Hayden had just wrapped up doing her laundry when Raymond asked her to hurry up to avoid getting late to work. He thought it was strange considering how punctual and regular his wife had always been in chores. He was not different from her being meticulously regular however he had a habit of giving in to his rare bouts of idling.
It was January and pretty chilly outside. Hayden decided to put on a scarf hurriedly and rushed outside to the car to ride to work with her waiting husband.
"Sorry", apologized Hayden.
Raymond just nodded slightly with an awkward look deciding to let her get herself together in the car. At the end of the street he asked, "Did you have a rough night?"
"Ah, yes."
"Why?"
"I just couldn't sleep till almost 4 a.m., I kept turning on my sides...maybe it was last night's fish."
"Maybe."
Both Raymond and Hayden worked in healthcare, both of them physicians, having met several years ago in high school for the first time. They remained just classmates and had their different friend circles - Raymond had a smaller circle full of asocial guys while Hayden was a part of a large and outgoing group of guys and girls. They both moved to different cities for medical school having never talked to each other in high school. Raymond had sent her an e-mail out of the blue one day asking her about her whereabouts, this was surprising to Hayden but she cordially replied and they messaged back and forth for a couple of months until Raymond stopped abruptly. Hayden did not think much about it and let it go. It'd take a chance meeting later for them to resume their cordial back and forth mailing.
Late in the evening, Ray picked Hayden up from work - their workplaces were quite close. Visibly tired she sat on the saddle chair after dinner while Ray completed his chores for the day. She did not wish to disturb her sleep cycle by getting bed early and stayed up till Ray joined her in bed.
"How was your day?" asked Ray.
"I tried to put off all my work till Monday, that's pretty much all I did today," Hayden said laying next to him.