"Never been better!" Alex replied with a slight chuckle.  She didn't like when people worried about her, especially over something so small.  But he just met her and he had no idea that she wasn't as fragile as a lot of other girls.  How could he?  So, she brushed it off.

"I was thinking we could go to 'Lunch, Lunch, Lunch?'  It might be easier to get this done there," she suggested, "You just finished practice, so you must be hungry right?"  That was normal for guys on sports teams: Practice, Eat, Sleep, Repeat.  She wondered if Cole was the same.