The GYM part 3
“Tom”
Once the gym closes we all pair up and take various rolls for the night. I’m paired with Tom who always ensures you can see your own reflection in every water fountain before he can manage to start any given task. Not a requirement and painful to witness. As we begin the bathrooms together he informs me his encounters with women and how if its up to him he would have no part of them. He goes on and says he had an astronomical amount of only sisters one after another and how he was forced to take care of them from changing diapers to watching them on the daily. Relaying his mom killed his father with her vudooo spells and threatened him the same end if he disrespected her. His black thick frames and small stature for some plain reason gave the idea he’s had quite a life. Just then all the lights go out in the entire gym. It’s 3 am and my depression is soon turning to fear and fight or fight (as if he were capable of the black out). Where are the double doors? Get me the fuck out of here, panic mode sets in.