Hadley Ann Evans sat on the edge of her bed, putting on her running shoes for her morning jog down by the beach. She got up grabbed her keys and checked her phone… one new message.

She opened it – Hads can’t make our run this morning. Sorry loves x – it was so like Holly to cancel on her last minute, she probably had a hangover from the night before, Hadley laughed to herself. Holly wasn’t really the running type she had only been with her once or twice and that was long ago when they were still in the 10th grade.

She texted her back and was out the door. She climbed into her white Ford Fiesta and drove down to the beach, it wasn’t that far away from her house but she was going to go get Holly’s ass out of bed after her run.

She parked her car, got out and began to run. She then got her iPod out, plugged it into her ears and hit play. She loved these early morning runs, they helped her relax and clear her head.

She had just got to the end of the pier, when she felt her phone vibrate against her hip. She pulled it out of her hoodie and saw she had a new message. She opened it and read it as she continued to run
– You wouldn’t dare!! – Holly threatened; she had obviously read her last message
– Oh yeah? What makes you think that?:)-

She tucked her phone back into her pocket and decided to start heading back to her car. A few minutes later she felt her phone vibrate again and she pulled it out opening her message form Holly – Um … you love me?;;)- Hadley began typing her reply to her best friend when she ran into something…someone. She was flat on her back and had this incredibly sexy guy on top of her. Thee guy! She had seen him here before, also jogging.

He immediately got up off of her, she looked up at him memorized by his face and realized he was talking to her. Shit! She pulled her IPod out off her ears
“I’m so sorry” she began “ I wasn’t—–“
“No it was my fault, I wasn’t watching either” he cut her off. He was smiling down at her as he held out his hand to help her up.

As he helped her up she realized how sore her back was, figures since she had just fallen and been crushed by this gorgeously strong guy. He must have noticed her wince from the pain.

“Are you okay?” he asked genuinely worried
“Um yeah I’ll be fine, thanks” she smiled up at him.
“I’m Josh” he held out his hand for her to shake.
“Hadley” they both began walking in the direction of her car
“Nice to meet you Hadley” he said smiling at her.
“You too” she said politely. She couldn’t believe how perfect he looked with his dirty blonde hair, green/blue eyes, sexy tanned skin and just the right amount of muscles!

She suddenly felt self-conscious being next to him she probably looked terrible, her long blonde hair in a messy bun, barely any make up and all sweaty from the run.

“Wow” Josh said truly amazed looking down into Hadley’s icy blue eyes
“What?” she asked nervously and looked down to her feet
“You have the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen,” he said regretting it instantly! Damn, what was he doing? He probably crept her out.
“Thanks” she blushed. Wow he actually thought her eyes were beautiful.

Before she knew it they were standing at her car.
“Well this is me,” she said pulling out her keys
“Oh “ he sounded disappointed, she was too. She wanted more time with him
“I guess I’ll see you around?” he continued sounding hopeful.
“I guess you will,” she said flatly. Could she be any bitchier? … She could if she tried but that wasn’t her intention at all.

He gave her a smile and headed off back in the direction they had just come from.

Hadley got into her car resting her head on the steering wheel, oh God what was wrong with her. Josh probably thought she was a stuck up bitch. She couldn’t believe she blew it like that. Hadley looked up out her window when she heard the knock. It was Josh. She opened her window a little embarrassed and smiled at him.

“Hey, um do you think I could maybe give you a call sometime and we could go do something together?” he asked nervously
“Like a date?”

“Um no not like a date…. Well um yeah like a date. Only if you want to ”oh gosh he hoped she would want to because he sure did. He got almost half way back to the end of the pier and couldn’t stop thinking about her, so he came back to ask her out. He wanted to spend more time with this beautiful girl.

“Um yeah sure” she smiled up at him like an idiot. She wrote her number down on a piece of paper from her notebook and handed to him.
“Thanks” he sounded relieved and happy she didn’t say no
“No problem” she smiled and watched him run back towards the end of the pier.

She reversed out of the parking space and began driving to Holly’s. She was stopped at a robot when she decided to text Holly telling her she was on her way. She looked at a phone and read the message that was waiting for her
-Glad I knocked you off your feet today ;)will give you a call later :D, Josh-
Wow he had texted her! She was so happy, almost in a daze but was pulled out of it by the sound the car behind her honking. Oh the robot had changed. She had been so distracted she hadn’t noticed.

By the time she pulled up to Holly’s house she was in the best mood ever. She got out her car and knocked on the front door. She was greeted by Mrs. Tyler who told her to go right up.

She went into Holly’s room jumping on her bed.
“Bitch” Holly said groggily
“Wake up, we have to meet the real estate agent at 8:00” Hadley said cheerfully.