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crawling straight into bed and setting her alarm for 10am so she would wake up with plenty of time to get the picnic basket ready.
The next morning was bright and sunny. Ariel quickly dressed in a summery sundress and slipped on some sandals to go to the grocery store. She picked out some prepared salads, Cuban sandwiches from the deli counter and some cheese and fruit she could easily cut up and place in plastic containers before she left for the outing. Back at the house she decided that she would wear the sundress and sandals, even though this was not what she would typically wear to go to a park, this was pretty much a date. She swiped on some lip gloss and a touch of mascara and went outside with Bruno and her basket. As she was climbing into the car he cell phone rang it was John.
“Good morning.” He sounded horrible, groggy and tired.
“Hi.”
“Sorry to tell you this but I got talked into going out last night with the guys to this little country dance hall out near Brandon. I’m a little hangover and I don’t think I’d be the best company at our picnic. Would it be ok for me to take a rain check? I hope you didn’t go to too much trouble.”
“Ok. Have a good day.”
She clicked off before he could say anything. It was probably a little rude to hang up on him, but she had woken up early, even though she had to work this afternoon and gone to the grocery store spending a third of her budgeted money for food for the wee k on him and he had so casually decided to go out the night before and get wasted knowing they had plans for lunch the next day. This time her feelings weren’t necessarily hurt. She was just pissed. It was a reality check that showed pretty clearly how much he thought of her. That stung a little but she decided not to make effort on him again, plus she was going to send him an angry email. That would show him.
After sharing the picnic lunch with Bruno she had calmed down a bit. Saucy and Sean were both snoring from across the hall in their room and she left a note for Sean on the kitchen counter letting him know he was welcome to the fresh fruit and left over potato salad and chicken salad in the fridge. He and she were both on a tight budget so she had a feeling that he would welcome the offer. Maybe she should have just woken up Sean and asked him to go on a picnic with her, he would have said yes with no hesitation, even if he was exhausted, but he was also her best friend and best friends often did those sorts of things for friends.
Before she got dressed for work she responded to an email from her boss asking if she could cover a shift for a co worker for some OT on Wednesday and also an email from her brother asking her to come and see his band play at a local bar. She agreed, that was something she would ask Sean to do. Sean and her brother were pretty close, with James really looking up to Sean. She didn’t think James would warm up quite as quickly to a cop as he had her free spirited roommate. Now she wrote an email to John.
John –
I know it was rude of me to hang up on you earlier but I was pissed at you. I have to leave for work in a little while, 1:30pm to be exact. I worked last night until 2am, came home and went right to bed because I knew I had to be up early to get the picnic ready and meet you at the park. I woke up early and went to the store spending almost a third of my weekly grocery budget to buy things for a really nice picnic for us. I’m not mad about spending the money because I had a really tasty lunch, but still, that was not the point. Then you called me less than a half hour before we were supposed to meet up to cancel on me because you got drunk last night and wanted to have longer to sleep it off before work. I’m not mad like I was before, but I am
The next morning was bright and sunny. Ariel quickly dressed in a summery sundress and slipped on some sandals to go to the grocery store. She picked out some prepared salads, Cuban sandwiches from the deli counter and some cheese and fruit she could easily cut up and place in plastic containers before she left for the outing. Back at the house she decided that she would wear the sundress and sandals, even though this was not what she would typically wear to go to a park, this was pretty much a date. She swiped on some lip gloss and a touch of mascara and went outside with Bruno and her basket. As she was climbing into the car he cell phone rang it was John.
“Good morning.” He sounded horrible, groggy and tired.
“Hi.”
“Sorry to tell you this but I got talked into going out last night with the guys to this little country dance hall out near Brandon. I’m a little hangover and I don’t think I’d be the best company at our picnic. Would it be ok for me to take a rain check? I hope you didn’t go to too much trouble.”
“Ok. Have a good day.”
She clicked off before he could say anything. It was probably a little rude to hang up on him, but she had woken up early, even though she had to work this afternoon and gone to the grocery store spending a third of her budgeted money for food for the wee k on him and he had so casually decided to go out the night before and get wasted knowing they had plans for lunch the next day. This time her feelings weren’t necessarily hurt. She was just pissed. It was a reality check that showed pretty clearly how much he thought of her. That stung a little but she decided not to make effort on him again, plus she was going to send him an angry email. That would show him.
After sharing the picnic lunch with Bruno she had calmed down a bit. Saucy and Sean were both snoring from across the hall in their room and she left a note for Sean on the kitchen counter letting him know he was welcome to the fresh fruit and left over potato salad and chicken salad in the fridge. He and she were both on a tight budget so she had a feeling that he would welcome the offer. Maybe she should have just woken up Sean and asked him to go on a picnic with her, he would have said yes with no hesitation, even if he was exhausted, but he was also her best friend and best friends often did those sorts of things for friends.
Before she got dressed for work she responded to an email from her boss asking if she could cover a shift for a co worker for some OT on Wednesday and also an email from her brother asking her to come and see his band play at a local bar. She agreed, that was something she would ask Sean to do. Sean and her brother were pretty close, with James really looking up to Sean. She didn’t think James would warm up quite as quickly to a cop as he had her free spirited roommate. Now she wrote an email to John.
John –
I know it was rude of me to hang up on you earlier but I was pissed at you. I have to leave for work in a little while, 1:30pm to be exact. I worked last night until 2am, came home and went right to bed because I knew I had to be up early to get the picnic ready and meet you at the park. I woke up early and went to the store spending almost a third of my weekly grocery budget to buy things for a really nice picnic for us. I’m not mad about spending the money because I had a really tasty lunch, but still, that was not the point. Then you called me less than a half hour before we were supposed to meet up to cancel on me because you got drunk last night and wanted to have longer to sleep it off before work. I’m not mad like I was before, but I am
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