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Her eyes fluttered open as she felt the car come to a rest. She felt quite disoriented, and the sun that was blinding her eyes didn't quite help the matter at hand. With a sigh she looked to the side, where she found Hendrichs' eyes on her.

"What?" she asked, her voice groggy, and her eyes barely open. She could see the hint of a smile that sat on his face. And thus couldn't help but mirror it onto her own, "do I have something on my face?

"It's cute that you're worried about that, but nah I was just about to wake you up and ask if you wanted coffee or an energy drink? Or any snacks for that matter?" he took off his seat belt, slightly tilting his body so he could face her.

"I'm not worried, I just wanted to know," a small smile remained on her face as she playfully rolled her eyes too, "just get me some strawberry flavored water please, or tropical if that's not there, caffeine doesn't really go well with me at all,"

"You're one of those people who gets heart palpations from coffee I'm guessing?" he lifts an eyebrow up, amusement all over his face.

"Stop making fun of me please, it's a real life situation. Caffeine makes me sleepy, it causes me to have heart palpations, and my arms become red, I could die and you're sitting here laughing at me," she smiled, rolling her eyes yet again.

"You're gonna need to stop rolling your eyes at me ma'am, it's rude and I hear you. If I wanna kill ya, I'll just add caffeine," he sent a wink her way, before he opened the door and stepped out of the car heading into the express store.

She stepped out of the car herself, stretching her legs and arms, and also so she could catch some fresh air too. She could see that they were no longer in Chicago, and the time sat at eight a.m. on her wrist watch.

She couldn't believe that she had been asleep for the past five hours, but with the way she had been working, and having to wake up early, she felt like that rest was much needed.

She moved her neck from side to side, feeling relief with each crack that was released before she decided to take the window cleaner that sat besides the pump meter. She wanted to feel useful,so she cleaned up the windshield whilst she waited for him to come back.

She didn't know why, but once the awkwardness between them dissipated, it kind of felt like a normal thing between them. Yeah, she still felt very competitive when it came to anything that involved him, but she couldn't help but realize that outside of business, they seemed to gel quite well.

She took out her phone to find a text from him, a simple question asked really - but one that unsettled her nonetheless.

Hendrichs Hayes: Lays flavor? Please don't disappoint.

She did not know how to respond to this, because the text seemed so casual, and she felt like puking looking at it. Why had their dynamic shifted right down to normal? She didn't know if she was being toxic or not, but she had to admit that she liked to get on his nerves, to frustrate him, to be the reason he is fueled up by anger, and thus allow them to take shots at each other.

However, she also couldn't lie and say some peace was also nice - and maybe besides him having such a patriarchal mindset, maybe he wasn't that much of a bad person after all.

Thai Sweet Chilli, or the Balsamic Vinegar
ones. Thank you in advance 😌

She subconsciously bit her lip, a hint of a smile on her face as she got out of his thread, and decided to respond to Logan who was being silly yet again about the whole sharing a car with Hendrichs for approximately eleven hours.