The scene opens on a 19-22 year old girl emerging from the gym locker room. She feels confident dressed in her shorts and t-shirt with the “runners physique” she always assumed she had. She walks in the cardio room filled with fit men and women alike. Mirrors surround her and reflect the perfect bodies moving in syncopation on the treadmills and ellipticals. These women are tall skinny, muscular and tan, no flab or cellulite in sight. The girl steps onto the elliptical and sets the time limit. She begins to sweat immediately and as she catches her reflection in the mirror she is ashamed. Sweaty, short, with thighs misshapen with cellulite, she feels the perfect bodies in sports bras starring, questioning un-acceptingly. She notices the gaze of the others the tall skinny girls and the muscular chiseled men. She can no longer take the spotlight that is suddenly upon her. She exits as quickly as possible hardly soon enough to escape the mortifying memory. She escapes back to the locker room and catches her reflection in the mirror from the corner of her eye. She wants to run, change, she feels as if everyone is still watching although she does not dare lift her own gaze. She cannot believe that she once thought herself comparable to these other girls. She questions her reasoning for going to the gym, she decides that she does not fit in and will not return. She cannot be seen there again.
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