"You ready?" Jared asked as he grabbed his jacket and glanced over at Shell. They were on their way to a meeting. One of the two they tried to attend together every week. In the month since they'd finally talked things out, the relationship had been going very well for them. They weren't perfect. He still had times where he wanted her trust and didn't always get it, and she had times where she wanted him to be more emotionally available and she didn't always get it either, but they were working on it.
She grabbed her coffee and bag. They were taking the SUV tonight. "Yup, whenever you are. Don't forget that afterwards we need to run by Garrett and Hannah's so I can give EJ that stuffed red panda I picked up for him at the Nashville Zoo."
That was another change in their relationship. The
