Late 1986. Reneé woke up sick the morning that the test results would come out to find out who made First Class. Pulling the covers over her head she said, “I’m calling in sick”.
“Get up, let’s go for a run”.
“No”
“Wanna fuck instead?”
“I think I fucked myself on that test. The more I think about it the worse I believe I did. Plus they are only advancing the top three percent”.
“Bullshit, you passed. No one knows the paperwork better than you. The Chief over at Base Admin calls you instead of reading through the books”.
“I didn’t pass. I won’t ship over again if I don’t make it”.
“Yes you will. Come on, let’s run. I’ll even keep up with you”.
“You can’t”.
“Let me rephrase that. I’ll try real hard to keep up with you”.
Begrudgingly she got out of bed and got dressed. After stretching we were on our way. She set a brisk pace. We ran silently for a few miles before she said, “I’ll meet you back at the house”, then started to outdistance me. I didn’t even try to catch up.