UNTITLED FOR NOW – ADDITION #4

NICOLE AND ADAM – BREAKING BREAD

They both let out a barely audible sigh of relief when they are offered a selection of bread. Carbs, a reassuring distraction.

Breaking off a generous piece, he offers it to Nicole and then helps himself to some butter, “I guess you were not coming from work. All dressed up like that.”

“Thank you. Uh, no, not from work.”

“Do you wear dresses to work? Or it’s all about suits?”

“No,” she chuckles softly, “no suits. No dresses. Just shirt and pants, actually.”

“Covering up those killer legs? That’s a damn shame. All the guys at the office must be disappointed.”

“No, they’re not,” she pauses, “I run.”

“Do you? I run too! How much, how often? I try to get in three or four times a week. Between six to eight miles.”

“Five to six days a week. About five miles or so.”

He glances down, as if looking at her legs through the table. “I always wear pants too, so the women don’t really kn…