Searching for Her [Watty Awards 2013]

Ch. 1- Surprise!

Ch. 1- Surprise!

She walked into her apartment, dry cleaning in hand. Setting the dry cleaning into her closet she plopped down on her bed, resting for a minute. She got up and got out a grey, NYPD shirt that belonged to her boyfriend. She took off her clothes and strolled into her small bathroom. Turning the shower on, she waited until the water was warm. She stepped into the warm liquid and let her hair get soaked. Squirting the shampoo into her palm, she massaged it through her brown hair. She washed it out and repeated the process with vanilla smelling conditioner. Then she took the Dove bar of soap and lathered it all over her skin. Finishing her shower, she shaved her legs, and got out. Immediately, the cold struck her; she grabbed her fluffy blue towel and began drying herself. Wrapping it around her, she walked back into her bedroom and changed into the grey shirt and flannel, plaid slacks. It was known to everybody that that night it was beautiful out. The skies were clear and stars twinkled. The moon shown clearly and fully. She opened the window to let the air in. The city smelled of diesel fuel and rotting garbage, but what else would it smell like, roses? She sighed and heard a knock at her door.

"That must be him," she thought happily to herself as she blindly opened the door. A gun was pointed directly at her head, her eyes went wide, she froze, too paralyzed in fear to do anything. The gun went to her neck.