Dance in the Rain |Shelax|

Chapter 1

Shelby

I woke up, breathing in the cold air like I had never breathed in hours. I look at my surroundings. 

Blue walls, blank ceiling, grey carpet. 

I was in my bedroom. 

Why had I woken up? I have no idea. I must've had a bad dream. I checked the time and learned that it was 2:30 in the morning.

I got out of bed and walked to my bathroom. I grabbed my glass and filled it up with tap water. I drank most of it, but brought it back with me to my room. 

I put the glass on the table, sat down on my bed, and pulled the covers over me. 

I wasn't trying to go to sleep. I know that if forced myself to sleep, I never could. 

So, I just had a staring contest with my ceiling. 

I think I was winning. 

Eventually, the thought of life came to mind. Specifically, my life. What was I doing? I still live with my parents, and I'm 21. 

I got out of bed and go to my desk. I sit down and turn my computer on. 

Once it turned on, I opened Google Chrome. 

I typed in 'places to live' and looked at what came up. 

I clicked the third link down. 

The link sent me to a website showing a list of the 10 best places to live in 2013. I read through the list.

Rochester, Minnesota
Bellevue, Washington
Madison, Wisconsin
Santa Barbara, California
Boulder, Colorado
Palo Alto, California
Bismarck, North Dakota
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Iowa City, Iowa
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

But which one is the best? 

I searched pictures of what the listed locations looked like. 

Most of them were pretty. But, most of them were tourist central.

So I knocked a couple off of the possible moving list. 

Santa Barbara was gone, along with Sioux Falls. 

I want to live in a city with a lot of stuff to do, but not too popular. 

Bismarck is out. 

But, the city should be well populated. I don't want to know everyone there. 

There shouldn't be any big colleges in the city because there could be stupid college kids hitting on me. 

Ann Arbor, Madison, and Iowa City is gone, too. 

I look at the time again. 3:28 A.M. 

I groan silently. 

But I continue working. I need to be able to afford living at the location, so Palo Alto and Boulder are off of the list. 

There are not many options left on the list.

Rochester, Minnesota
Bellevue, Washington

Only two options left. Well, I can afford both. Not at the same time, of course. I guess I should check out apartments in both cities and see which one I like more. 

After about an hour and a half of research on apartments, I found one.