Once Upon A Time, A Thousand Tears Ago #Wattys2017

Chapter 20: Wrong Turn

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This new place was hidden beneath heaps of dirt and filth. I knew I had a never ending task of cleaning the shit out of this room but I had no other place to live. I could see the frown on my bandmates' faces but I could never take help from them so soon. We have just begun this journey and it would be too early for me to ask for a favor. Plus, this is not just a favor. To live in someone's home is a thing I would never even attempt at doing. I am a selfmade person. So basically, I have to stay with my decision and act like it is just so 'perfect'.

The hardest task is killing time. I just don't know what to do now, after I have cleaned every nook and corner of my room. It is empty. There is no wall clock, no sheet on the bed, no utensils in the kitchen, no toothbrushes in the bathroom, no one sitting on these empty chairs, no one to share my feelings with, no shoulder for helping me cry, no one to laugh on my jokes; there is nothing at all. This is an emotionless, empty, blank space. What should I do then? Staring at this sad room is not helping me. I think I should just go out and find some place to shop. I throw an overcoat on my shoulders, pick up my tote bag and place my cell phone and wallet inside it. Closing the door to my room, I reach for the stairs when I am halted in my tracks. A woman calls out from behind.

"Hey, you are my neighbor, I believe"

"Well if you live next to my room, then yeah, I am" I act to look cool and all fine, when in reality I am already nervous about where I am going to stroll around the city.

"You think it will snow today?" She stares out of the window and I am not sure if the question is pointed at me or the window. I decipher that I am the one who has to answer it. The window is totally uninterested in her question.

"I don't know. I am not from this city. Do you know about any place where I can find some stuff for my room? Some basic stuff like...."

"Wait. I got to go. I will see you around. I need to hide actually.... Bye neighbor."

She jumped and stepped inside her room closing it roughly with a loud thud. Now that was awkward. I started marching out of the dorm's main entrance. A nice walk will open up my brain and I will be able to drive off all the sad feelings that are crossing my mind. I am already missing my family and walking alone on the streets of London is just not helping it. The wind is cool here in mid September whereas it used to be above forty degrees back at my hometown. The boys said that they will send Mark to help me with grocery but Mark didn't turn up. So I think I have to do everything by myself. Mark doesn't look impressed by me either. I assume he hates me just the way Louis hates me. Wait! I had yet to figure out why does Louis Tomlinson hate me? Uggghhhhh these thoughts have put my brain as a captive and I can't even think straight.

When I try to focus on my surroundings, I realize that I have forgotten the path that I took which led me till here. I can see some shops which have things I am not interested in, a few houses that look like they used to be in good shape a thousand years ago and there aren't many people on the street although it is just a fine evening. Which place is this?

I take another turn to the right, then to the left, and then I step into an alleyway coming to a halt when I see a different kind of sight that, for sure, doesn't belong to the area where my new home is. I was hopeful that I will find a familiar area from where I can reach my home but now this place is something I had yet not seen in London. Bright eye-blinding lights cover most of the shops, houses and streets. There is a large crowd stuttering here and there. I glimpse at a group of drunkards that were teasing a woman who was almost naked with just a little bit of bikini covering some skin. The reality dawned upon me that this place was not suitable to wander at this hour, at all. The shops were not just shops but they were bars. I ran back to the alleyway but I found out that it had a main door that had been closed now. This door separated the residential area from 'this' area. I was stuck here in 'this' area and it was not a good sign. Suddenly a bald man stinking with alcohol grabbed my arm.