Snippet #2047921

Elle listened to quietly to the chit chat going on around the table. She occasionally sent a 'uh huh' here and there, and nodded every once in a while, but her heart wasn't in it. She just picked at her pancakes until they got cold, and sipped at her orange juice until it got warm. After disposing of her meal, she exited the kitchen silently and wandered to the gym.

Entering the women's locker room, she twisted her combination into the lock and opened her small locker. After changing into her old soccer shorts and a tank top and turning on her iPod, she walked out and over to the weight-lifting bench. She easily lifted the 45 pound bar, and pulled two hundred pound weights on either end of the bar. Laying on the leather bench, she heaved the bar up, and down, up, and down. After a few minutes of this, she set the bar back on it's stand and took a gulp of water.