Inside My Mind

31. Workout Partners

In this dream, I'm staying in a nice hotel. I don't know how long I've been there, and I don't know when I'm to check out. I walk down to the gym on the first floor.

I walk in and look around, trying to decide what I want to do. I start to wish for a workout partner. As if my mind was read and wish was granted, who walks in? Josh.

I greet him with a smile and something about having the same idea. He says yes, prepping for the show. I tell him that's exactly what I wanted to do. I ask him if we can work together. He agrees.

We walk, me slightly leading, to the bench press. The weight is not set up. I sit anyway. He stands next to me and asked if he should spot me. I say no. I ask if he knows how to plank, he gives me a confused look as he says a quiet yes in response. I lift him and tell him to plank. It takes him a moment, but he obliges. He asks me why I'm lifting him. I tell him, that as I am working security for him and Tyler, I need to be able to lift them and keep up with them. I needed to be prepared. He said he was going to throw up, I knew he wasn't, so I kept bench pressing him. We were next to a mirror. He takes out his phone and opened up snapchat. He starts to record is in the mirror. He talks about how he's in the gym and he's gonna throw to and then he shows me in the frame and tells me to say hi. I give a quick, stern greeting and continue as I was. He posts the video with a laugh. I finish my reps and set him down.

He takes a deep breath and stretches, relieved to be on solid ground again. I give him a moment before I suggest the next exercise. I tell him it'll be easier. I just need him to trust me. He sighs. Then, I stoop down to let him climb onto my back. I tell him to wrap his arms and legs around me. He takes a moment to adjust, and when he's secure and comfortable, I begin reps of lunges and squats. He's less freaked by this exercise. Which is a relief to me. I hear the door open again. I see Tyler in my peripheral vision. I say hello, he waves to me and stands in the corner, unsure of what he's just walked in on. I laugh, and put Josh back down. He walks over to Tyler, quickly- and happily. I'm guessing they had already made plans to workout together before either knew I was going to be down there.

I move on to the core ball. I use it to do crunches, they keep to themselves in the corner talking and Josh shows Tyler the snapchat video he had recorded. They laugh. I count. I then get up and adjust so I can do pushups. I am about 10 in, and my wife walks in. She looks like she's ready to also work out. But she proceeds to walk towards me, lay down, and scoots in under me. Her beautiful face pouts at me and then puckers for a kiss. I look down at her and smile at how adorable she is. I come down for the kiss. She then makes a cheeky face at me, them batting her eyes innocently (as if she wasn't just thinking that...) as we part and I come back up. And, well... I can't resist.

I stand up, pulling her up with me and taking her hand. I tell the boys that she and I were going upstairs, and thanked Josh for his help. They both just smiled at us knowingly. I pretended to be offended but then laughed. We left quickly. Very quickly...