The Gym

My workout partner had jury duty this morning so I was left to workout alone. I was on the preacher curl and he walked by. We began our eye dance yet again, it happens every time we see each other. Its been going on for months. It even has gotten to the point where we actually smile and nod at each other. After my workout was done, I hit the lockers to shower and steam. I'd lost track of him during my sets and figured he had already left. Oh well. Next time. Finish showering and enter the steam room to chill and relax. My eyes zeroed in on this muscular figured through the steam and I knew it was him. We were the only two in the room and after several mins of silence, I grew some balls and the following convo ensued:

Bill [reaches out and touches Hot Gym Guy's shoulder] : hey, whats your name?
HGG [turns head, flashes smile and extends hand]: hey, I'm John.
Bill: I'm Bill. I see you here all the time. Nice haircut
HGG [smiles, laughs, brushes hand over buzzed head]: Thanks. Its the summer time so it easier to take care of.
Bill [smiles, laughs, brushes hand over buzzed head]: Yeah. So you come here alot. I think I've even seen u at 50th.
HGG: Yeah. Keeps it interesting. What about u, where else do u go?
Bill: Here, Soho, Greenwich
HGG: Greenwich is so crowded. I hate it
Bill: Yeah, I usually only take a class there on friday. Wow, its hot in here. Think I'm going to hit the showers. Nice meeting u
HGG: [flash smile and amazing eyes]: Yeah. u too.


Now the ideal thing for me to have said would have been-

Bill: Cool. So we should hang out sometime.

Or

Bill: Cool. So we should take this class together at Greenwich on Friday. Mark is an amazing instructor and he'll kick your ass.


But what did I do? I walked out because I was hot. Ugh. We saw each other one more time but I was still to chicken shit to talk. I just smiled and nodded. But oh well, at least I know his name. Maybe next time, I'll actually ask him out. Patience.