Five
Bang! Bang! Bang!
What the?!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
My eyes peeled open while the blaring red numbers from my nightstand screamed that it was freaking six thirty in the morning.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Fuck! Coming!" I yelled toward my front door. Whoever the hell had decided to show up at my home that freaking early in the morning was in for a rude awakening! That shit was not going to fly.
Dozer was planted next to the front door, wagging his tail and growling.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"What?" I shouted as I flung my door open.
I was met by those stunning honey colored eyes I now recognized immediately.
Finn was standing in my doorway wearing athletic pants—the kind that make swooshing noises with every step, a tight fitting gray Under Armor shirt, and sneakers with a hanging bag draped over his right shoulder.
The small smirk that raked across his face while I stood there seething in my robe and pink slippers, makeup smeared all over my face and my hair probably a poof of tangles and curls, made me want to deck him right on the spot.
“How’d you…? What the…?” I was completely confused, leaning down to pet Dozer as he nudged my bare leg with his wet nose.
“I thought you might want to join me for my morning run.” The smirk was still firmly planted on his face as he leaned against the doorjamb, looking way too perfect for how early it was.
I shook my head. “Do you know what fucking time it is, Finn?”
He looked down at his watch and then back up to me. “Damn we’re late!” He winked and shoved past me to enter my apartment.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
He placed his hanging back on top of my dining room table and shrugged. “Putting my stuff down so we can go on that run.”
Dozer sat down at his feet and grunted until Finn started petting him on the head. “You’re not going to take no for an answer are you?”
Finn shook his head, looking good enough to lick from head to toe.
“How’d you figure out where I lived?”
“You gave your address to my sister for the shoot so obviously she had to give it to me so I’d be able to find it.” Pulling out a chair, he slowly took a seat. “The park is going to start getting crowded. You should really get some running shoes on.”
I huffed and stomped my feet, risking waking up my neighbors below me, but at that point I was just putting on a show. Honestly, he was too fucking hot to be mad at, even at the ass crack of dawn, and it was a little sweet that he’d showed up in the morning not to try to plow me down, but to spend quality time with me.
It took me all of five minutes to pull on athletic attire and scrub off my smeared makeup. Dozer was happily keeping Finn company in my dining room when I made my way back to them. “Alright, let’s do this. We need to be back by eight to shower and finish tidying up this place for the shoot.”
He nodded. “Sounds like a plan.”
I clipped Dozer’s leash onto his leather collar and we made our way to the stairs down the hall.
“So, why do you want a running partner today?”
Our voices echoed up the stairwell.
“It’s nice to have someone else there to help motivate you.”
