Jared had the day off and it was no surprise that he was at the gym working out. His parents had been trying to call him for the last two days but he didn't answer. On the important holidays he would stop by their house for an hour or two, save their reputation though he wasn't sure why. On Christmas he would even go with them to church. They were the perfect happy family right? well no they really weren't but Jared's parents would have killed him if he let on otherwise. In a way he wanted people to think they were a normal family too... he didn't generally care what people thought of him but when it came to that he just had to keep it up in public.<br/><br/>In private though it was a different story, he knew that he was stronger than his dad and that if he wanted he could take him out with one punch but he never could stand up to him. In school it was easy to explain the bruises... he got into a fight with everyone so the teachers assumed it was school fighting that caused them. he hadn't been in any serious fights for a while, but that was mostly because he kept himself busy with other things.<br/><br/>Lift with an "aaarg" Jared put the bar he had on his shoulders on the rack before standing up straight to catch his breath. Squats... how he cursed them. They were great for what they worked but they were tough to do, especially when they were at the end of his workout like today. It had been his last set so he put the plates back and headed for the locker room. When he opened his locker his phone buzzed and he rolled his eyes "I'm not answering it mom" he muttered to himself but looked at the phone.<br/><br/>Grinning slightly as he pushed the center button to read the text, cool...she is back, he thought to himself fairly sure that everyone else would show up as well. Taking a quick shower he sighed as he dried himself off before getting dressed. Loose jeans and a white muscle shirt is all he had with him for clean clothing so he put that on as well as his silver chain bracelets on his wrist. Shoving his bag into the locker he decided that he would get it later rather than carry it around with him. Of course he took out his wallet and a pair of black sunglasses.<br/><br/>The walk wasn't that great after having worked out his legs but he had felt worse. Had he known that he would have been walking places after the gym he would have done another body part but it was fine, he'd get over it. There was still a pump so it didn't hurt that bad and he hadn't gone his heaviest so he wouldn't need to be grouchy about it either. It had been some time since he had met with all his friends in one place, it'd be good to see them all in person again at the same time.<br/><br/>The nest wasn't too far from the gym so it was easy for Jared to be the 3rd person there, or the next after the siblings anyway. Grabbing a bottle of water Jared headed towards where his friends were sitting and sat down next to Akira looking over at the two. Not knowing what the other two knew he smiled "How's it going guys?" he asked taking a sip of his water.