Stronghold: New Beginnings.

Chapter 3:

An Early Christmas exercise.

I woke up to hear some Christmas music coming from behind my bedroom door. I got up, went to the bathroom, took a nice hot shower, brushed my teeth, said, “Man, that steam really does wonders,” and got dressed in an olive-green muscle tee, ripped black skinny jeans, and my leather belt. Then I opened the door, and confetti hit me. “Merry Christmas!” Said Jake as he was working out. “...huh?” “Oh, excuse the Christmas music. During Winter Break I listen to it while I work out.” “Okay, mind if I join you?” “Sure.” And I grabbed 2 20 lb dumb-bells.

“You sure that's safe?” “Dude; In space, the heavy objects seem lightweight since there's no gravity. In fact, I'm going to try the 40 lb dumb-bells.” As I grabbed the 40 lb dumb-bells, I accidentally hit the NORMAL-GRAVITY button, and heard an 'umph' sound come from the main room, where Jake was exercising. I ran, and saw him trying to lift the weight, asking me, “What did you do?” “I bumped into the normal-gravity button. I didn't mean to.” “Oh...so that means we didn't have much gravity?” “I'm pretty sure I made that clear when I explained the concept with the 20 lb dumb-bells, Jake.”

“...Another good point.” And he continued attempting to lift the weight. “Wanna continue exercising, don't you?” “Duh, Max. Don't you?” “I have dumb-bells in my hand, don't I?” And with that, I used the dumb-bells.