Location: Val's yoga class, the rec centre Starter for: @alex-caldwell & @valentincflores
She hadn't really expected to stay in town for this long, but with the feeling that there was still unfinished business with Alex, and with herself, Jiya had found herself in a short term rental and unwillingness to return to New York. With that came frequent visits to Valentina's yoga classes and taking her up on a few visits to the park where they were able to practice in nature, with Jiya putting her feet in the grass for more than five minutes for the first time in a long time.
As the class waited for their instructor to arrive, Jiya quickly smoothed out her workout top. She might be about to get hot and sweaty with yoga, but there was no chance anyone would see her not perfectly presentable to start with. Reaching up to re-tie her hair, she could only sigh as the elastic snapped when she tried to twist it. "If Valentina arrives, can you tell her I'll be just a second, I need to go and grab a hair tie from my car." She asked someone else waiting and as they nodded, Jiya grabbed her bag and headed out to her car. Yet another addition to her life in the small town.
It didn't take her long to find another hair tie in the glove box of her car and after fixing her hair into a high ponytail, Jiya locked the car and made her way back across the parking lot. As she neared the entrance, Jiya smiled as she saw the instructor, raising one hand in a wave until she clocked who Valentina was with. Her body froze as she spotted Alex, her face dropping and she was pretty sure, for a few seconds at least, she stopped breathing. She wanted to scream. If she was honest, she wanted to throw things. But instead, she was frozen, just watching them in silence as, for now, she went unnoticed.












