Anna was sitting on the sofa in her modest home with a glass of wine and a cheap, unrealistic romance novel. She sipped the last drop in her glass, put the bookmark in her novel and set it down. Sure she was relaxed but she needed something more, some company.
Anna picked up the phone and dialed the number of her friend, Eve. It rang twice before she answered. “Hello?”
“Hi it’s Anna, would you like to come over?”
“Yeah, I’ll be round in a minute”
Anna had a quick tidy before Eve showed up. The two sat on the sofa each with a glass of wine.
“Hows Frank?” Anna asked.
“He’s okay, work is keeping him very busy which is making him stressed, but he’s okay.” Eve replied. “How is Howard?”
“Same as Frank really, work stressing him out but he’s taking boxing lessons.”
“That sounds like such fun!” Eve said enthusiastically “I wish I could do something exciting like that”
“Well” Anna said in an almost sneaky tone. “Howard has a couple of spare pairs of gloves in the basement, we could try it ourselves”