Freedom [Connor]

[Jade Bolton]

Jade had been at NEST for barely a week. Having recently shopped on base for some new clothes and accessories, Jade was beginning to feel more at home rather than just a prisoner...of sorts. She wasn't really a prisoner anymore, as those at the base were beginning to learn of her past and that she was not initially sent here by choice. Memories of her mission which she practically had to run on her own (if you don't count Ravage) flashed through her mind as she jogged on a tread mill in the rec room. She wore lose, black work out pants that had green stripes, and a black, fairly loose t-shirt. Her hair was tied up in a pony tail, as it often was when she was active.

Jade worked out daily by pure habit and passion because since she'd started her training with the Decepticons, cardiovascular endurance was important. Cira's fitness, one of the NEST members that discovered her, proved that you didn't have to be part or whole transformer to do damage in any given fight or escape. Jade had been holding her own against her until others came into the picture. She'd nearly broken her arm from one of Cira's traps, and sometimes it still hurt to rotate her right elbow. But she'd get over that, and it didn't stop her daily routine.

Exhaling steadily, she moved a little faster on the tread mill, pressing the accelerate and incline button up a couple notches, just barely starting to work a sweat. The song Running on a Treadmill by Oingo Boingo was playing in her headphones, the play list set to random. Jade had been on here for at least an hour and due to thinking back on what happened, she wasn't really paying attention to the time and wasn't that tired-though it was probably smart to take a break soon. Instead, she got another burst of energy and took a swig from her water jug to her right, and kept going, exhaling sharply only briefly.

After putting aside some of her memories, all in all, Jade knew she was glad to have the chance to be free.

[Connor Reese]

Connor, being on way more than one sports team, was going to be trying to out the swim team in the Summer and so he really had to make sure to get his swimming skills up before then. He had been in the pool for who knows how long, but not long enough to make him prune. He had been doing laps over and over, keeping a rather quick pace going down either side of the pool. The only time he got breath is when he was flipping over and has a split half second when his mouth went above water, but then right back he'd go to turbo boost himself to the other end of the pool. Though knowing better than to tire himself out passed the limit for it could cause him to drown, he reached the end of his final lap and grabbed onto the ladder at the top left corner of the pool. Pulling himself out and being careful as can be on each step, he walked across the hard floor towards one of the chairs nearby where he set his towel. It didn't take much, he got most of the water off so he wouldn't freeze, still a bit wet before soaking some water from his hair, though still leaving it wet and down for now, only having it stick up in a few places. After placing the same cloth around his neck to lay passed his shoulders he looked around in wonder before spotting the new girl he had heard about.

She was not just cute, but a rather... Now was not the time to think of that, get his brains going before he said something stupid. Walking over to the girl the bore head phones for music while seeming to make use of one of the tread mill. He didn't want to interrupt her, though she seemed a bit lonely and maybe a "hi" or "how has your stay been so far?" would get her to talk a bit so he could learn a bit more about this girl. Having walked over completely in his swim trunks, the towel around his neck to hang passed his shoulders, and his slip on sandals he had slipped right into on the walk here, he stopped not to far from her on her right. "Uh hey.. How's..." Now all he could think is oh man gotta finish that sentence but how?! "Tread milling going?..." Tread milling going?..." He wanted to stick his head in the wall now. That was worse than trying to start a conversation about spoons.

[Jade Bolton]

Jade thought she heard a voice to her right, and her eyes snapped over that way as she finished the drink and slammed down the jug. Her heard skipped a beat and her already somewhat sweaty neck and shoulders felt warmer now. Taking out her right ear bud, she saw one of the NEST members there--a techno orangic?--Jade wasn't sure if he was, but whatever the case, he'd certainly succeeded in distracting her. It was obvious he'd just been out of the pool and...damn, he looked fine. On top of that, he wasn't too far away--Ack![/I][/color] Not a second or two into her glance, Jade had apparently forgotten she was still on the tred mill, she'd slow'd down almost to a stop, and it was slow enough (with the high speed the tred mill was currently set to) that she'd easily slide off and trip or fall if she didn't regain herself--but for most, that would be hard pressed with out impressive reflexes.KEEP RUNNING YA DOOFUS![/I][/color]Jade snarled at herself as she bull dozed forward back into her high speed run.

"Uh just fine thanks! What about you? I take it you like swimming?"Jade asked between breaths. It was obvious she'd looked at him long enough to realize he'd just been swimming.

[Connor Reese]

The teenage boy noticed the new girl take a glance over, a long glance. Ha ha, she was interested! Or maybe she just spaced.. Either way. Right now was not a good time to lose what he called his ''cool''. - WIP

damn kids -_-