Everytime you've been worried in the past, it's now a memory

 "Should this be happening?" Megan asked with a sigh as she looked at Hope's address on her phone.

"What?" Cori looked up from the skillet of stirfry. The rice was done. It was time to eat. 

"Hope and Kyle," Megan wasn't sure if it was on the up and up for Kyle to move in. Especially, after all the paperwork Hope filled out for her move.

"I guess we will have to see," Cori shrugged and got the plates ready.

"I hope they aren't rushing into anything," Megan sighed once more staring at the plate of vegetables and chunks of chicken.

"I am sure there was someone somewhere thinking the same thing when we got together," Cori smiled.

Megan smiled back. She couldn't resist a soft laugh.

"Well, we can only hope for the best," she said as she watched Cori dig in. It was true, he couldn't stand pizza. At least, there was a trusty night crew now, down at Melvin's Pizza. And Cori was usually home by six in the evening. The pizzeria didn't stay open past nine at night. It was still takeout.

Megan took a bite of the tangy and spicy vegetable. It was perfect. This was no time to ask Cori if he'd heard from Wade or any news about Melvin. How long could he be in ICU? Or when did this all start? She winced thinking back on the weeks and months since it happened. 

"What is it?" Cori looked up at her.

"It's nothing." She went on with her dinner and sipped at the cold water, but of course, that did not cool down the spice.

"What did you put in this again?" Megan did her best not to choke on the heat.

"Why?" He looked at her as if she should be used to his spicy stir-fries by now.

She cleared her throat and drank more water. She thought it best to keep everything calm, yet she couldn't help but not bring it up.

"You know, what's kind of strange is..is that none of us got COVID," she said.

Cori only nodded as he took in another mouthful of the stirfry. Honestly, Megan didn't know how he did it. His cheeks ballooned out as he consumed the meal. She knew he wouldn't gain a pound. While she on the other hand ate mostly the veg and left the rice alone.

"But what if we all had COVID and were Asymptomatic?" He then asked.

Megan nodded. That was something to think about. "Gosh, we both worked this entire time, you know. I just never thought about it, because well, I never had a fever nor a cough. None of that."

"I was pretty sure I'd get sick, early on. I mean, I was around Melvin a lot," Cori said.

"Well, Wade did get it," Megan remembered. 

"Do we know that for sure?"

Megan knew Cori still didn't trust Wade, but he hadn't brought him up in the conversation until now.