113 she felt like a teenager having her first crush

It was still early in the morning, in fact, it was still dark outside when George decided to make his run earlier since they will be flying to Fountain Country after lunch time.Before going, he first made a stop to his sisters' room to check if she is still sleeping or already up and reading, when he opened the door, he was glad to see that his sister was still asleep with a desk lamp keeping her room lit.

He was just about to go down the stairs when he heard the door opening, so he stopped in his track to see that it was Johanna Lim that was peeking outside, and to his amazement, the woman was wearing exercise clothes.He was a bit dazed, how can a woman look so beautiful in exercise clothes, he quickly snapped out of it and returned to his cold self "Good morning Ms.Lim, are you exercising this morning?" he casually asked her.

"Yes, I want to go for a jog, but I can't seem to find my way around here even if I used the GPS on my phone?" the truth is, she was already up since earlier, waiting for George to step out of his room, she was finally thought of testing the waters when Marga said about him going for a jog in the early morning."I guess I will just have to exercise at home then." she tried to sound disappointed.

"I'm going out for a jog as well, if you like, we can go together." George offered, not seeing the smile hidden away in Johanna's face.

"Oh really, ahmmm,....I would love that!" she suddenly stopped, aggghhh, can you please lower you tone down Johanna Lim, don't sound so eager, please, he is just being a gentleman, after mentally smacking herself in the head, she smiled sweetly at him.

"Okay then let's go." George also tried to hide his excitement with their alone time, wait, why would he be excited by being alone with a woman he just met.

George started at a slow pace trying to measure the endurance of the woman he was with when he looked at her, she was already sweating despite of the cold breeze, "Ms.Lim, let me know if you want to take a rest for a bit. I usually run about ten kilometres a day, but I can match your pace today." he said after stopping and handed her a small bottle with water.He also noticed that she did not bring anything with her, no water, nor towel, it made him doubt that she was really used to exercising.

"I'm fine George..." she said casually and then suddenly remembered something, why was she talking to him informally, "ahm, can I call you George? I hope you don't mind, you can also call me Johanna." she blurted out, was she making it too obvious that she was tense with him around.Before George could even reply she already started running while throwing at him the bottle of water after taking a little sip.

The sun was already peeking when they reached the riverbanks, they were halfway through the run, and Johanna was exhausted now, well if she has to be honest, it would be this time around.So she sat by the river bank and removed her shoes, it felt so good to have her feet soaked in the cold water.George, on the other hand, was just staring at her, he was bemused that the woman was determined to match his pace although he saw some signs of fatigue as soon as they reached the bank.

"Can you still run going back or do you want me to carry you, hehe?" then he realized what he just said, what a bold move George, should I congratulate you, he silently patted himself.

"I can still walk old man, I just want to rest for a bit, you can go ahead without me, I know the way now." aggghhh, this is really frustrating, she thought she could impress him, how did it turned out like this, she was really weak with exercise, she shouldn't have stopped going to the gym if she had known this day would come.

"How can I just leave you here, if you walk, then I walk too, as long as we reach the house before lunchtime Johanna." he smiled at her.She suddenly felt dizzy over his smile, how can a smile make her so weak, what's happening to her.And the way he said her name, wasn't that too sweet, ahhh, she felt like a teenager having her first crush.