Saw this cute girl at gym couple months ago, she used to do stairs a lot, and caught her looking at me then for 3-4 times during my 40 min session, and then our times haven't matched that well until yesterday.

She , to my surprise, was not doing stairs, and wanted to use the box for hip thrusts that I was using. So she came and asked if I was done. This happened so quick that I thought this is my chance to start a conversation.

I said yeah sure I am done you can have it. And as soon as I removed my stuff from it, I said what's your name. She told hers i said mine, reached my hand out to shake, but she gave me a fist bump instead. Both good, smiling. But she seemed to get back in her workout so I said have a good one which she probably didn't hear and I moved on to something else nearby.

She did a set, was resting when I was standing nearby and said "No stairs today" (I said it without moving my body or hands).. and she was staring at the floor and didn't hear me due to earphones. (Or ignored me?). Anyways , that was enough for me to take the L , finish my workout and walk away.

I think I should have said the no stairs today in the beginning to have a fun conversation going. But for now, it's just I know her name and she probably forgot mine haha.

When I speak in a public place where environment tends to be loud, I don't know how to speak louder without coming off as shouting sometimes. My voice is heavy not sharp so that doesn't help when it's noisy. Anyways, I guess I'll see next time we cross path if she ignores me then I'll close this chapter lol.