Neighbors//dnf

Chapter 5

The mattress felt hard under his back. Not including the hole that has formed in the middle of the mattress over time. George felt uneasy. He didn't feel like sleeping, even tho he was tired. He changed position again and again.  He decided to give up on sleeping and sat up. He looked at the clock and it was 2:34. He sighed knowing he would be tired tomorrow. He looked around the dark apartment. His eyes got attached to the window that was next to the balcony door. Maybe if he let some fresh air inside he could sleep better?

He got up and walked to the window. He opened it and let some fresh air in. It was cold but decided to keep it open for a while. He looked out the window and saw the oak tree. It had only a couple of leaves left. The cold winter had taken the leaves away. It was pitch dark outside, not only because it was night but because the house company don't have any lights. How weird. George looked on the side, seeing his neighbors lights still on. "Someone else is still awake?" He thought. 

His heart suddenly  skipped a beat when seeing something on his left. It was a cat. The same cat he had seen a week ago. It was standing on the balcony fence. George quickly opened the balcony door, not wanting the cat to get hurt. He panicked a little, and motioned the cat to jump off the fence, back to the balcony. He looked up and saw a shadow coming close. 

A tall man walked to the balcony wearing a t-shirt and shorts. "Oh my god i can't keep the door open any more"  He heard the man say. The man picked up the cat and put the cat down. He looked at George like it was his fault but then quickly spoke: " I'm sorry, she likes to come up here sometimes. We didn't mean to make you worried" He said and let out an akward laugh. George just smiled, but it made him weird, because the guy didn't see George's face. "Uh yeah"  He spoke after a long silence.

" Well i'm glad you were still awake, something could have happened." The man said. "No problem i guess" George responded. "If i can ask, why were you still awake?" The man asked. George was shocked by this guy's curiosity. "uhm i couldn't get sleep" George said. George felt like the man was rude to him. Asking why he was awake? Did he think George was some kind of drug user. None of his business. Or then he was just over reacting and tired.

"Wow me neither haha" The man laughed. "I'm Dream" He said and George felt like he wanted to shake hands with him. "I know" George said in a rude manner. "Oh sorry i know it's like 3am, maybe not the best time" Dream said sounding a little sad.  George felt a little bad for sounding rude. Hopefully he didn't give bad impression. "Don't worry about it. Not like i was gonna get sleep anyway.  I'm George" He said. Dream probably felt his smile, even tho they were 2 meters apart, and not seeing each others.

"Nice to meet you George" He said. George felt Dream smiling at him. "I assume you are new here? I haven't seen you here before" He said. "Yeah i came here from London" George said. George didn't know if it was a good idea to tell him. He didn't know if he was a reporter from a gossip magazine. George imagined a title that says: "A Floridian man meets a British guy on the balcony at 3 am." George's thoughts started to wander again. "that's cool" Dream said, making George wake up from his thoughts.
"I guess so" George laughed.

Suddenly a cold wind hit his face. "Damn its really cold these nights" Dream said. "Oh yeah feeling like winter is coming early this year" George said and hugged himself, trying to keep himself warm. "You know, this has been a little akward because i cant see your face" Dream blurted out. "Well do you have to see my face? I already know how you look" George said confidently. "Well how you know what i look like" Dream said being sarcastic. "You live next to me. I see you  on the hallway sometimes" George said.

"Oh yeah right" Dream responded. "If you are not lying then i think you got dark brown hair" Dream guessed. "Well no i am bald" George laughed. Dream started to laugh a little too. They were both tired and thats why everything was funny.

"Im so tired" Dream complained "Not my problem" George said after he stopped laughing. George was pretty open to new persons and bonded with them quickly, even tho he always wanted some space before actually wanting to know someone.

George felt already bad for getting comfromtable around this man. He didn't even know him, just knew what he looks like. There could be anything inside of him. Either he is really kind or a bad liar. George forget he was standing outside in the middle of the night and talking with a random man.

"Hey if you dont mind, can i get your number?" Dream asked? That was a little too quick for George. "Sorry there is dangerous people here. I dont know anyone from here, so dont take it personally" George said. He didnt know why he said that. He gave his number to wilbur earlier this week. What is the difference. "Oh its totally fine. I know what its like being here for the first time." Dream said nor wanting to be disrespectful to George.

"It is getting a little cold here, i think im gonna go inside soon" George said. He didnt feel comfromtable being in the converstation anymore and wanted to get out of it. "Yeah same i got a lot of work tomorrow" He didnt. "Well hopefully you can get sleep now" Dream said on a shoft voice. "Bye" That was the only thing George heard when Dream dissapeared. George let out a relieved sigh. He can finally go sleep.

George went back inside and sat on the floor. "What a night again" He thought.

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I wrote these chapters with my phone and computer so some chapters can look a little different, but dont mind it. Also forgot to say earlier English is NOT my mother tongue, so i hope you dont mind my spelling mistakes:))