Elevators and New Connections

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description: Katie was just on her way home. She didn't expect for the elevator to stop working, she also didn't expect to be stuck in it with someone else.

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Valentine's day, a day for couples to show their significant other just how much they love them

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Valentine's day, a day for couples to show their significant other just how much they love them. A day that has been connected to the colours red and pink as well as heart shaped objects for so long, it feels like they're part of the holiday.

Katie had never gotten to celebrate the day with someone, but she didn't really mind. Sure, when she was in high school, she was sad seeing all her friends with boyfriends at the time receiving roses or a box of chocolates while she got nothing. In university she had scoffed at the traditions, telling everyone who listened that the day was just a random normal day chosen to make money off flower and candy sales. But now that she was 24 and had been working her butt off to get further ahead in the work ladder, she couldn't care less about it. Valentine's day was just another day that some made a big deal about, but a few days later she could treat herself to discounted chocolates and that was something she could get behind.

Her indifference to the day also helped her co-worker who had plans for 14th of February, so Katie let the sweet girl leave work early. The colleague had been so thankful she had given Katie some tea as a small gift and done some extra work the previous week, so Katie wouldn't have more work because of her. Katie wouldn't have had minded either way, because the current task they were working on wasn't too difficult to handle.

That's how Katie found herself sitting in the empty office behind her desk typing away at 9pm. She was putting some finishing touches on her presentation, making sure it wasn't lacking in any aspect. Once she deemed it ready, she closed her work computer, took the hard drive with the materials and slipped it into her purse. After making sure she had everything she needed, she grabbed her coat and made her way to the elevator, all the while pulling her pony tail tighter. As she was waiting for the elevator to come up from the ground floor, she was going through her presentation in her head. When it arrived, she quickly got on, pushed number 1 in and waited for the machinery to start moving again.

As it was still quite cold outside, it being the middle of February, she was thinking about what flavour of tea to make when she finally got home. Should she go for her favourite blueberry blend, maybe a nice green tea, or maybe she could try that marzipan-rose one her colleague had given her. She couldn't finish her contemplation, because the elevator stopped moving way too early and the doors opened only a few floors down. In stepped a young man with short chocolate brown hair. He was nicely built and tall, but due to Katie's own height, he was about half a head taller than the female. They both nodded towards each other and the male pushed the button to close the elevator's doors.

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