The Promise

7)Aurora

  I stand before the building with my luggage next to me.
Still wearing my airplane clothes which are just a pair of wide legged jeans and a white top with my short waves up with a claw clip in a messy hairstyle.
I head inside meeting a tall guy with short dark hair and a scar on the side of his face, he towers over me and that was strange for me; yes, because I am a tall woman. Not all men reach my height back then at my country yet he is towering over me?
“You’re miss Soliman right?” his gruff voice startles me,
“Ah yes, that’s me” I rush out,
“A pleasure. I’m Crew” he says extending his hand to shake mine,
I shake it “Here follow me” he says moving towards the elevator,
I stand still and look at the luggage “what a gentleman” I mutter as I bend to carry the suitcase when his voice interrupts me,
“No need Miss the janitor will take care of it”,
“No, it’s totally fine”,
“Just leave it Miss”,
I give up and stroll for him in the elevator,
The elevator pings as he leads the way to a long hallway lit with yellow lights, the place looks fucking luxurious how is the rent just a thousand bucks.
Then there’s two huge doors opposing each other, but one of them looks more defined and has a darker tone without a speck of dust in the hallway between the two doors.
We head for the one opposing the darker door and Crew rings the bell distracting me from looking at the other penthouse.
The door opens revealing a medium height petite girl with her gold brown long smooth hair half up half down and only an oversized t-shirt with shorts under; she looks like the perfect Taylor Swift song and…
Are those two different slippers?
“Hi!” her loud voice startles me,
“Hi, I’m Aurora” I say as I reach to shake her hand, she engulfs me in a bone crushing hug instead vanilla scent filling my nose,
“I know! I called you in the morning! oh, sorry I forgot to introduce myself, I’m Dionne!” she says letting go of me. I look at her like she might grow other two pairs of hands or legs, but she doesn’t budge anyways.
Crew clears his throat from behind me “ah! Crew, good morning! It’s okay to leave; she’s with me now” The Taylor Swift girl tells him and he leaves and she closes the door behind us.
She looks at me expectantly, “I ... your slippers are cute” I say without thinking, fuck she’ll think I’m making fun of her I’m not in my mind-
“Aww you’re the cutest! but I swear I wear each one alone; there was just a morning fiasco” she babbles gesturing for me to follow her.
“Let me show you your room, hope it’s comfy enough!” she chirps leading me through the penthouse.
  It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
It is so vast and has cream marble tiles with cream walls and yellow lighting, white couches all around the place it looks so cozy with a lot of pillows.
“You like it here?” Dionne asks excited.
“I love it” I say softly.
“Great! we’ll have a lot of girls nights here” she says and I look at her and crack a real smile for the first time today and her smile widens.
She shows me around then leads me to my room finally.
It’s not different from the whole house; cozy, warm and screams rich.
“Well, what do you think?” she asks.
“Perfect” that’s all I say and that’s all what she wants to hear.
“Alright, I know you had a really long day so, I’ll let you rest!” she says.
“Thanks Dionne” I say appreciating her thoughtfulness.
“it’s nothing” she pauses then adds “I think we’ll be great friends; I look forward to that” she says looking at me as if she’s thinking about something else.
“Yes, me too “I add before she smiles and closes the door behind her.
I look around my room sighing that I’m finally alone after the events of the past days feeling the burden getting heavier on my shoulders, but I ignore it, shower first.
I finish my shower and look at my suitcases and the wardrobe then decide to delay this to later.
I sit on the bed drying my hair with a towel when the phone screen lights up with me and my friends’ picture as their caller ID.
I answer the call “Heyyy” they say as their beautiful faces fill the screen.
“Hi” I say softly; “Girl the place is heaven” Kira says.
I look around “yes, it is” I say.
“How are you holding up?” Nour asks.
“Good, just tired” I say exhausted.
“we’ll let you sleep then, when you wake up tell us”
I nod “I will”
“We love you!” they say; “I love you too” I say smiling before hanging up.
I discard the towel on the chair and crawl under the sheets, I close the light and let the dam break as I cry myself to sleep.