Cassandra Cain {Wayne} (littleshiva) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2015-05-28 21:32:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, cassandra cain (blackbat), eggsy unwin |
Who: Cassandra Cain and Eggsy Unwin
What: Eggsy comes to check out the gym
When: Backdated: Beginning of May
Where: The Gym
Rating/Warnings: Family Friendly
Status: Complete!
Cass had spent the morning with the two girls she was helping to train then had moved on to her own work out. She might not have been competing any longer, but she didn’t want to get out of shape, not that that would happen with the patrolling she did every couple of nights. After her own workout, Cass decided to grab a protein shake from the juice bar before she decided whether or not to call it a day. On occasion, Cass would spend an entire day at the gym, but now that Laura had moved back in, she had more of a reason to come home earlier. Getting to spend more time with her best friend and their new dog was definitely an incentive to not spend the entire day at the gym.
Towel draped around her neck, Cass moved through the gym, towards the juice bar, greeting a few people that she knew as she went.
Eggsy remembered the name of the gym that was recommended to him and he had managed to finally cut out a bit of time to go over and check it out. The idea of going back into gymnastics was incredibly appealing and he knew his body would probably enjoy getting back into the swing of things. He was good, incredibly so, and it just came naturally to him. He had stood off to the side and watched the people who were out on the floor and smiled to himself. Yeah, he knew he had to get back into this.
He watched as the girl, who he recognized from the network, went towards the juice bar and he made his way over towards her. Once she was done greeting and ordering he slid over next to her and smiled, “You’re from Valar Net, right? You spoke to me about gymnastics.”
Cass had gotten used to fans coming up to her over the years, so she didn't flinch or jump as she was approached and instead smiled as she recognized the guy in the seat beside her, "Yeah. Eggsy, right?" She asked extending a hand to him, "Cass." Of course if he recognized her, it was probable that he remembered her name, but just in case he hadn't, reintroducing herself was probably the best way to go. "How're you?"
“Yes, nice to meet you officially, Cass,” Eggsy took her hand and shook it firmly with a grin on his face, “And I’m pretty good. This place looks pretty amazing. I’m probably entirely too rusty to even be productive, but I think I should really get started on getting back to it. What can you tell me about this place?” He was quite curious about how it would work here and who would be training him.
“Well, it’s a good place. I’ve been coming here for about two years now.” Cass said as her smoothie was placed on the counter, “There’s a private area in the back, which is where I practice and teach the two girls I’m co-coaching.” She was still learning the whole coaching side of things, but she was enjoying it, “What do you usually do as far as gymnastics go?”
“Basically everything. My main events were pommel horse and vault, but I made sure that I can do all of them. I feel like floor and rings are my lowest events, but I was starting to get better at them,” Eggsy explained as he looked over behind them to see where there could be an area in the back and then turned back to her, “Do you have all the equipment that you need back there? I know that there’s usually not a ton of men who decide to train in gymnastics.”
“It’s actually bigger than it looks,” Cass said, glancing back towards the way Eggsy was, “We have all the usual equipment back there.” Standing, she picked up her smoothie, “You wanna take a look?” He was there to get back into gymnastics after all, so it only made sense that he’d want to see what sort of equipment they had and she was curious as to what he could do even if he was rusty.
“Sure, that would be great,” Eggsy answered with a smile. It would be nice to see the equipment and get a feel for what was going on in this place. He pushed away from the counter and ran a hand through his hair, “So, how much is all this going to cost me? And what do you think for a training schedule? Like how many times per week?” All things that he needed to know before committing to this.
“Come on.” Cass smiled and led Eggsy back towards the gymnastics area, which was completely separate from the rest of the gym. It had to be in order for the gymnasts who practiced there to be able to concentrate on what they were doing without distractions, “It’s really not super expensive. I mean, I don’t actually have to pay cause I’m co-coaching and my old coach is part owner.” Not that Cass wouldn’t have been able to pay. She still had money from past endorsements and her parents were still paying her back for the money they had used on themselves. “And I suppose a training schedule would all depend on what you want. What you want to accomplish.”
“That makes sense that you don’t have to pay. Has to be nice to be able to make a job out of doing something you really enjoy,” Well, Eggsy was assuming that she actually enjoyed gymnastics, you would coach if you didn’t, right? He looked around the gym and began to walk to take it all in. It was quite nice looking and he was impressed at how much equipment they did have for a place that wasn’t specifically for gymnastics, “It’s a nice place. And not sure about a training schedule yet. I’m hoping to have a job soon, so it might have to work around that.”
Cass nodded, “Well, to be honest, it’s the only thing I really know. Spent more or less my entire life practicing and training for the Olympics.” She’d even been home-schooled so that she could have more time to practice before and after. Her father really had overdone it with pushing her to practice, “So now this is what I do.” She’d been thinking about taking a few classes, but she wasn’t sure what she’d do. “When you know what your work schedule is, I could always help you figure out a training schedule.”
“Really? Wow, color me impressed. I didn’t train that hard when I was growing up, so I certainly believe that you are the most qualified person I could probably find around here. Did you go to the Olympics?” He hadn’t paid much attention to the American teams when he watched the Olympics since he was obviously rooting for his home team, “Do you love doing this?” He wondered if she truly did because sometimes when you were forced into things you didn’t end up loving them in the end.
Cass nodded, “Yeah, England, 2012.” While the constant training and practice had kept her from having any sort of normal childhood, the fact that she could say that she had a gold medal from the Olympics almost made it worth it. In response to his question, she took a moment before answering, “I do. But, I like doing it for myself now. I accomplished my dream, which was to get gold and I did that so now it’s someone else's’ turn.”
“I probably watched you then,” he commented with a smile, “I went to the Games, but I didn’t pay a ton of attention to the women on the other teams, so sorry about that one, love. And that’s brilliant of you to do that. Most people would just keep continuing to try and win as much as possible and not give back.” Eggsy was impressed with her mindset. She certainly knew what she was doing and she had the passion to help people accomplish their dreams.
“Were you there competing too?” Cass hadn’t seen as much of the rest of the games or England itself as she would have wanted, because as expected, her father had her practicing practically any free moment she had even if her coach advised against it. All David Cain had ever seen once he realized his daughter’s talent was dollar signs, “I didn’t get to see much aside from the women’s games either. And, I just turned twenty-one. The way I see it, I’m too old to be competing. I don’t want to take another young girl’s spot who has a dream of getting gold.”
“Oh god no, I was just there spectating,” He had almost been tapped for the Olympic team, but hadn’t quite gotten there. He knew a lot of people, men’s and women’s, that were competing, so he had gone to cheer for the, “And that’s disappointing. England is quite lovely and I’m sure you would have found a lot of fun things to do while you were there. And true, might as well try to enjoy your life now that you don’t have to compete all the time. You’re only young once.”
“I hope to go back someday. This time I’ll be able to do what I want, when I want.” Cass said, thinking about how nice it would be to go on a vacation and get to actually enjoy it. The last place she’d been was Boston two years ago when she’d dislocated her shoulder; that definitely hadn’t been enjoyable. But a trip to England, now that sounded like something she should look into. “Especially now that I have complete control over my assets.”
“Well, there you go. You are definitely in the driver’s seat of your life right now, love,” Eggsy was impressed with a woman who had that kind of drive and control. More lax and submissive women were kind of a turn off in some cases. Why be with someone when you had to make all the decisions for them? Cass seemed to have a good head on her shoulders, “Okay, let’s discuss what kind of training schedule we can figure out.”
Cass smiled and nodded, “I’ve been a lot happier the last few years, so I’m guessing it was a good decision.” Gesturing towards the front of the gym, she nodded again, “I’d be happy to. How about I buy you a smoothie and we can sit and talk there.” It might be a tad bit noisier in the gym proper, but there they could sit at the counter and be a little more comfortable. This was what Cass enjoyed now, helping other people achieve what they wanted.