,#1919e6,1,#ffffff)))[The type of dates that they would go on would be
- (text-colour:black)[[picnics]]
- (text-colour:black)[[movie nights]]
- (text-colour:black)[[fancy dinners]]
- (text-colour:black)[[walks in the park]]
- (text-colour:black)[[and obviously gym dates]]
After being on all of those dates that Eli and Aubrey have been on, they started (text-colour:black)[[falling for each other more and more everyday.]]]