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He laughed and winked. “I don’t know. Women who work out are pretty sexy. Don’t you think so, Greg?”
Greg was leaning against a support post a few feet away, and his eyes traveled down my body and then back up like they had yesterday. Damn him. He was totally trying to get me off my game.
“Definitely,” Greg replied gruffly as his eyes locked on mine. I rolled my eyes and turned away from him. Let him ogle my ass as much as he wanted. At least, I wouldn’t see him doing it.
Trevor took a few minutes to walk me through the obstacle course and explain what needed to be done: jump this, climb under that, pull this ten feet, push that fifteen, run around this, and so on. For the most part, it looked relatively easy. The hardest segment would be the wall at the end with a rope hanging down. It was only eight feet high, or so I estimated, but would probably feel more like sixteen feet by the time I got done with everything else.
“Alright, you are going to do this three times.”
“Three?” I choked out the response and then laughed. “You guys really don’t want me to go on this with you, do you?”
“Our feelings have nothing to do with this, Maggie,” Trevor said. “We want to see if you have the stamina to do it. Our days are long and hard, and we can’t have someone with us that might hold us back. How about Greg and I do it with you?”
I was about to tell him not to bother, but Greg spoke up. “That’s actually a good idea. It’s been a while since I ran this. I’ll go before you, Maggie, that way you can see the course in action.”
“By all means, go right ahead, Mr. Competitive.” I held my hand out, and he grinned.
“Let me grab another vest.”
Greg went into the closet and returned with a couple of vests. He strapped his on, and I tried not to drool. The vest looked much smaller on him, but that was because his shoulders were broader and his back thicker. “You ready, Trev?” Greg asked after he got the vest secured.
“You aren’t going to wear a helmet?” I asked him.
He laughed. “Fine, I’ll wear a helmet too.”
Not that I cared, but if I was wearing one, they should too. With his gear on, Greg stepped to the line, nodding to Trevor. “Let’s go.”
Trevor gave him a ready-set-go countdown, and he was off. My eyes stalked his every move as he vaulted over things, crawled under others, and hopped from one obstacle to the other, making it look effortless. Trevor and I walked along as he moved through the course and then toward the finish line as he reached the rope wall.
When he dropped to the other side and hit the finish line, Trevor called out his time. “One minute thirty-six.”
“Wow!” I said in awe of his time.
“Wow? Was that a good wow or a bad wow?” He was breathing hard as he asked.
“That was a good wow. I’m not sure I’m going to be able to do it in under two.”
“Actually, that was one of his worst times,” Trevor commented. “You’re getting old, Greg.”
“Shut your mouth, Vaughn.”
Trevor laughed and turned to me. “You ready?”
I inhaled deeply and sighed. “Let’s get this over with,” I told him as I put myself at the starting line. “I’m ready when you are.”
“Okay, Maggie, give it your best. We’ll let you do it three times, and count the best score.”
“And if I don’t make it under two minutes?”
Trevor smiled. “Let’s just see how you do right now, alright?”
“Fine.”
Trevor did my ready-set-go countdown, and I dashed off the line, mentally crossing my fingers that I did not embarrass myself.
Chapter Seventeen
Gregory
