The Neighboring Apartments

Blossoming Love and Heart ache

Daveed's pov
I woke up and walked out of my room to see a sad-eyed Lin cleaning the kitchen counter. We both were sad for similar reasons, I was sad cause Emmy was ignoring me and him... Well, you know why he's sad.

"Morning Daveed..." he spoke, there was none of the usual cheerfulness. "Morning Lin, did you sleep well?" he looked at me and responded with a monotonous "Sure".

I knew he was lying there was no twinkle in his eye anymore, but he didn't stop his daily routine. He still made me lunch which made me feel bad, Imma buy him some cookies on the way home.

I dressed up and tied up my shoes ready to leave, but before that, I hugged Lin knowing he needed it. I felt him melt into the hug letting out a heavy sigh, I pulled away "Have a nice day..." I smiled at him and walked away. I didn't expect him to reply but I heard him whisper "I'll try..." under his breath.

I closed the door and walked over to Emmy who was waiting for the elevator. "Morning!" I smiled at her, she gave me a half-smile and looked away saying absolutely nothing. This was confusing and painful, I just wanted to speak to her, I- I just wanted her to speak to me... what's there to lose? I mean I can ask her why she's ignoring me and if she still won't talk to me then I guess I've lost her.

"Why are you ignoring me, Emmy?" She looked at me a little surprised and then looked down, "I'm not ignoring you..." bullshit! She didn't talk to me once last night, it was like she was trying to get rid of me. "Well I beg to differ" she looked up when she heard my tone, "I just want to know why... just tell me why and you can forever ignore me" she sighed and turned to face me.

"Ok well, you came to the cafe I work at yesterday, I saw you with a pretty woman and I didn't like it.", I was speechless, I mean she basically said she was jealous. "I- she is nothing to me, she's my ex. She tried to win me back but that would never happen, she didn't trust me. She accused me of things I didn't do so we broke up." By now the elevator had arrived and we walked in.

"Oh... I'm sorry I thought she was your girlfriend and-" I cut her off "Emmy... do- Uhm... do you like me?" She looks at me with wide eyes and flushed cheeks.

"I- No... I- oh fuck it, yes I do. And I understand if you-" if I just had the patience to listen to the end of that sentence, but I cut her off again "I like you too...".

She was confused for a second but then she grinned, "Y-you like me too?" I nodded in reply. She walked closer to me "Can I-" the elevator reached the ground floor and we had to leave. We walked out flustered but I was just a little bit curious as to what she was gonna ask me.

She waved goodbye and left, I smiled looking at the wet concrete, she liked me back!

I got in my car and made my way to work, I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. It's only been a few days since we moved but I really like her and the fact that she liked me back made me get a little bit dizzy.

I walked into my office with an unusual grin, people weren't used to seeing me smile this much at work. They all looked at me confused, I just ignored them and walked to my desk.

Just as I was about to start on a spreadsheet Suzanne walked over and started to talk to me. To say the least? She's someone you would want to stay away from. "Hey, Daveed... what's got you all smiley?" She asked with a creepy grin, "Oh well, I just found out the girl I like, likes me back!" Now that I think of it I regret telling her this information.

Her face scrunched up but she looked a bit hopeful, "Oh really? Who is this mystery girl?" Well, I'm smart enough to know never to tell her who Emmy was. "Someone who isn't at my table right now," I said slightly annoyed, she gasped and walked away but before she left I saw that she was hurt. Honestly? I didn't care.