~Paige~
Luckily the shop wasn't busy; we got in and out almost instantly. It felt good to be back in my own car. It wasn't much, just an old Honda Del Sol, but it had sentimental memories that I wasn't ready to let go of.
"Are you gonna follow me to the park so we can squeeze in a good running session?" I yelled from my driver side window.
"Can we squeeze in food first? I'm dying, my stomach is eating itself," Nicole said, slightly over dramatically.
"Deal, I'll follow you instead," I said with laughter. I cranked up and turned on my emo playlist from the 90's and followed Nicole's car. Soon after my car karaoke session ended, Nicole sent me a text.
"That diner, Avocados, is nearby, want to stop there?"
My stomach had already started growling. Anything sounded good at this point.
"Sounds great!" I responded with a smiley face, tossing my phone into the passenger seat. We picked a table on the patio considering the weather was decent. This was the kind of day I wish I had my camera, my good camera, that was now smashed somewhere at my old condo. There would be plenty of time to pick up on my dreams, but for now I am still in the process of picking up the pieces.
"It's incredibly perfect outside isn't it?" Nicole said looking at all the colors of the autumn leaves with wonder.
"I was thinking…the trees are starting to sway in the wind, showing off changing their colors, it would make beautiful photos," I said as I pulled out my phone and snapped a picture of the leaves blowing in the wind. The server came to the table to get our drink orders and, despite my desperate need for caffeine, I went with water instead of soda, so I could indulge my calories on food. We both ordered avocado fries with a side of queso dip. It was a first for me, but it seemed too intriguing to resist.
"So did you find out the name of that BDSM place you were telling me about?" I asked after the server walked away.
"He hasn't responded yet. Running a club kind of makes him a night owl I guess, but he'll text when he wakes up," she said with a sigh.
"I find myself sleeping away daylight more often now," I said playfully.
"True, it's almost like we are in college again," Nicole said. I could smell our food before the server made it all the way to the table.
"Queso Time!" Nicole said with excitement as the server put our food on the table. The food tasted even better than it smelled; the fries looked like potato wedges, crunchy on the outside, yet soft on the inside. The flavor was complete with the warm,white queso cheese dip.
"I'm gonna have to order more of this to take home!" Nicole said with excitement, as she chewed and did her little happy dance.
"Seriously, the best decision I have ever made," I said while pointing at the food.
"Are you gonna fill me in on how the date went or what? I am dying to know his reaction to that sexy little number we picked for lingerie," Nicole said.
"Completely caught him by surprise—he loved it," I said as my mind wandered off, replaying the night of passion I had with Adrian.
"Am I a genius or what?" Nicole said as she popped her collar.
"This is true. I wouldn't have gotten that creative on my own," I giggled.
"I'm about to pop. I thought I could eat much more than that, but it was so filling," she said.
"I agree, and I still stand by my decision on the avocado fries," I said with laughter as I popped my own collar. Needless to say, we didn't have to order more to take home. We were too full to think of food anymore. As we exited the diner, I realized that the work out we were planning on wasn't happening.
"I need a nap to recover from last night," I said with a yawn.
"You need a nap to prepare for round two with Adrian," Nicole said as we approached our parking spots.
"That too," I said with a laugh.
"Okay, we will rain check the work out. Honestly,I would love a nap right now," Nicole said lazily.
I could barely hold my eyes open on the drive home. I've been staying up too late, so was bound to crash eventually. My body just craves rest. Luckily I made it home without passing out behind the wheel. I grabbed my phone from the passenger seat and locked up my car. Nicole was right ahead of me. She wasted no time to fall onto the couch and curl up into a blanket. I went upstairs to my room and put my phone on the charger, thensearched my drawer for comfy shorts and settled onmy cotton gray ones. I took the hoodie off and remained in the white tank top. It was comfortable enough. I set an alarm on my phone for five p.m. so I could wake up around the same time as Adrian. Then I crawled into bed for a much needed nap.