Girl's Best Friend (Book 1)

Hook. Line. Sinker

warning: Slight smuttage...

Two mornings later I was at the gym working out listening to my music on my iphone, which coincidently was some of Eminem's tracks. That wasn't going to be public knowledge...and I was disturbed by my iphone ringing. Without checking the caller ID I answered it.

"Hello" I answered breathlessly as I kept on running on the treadmill.

"Yo Vick?"

"Yeah" I sighed.

"Oh um, it's Marshall..." he said, suddenly my stomach lurched. I wasn't expecting him to call so soon. "Oh, hi" I smiled, slowing down my machine. "Have I called at a bad time girl?" he asked, making me laugh. "No, I'm just at the gym" I answered him, as I slowed down to a walk. "Oh cool, well, uhh, I was just callin to see if you wanted to uhh, grab a coffee or somethin, but uhh, I guess you're busy..." he said, sounding a little deflated. I smiled, "well I'm nearly done here," I answered him, turning off the treadmill, then grabbing my towel and bottle of water. "If you give me like an hour to grab a shower and change I can meet you somewhere?" I asked him as I waved to Tony the gym instructor and headed to the changing rooms.

We decided where to meet up and I ended the call. Suddenly I felt nervous, man, it wasn't like me at all. Still, it was gonna take me a while to get into the city so I grabbed my keys and left the house.

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I got showered and changed as quickly as I could. The butterflies in my stomach were in full swing and I was trying to calm my breathing I was so nervous! Nothing had really happened nor been said but I guess that's what was bothering me, this was potentially going to be something and it was scaring the crap out of me!

I pulled up in the car park across the road from the Starbucks we agreed to meet at. I knew he didn't really like to get spotted when he went out so I was expecting to go grab our drinks. Not that I minded. Seeing as it was such a nice day out, I climbed out of the truck and climbed onto the flat bed. I sometimes had my lunch here when it was a sunny day, so naturally I had a pillow to rest up on too while tried to catch a few rays.

Seeing he was nowhere in sight, I smoothed down my hair over my shoulder and did a quick make-up check in my mirror. Thankfully I was also wearing a pretty floral playsuit too, it was my favourite summer outfit, a vest and shorts all in one. I had a pair of brown suede wedges on with it and my aviator sunglasses too. I pushed my aviators onto the top of my head as I leant back on my elbows and closed my eyes as I soaked up the sun.

I was right on time as I pulled up in the car park; I looked around and saw her truck. It was empty though. I shrugged and parked up a little away from hers and got out of my car. I tugged my hat onto my head a little more and looked to the ground as I walked over. I pulled up my cargo shorts and quickly checked my black vest as I headed on over, hoping no one saw me and wondering where the hell she was. As I reached her truck I looked up at the cabin and saw it empty. "Where the fuck are you girl?"

"Huh?!" I jumped up and looked over the side of my truck seeing Marshall's back to me. He spun round and looked up. "The fuck you doin up there girl?!" he asked as he stood looking at me. I laughed, "Topping up my tan while I waited for you" I grinned. "Fuckin hell man" he mumbled making me laugh a little more as I watched him walk around to the end of my truck.

"Jeez you got pillows and everything man, what you expectin?!" he asked, climbing up to me. I laughed, sitting up and turning to rest my back against the side of the truck. He took a seat opposite me and rested his arms on his bended knees. "So how was the work out?" he asked, visibly checking me out. "Good, I like to go as often as I can" I nodded, "I make the most of it when I'm back home" I added. "Yeah, I love being in the gym, just glad I have one at home" he said, not taking his eyes off me. "Yeah you just carry on bragging about having your own gym" I rolled my eyes at him. He grinned, "Well you're welcome to come use it girl" he replied, I laughed. "And what do I have to do in return?!" I asked, I wasn't stupid. "nothin." He answered; I screwed my eyes up at him. "Just let me watch you" he added. I gasped at his response. "You sounded like you were working up quite a sweat earlier girl" he said, looking quite serious. I couldn't help but blush. "Oh yeah, you'd have loved to see me gettin all hot and sweaty on the treadmill" I teased. He grinned, "You'd be surprised what turns a guy on man..." he replied, looking back into my eyes. I laughed and looked away shyly. "Speaking of which, you look good today" he told me. I looked up at him again and smiled, "thank you"
"you always do" he was really making me blush today. "You're on form this morning aren't you" I laughed. He winked at me, "I can't help myself, I think you're beautiful" he told me, making me get a little hotter in the sunshine. I wasn't used to compliments like this. "And especially when I make you shy" he added, making me bite my lip at him, "somethin tells me that don't happen too often either" he stated. He was right there. I didn't want to say too much, I didn't want him cracking my shell open so quickly and easily, so I changed the subject. "So what do you want to drink?"