This is a pool party scene from the book, Gym Girls, a stand alone sequel to Muscle Therapy. In this scene Josie is trying to get into the "muscle club" and has been invited to a pool party but was supposed to meet her potential boyfriend at the airport. ---- I left the gym that day armed with the knowledge of the pool party location just in case. It was nice to be invited, but I intended to pick up Kyle at the airport at 5:30 pm. I checked on getting a babysitter just in case. When Rosalie surprised me by saying, “yes,” I stumbled in my response. “Okay, um” do I really want to do this— “great then I’ll see you at 4:30.” I can always cancel later. But a great debate waged within me. I always put other people first. I’d grown to accept that fact as a stalwart aspect of my character. I had always been strong-willed and independent, but I was also, by nature, a giver. Usually, it was Lyndsey who I was giving to and putting first. Kyle’s arrival put forth the question if I’d put him