Tomorrow's no walk in the park.

After dropping Dawn off the entire drive is filled with me alone in my car recounting all the times I idly played with the button during the course of my shift on the remote Dawn gave me. It was a lot. One point in the night I couldn't find the counter we use to make sure we don't exceed capacity, there was no way we were getting anywhere near capacity on a slow night like last night so I felt safe just bluffing when customers came to the door and pretending that pushing the buttons on that purple remote did something. It turns out it did.

Astonished, a little turned on and embarrassed I don't quite know how to process what just went on with Dawn but by the time I get home I'm sure it can wait until morning.

The only other thoughts that enter my head the rest of the night is my brain playing back the heavenly sound of Piya professing her love to me and me saying it back. her face flashes in my memory as I'm parking my car. The bright glow of her smile, the absolute beauty of that moment and all the other moments of our time at sea carry me into my place until the buzzer at the gate reminds me of Dawn's stunt.

Between all the sun, the ocean air, the mind-blowing sex with Piya and a long, all be it quiet, shift at work I am wiped out and kind of float to my bed before crashing down on my mattress face first and passing out into the deepest most instantaneous sleep I have ever had.

Waking up several hours later I feel revived, rolling over onto my back and bringing my phone to my face, I scroll through a couple messages and read a bit of the news. For how rested I am I'm surprised at how early it is in the day. I shoot Piya and Yui different good morning texts, copying and pasting or group messaging seems wrong.

Piya responds almost immediately with a kissy face emoji and telling me how she has so much to catch up on with her thesis but wouldn't want it any other way, saying, "that trip was definitely needed. I love you xoxoxoxoxo!"

Reading that makes me smile and inspires me to get out of bed and do something with my daylight hours before work. I eat a quick breakfast and receive a message from Jessica, "Loft closed for a private event tonight but please report to shift as you typically would."

That text is followed by another one from Jess. "Hey, tonight's the night! I just want Holly to be surprised so act normal and don't fuck this up for me :-D"

I shrug and just take that to mean show up to work on time, which is what I was planning to do.

Finally, I get a message from Yui, "Morning! we need a videographer at the park, please come join us!!!" Attached is a pinned location for where she is.

I have nothing better to do and when I get there I'm glad I did. At the park I see Yui, Lawan and Aor all together, all dressed in tight-fitting athletic gear. I recognize Yui's outfit from when we went to the gym for our first... date? hang out? our first time I ate her out in a sauna. I'm not sure what to call it.

She sees me first and waves me over. Aor is wearing a tight-fitting matching purple athletic top and yoga pants, sweat is already dripping off her skin, her back towards me as Yui is demonstrating the next move in their work out.

Lawan is holding a camera with a periscope microphone attached to it, pointed directly at Yui.

They all stop what they're doing to greet me and Yui explains how since she posted our work out at the gym people have really been asking her about her program. "Plus, with all the success Aor's had from listening to me I've decided to try training as a side business. Lala is helping me but she really wants to not just be holding the camera all the time."

"So we thought its perfect work for Yui's strong new boyfriend," Aor interjects.

Of course, I'm game and take the camera off Lawan's hands and she joyfully bounces to Yui's side. Aor, less enthusiastic follows and I record Yui walking them through a group of exercises, trying not to be too salacious with the zooms as these gorgeous women bend and stretch their bodies.

Shortly after we've started I hear Piya calling out to the girls, she is wearing an oversized hoodie and carrying a bunch of books and papers. "Hey girls!" then seeing me, "hey sexy, did they rope you into recording?"

"Yeah, they did. I'm more than happy to help."

"I bet you are," Piya says kissing me with a brief peck hello before saying, "don't mind me I'm just going to be catching up on some reading. Aor? where is the baby?"

"Yui's parents are taking him for a stroll through the park while we do this." Aor gasps through a round of crunches.

Piya mouths to Yui, "your parents?!" then tilting her head towards me as if there is something Yui is overlooking. For a moment Yui freezes. I can see it through the viewfinder in her camera that she is realizing something.

Trying to step in, Lawan yells out that its time for testimonials

"Testimonials?" Yui asks before snapping out of where ever she went. "Oh, right testimonials" Grabbing my arm and guiding me to Aor, "Aor, how long have you been working out with me and how would you rate the experience?"

"Seven months now. And I hate it," Aor says as she collapses on the ground.

"Ha-ha! We'll come back to you but you better have something better than that," Yui says to her exhausted friend.

"I'll go! I'll go!" Lawan says.

"Okay, Lawan. How long have you been working out with me?" Yui asks as I train the camera on Lawan's face.

"Yui is the best! I've been working out with her for years now and look at how great I look!" Lawan poses for the camera, "she is the best teacher and really cares about me reaching my goals."

Yui smiles brightly at hearing Lawan say that but Piya teases her younger sister from off camera for calling Yui her teacher and not her trainer

"But she is my teacher," Lawan insists

"Okay! Okay! Back to it girls! Aor get your lazy ass up!" Yui says before helping her purple-clad friend off the grass.

I film the three of them working out through a few other exercises, Yui correcting their form and informing potential viewers what muscles they're using and what they'll get out of working those muscle groups out.

Every once in a while I swing the camera over to Piya who is alternating between watching and reading, each time she catches me filming her she makes an exaggerated face, twisting her eyebrows and sticking out her tongue before pointing back at the girls.

A short while later an older couple starts walking towards us, pushing the pram with Aor's baby boy in it. The woman is pushing the pram while her husband is walking with her talking in that relaxed way long time couples do. As they reach us the older man is very friendly and warm with the women, hugging Yui and asking Aor to flex her arms to see how strong she is getting. He waves over to Piya who waves back as Yui is talking with her mum. Suddenly Yui's dad notices me and says something in Thai to Yui. Whatever it was it sounds much harsher than anything I've heard said in Thai before and it seems to be directed at me.

I know its not paranoia because Piya immediately gets up and stands between me and the guy. Yui does the same thing as her mum seems to tense up.

Yui explains to her dad that I'm filming them at her request, which helps a little but the introductions don't go too smoothly and he asks me how I know his daughter.

I look over to Yui to see any hint as to how she wants to handle this but she's frozen again. Piya, however, looks into Yui's eyes, assuringly nodding to her friend that she has this, and Yui looks relieved.

"He's my boyfriend," Piya says matter of factly and Yui's father seems to relax quite a bit but the look of relief is completely gone from Yui's face and she looks like she is about to say something, or cry. Or both.