The following day, Ismene woke up more than one hour earlier than she was supposed to. She hadn't been dreaming, nor was she sleeping bad, she simply woke up and didn't feel like she needed to go back to sleep. Seeing that if she stayed in bed, she would stay awake, she decided to stay her day early. Her running clothes were laid off and her bag packed, so she only needed to dress up, have some breakfast, grab her lunch from the fridge and go to work. As usual, when she arrived that early, there was no one at the lab. If she needed to wait, she would do something out of the waiting, the notes she had taken the day before were lying on the table, she had a look at them and put some of the ideas in order. Eirian found her like that, with the notes having taking hold of the whole desk, and Ismene scribbling thoughts away on a new sheet of paper while frantically searching for bibliography on PubMed.
-So, you're oficially crazy, aren't you?- she didn't wait for her to answer.- How long have you been here?
-Mmmmm about an hour or so?- Ismene replied after glancing at her wrist watch.
-And you managed to generate all this mess in one hour? I'm impressed.- the blond girl leaned on the door frame.
-Shut up. As if you were the same image of order! Come on, let's go I have a meeting with Roger in one hour and forty minutes.
-I'll end up getting jealous if you keep meeting with him so often, remember, he's my man.- she said jokingly before her friend sprinted to the door.
They both almost ran over Nathan who was just arriving. They half apologized continuing their race, while the young man promised to kill them both as soon as they were back. They ran fast, laughing and enjoying the mild weather. When they arrived back to the lab building, breathless and sweaty, they both felt full of energy. Ismene stopped a second by the kitchen to have a snack before getting in the shower, she needed to hurry up for her meeting with Roger. In the end she had only enough time left to grab the notes from her desk and run to his office. Dr. Shannon was pleased to see she had been doing some thinking, after all if they landed the grant Ismene would be able to stay for one more year.
With that project in hands Ismene was busy for the rest of the week, and didn't even finish it. Work made her forget about everything else, so when Eirian asked her whether she was ready for the evening, she stared blankly at her for a solid minute before she remembered what her friend was talking about.
-This evening,... sure, sure. I'm ready, where are we meeting?
-You had forgotten about it, hadn't you?
-A bit.- Ismene admitted guiltily.- I was actually planning to work for the whole afternoon, and into the night.
-I hate you. Anyway, you better get your ass home early, because we're going to burn the fucking city down!
She blew a kiss to her friend and left. Ismene went back to her work, she wanted to do as much as she could before leaving. At 5pm Eirian sent her a message asking whether she was still in the lab, and prompting her to go home, also to meet her at the stone bridge at 8. If she wanted to have time to get ready, she would need to leave, although she could have well kept working until that time. She decided to take some work home and try to find a moment during the weekend to continue with it.
In the end, Ismene arrived five minutes late to the meeting point, and Eirian was already waiting for her. She really meant it when she said that they were going to burn the place down. Her blond hair flowed down her shoulders, actually brushed and combed, and she was wearing a little black dress that enhanced all her attributes.
-Wow. Just wow.
-Tsss, what did you think? I know how to dress up, even if I don't usually do it. Too much work.
-Better, I don't think I could restrain myself seeing you like this every day.- Eirian punched her softly, before leading the way.- I figured you'd be hungry, so our first stop is this place where they make killer hamburgers and have imported beers.
-So we are all dressed up to go eat burgers?- Ismene teased her.
-Don't pretend you don't want one. I've seen you eat. Your stomach is like a black hole.
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