I clicked my feet on my board and stood tall, hands on my hips looking up at him.
He was staring at me. Blinking and taking a step closer, he placed a hand on my waist, shocking me. Even through the thickness of my jacket, I felt the pressure of his...
A/N: For name pronunciation: Ozias (Oh-zy-us) or (Oh-zi)
Nathan's POV
6:28 am
October 19th
"So is she fit?"
I looked up from my phone and stared at Ozias, questioning why my best friend would ask such a question.
He wore a smirk, stretching out his legs. The a-c of the private workout room was creating goosebumps all along my arms.
"Why is that important?"
He scoffed like it was the dumbest question he'd heard.
"Mate, you know my mum has been calling me like once a week to remind me that I'm still single and I am a disappointment because she doesn't have grandkids yet?" His British accent rolled off the tongue easily and he sucked in a breath. "So I'm gonna ask you again, does this woman have the potential to be my future wife?"
I choked on a laugh and my lips tugged upward as I looked up at him. From his expression, I could tell that he was being serious but I couldn't take him seriously.
Ozias rarely took things seriously.
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We met in LA about 6 years ago at some random bar. He was talking about how he wanted to be a personal trainer one day and how he needed new clients. I told him he could be mine not even knowing if he was good or not and the rest was history.
We were so young back then, unaware of where life would take us. And it was all crazy after that.
We spent our early 20s getting drunk and going to celebrity parties, hooking up with women, and not taking life seriously. He was there through all of my very messy and public relationships. He was there for me when I got Lilo and he was the only friend that knew about her existence.
After my life literally flipped on it's side, I moved back home and left my crazy life in LA behind me. Ozias was looking for new clientele and since Aspen Colorado was where all snowboarders came to train he became a personal trainer for aspiring boarders.
He helped me out even when I'd been a little shit of a friend, shutting everyone out of my life.
Things were good with Lilo now but they hadn't always been and her mother had sent my life into a little tailspin.
But Ozi had stuck beside me and I couldn't have been more grateful.
He was only 28 but his mother was an old traditional Nigerian-British woman with expectations for him. And getting married was something she thought he would've done by now. I'd met her plenty of times and loved her, but I knew how intense she got.
"I don't know how to answer that question," I said slowly.
He stood up straighter and blinked at me. "It's not that hard. Was she fit or not?"
