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Vivian push him.
    Shrugging, the brown haired man looked at the girl and reminded her, “Once classes are over, there will be whatever work you find for the summer and then back to school again. Life gets in the way. If you truly want to learn how to fight, then you’ll need to find the time or just decide to put it off. Once a week, or every couple weeks, won’t teach you much.”
    He stood up and asked, “Did you bring a change of clothes?”
    The girl looked a little sad at his words, but at his question she nodded her head looking slightly happier with herself. “I was hoping to get you to come with me, so I have a bag in Geni’s car.”
    Glancing to Charlotte, he asked doubting her answer, “Would you like to come, Charlotte? You haven’t been out of the house much lately. You must be getting a little stir crazy by now.”
    To his surprise, the werewolf nodded her head and said yes. “I’ll get some clothes. I don’t think this top will do very well if you’re planning on training to fight.”
    Taking Nick’s hand to be pulled to her feet since he was standing nearby, Charlotte hurried to their shared room followed by the voran. It was his room also, though he only slept once a week so the woman was using the bed each night while he was usually out running patrols. Luckily, he rarely needed sleep, so even with just two bed rooms and beds; no one was stuck sleeping on the couch.
    “What type of gym is this?” Charlotte asked him as she took a gym bag from him. Her nose wrinkled at the smell, even though it was his less used bag. While Lena was having trouble getting to the gym, the voran tried to go to one gym or another at least twice a week. His nocturnal patrols often involved running and jumping from building to building where it was possible, so even without those trips he would remain in good health; but still it was good to use the stability of a gym workout each week to balance him out.
    “We’ll be training martial arts there, though there is regular equipment to workout with as well if you get bored.”
    The woman smiled replying, “Rolling around on a mat or in a ring doesn’t sound too bad.”
    Charlotte turned away leaving Nick to wonder at the woman’s flirty ways. The behavior was new. Until now, she had been more reserved, but maybe she was just getting more comfortable with him. Though if the girl forgot herself in front of Nicola, there might be trouble.
    Taking a deep breath as he picked up his bag, the voran looked to the female werewolf sitting on the side of the bed pulling on her tennis shoes and decided that he would just have to monitor things to make sure nothing got out of hand.
     
     
    Chapter 3- Gymmin’ It
     
    Walking up to the brick faced building with the simple name, Vince’s Gym; the girls looked less than impressed just from the facade. Nick had been coming to the start up gym for almost a decade and had known the owner from before that. Vince’s may not have looked flashy, but for someone who needed to be well rounded for the combat he did during the night, it worked well for him.
    “This place?” Charlotte questioned dubiously.
    The woman had jokingly been known as the show dog of her pack. Pretty and well groomed, unlike many of the rougher wolves in the house, Charlotte hadn’t taken on the feral qualities of the wolf within her. She didn’t necessarily need to be pampered, but she did like feeling feminine and the plain look of the gym was certainly off putting for the woman.
    “We’re not here for the sights,” Nick said with a smile and placed his arm on her shoulder trying to be comforting. Again he noted the smell of her perfume and it seemed to have gotten stronger though the man hadn’t seen her use any while they were grabbing their bags.
    Her arm reciprocated as her hand found its way to his waist and she replied, “I guess as long as the mats and equipment are kept clean the building doesn’t have to be pretty.”
    “It’s not too bad