The girl next door

Moving day

Big moving trucks arrive at your childhood home and you and your parents get all your stuff from your room and put it in the truck. Your parents give you one big house as you guys watch the trucks leave tears go down your mother's face. You get in your tiny white car and wave goodbye. You turn on the radio and your favourite song was on. The song finishes and you arrive at your new home. You see a man in the window looking out to see what was happening. He clearly wasn't interested as he closed the blinds and curtains and walked away. Once all the boxes are in your apartment you start to unpack. Photos, small things from your childhood all packed up in few boxes. Hours later you got everything out you thought to yourself "I need to go shopping". You decided to go out to dinner "I wonder where to get good food".  You push the down button on the elevator.  When the doors open the man from earlier was just getting out "excuse me sir" he ignores you and goes into his apartment. "rude" you think to yourself you look up where to get good food from and it says there's a good pizza place down the road. You step out of the elevator and head down the road. You arrive at the pizza place and you sit down and order one small pepperoni. It wasn't as good as your mom's homemade pizza but it would do. You ate all your pizza then headed back home. Some old guy catcalling you from across the street you finger him and walk away. "men are disgusting you think to yourself" another part of you thinks "but not every man is disgusting but a lot of them". You once again arrive back at the apartment building but this time you click the up button. You arrive at apartment 103 your apartment. And open the door you throw your heels in the corner and jump onto your bed. Your so tired you just close your eyes next thing you know it's the morning. You go to your pantry thinking there would be stuff but of course, it's empty.  You go to your tall white dresser and pick a white tank top and some grey sweatpants you throw your hair into a messy bun put on mascara and deodorant and head out. Down the elevator, you head to a waffle place you saw on the drive here. You sit down they hand you a menu 10 minutes later a waitress comes over and asks "what would you like today?" "can I have the blueberry waffles with whipped cream please?" you ask "Yep, What would you like to drink?" she mumbles "A coffee with 2 sugar 2 creams please". She takes your menu. 10 minutes later she comes out with 2 steaming waffles and a big swirl of melting whipped cream on top. "ill be back with your coffee in 2 minutes" she says politely "thanks" you say a little loud because she wasn't facing you. You grab your fork and knife and dig in they melted in your mouth they were so good. You finished your first waffle. She walks out with your steaming hot coffee and places it beside you. You finish your second waffle and take your coffee and go sit outside on the bench. The man from the apartments ran by. His long hair blowing in the wind. You decided to go take a walk in central park. It was the most beautiful place in new york. You walked to the nearest grocery store and got a cart full of stuff. The girl handed you the bags of food. You barely managed to fit them all in your hands. You waved down the nearest cab and placed the groceries in the trunk. You went home and once again almost didn't manage to carry the bags. Up you went in the elevator. You opened apartment 103 again and placed all the groceries on the floor. The bags left marks on your arms. You loaded everything into the pantry and then made a sandwich for lunch. You went to the washroom while washing your hands you realized your hair was getting so long and there were many split ends. So you decided to go get your hair cut. Down the elevator again this time you drove to the nearest hair salon. And when you arrived you opened the door and to your surprise, the man from the apartments was there getting his hair cut. You sat right across from him so you got a clear view of what he was getting done he cut his hair way shorter than before while the hairdresser was cutting his hair little pieces were falling in his face he was making the funniest faces. You got your hair cut just above your shoulders he got his hair lightened. it looked better in your opinion. He left the salon minutes before you. You saw him walking down the street you picked up your pace just so you were about 5 feet behind him. He pressed the up button on the elevator and you both got in. "if you don't mind me asking what's your name?" you asked. 'Ding' he walked out of the elevator without answering once again. "I wonder whats his deal I was just trying to be nice" you think in the back of your head. You notice he dropped his phone it was a tiny flip phone. You pick it up and got to apartment 102 his apartment. You knock once. no one answers. you knock again. no one answers. "excuse me sir you dropped your phone" you exclaim. no one answers you saw him go into the apartment so you know he's in there. You slid it halfway under the door. he slides the other half into his apartment. "Your welcome" you say annoyed and confused. You go into your apartment and turn on the tv a hockey game was on rangers vs panthers it was 2 period halfway through you watched the rest. At the end of the game, you checked the time it was 7:00 pm so you made pasta for dinner. You sat at your lonely table and ate your small bowl of pasta. You finished it and decided to go for a walk and get some ice cream. You went into the ice cream parlour and there were SO many choices you picked chocolate chip cookie dough it was so good! You saw a glowing sign called young and restless nightclub. You decided to go in. You opened the doors and you went down the stairs. There were flashing lights and blasting music. You ordered a martini and a side of fries you sat at the bar eating alone. A guy came up to you "would you like to dance pretty girl" he said and then winked "no thanks" you said then smiled. He was angry that he got rejected so he threw a glass at the wall beside you a piece of glass hit your head and it was stuck in your head you started bleeding. He started chasing you, you ran as fast as you could up the stairs and back home you didn't go up the elevator you went up the stairs he was still chasing you. Went you got in the hallway you didn't have time to unlock your door he pinned you against the wall "HELP" you screamed the man from apartment 102 came running out and screamed "HEY" the guy from the bar turn around to look at him. The man from apartment 102 punched him in the face leaving a mark on his face. The guy from the bar ran. "are you ok?" the man from apartment 102 asked. "no" you started crying. he grabbed you and pulled you into his apartment " sit at the bar" he exclaimed. "o-o-okay" you said while still crying. He came back with a medical kit "this is going to hurt a lot...." he said "okay be careful" you mumbled with tears streaming down your face. He pulled out the glass "AHH SHIT THAT HURT" you exclaimed. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you," he said with a sad face. "it would've hurt no matter who did it, it's not your fault," You said then smiled. He gently placed a bandage on your forehead and passed you some tissues. "thank you um" you said "James, my name is James" he said politely "thank you than James" you smiled and headed out the door. "ill see you around somewhere I'm sure" you said then smiled. "WAIT what's your name?" he shouted  "y/n," you said and smiled "bye then y/n" "bye James". You opened the door to your apartment you threw your shoes in the corner but on PJs and hopped in bed. "he was actually really nice!" you thought. next thing you know you were asleep.