Love Around The Corner I +18

C H A P T E R 2 - E V E L Y N

I STILL can't quite fully wrap my head around the fact that we are living in New York for a whole two weeks already. It still just doesn't feel real. It still feels weird and surreal to have this stunning view of New York every single day whenever I come closer to the ceiling windows we have at our place.

We moved into our apartment shortly after our arrival, it took us like maybe 4 or 5 days to fully move in. It was tricky at first, but in the end it we managed to get it done quite smoothly I would say. Now I am getting ready for work, and just now it slowly starts to hit me that this life is indeed real, perfect - and mine. 

"Here you go" I smile at Marlene who puts the drink of gods - my favorite latte with oat milk - on my desk as I finish putting my make-up on.

"Thanks, babe. What I would do without you" I blow her a kiss as I pick up the cup and take a sip, closing my eyes enjoying the perfect taste. "It's so good" I swear that there is nothing else that I love more than this coffee - okay maybe books have the first place, but it's close. 

She looks at her watch. "Okay, I have to go now. Kick their asses today Ev. See you in the evening!", but before I even managed to get a reply out I heard the main door closing. 

Both of our job interviews went great, so both of us are starting our dream jobs - Marlene as a photographer, and me as an architect. The moment I got called back and told that I got the job at Stone Designs - I screamed. Literally. I still picture Marlene falling off the couch in the living room the moment I entered the room screaming, funny times. 

But it is truly a dream job of mine. Stone Designs has the most insane portfolio and definitely is the best architecture firm in New York, if not the whole USA - so working there is so surreal, and I couldn't be more proud of myself. Ever since I finished my studies and did internships here and there, to get some practice going, Stone Designs was mentioned way too many times to count - and now being able to say that I work for Stone Designs? It's insane. But there is nothing that will stop me from pursuing my dream, that is working there.

It's rare that Marlene is home in the mornings, let alone brings me coffee, because she simply spends majority of the time at Thomas's place - not that I blame her. Even though it feels lonely sometimes, as we have been living together for what feels like forever, I finally had time for me and myself only which could led to very few things - working, furnishing the apartment and reading books. Just simply focusing on myself. 

When it comes to my room, I wanted to keep it as simple as possible, but also as bright as I could. Majority of the room is in white or light beige with some additions of black here and there. Even though there is not much in here, it suits me just right. It's perfect. But there is one particular thing that I couldn't stop myself from doing. Huge bookshelf. 

When I first walked into this room, I knew right away that the wall in front of my queen sized bed had to be a bookshelf and since I have lots....lots of books, the only solution was creating a whole wall of books. It looks so dreamy. This room was so much bigger and way more spacious than the one I had back in LA, so this way I automatically had way more space for all the books I own, and to complete the wall I order new ones. But it looks perfect. It is something that I love the most about the whole apartment. 

Standing up from my desk and gliding my finger across the books, I realize how even though I am 24, books are my saviors. They were in the past, and still are in the present. Whenever a problem or obstacle appears in my life, I find myself taking a book and trying to live someone else's life to forget about mine for once. It's my type of escaping the real world that surrounds me. 

If I can be honest, there is nothing in this apartment that will be suprising, it's the most simple apartment that you could possibly imagine - but that's actually what makes it so homely and peaceful. A spacious, bright apartment with wooden furniture and black additions makes it all go together so perfectly, that there is not a single thing I would change.