The next day

Ah, Friday. Steven awoke early for his morning run as he usually did, looking forward to getting drinks with his friends that night. Eliza would be there and he wondered what opportunity he’d be granted next. As he exited his apartment, he saw the eighteen year old daughter of one of his neighbors also leaving her apartment to run. Sometimes they ran together and he called out across the courtyard to the girl.

“Hey Chloe!”

“Hey Steven!” She smiled brightly at her neighbor.

A thought struck Steven. “Hey Chloe, I’m trying a new running program, why don’t you come check it out?”