Chapter 2
Hope got to work 15 minutes late earning a smirk from her friend Carli who knew her friend could have only been late for a good good reason and was on a mission to get it out of her. It was unlikely for Hope to be late to anything she was on time for everything specially when it came to work. Yeah maybe working for the Seattle Times wasn't the best job ever but she was happy, she liked her job and was happy she got to work with her best friend, even though she was a pain in the ass sometimes.
"So are you going to tell me what in the hell happened that made you late to work? " Carli asked her with a smile never leaving her face.
"I just lost track of time while I was out on an early run this morning that's all." Hope answered and thought "that's good, that's a good answer"
"Hope I know you and you're never late for anything, early yes but never late, care to share with me or do I have to annoy it out of you?" Carli said with a raised eyebrow and a smirk never leaving her face.
Was it because of Adrian did you have him over and you know stayed up and did dirty stuff with him until the sun came up." Carli said trying not to laugh at the glare Hope was sending her way as soon as the words left her mouth.
"Did you just...dirty stuff Carli? Really? How old are you 10?" Hope laughed a little at that, "and no Adrian didn't come over to do 'dirty stuff' he had a late night at work, same as today so I'm stuck with dinner reservations for two at that new Chinese restaurant that just opened up a week ago, care to join me on my date night dinner?" Hope asked wishing her friend was free tonight. Carli said yes they went to dinner Hope told her friend about the new girl at the Bean and how she lost track of time because she couldn't get her out of her head for some weird reason. Carli found it funny really told her friend dump Adrian and go for the New Barista she sounds more interesting then the boring working late at the office Adrian....Carli wasn't a big fan of Adrian to be honest he was always blowing Hope off because of "work" and didn't understand how Hope could deal with him always having to cancel dates bacause he couldn't make it. Honestly Hope didn't really care, she had been thinking about just ending it with him she just hadn't had a chance to see him and talk to him about it. Something she had not told Carli yet.
After dinner they said their goodbyes, Hope was happy to go home she was tired and ready for some sleep.
She got home dropped her keys on the table next to the door, she went straight up to her bathroom started to fill the tub for a much needed bath. When she was done she got ready for bed thinking tomorrow she would talk to Adrian and maybe just end it, they were in a totally different place right now. Hope wasn't miserable, he was a good guy and they had a good time when they actually saw each other, but that wasn't much to he honest. She also went to bed with a smile on her face deciding that tomorrow she would put a name to that face she's been thinking about all day.