Chapter 63 - Light Humor
Waking up that morning was a bit of a struggle for her, but she was going for a jog. She needed to expel those unwanted thoughts and feelings from her system. She had to clear her mind so that she could focus on her job today.
She imdiately changed and fix herself and ran out of the apartnt before she changed her mind and just lazed around. When she stepped outside of her door, she accidentally bumped into soone, making her slipped, out of balance.
Luckily, strong arms caught her before she hit the floor and helped her get her equilibrium back.
"Are you ok?" A manly voice said, behind her, as he still held on to her.
"Oh! So, sorry. I did not see you." She mumbled as she turned around to look at her savior. She knew she was at fault since she was in a rush and not looking as she was tinkering with her music player, trying to find appropriate music to listen to while she was running.
"No need to apologize. It was just an accident. I hope you are ok." He looked at her as if he was waiting for her reply, finally letting go of her.
"Yeah, I'm ok. By the way, thanks, Troy, for not letting fall." She finally recognized who he was when she saw his face.
"No worries, Dani." He replied as they stood in the hallway of their apartnt. "Are you going out on a jog?" He asked, seeing her outfit.
"Yeah, are you finished?" She questioned because he was also in his running clothes and shoes, but he was already returning to his apartnt when she bumped into him.
"Actually, I am just starting, but I forgot sothing in my apartnt." He explained why he was also rushing back. "If you don't mind, maybe we could run together. It would be nice to have so company."
She contemplated for a few seconds about it. She never had soone running with her before. She tried to encourage Jacky several tis before but she always declined.
"Sure, why not?" She thought that it might be fun. He seed harmless and friendly enough.
"Is it ok if you wait for here while I run fast to my apartnt?" When she nodded. "Just give a second." He moved fast towards his ho, while she waited by the elevator.
She wondered why she never bumped into him before. Except for the incident in the elevator, this was the second ti she had seen him. Anyway, they must have different work schedules or sothing. Besides she was always busy to notice most of her neighbors.
A minute later, Troy was back and they rode the elevator together down to the lobby.
"I hope I did not make you wait too long." He tried to make conversation because the silence was deafening inside the small space they were in.
"Nah, it was ok. At least I was able to do so stretching while waiting for you." She always used her spare ti to do sothing productive.
"Good. Do you jog often?" He was genuinely curious about his neighbor. He had barely seen her and her companion. Thrice if he would count. This would be his fourth. But this would be their second ti to converse.
"Not much lately. I have so much work to do this past few days that I barely had ti to do anything else." She found it odd that she was feeling comfortable talking to him about her life. He was still basically a stranger to her.
Their conversation halted when the bell chid inside the lift, indicating that they reached the ground floor. He held the door of the elevator open while he allowed her to go out ahead of him.
Outside, she could feel the nice morning breeze. Sothing she was looking forward to, every ti she went out on a run. This was one of the few things she liked about her place. Its proximity to the park.
"Hey." Troy tapped her in the shoulder when they were halfway around the park.
"Oh! Sorry, you were saying sothing." She was so engrossed with the music that was playing in her ears that she did not notice that he was already talking to him. In truth, sothing else was going through her mind and she wanted to quash it out of her mind.
"I said maybe you would want a break." They both stopped in front of a bench to get a breather.
"Ok." She suddenly felt her muscles complaining after a long run without stopping. She grabbed the water bottle that was strapped in her waist and drank enough to quench her thirst. He did the sa.
"You run decently. I seldom find a running partner who could keep up with ." Although he did slow down a bit from his usual pace, still she was able to catch up with him and ran this long without stopping.
"I love to run. It is one of the best exercises for . At the sa ti, I like the fresh air. Never like being coop up in a gym with sweaty bodies." She never did like going to gyms. If she wanted to work out, she might as well do it in her place. But running was still her favorite.
"Sa here. I guess we have sothing in common." He gave her a friendly smile. "I also love to run. It releases all my frustrations. It felt like you are leaving your problems behind."
"Yeah, I know how that feels." She agreed with him. "But, I think we better get back. Don't want to get late."
They hit the path back to their building. Running at a comfortable pace this ti. But keeping their thoughts to themselves.
"It was fun. Maybe we would run into each other again soti." Troy said as he left her at her doorstep.
"Yeah, I had fun too." She was not committing to a running buddy. But if they would run into each other again, maybe she would not mind joining him again. She did enjoy his light humor.
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