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Chapter Seven

“Five, four, three, two, one. And take it down. You have thirty seconds to catch your breath.”

Margot lowered her butt to the seat of her bike and adjusted the resistance. Her thighs were on fire and she was breathing heavily, but in a good way. Spin class always got her heart racing.

“I hate you,” Sunshine gasped from the bike next to her. “Why would you make me do this?” Her sister was sweating and red faced. “Who thought this up? It’s hideous.”

Margot laughed. “You said you’d go to an exercise class if we were sitting down. We’re sitting.”

“Not all the time. The instructor keeps telling us to get our butts off the seats. What’s the point of having a seat if you can’t use it?”

Before Margot could answer, their rest period was over and they had to crank it up again. Sunshine groaned before increasing the resistance and standing in the pedals. When Margot glanced at her, Sunshine mouthed, “You are dead to me.”

Margot grinned.

Twenty minutes later the class was over. Sunshine wiped the sweat from her face and neck as she limped toward the door.

“I’m never coming back,” she muttered.

“You say that every time we do this class.”

“And I mean it. Later I forget, but this time I’m getting a tattoo so it doesn’t slip my mind.”

“Wasn’t there a movie about that?”

“Someone hating spin class? I don’t think so.”

Margot smiled. “Using tattoos to remember things. It doesn’t matter. Come on, I’ll buy you a smoothie.”

Sunshine rolled her eyes. “You mean at that juice place, don’t you? How about a milk shake from a burger place instead?”

“You just burned a bunch of calories and did something good for your body. Wouldn’t you rather have a vegan smoothie?”

“No.”

“I think you’re just pretending.”

“I’m sure that’s it.”

They walked across the parking lot to the juice store. Margot ordered her usual green drink of spinach, parsley, cucumber and kale with a little red apple tossed in for sweetness. Sunshine chose a protein drink with almond milk, cacao, banana and vegan vanilla protein powder.

“I’d rather have ice cream,” she said as they sat with their drinks at one of the outside tables. “You should care about my happiness.”

“I care about your health, too.”

“I don’t mind being fat. I’ve accepted my body shape. It is what it is.”

“You’re not fat.” Not in the least, Margot thought. Sunshine was lush and curvy. She looked vibrant and sexy and alive.

Margot, on the other hand, looked cool and distant. There was something about the way she talked or moved that put off people who didn’t know her well. She knew that technically she was considered beautiful, but in an “under glass” kind of way. People didn’t see her as approachable or warm.