Tic-Toc

Chapter 8

Blake was still asleep when I woke up. I slid out of bed and into the kitchen. Riley was sitting on the stool.

"Good morning" I let out a big yawn

"Morning," she smiles, "have a good day yesterday?"

"Yes we had a blast, how about you?"

"It was very fun, give me all the details later. I really have to go, but here's your drink. I'll text you later to grab some lunch!"

"Ok, bye. Have fun at work, see you later!"

I wave to Riley as she walks out the door. The violet drink is the elixir of life. That might be a tad bit dramatic but I don't care.

I decided that I was going to the gym. So I get washed up and I put on my work out clothes and waited in the kitchen for Blake to wake up. While I was waiting I made parfaits with greek yogurt, honey, granola, and freshly cut strawberries. I turn on the tv and start Lucifer. Its a good show. After a couple of minutes of me watching it Blake comes out of my room.

"Breakfast is in the fridge, you should leave some clothes over here. You stay over quite a bit, but don't have anything clean to wear in the morning."

"Thank you and thats a pretty good idea. Where are you off to?"

"The gym, want to come?"

"I would love to, but unfortunately I promised Jesse that we were going to hang out today."

"Oooh, have fun," I turn to look at him, "want me to pick you up for class?"

"No, I'll pick you up. Make sure you coordinate with Riley over who's bringing starbucks. Then let me know if were grabbing it."

"Ok I will, I'm going to head out now. When you leave, lock the door and put the key back under the map"

"Have fun."

I wave good bye and head out the door. When I go to the gym since its only half a mile away I like to jog there. Since I swim I mainly go to the gym for cardio and weight training. Occasionally I'll take a boxing class. They happened to have a two hour boxing class so I'm going to that.

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I could probably fill a pool with how much I'm sweating. Its really gross. It'd around 11:15 by the time I jog back to the apartment. I jump in the shower and hear my phone go off. I quickly finish my shower and check who texted me.

Riley: Still on for lunch?

Me: Of course, where? 

Riley: Manna's?

Me: I haven't been there in so long. We have to go. 

Riley: I'll be there in 10 minutes. 

Its a nice place to get some soul food about a mile away from the apartment. I love the peach cobbler there. Its amazing. I got dressed in some jeans a neon yellow Sad society hoodie. I pair that with some nice checkered vans. Instead of taking my car, I decided to bike there. Once I get there I text Riley to see if she's here already.

Me: Hey, are you here yet?

Riley: Almost, can you grab a table?

Me: Sure, I'll be inside. 

I go in and get a table, it's always so hard to pick what you want here. Everything looks and smells so good. I get a bing from my phone so I pick it up to check.

Rose: Hey, are we still going to meet up today?

I had completely forgotten good thing I had no plans. 

Me: Yep, what time? I think we should do the the shoot at central park, what do you think? 

Rose: Does around 4 work? I'll have my pictures taken anywhere, you know your stuff.

Me: Ok see you then. 

I hear the bell ring and Riley comes walking in. She sits across from me with a smile on her face. 

"Whats gotten you so happy?"

"I'm just happy to hang out with you."

"So tell me about Flynn!" I say in a taunting-like tone

"We've been on a couple dates, he's really sweet and funny. He's also really interesting!"

"Thats good!! If you don't mid me asking, where were you last night?"

"Flynn and I had a movie night, so I packed my bag and stayed the night."

"Aww thats cute!!"

After about an hour and a half of talking she had to get back to work. I said my good bye and payed the check before going back to the apartment to grab my camera equipment. I grab my camera and a couple different lenses and put them in my grey kanken backpack and pedal my bike to the book store right next to central park. The book store is about two miles away so it was a pretty quick ride. Book Culture on Columbus is a cool little book store. As soon as I get there I pick up the book Get in trouble by Kelly Link. Its a good book. Every so often I'll glance up at the cashier. His name tag says his name is Andrés. He's an attractive looking man. Tan skin, like caramel. Jet black hair slicked back and a partial beard. (Picture on Andrés above) He looked rather tall. He had on a light wash jean jacket with a black shirt underneath. He also had on black jeans. His shoes were hidden behind the counter. He met my eyes and I immediately felt embarrassed for being caught checking him out. I quickly go back to reading my book. After a million pages I check the time and it reads 3:47pm. I quickly go up and pay for my book and pedal to the park. I go to the bridge and text her to meet me here. I see her walking up the side.

"Hey are you ready?!" I couldn't conceal how excited I was

I usually don't get to shoot people. She was wearing a leather jacket with a white undershirt. She was also wearing ripped jeans with black leather boots. She looked like a total bad ass. She pulled it off so well. She also had on gold colored make up to make her dark brown eyes pop. 

"As ready as I'll ever be!"

We quickly begin shooting. Pose after pose, constantly changing the location. It was so fun. We held a conversation the entire time. It was interesting to learn about her. I think with time we could become really good friends. By the time we were done I got many good shots and packed up my camera stuff. I told her I'd edit the best ones and send them back to her. 

"Thank you so much!!"

"No problem, I had a lot of fun! We should do this more often in different locations!"

"Of course! I can't wait to see the shots!"

"I'll edit them a little bit and send you the best ones! Bye"

I start to pedal back to the apartment. Its around 5:30pm when I get back and settle in. I transfer the images to my phone and pick the best 10 then I sent them to my MacBook to start the editing. After about an hour of editing I started to get a bit hungry, so I whipped up a smoothie and carried on. After another hour and a half I was finally finished. I texted her the photos and shut off my phone. That was enough electronics for the night. I crack open the book I bought earlier and attempt to finish it. Once I'm about 50 pages from the end I decided to call it a night. It was only 10:30pm but I was exhausted. I turn out the lights and put on some music, but when my head hit to pillow it was almost instant sleep.

Authors note: Enjoy, today was a double update!!