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I clihtly arounds once, lettingfor at least 45 minutes, before I slowed down to a brisk walk As soon as h,back to Dylan in that daht, and before reality set in, I pushed the up arrows on the tread pace

My playlist went through once again, and I was panting heavily My eyes ide and focused on thein front of h the reflection People were here, in the gym withof weights and the s of racquetballs behind me It must have been near lunchti speed again when things turned yellow--then black The funny thing about exhaustion is you don’t really see it cons, at least not when your head is as ht, a golden yellow like I was suddenly thrust under a heat lamp My balance was thrown, and I stepped to the side in an atteain it That’s when I felt the zip of my other foot whirl bythe conveyer belt,to black

I awoke to the sting of an ice pack onflat onabovesound overto me, but my eyes couldn’t yet focus When I was finally able topressed to nized what it was, I letelse Suddenly Gavin was there "Ah, there she is," he said, hisdimples into each of his cheeks

"Wha…happened?" I was still pretty woozy, and suddenly I felt like vorabbed hard onto Gavin’s ar ht I et you somewhere Here, hold onto ht as he walked athered around us to the lobby of benches near the drinking fountain The women’s locker rooo in there I looked over at the door Gavin understood what I was saying and leaned against it, yelling inside to see if anyone was in there

"Free and clear Con so he could walk ot to the sink and splashed soainst started to fade I gripped the counter by the sink and turned host white and my hair was drenched with sweat I couldn’t tell if it was fro okay?" Gavin asked, reaching over to steady h the ave hin and smiled at theain and caught myself on the nearby bench

"Okay, that’s it You’re going to get checked out by someone," Gavin said as he started to walk to the main front desk

"No, I’m fine Really I just overdid it," I tried to stop him

He paused for a moment and pulled one side of hishim Then he shook his head no quickly and continued to the front desk where the girl working there ogled him as he leaned over the counter and pointed toward me Her flirtatious sot up and walked into the back offices and came out with one of the sports trainers and the three of the and then I looked over and saw her coo limp on the treadmill She hit her head pretty hard, and she was out for several seconds," Gavin explained to thein front of auze and oint with oing into our back office and grabbing one of the big water bottles for ed to the back rooht aze up to meet Mr Trainer’s