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She didn’t say yes immediately, but after several minutes, she agreed.
We organized our areas, collected our things and walked to the garage.
I walked ahead to open the passenger side door for her.
“Thank you,” she smiled. I waited until she situated herself before I closed the door. We rode in comfortable silence while making the short trip to her apartment.
I pulled to the same side door where we’d met a few days ago.
“Is this okay?”
“Yes, thank you.” She reached to open the door.
“I got it.” I motioned to her door.
“I can get it myself,” she responded.
“I didn’t say you couldn’t. I will open it.” We locked eyes in a war of wills. I hope she didn’t think she could beat me at this game.
“Fine,” she mumbled while releasing her grip on the door handle.
I got out and took my time rounding the truck to open her door. I reached in to help her with her bags. She watched me while slowly handing me her bags, then her hand.
“Thank you, Samuel,” she said through pursed lips. She reached for her bags. I didn’t pass them to her. Instead, I motioned for her to walk ahead of me to her door. She waved her phone in front of the door, unlocking it.
I let her step in then I returned her bags to her.
“See you in the morning, Averie,” I smiled.
“Good night, Samuel.”
Averie
I threw myself through my front door and landed on my couch.
Okay, Averie you only have a few steps to get to your bedroom.
But I still have to get undressed and take a shower.
True but you will sleep better after you’ve showered and washed your hair.
Natural body odor is attractive…
To whom?
I debated myself to sleep. I didn’t doze off, I just went to sleep. I woke up the next morning on the couch in the same spot where I sat when I came in, still fully dressed except for my shoes that I must have kicked off to put my feet up on the couch.
Luckily, my internal clock woke me up in plenty of time to perform my morning routine. I undressed while walking to my bedroom. The forecast for the day was unusually warm for this time of the year. I chose a lightweight, hunter green pants suit and paired it with a yellow shell and green pumps. I navigated to my podcasts and chose one of the Bluette’s recent podcasts to listen to while I showered and got dressed.
Zanetta presented the word fear in an acrostic format: forget everything and run. She said: “When life is going well for us, we have the best advice for others who are going through:
‘Stand strong.’
‘Look that devil in the eyes!’
‘God is in control.’
‘Stand firm and fight!’
