Down the road

Downtown Brown

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Piper took a sip of coffee before scolding Jasper once more.

"Seriously Jasp, I told you it was my treat! Why did you pay behind my back?" argued Piper.

"Because it annoys you!" he replied playfully with his classic smile.

"You're lucky I'm nice now!" said Piper frowning at his adorable face.

"You are?" he replied teasingly without losing his smile.

"Watch it Dunlop!!" she warned pointing him with her finger.

He only snickered at that before taking a bite out of his sandwich.

"Anyway," started Piper trying to refrain a smile. "I brought you here today because I had to talk business with you!"

"Oh yeah! You said it was work related. What's up?" asked Jasper curiously.

"Well, my boss asked me to her office this morning." explained Piper before getting interupted.

"And you got a promotion!" finished her handsome friend.

"What? How did you know?" asked Piper surprised.

"Well, first you look really happy today so it can't be something bad. Second, your articles are amazing so it makes sense that you would get a promotion. You deserve so much more recognition than that Gossip Queen or whatever her name is." explained Jasper.

Piper stared at him with her mouth agape for a few seconds. How did such a wonderful guy as Jasper came to exist? 

She also had to refrain from laughing at the side burn Claire just received even though her friend was unaware of her problems with the redhead.

"You read my articles?" was all she could muster.

"Duh! One of my best friends writes in a magazine and I'm not gonna buy it?" exclaimed the boy.

"You buy it? As in the paper version?" she asked surprised.

"Yeah, I collect your articles." replied Jasper honestly.

"You do?" said Piper blushing. "That's so sweet."

"Um..yeah well...you're very talented." he replied a bit shy.

"Thanks." she said before clearing her throat. "Anyway, my boss told me they decided to give me a video on our webpage with every issue to see in practice how the specialist can benefit us."

"That's such a good idea!" said an enthusiastic Jasper.

"Yeah, I'm very happy!" she replied sincerely. "That's why I wanted to meet you today. I was wondering if you wanted to be the first one to feature in my videos. What do you think?" she asked hopeful.

"Are you serious? Me?" he answered with wonder. "Um...I'd love to! Thank you for thinking of me!"

"Of course! I'm so happy you said yes." declared Piper. "Just tell me when we can start!"

"How about this afternoon? I don't have anyone from 1 to 3." he suggested.

"Perfect. They already gave me the camera, it's in my car trunk. So we could get started right after we're done eating." said Piper with excitement.

"Sure, we'll just have to wait an hour before starting to exercise, otherwise we could get cramps." explained the trainer.

"Ok, that will give me time to interview you." replied the reporter.

At Buddybuilder's gym...

"You should have asked me instead sweetie! I would have loved working with you!" said Javier  winking at Piper with all his latino's charm.

"Get out!!!" ordered forcefully Jasper before kicking his colleague out of the office and closing to door. "We should be quiet in here." he added looking at his friend who was sitting in the client's chair.

"Perfect!" said Piper as Jasper sat in the rolling chair on the other side of the desk. "First question: what is your name?" she asked in a fake seriousness.

"The sleeping luchador." replied Jasper with the corner of his mouth twiching.

Piper bursted into laugh remembering his epic fight against cavemen that he won while asleep. She still recorded sitting beside her mom as they both sipped on sodas while watching the event unfold. Her mom had commented that it was oddly mesmerizing and she had agreed with a simple 'right?'. 

Although, she had kept to herself what she really wanted to say at that moment. It wasn't only mesmerizing...it was incredible, it was impressive, it was...even now she still couldn't find the right words to describe it. He had been so handsome and sure of himself in that moment. Somewhere in the corner of her mind, she had imagined that he was fighting just for her. Her own personal hero...

But she had snapped out of her trance by shaking her head to come back to reality and there she was 9 years later using the same tactic to try and focus. Would she ever learn?

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