In The Dark

Chapter 3

~ Jocelyn's P.O.V. ~

I made it to the nearest city. I see an apartment building and walk inside. The guy at the desk smiles at me as I walk to him. I return the smile and set my hands on the desk.

"Do you have any rooms open for rent?" I ask. He smiles again and looks down at his computer. His eyebrows raise and looks back up at me.

"Yes ma'am. We have room 33b on the second floor and room 45c on floor three." I thought for a moment. In case my mom came maybe I should be higher up? Or what if she finds my room and I have to jump out the window to escape? It would be safer to jump from the second floor.

"May I see the rooms?" I ask, hoping I could weight out my options if I saw the rooms. He nods his head and and grabs the keys to both rooms.

He stands up and says, "Right this way." He leads me to the room on the second floor first. It's beautiful. I don't even have to see the next room. I'm already in love with this one.

"Wow. It's beautiful!" I express. I turn around to look at him. "How much?"

"Eager are we?" He smirks. I laugh and pull out my phone. Wow, it's five o' clock already.

"Oh yes, definitely! I love it here." I smile. "But seriously, how much?"

He laughs, "$500 a month, but you pay every six months. Which is $3000. Your payment months will be November and May."

"That's great. I'll take it anytime I can move in." I take another look around and let it sink in.

"You can movie in now if your ready. Do you have furniture to bring in?" He asks pulling out a clipboard.

"No, I don't have any furniture." I mumbled and looked at my feet. "Can I just sign the paper?"

"Of course." He said handing me the paper. I signed my name and wrote down the other information he needed. I thanked him as he gave me keys to my new apartment.

It felt good to say that. MY new apartment. MY new place. MY new life. No mom in the way to stop me, this is my time to shine. I'm so glad I work at Sony. It pays well. This way I'll be able to afford this apartment. I love being able to start over. I'm glad I got to escape. I'm lucky I got out, not everyone gets that opportunity. I got the chance to start over, so I took it. And I'm so glad I did.

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I decided to take a look around. I take me keys and head out the door. I walk to the elevator to go to the city and look for furniture. I run into a blonde boy with stunning blue eyes. He's gorgeous. He realises my surprise and puts on his sunglasses and snapback. I'm confused by this, so I just walk into the elevator and press the button to go to the lobby.

I walk out and head to the city. My mom, when she was sane, always talked about furniture stores that she loved. She talked about Boston Store and Homeland Furniture. When I make it to Boston Store I pick out furniture to match my apartment. I run quickly to Boston Store to find some accessories.

After I finished I told them my address and headed to Starbucks. I got a caramel latte and a chocolate cookie. I decided to take my food and drink to a table. I went on Twitter and searched through the popular accounts. One of them was @NiallOfficial so I clicked his profile and looked at his picture. I noticed that he was the boy that I saw in the elevator. I'm confused. I look through his tweets and notice he's not just any boy with a lot of twitter followers, he's Niall. Niall Horan from One Direction.

I walked back to my apartment exhausted. In the elevator I run into the same blonde boy. I decide I should say something this time.

"Hey, I'm Jocelyn Hastings. Do you live in the building?" I ask. He turns toward me with his sunglasses and snapback. I can't tell if it's him or not. But, I think that's the point.

"Hey, umm I'm Niall. Niall Horan." He smiles and takes off his sunglasses. It is him. I can't believe its Niall. Wow. His eyes really are captivating. He takes off his snapback and his hair is still in a perfect quiff. His body is great too. He must work out a lot. I wonder if we'll become friends. Nah. He won't want to hang out with me. He probably feels really awk- "Hello?" He asks looking into my eyes.

"What? Sorry." I say looking down at my feet. I'm pretty sure I'm blushing.

He laughed, "It's fine. Do you want to come hang out at my apartment? I have a few friends over." I smile and him and nod.

"I would love to."

(A/N: I hope this is okay. I'm not sure if I like it or not. But I'll keep it up:/ Thanks for reading!)