Pretend This didn't Happen

Wait here for me

Sherry arrived to pick up Andrea to go and collect her things from her apartment. "I'll see you soon" Andrea turned away from Gary. Climbing into the van "hello, you must be Sherry," Andrea extended her hand "pleased to meet you." Andrea buckled her seatbelt after her and Sherry's introduction and gave her the address that they were to travel to in order to collect her belongings.

Gary watched as the vehicle backed out of the driveway before going back inside his suite to have another coffee and throw a couple pieces of pizza in the microwave. "Ah," Gary burped "that was tastey" and began cleaning up. He then decided to take a quick shower and then workout on his new home gym for awhile and work up a sweat before jumping in the shower again.

Gary was still working out when Andrea returned with her entire batchelor apartment in Sherry's Caravan. "I'm home," Gary continued his workout until Andrea asked "can you give a hand unloading this stuff? There is not that much," she explained "my entire apartment fit into the minivan." Gary stepped off his workout equipment and went outside to help. With all three carrying items everything was unloaded into Andrea's new residence within two trips. "So," Andrea's arms flailing beside her "what next?"

"I am going to finish working out and then jump in the shower," Gary smiled passing Andrea on his way to the workout station "you let me know what else afterward. Maybe we can go for dinner, I think I have some chicken in the freezer, can you take it out and put it in the slow cooker?" Gary sat in position and began to work up his sweat. Andrea took the chicken out of the freezer and put on low in the slow cooker with a half cup of water. Gary added another 20kg to his workout routine and continued for half an hour more before stopping to take a shower.

"All ready?" Gary wallked out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel "I just need to get some clothes on before we go." Gary walked into his room before closing the door behind him "have you decided where you'd like to go for dinner?" Gary called through the door while getting dressed "we could just go to the Tavern and have a meal there. I have to be onstage in a few hours anyway." Gary exited his bedroom, fully dressed and ready to go having just worked up an appetite.

"Looking sharp," Andrea eyed Gary coming out of his room "yeah, let's do that. You have to perform soon anyway." The two friends began their long journey back to where they met after Andrea's bathroom break.

Once at the end of the driveway Gary stopped, eyeing up Andrea "you're looking not to shabby, yourself, want to race?" Gary laughed while rolling himself a smoke.

"Sure," Andrea smiled "but you must give me a headstart, at least until you're done your smoke." Gary's eyes widened as she took off from him running like someone was chasing her.

After finishing his smoke and snubbing the butt, Gary took off in a full sprint thinking to himself 'damn she's fast' watching his new roommate rounding the corner. Gary ran with everything he had and although his strides were probably twice that of hers, he'd lost sight of Andrea. Joining Andrea at their booth in the Tavern Andrea looked up at him "I almost left thinking you were going to be a no show for our date. Gary couldn't respond. Gary could hardly breathe.

After a few minutes of silence Gary choked out "You can run girl" between gasps of breath. "I have not run like that in years."

"I don't smoke either dummy." Andrea pointed out to him. "Ha." The bar maid arrived "Coffee's and menu's, yes, thank you."

"Dummy. Who you calling dummy?" Gary stared Andrea down "I'll have you know, I'm probably the biggest jackass you will ever have the pleasure of meeting." Gary admitted forth right "I'll prove it to you, eventually" taking a drink from his coffee and blushing slightly.

The two sat at their booth chatting until Gary had to go on stage. Standing from the table Gary handed Andrea a small velvet, violet colored box "wait here for me, I'll be right back." And he went on stage to perform.