Wednesday at Noon by Teneka Woods

Author:Teneka Woods
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amenity Press
Published: 2020-06-28T16:00:00+00:00

He was in a sunken mood when he left his parents’ house, and it was too late to call Tora once he’d made it to his apartment, so he called her as soon as he opened his eyes early Monday. “Good morning, my friend,” he said cheerfully.

“Good morning to you, Nate.”

“I was hoping you were an early riser.”

“Actually, I’m not,” she said, “unless I have to work the opening shift at my job.”

“Oh man… I’m sorry to disturb you. I’ll just call back in a few hours then.”

“Well I’m awake now. What’s up?”

“How is my friend on this lovely morning?”

She laughed softly. “I see you keep stressing the ‘friend’ part.”

He chuckled. “Forgive me for not getting back to you last night. I was at my parents’ house for dinner and fell asleep afterwards.”

“It’s cool. I was only letting you know I didn’t see your text until later that night. And this was my weekend to work, so… and I was busy.”

“Okay, but when are you free? Since we’re friends now, I want to know when can we hang out?”

She laughed again. “I see I’ve set myself up for this one, huh? Why are you up so early?”

He shook his head and lifted his feet to rest them on the coffee table. She was dodging the question. “I’m gonna go for a run before I head over to the gym. I’m working late tonight, too. One to ten.”

“You actually work out before going to train with your clients?”

Chuckling, he said, “Well, yeah. When I train with them it’s at their pace, so I’m really not working my body very much.”

“I see. I always wondered how that worked.”

“You wanna go for a run with me?”

“Please,” she snorted. “I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve exercised in my adult life. The only time you’ll catch me running is if somebody’s chasing me.”

Nate laughed out loud. “You were definitely blessed with some good genes, but you still want to treat your body right and get some exercise. For your heart. And how do you expect to get away from your chaser? You’ll burnout within the first fifteen seconds.”

“Whatever,” she said. “A light and easy walk is the most I’ll ever do.”

“Okay, well… I’m leaving in about twenty minutes. You wanna meet me at Bear Creek Park?”

“What? I’m sleeping in.”

“Come on, Tora. You will feel so good after getting a few minutes of exercise this morning you’ll want to do it again tomorrow.”

“I doubt that,” she said.

“If you don’t then I owe you lunch.”

“I see what you’re trying to do.”

Nate smiled.

“I don’t even own something suitable to work out in,” she said.

“Of course you do. All you need is a T-shirt and some shorts. Nice try.”

She laughed and agreed to meet him in a half-hour.

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