Chapter Twelve

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"Are we done now?" I panted, bent over with my hands on my knees. Why did I want come back to this place again? The gym was hell! And Adrien wasn't making it easy for me.

"Not yet," He said, a smirk on his face. "Ten more crunches."

TEN?! I just did thirty. I can't do anymore. "I can't."

He raised a blond brow. "What do you mean by you can't? Come on, princess, ten more and we're done."

Why was he calling me princess? It's not like I'm complaining-- wait, I am complaining!

I let out a breath and forced myself to do the last ten crunches. When I was done, I layed on the floor, breathing hard. I'm never coming back here. I'll stick to my walks from my room to the fridge. That's enough exercise.

"Now wasn't that easy?" Adrien grinned, looking down at me. He held out a hand to me and pulled me up. I was sweating from head to toe and I was dying for a shower. He handed me my water bottle and I proceeded to gulp down all the contents that were inside.

"It wasn't," I commented and he laughed. I just wanted to throw my bottle at his, unfortunately, handsome face. Why couldn't he have been ugly with a rotten attitude? Did he have to be hot with a slightly rotten attitude?

I moved my eyes from his face, down his chest before bringing up to meet his once more. My cheeks lit up. "Did you have to take off your shirt?"

He smirked at me. "Yep. It was soaked. What, is it bothering you?" He asked wiggling his brows. I groan and stomped away to the female washroom, ignoring his laughs that followed me.

I grabbed my stuff and headed to one of the bathrooms. This was one of the reasons I liked these types of gyms so much. Unlike most other gyms, it didn't have a huge bathroom where a bunch of people would be showering at the same time. It also didn't have those locker rooms that were always packed with people. Once you paid to use it, you also paid for a room and a bathroom with it. People with memberships have their own personal rooms for as long as their membership lasted.

After my long shower, I dried off and got dressed in the clothes that I brought from home. I picked up my gym bag and slung it over my shoulder. My phone vibrated in my back pocket and I pulled it out then answered.

"Alya," I answered, walking out of the room and closing the door behind me.

"Did you work up the courage to speak to him?" She immediately asked.

"He sent me a package with a dress like the one he ruined during... that night with a note apologising and asking if I could speak to him. I gave up on trying to ignore him and texted him telling him to meet me at Le Papillion. He agreed, we met up and talked it out, and now we're good," I explained as I walked out of the gym and to the parking lot, where I stood by Adrien's car.

Alya squealed in my ear. "I'm so proud of you, girl!"

I smiled at that. "I'm glad."

"Anyways, I got to go. Call me before you go to sleep," She said and I heard chattering in the background.

"Will do. Love you, girl."

"I love you too, Mari."

With that, she hung up the phone. I then let out a sigh and put my phone back in my pocket.

Folding my arms in front of my chest, I frowned. What the hell was taking Adrien so long?

Out of no where, a whistle met my ears.

"What's a pretty lady like you doing out here so late?" I heard someone say and I turned my head to the direction of the voice. There, I saw three men making their way over to me and my frown deepened.

Seriously?! I am in no mood for any of this.

"I'm waiting on someone," I answered anyways. I mean, if I'm going to stand here waiting on Adrien for so long, I might as well just humour these idiots.

"Really?" Another one of them spoke. He had spiky hair with brown eyes. Not very easy on the eyes. "Why don't you wait with us?"

"I can't be bothered to move," I stated simply as I hopped up on the hood of the car to take a seat. I was so damn tired.

"Come on, baby," One with dyed blond hair and black eyes smirked and I cringed. I hated the word baby. Like, ew. "Hang with us."

I pretended to think. "Are you guys fun?"

"Very fun," The other guy with a buzz cut that spoke first said, giving his friends a knowing nudge.

My frown deepened. I hated guys like this. "As a matter of fact, I think I'm good right here," I said tapping the hood where I sat.

They seemed to not care as they moved a bit closer to me. "You had fun at the gym?" Spiky asked and I groaned.

"It was horrible!" I slipped my gym bag from my shoulder and onto my lap as I got ready to complain. "My boyfriend didn't even go easy on me! He worked me to the bone. And now he's taking ages to get out here!"

Oh my God, I called Adrien my boyfriend. That felt so weird and sounded soo weird! I had to force myself to not blush.

The guys glanced at each other. "Boyfriend?" They asked in unison and I smiled. Poor suckers.

"Yes, boyfriend," An all too familiar voice met my ears and I rolled my eyes. Of course.

I looked behind the guys and saw Adrien standing with one of his hands in his pocket and his gym bag slung over his shoulder. His hair was still wet -probably from his long ass shower- and he had on a SHIRT! Thank God.

"Speak of the devil and he shall come," I muttered, slipping off of the hood when I saw the look the dumb blond gave me. Men and their stupid cars.

The guys stiffened as Adrien brushed passed them and came to wrap his arm around my waist. An action that made me, also, stiffen. Too soon. He knew that too.

"Thank you for keeping her company while I dealt with some stuff," He said, tilting his head at them. "We must be going now."

He unlocked his car and opened the car door then I entered. Adrien got into the car and I waved goodbye to the still dumbfounded men as he drove away from the gym.

I let out a sigh and Adrien glanced at me. "That was fun wasn't it?" He asked making me shoot him a glare.

"Don't speak to me," I huffed, turning my head away from him. I got a chuckle from him in return.

"Are you hungry? I know a good pizza place somewhere around here," He inquired, completely disregarding what I said to him.

"Whatever," I said, but I was hungry so, win-win.

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I am stuffed! I ate like three slices of pizza, but it wasn't any normal pizza. The slices were huge and they were so delicious. I wonder where Adrien finds these places...

"I think I just put on more than what I took off at that gym," I spoke, tapping my slightly inflated stomach. So much for working out.

Adrien laughed at that. "Don't worry, you can take it back off tomorrow."

I glared at him. "The joke's on you if you think I'm putting one foot in that death trap with you again."

He removed one of his hands on his chest in fake hurt. "You wound me, princess. Was I that bad?"

"Yes!" I exclaimed. "You made me run five laps then you made me do twenty push ups and forty crunches. You were awful."

He waved me off. "That was nothing. You would be dead if I was pumped up."

"I think I'll stick to my monthly walks to the supermarket."

He chuckled as he came to a stop in front of my house. "This is your stop."

I hummed in response. "Are we still on for Saturday?"

He nodded and I exited the car. "See you Saturday, Princess," I heard him say before I entered my house.

I can finally sleep peacefully knowing this was all behind us....

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Here's the update I promised you all!

What are your thoughts?

Are you guys glad that they finally made up?

I'll try to give you an update on Sunday (just because I wanna). I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Until next time,

Bye bye little butterflies🦋🦋🦋.