fire watch - episode 005 - the yellow of stone

part 08 Delilah moving in

They continued going down the hall.
Oswin was looking at the door numbers reading them out "okay, C-1-2-5, C-1-2-6 and ah here it is, C-1-2-7" Delilah frowned at the golden letters then smiled "I just realized something" Tom turned "what is it?" "Well when I got out of my surgery the room I was in was room 127, I know because I took an image of the door because it was the room which saved me from nearly dying, how has that happened? Probably just a coincidence" Tom shook his head "no, not a coincidence, I knew which room you were in, so I called ahead and asked if you could be in this room, and they said yes, I'm really cool like that" Delilah smiled while tears went down her face "really ?" Tom nodded smiling at her expression "yeah of course, I thought it would give you some good memories every time you returned from classes which maybe stressful" Delilah nodded then hugged him "thank you, you're the best" Tom smiled "well I thought you weren't meant to tell me that" Delilah smiled as a childhood memory popped into her head of when she would ever tell Tom he was the best she would then say "yeah, gotta keep you on your toes" they both laughed. Delilah moved over to the wooden door excited of what would be inside grabbing her key card and putting it against the card reader seeing the red light at the bottom turn green as the door unlocked with a loud beeping sound.
Tom opened the door holding it for her.
"Thank you" they went down a small corridor which opened up into a large room, her flat seemed to be just 3 rooms. Her living room and kitchen were the same room, she liked how the room felt warm and nice, the lighting was a nice orange with hard wooden floor and ceiling. The walls were a light brown and all the windows had shutters across so when she watched films she could make the room dark like a cinema. Half the room had her black sofa and huge TV the other half was the huge kitchen, the counters and cupboards of which had been lowered, so it was easier for her. In the corner of the room was her work space which was just a desk next to the window which took up about a third of the back wall. The window could be opened, so she could go out to a balcony and look at the giant city, she planned to sit and do some drawings from the stunning view of the place. The bathroom was next to the front door, her bedroom was a door from the living room she had a huge double bed, wardrobe and area for posters and stuff like that, she knew she was going to decorate the room with all her film and book posters. She really loved the space a lot.
Delilah went into the middle of the room.
She made the wheelchair make a full 360 degree spin, so she could observe the room "I like this, it's nice, and I don't have like roommates, I can really be fully independent in this place, and I have a place to relax which I like" she went over to the bathroom just to check if it was set up properly for her, and was delighted to find it was. She went out the bathroom and noticed an area in the corner she could plug in the charger for her chair which she liked a lot because she could sit at her desk and at the same time and work, multitasking was the most important thing to her.
They went into her bedroom excited.
She got off her chair sitting on the bed noticing how unbelievably comfortable it was, she laid back moving her arms across the bed smiling "Jesus, this bed is like laying on a warm marshmallow... this has to be a heated bed there is no way it's this toasty naturally" Tom and Oswin joined her sitting on the bed feeling that it was slightly heated "yeah, this is really, really nice" Delilah noticed plastic boxes in the corner "could you guys do me a favour? You don't have to I can do it later if I need to, but could you put the clothes in the wardrobe while I put my other stuff into those boxes which I can then put under the bed" Tom and Oswin nodded "yeah of course we would be assholes to say no" "no you wouldn't" they put the stuff into the wardrobe while Delilah put all her stuff into the boxes.
After a few minutes of sorting stuff.
Delilah was smiling at something, Oswin smiled at her "what?" "No, I had a funny thought" "what?" "Well I have a way to not ever need to use the wheelchair again, basically you know in space they get to float around, why not make the rooms like that? I could just float around" Tom laughed "that is a good idea, an antigravity bubble, work on it NASA or I will" Delilah giggled then went into the main room and set up her desk then looked at the living room "I like how I have a TV, a nice sofa and a kitchen of my own" Oswin came into the main room saying "I like how they have put the counters and chairs down, so you can get on them and the fridge is smaller, everything is really accessible and easy" Delilah nodded "yeah, I think I'll be alright here"
Then someone knocked on the door.
They looked at it with confusion wondering who would be knocking at that moment. Tom went over opening it so see a woman in a nurse uniform "hello, is this Delilah's room? I have heard she might need some help" Tom nodded "yeah, this is her room, she's over there on the wheelchair" the woman stepped in going to Delilah "hello, Delilah my name is Cindy, I am the nurse of this building helping out the people who need it, so if you ever need help in any way, you can go to your room where you will find a red cord and there is also one in the corner of the room if you need me pull them" "thank you, I don't want to be rude, but I don't really think I will be needing you for that much I want to be as independent as possible without legs" "okay I can understand that, I just thought I should tell you in the event of something happening, I now have to go to other rooms, maybe I will see you" "yeah maybe, bye" she walked away. Tom closed the door as Delilah said "I felt like that was a little rude, did I come across as ride just then? I honestly didn't mean to come across as rude, I don't know how else I could have said that" "no, of course not, you just told her the truth and honestly made her job easier" she nodded "yeah, I guess" she started making some food getting used to using the counters and oven seeing it was also placed lower down, so she could use them easier. She cooked Tom and Oswin some food for the ride back home because it was 7 hours of driving. They ate and talked a lot about how scared she was and how she liked the place a lot.
After they had eaten.
Tom said "wow, you are good at cooking" she smiled "thank you I've been practising" they got up and went to the door, Delilah said "I won't be seeing you for a while, are you sure you'll be okay being alone?" "Of course we will, we have each other, alone both of us are a danger to ourselves, but together we support each other" Oswin smiled "that's right" Tom kissed Delilah on the cheek "good luck you're going to do amazing I swear to God, you go and take them by storm" she smiled "thank you" Oswin kissed her on the cheek saying "you're doing courses on things you love nothing can go wrong just go in and do what you do best, and I know what you're like if you go in that class and notice you're better than a few others don't second guess if you should be in the class just accept you are good" Delilah nodded "yeah I know, I know" she then had a thought frowning "wait what can I do best?" "You are the best at making a random place your own, you really are amazing at just going in and making your own rules" she smiled "thank you" Tom nodded "it feels slightly strange, you're finally flying the nest, my little girl has become all grown up, I knew it would happen one day but... now it's happened I've never been more proud of you" she smiled a tear going down her face "yeah, bye I love you, I will call you twice a week and inform you of what is going on" Tom smiled "I will await your call" she then smiled nodding to herself "and you know what... I'm going to fucking own this place" they both smiled. Tom nodded "that's my girl, we're going to be going to Yellowstone soon, so it might be a little hard to get in contact with the phone however we will have a satellite phone" Delilah nodded "Yellowstone is the place you need to be" "bye, I look forward to your call" they walked out. Delilah smiled then sat on her sofa and started watching TV, her classes didn't start until the next day, and she was getting used to the place she would be staying in for 2 years.