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Annie.
Lunch?
Her reply came back about thirty seconds later.
Always. You downtown?
Yeah, at the Leeman offices.
Cool, meet you at the bistro in 20?
Sounds good.
The Bistro was what Annie and I called out favourite hangout. To be honest, I wasn’t even really sure what it was called. It was a pretty non-descript hole in the wall, but they made the most amazing all-day breakfasts, great coffee, and the window seats were fantastic to people-watch while having a nice chat with a girlfriend.
And that was definitely what I needed right now.
Fifteen minutes later I was nestled deep inside a beanbag chair at the back of the bistro. The lunch rush was starting as office workers got their food to take away, but I sat with a menu on the table across from me, unopened. I didn’t need to bother, I knew every single thing on the menu here.
This was a good idea. I hadn’t seen Annie since school ended. I knew she was busy volunteering at a hospital, with the same plan as I had: get that experience going! So I was thrilled that she was able to make it to lunch, and when she walked in still wearing her scrubs, she was still way more beautiful than any of the other women that had come in. With long, curly black hair, almond shaped eyes and a mouth that curled up into the most gorgeous little smile, it wasn’t any surprise to me that Annie had been scouted by modeling agencies when we were teenagers.
Still, she had turned them all down. Annie wanted to be a neurosurgeon, and modeling was going to get in the way of that plan.
She came over, I stood up and gave her a hug, then she sat down in the chair across from me.
“Oh it feels good to get off my feet,” she exclaimed, sinking deep into the chair and throwing her head back.
“How long was your shift?”
“About twelve hours. I wasn’t even supposed to go in last night, but then I got a call from Marie that Claire, the little girl getting chemo for her leukemia, was having nightmares and asking for me, and so I said I’d be right over, and then little do I know I’m still there when I get your text.”
I laughed. Annie was hands down the hardest worker I’d ever met. We were best friends, competitors for the top awards at school every year, and completely inseparable. We told each other everything . Although today, obviously, I was going to have to leave some stuff out.
“You work way too hard for a volunteer job, Annie.”
“I know. But I love the kids so much. I’m so glad they let me just hang around with them. I learn so much just from watching the doctors and nurses, and playing dolls with six year olds is really not the worst way to spend a summer.”
“Even at three in the morning?”
“Even at three in the morning. Now, I’m famished. Have you ordered yet?”
As if just on cue, Tom came by, one of the waiters.
“So ladies, know what you’re getting?” he asked, and we both nodded.
“French toast with strawberries please!” I ordered. I saw Tom smile. It was what I always ordered. “And also a vanilla latte,” I added. It must have been from the ‘adventure’ that morning with Kiegan, but I was exhausted.
“I’ll have two scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns and some French toast, and a double espresso, and an orange juice please,” Annie added.
“So basically everything on the menu,” I summarized, laughing. How on earth Annie managed to eat so much and still stay so thin was absolutely beyond me.
“Oh shut up, I haven’t eaten in almost eighteen hours,” Annie replied, sticking her tongue out at me. “Anyway, tell me about your life. How’s your summer been?”
I shrugged in reply. I wanted nothing more than to be able to tell her about Kaleb. I wanted to tell her about everything he made me feel, how I trembled from his orgasms, how the touch of his fingers on my skin made my body come to life. But I knew I
Lunch?
Her reply came back about thirty seconds later.
Always. You downtown?
Yeah, at the Leeman offices.
Cool, meet you at the bistro in 20?
Sounds good.
The Bistro was what Annie and I called out favourite hangout. To be honest, I wasn’t even really sure what it was called. It was a pretty non-descript hole in the wall, but they made the most amazing all-day breakfasts, great coffee, and the window seats were fantastic to people-watch while having a nice chat with a girlfriend.
And that was definitely what I needed right now.
Fifteen minutes later I was nestled deep inside a beanbag chair at the back of the bistro. The lunch rush was starting as office workers got their food to take away, but I sat with a menu on the table across from me, unopened. I didn’t need to bother, I knew every single thing on the menu here.
This was a good idea. I hadn’t seen Annie since school ended. I knew she was busy volunteering at a hospital, with the same plan as I had: get that experience going! So I was thrilled that she was able to make it to lunch, and when she walked in still wearing her scrubs, she was still way more beautiful than any of the other women that had come in. With long, curly black hair, almond shaped eyes and a mouth that curled up into the most gorgeous little smile, it wasn’t any surprise to me that Annie had been scouted by modeling agencies when we were teenagers.
Still, she had turned them all down. Annie wanted to be a neurosurgeon, and modeling was going to get in the way of that plan.
She came over, I stood up and gave her a hug, then she sat down in the chair across from me.
“Oh it feels good to get off my feet,” she exclaimed, sinking deep into the chair and throwing her head back.
“How long was your shift?”
“About twelve hours. I wasn’t even supposed to go in last night, but then I got a call from Marie that Claire, the little girl getting chemo for her leukemia, was having nightmares and asking for me, and so I said I’d be right over, and then little do I know I’m still there when I get your text.”
I laughed. Annie was hands down the hardest worker I’d ever met. We were best friends, competitors for the top awards at school every year, and completely inseparable. We told each other everything . Although today, obviously, I was going to have to leave some stuff out.
“You work way too hard for a volunteer job, Annie.”
“I know. But I love the kids so much. I’m so glad they let me just hang around with them. I learn so much just from watching the doctors and nurses, and playing dolls with six year olds is really not the worst way to spend a summer.”
“Even at three in the morning?”
“Even at three in the morning. Now, I’m famished. Have you ordered yet?”
As if just on cue, Tom came by, one of the waiters.
“So ladies, know what you’re getting?” he asked, and we both nodded.
“French toast with strawberries please!” I ordered. I saw Tom smile. It was what I always ordered. “And also a vanilla latte,” I added. It must have been from the ‘adventure’ that morning with Kiegan, but I was exhausted.
“I’ll have two scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns and some French toast, and a double espresso, and an orange juice please,” Annie added.
“So basically everything on the menu,” I summarized, laughing. How on earth Annie managed to eat so much and still stay so thin was absolutely beyond me.
“Oh shut up, I haven’t eaten in almost eighteen hours,” Annie replied, sticking her tongue out at me. “Anyway, tell me about your life. How’s your summer been?”
I shrugged in reply. I wanted nothing more than to be able to tell her about Kaleb. I wanted to tell her about everything he made me feel, how I trembled from his orgasms, how the touch of his fingers on my skin made my body come to life. But I knew I
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