“You made a promise.”

‘Dano equals new Aiden when it comes to ruining the moment.’ “Ok.”

The Carlin residence was four blocks behind them and they were already on their second lap around the neighborhood. With the LA heat and smog adding to both of the girl’s separate and in some cases combined frustrations, they were sweating more than usual and pushing themselves faster as they ran past houses.

Ashley decided she’d throw on her King High gym shorts and a black Nike sports bra while Daniella was wearing black basketball shorts and a black beater. They had been talking about their days and making comments about some girls they managed to run past but not much aside from that.

“So,” The taller girl panted while dodging an unruly bush. “What exactly did I interrupt earlier?”

“Um, well, I WAS GONNA GET LAID!” Ashley growled back at her.

“Really?”

“Yes! Well, I don’t know. I mean we’ve gone pretty far but we haven’t officially done it ya know?”

“The fuck does pretty far mean?” Dano’s eyebrows knitted together to discern the meaning behind the words.

“I am so not going into details.”

“This is weird; Ashley Davies does not kiss and tell… what has the world come to?”

“Just because I don’t want to share my intimate moments between me and my girlfriend with you doesn’t mean you get to be a jerk about it.” The brunette replied as she lightly shoved her friend.

“True. So what are you doin for your anniversary?”

‘Anniversary… fuck.’ Ashley slowed down to a stop while Dano kept going, not realizing that her running partner fell behind. “Oh shit.”

When she finally noticed there was no one beside her, she turned around to find her friend bent over slightly with her hands on her knees, taking in deep breaths. She jogged back and studied her intently. “You forgot didn’t you?”

“Yes!” For the second timed she had lost track of when that special day was and now she was left to bemoan her stupidity. “It’s on Wednesday Dano. Two fucking days from now. With all this shit that’s been going on… how could I forget something that means so much to the both of us?”

Sucking in a few breaths of air herself, Daniella plopped herself on the sidewalk and patted the space next to her. “It’s ok firefly. Two days is plenty of time to come up with something real special.”