Amaranth

Chapter 1

Chapter 1- Clay

 I just came out of a hotel room, don't even ask what i was doing there. All my memories were blurry and the next thing i know, I wake up next to a girl. You can call me an idiot because I just put on my clothes and dashed, seeing it had been my first time in this kind of situation. Though, don't worry, i'm not that bad of a person because I left enough money to pay for the room.

 As I ran out into the streets, I tried to find my way home, crashing into people. Now, don't start judging me because i'm a clueless 19 year old college student with no love life. My anxiety had just taken it's toll on me. When I got to the corner, some women just had to bump into me, but as I looked up I just kept staring and couldn't take my eyes off of her. Damn was she hot. I quickly tried to shuffle her things together for her but I saw files that looked like police files. Was she part of the police force? Fbi maybe? Well no matter, I got up muttered out a lame "sorry" and walked off. Despite this, my mind just could not stop pondering about that mysterious girl.

 I finally got to my apartment and walked up the old and rusty stairs that begged to be repaired. At least I was home now, I stuck my hand in my pocket expecting to touch the familiar metal key, but it wasn’t there.

 I sat on the rusty old stairs in frustration. Maybe they'll break and I'll get insurance money or a lawsuit for unsafe living environments. But then again, I'm not lucky in the least. Where could my key have gone? I certainly don't remember leaving it anywhere...

 Instead of sitting there sulking for the night, I decided to retrace my steps. I had stood up again and checked my pockets over and upon inspection i realized there was a hole in the pocket that the key had once been in. Well, that had explained it.

 Ok, maybe I said I wouldn’t sulk all night but it’s my personality, you can’t blame me. It’s like trying to find a tiny pebble in the ocean and the odds are definitely in my favor today.

I slowly retraced my steps, desperately trying to find the small, easily overlooked item that at the moment, had a major impact on my life. I was locked out and the weather here is either raining dogs and cats, as people used to say, or burning hot to the point where it feels like you’re the egg getting fried on the sidewalk. Complete torture. After searching all the places I had gone to earlier in the day, I still could not find my keys. Had I accidently switched my annoying key with someone else’s? Then, someone clicked and I swear, in my mind, it made the clicking sound. The hot girl... 

It was already getting late though and I didn't have the time or energy to track her down, so I went back to the hotel that I had woken up in this morning. I didn't want to come back to this place, but I really didn't have a choice. I got myself signed in again and avoided all eye contact as I made my way up to the room that was assigned to me. Maybe my luck would be better in the morning. 

Ha, luck. That word is a taboo for my life, I mean heck it could at least be a neutral word but it decides I don’t even deserve that much. The frustration of this whole situation made my head spin. I needed some much-desired sleep, lazily dragging my feet to the elevator and to my hotel room. The door automatically locks so I didn’t have to do that because who knows, I might just break the handle or tear it off by just touching it and get kicked out of the hotel. Yeah go ahead and laugh at my pain, you mean people. I reached the bed which I nicknamed heaven for today. Sorry but I’m not religious so I don’t mind. I quickly drifted off into my new “heaven”, I admired the comfort and silky feel of the sheets and comforter.  

(Dream)

 I don’t even know what I’m doing here. Where is this place?