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“I have plenty of core strength, am limber enough—when it counts—and I like my stress, thank you.”
She felt heat rush up her cheeks at his little innuendo and literally shook her thoughts away. “Oh, come on. Give it a try.”
He shook his head. “Can’t. Didn’t bring any cash with me.”
“Hmm.” She watched the woman work the other attendees through some breathing exercises. “First class is often free. We should ask.”
He eyed the scene with skepticism, then shook his head again. “Nope. I can make a fool of myself some other way.”
“Okay.” She plopped herself on the grass again, tugging at the hem of Jack’s shirt. “Let’s just follow the class from here.”
Jack’s gaze darted left then right, over to the woman now on all fours. “I don’t know.”
“Chicken?”
He rolled his eyes. “Five minutes. That’s all you get.”
“Deal.” She waited for him to sit beside her, then she crawled onto all fours like the instructor across the lawn was doing.
“This is easy enough.” Jack smiled.
“She hasn’t really started yet.”
His brows inched up his forehead. “Could have fooled me.”
The woman’s one leg went up in the air behind her. “Now she’s starting.”
Siobhan did the same, casting a sideways glance at Jack doing the same, only a lot more wobbly than anyone else. The woman changed to the other leg. “And change.”
“This is silly.” Jack shifted sides, raising his other leg and almost toppling over. “Really silly.”
“You need to work on your balance.”
“My balance is just fine on two legs. If men were meant to be down on all fours, the good Lord would have given us four legs and no arms.”
On her hands, the instructor inched her hands closer to the middle of the mat, slowly raising her bum straight in the air.
“Now that’s easy. Silly, but easy.” Jack moved to the downward facing dog position in one move.
“Straighten your back. You’re not supposed to have your back arched in the downward dog.”
“Downward dog?” Tilting his head, he faced her. “Who the heck named it that?”
She shrugged and moved over to place her hand on his back. “I have no idea who named it, but you need to straighten your back. It’s that core thing.”
Her hand on his back, he groaned and then one hand slipped out from under him. Next thing she knew, he was flat on the ground and she was sprawled over him. How he’d taken her out so easily, she had no idea. The whole endeavor went from bad to worse.
He’d managed to do okay with the warrior pose but when they shifted to the triangle, once again he toppled over, taking her with him. “Are you sure it wouldn’t be easier to play Twister? At least then we’re supposed to keep falling over.”
“Twister doesn’t relieve stress.”
“Neither does this.” His chuckle eased into a real laugh.
As soon as the instructor shifted to the half-moon pose, Siobhan knew they were in trouble. She’d started, trying to casually spy on him beside her. For a few seconds they both balanced perfectly, despite the giggles. “See, you got this.”
“What I have is a cramp in my leg.” He brought his leg down to the ground and turned to face her at the same moment she twisted to see the instructor.
Instead of finding the teacher, she found Jack up close and beside her. The shock of it had her tumbling over, knocking Jack off his legs until he landed splat on top of her.
