Author's notes: To my small group of loyal fans, I am sorry it took so long for this installment. These chapters become larger than expected and I lose track of time. Instead of having you wait even longer, I've broken it apart so I can continue with less pressure. As always, my sincere thanks for your continued interest.
XOXO
Cymoril.
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Friday was uneventful for Lisa. She had no scheduled interviews to attend, but what disappointed her more was that she did not receive a single call back from any of her previous interviews. She knew every company has their own timetable and only a couple of days had passed, but she hoped to hear back from someone nonetheless. Perhaps, it was only wishful thinking on her part, but she thought her last interview had fared better than expected. That was her interpretation though and could only guess what the smiling faces said to each other after she left.
"If only I had the money to go on vacation." she said.
Most of her college acquaintances in her graduating class did just that. One took the time to sail the Caribbean islands, while another went to visit relatives in England. She was envious of the opportunities they had, but knew she was just sulking over nothing even though the time off from job hunting looked extremely appealing.
Robyn's Friday was relatively uneventful as well. She instructed her classes with her usual perky and energetic attitude. She gave her personal instructions with her usual inviting smile and her motivating positive reinforcements and she brushed off the ogle eyes and snarky come ons with a pleasant laugh. All in a normal day for the short and busty trainer other than her phone chiming and buzzing in her office throughout the day.
Tash texted her constantly with messages like, "Great time last night. How 'bout you and me tonight?" and other reiterations of the same theme.
Each time Robyn stepped in to her office and saw, there were 4 or 5 messages waiting for her, which put a smile on her face. Other messages were much more direct like, "Eat my cunt!" "You want to, so fuck me!" "Taste me! Yum! "
Robyn thought Tash must be super horny at work to send all of these texts and that brought back memories of how she felt about Tash.
"Now you know how it feels, girlfriend." Robyn thought with a smile.
Mindy knocked on the door and entered quickly sitting down in front of Robyn.
"So, are you coming tonight?"
"Coming? Oh. I don't know." Robyn said.
"Why not? Why are you so flaky? Are you seeing somebody that we don't know about?"
"No." Robyn said protesting, "I have no plans tonight."
"Well then, be part of the gang again and come."
"Is everybody going to be there?"
"Yeah."
"Tash? Is Tash going to be there?"
"She always is."
"And what about Emilio? Did you call him?"
"Oh no." Mindy said shaking her head, "Not yet. I wanted to talk to Tash face to face first just to make sure. So come. You're not doing anything and I hate to be the only uncoupled one all these times."
"Well, Tash is uncoupled now."
"Yeah, but she's just coming out of a relationship so she doesn't really count yet. Come on. It's always more fun with you there anyway."
"Okay. Okay. I'll be there." Robyn said.
"Great! I'll be upset if you don't show up." Mindy said rising from her seat.
"I'll come. Don't worry." she said and waved her hand shooing her out of the office.
"Okay. I'll see you there." Mindy said and left.
Robyn picked up her phone again and sent a text over to Tash.
"Gonna hang out with the gang tonight. U coming?" the message said.
It wasn't too long until the reply came back saying, "Hell, yes!" which made Robyn smile again.
She finished up for the day updating and reviewing her calendar. She made sure her weekend was clear as her plans with Lisa were set in stone. She closed out her computer and said her goodbyes only to get another reassuring question from Mindy before leaving.
Robyn put on her black warm up jacket and began jogging home. She saw the sandwich board displaying the specials at Katie's café, which made her hungry. She debated whether to go in or not knowing she was hungry, but at the same time didn't want Katie to have any expectations.
Her pace slowed as she approached the café still thinking what she should do when she saw Katie come out of the door. She looked at Robyn for a moment then looked at her again to make sure.
"Hey! Hi." she said with a joyful smile.
Robyn pulled up and stopped with a smile. Katie was dressed in the usual white top and black pants with the black apron covering her. Her hair was tied back tight as usual, but she looked more attractive than usual. "Was it her skin?" she thought. It looked a bit more tanned and radiate than normal.
"Hey Kat." Robyn said with a smile, "You look different."
"Is it the lipstick?"
Her lips were a dark red and along with her dark eyes, made her skin pop out with a lovely radiance.
"That's it. I didn't even notice."
"You like it?"
"It looks good."
"Thanks. So are you coming in? I'll make something for you." Katie said practically insisting.
"Thanks. I'd like that."
"Okay. Let me just bring this in." Katie said stepping toward the sandwich board.
"Let me give you a hand." Robyn said and they both took a side and carried it into the café.
Robyn noticed there was nobody inside and Katie was closing the shutters to the front. She sighed thinking that Katie was most probably expecting, or at least wanting a quickie.
"It was a slow day today. Fridays usually are." Katie said locking the front, "Go sit down, chica. Please."
Robyn took her usual seat by the counter and Katie quickly hurried back to pour her a cup of iced tea cheerfully setting it in front of her.
"So, what would you like?"
"I don't know. What would you suggest?"
"Oh. Well..." Katie said, "it's not on the menu?" she said shy and unsure.
"I see." Robyn said, "Perhaps that's for something a bit later. What would you suggest for dinner?"
"Oh...umm...whatever you like." she said blushing with a smile.
