Serendipity

Part one; after

Prologue;
I told her everything. How beautiful she made the sky look and how her eyes resemble Saturn. I told her how I went to New York to cure my writers block but found her instead. I screamed out I loved her in Times Square and I told her how I felt when she didn't yell it back. Maybe she didn't hear since it was so utterly busy. I whispered to her how I wanted her forever and how I could feel my heart snap in two when she said four little words back. I don't love you. I could never go back to New York after seeing her walk away from me. Knowing that is she there and I can't have her.

Part one; after

"Everything and everyone I loved disappeared. I knew that it was bound to," I stare at the words, thinking of what to write next. "No it's just not good." I threw my hands to my face and lean back into my office chair.

"Maybe this." I whisper while sitting back up and scribbling down a sentence starter. Once again, I stare at the words and ponder what to put next. "no, no. None of this will do." I turn the computer off and slide away from it with my char. I look out from the window and into the streets of my city. It was dark, another day wasted inside doing nothing.

My high rise apartment made everything so tiny but enhanced the city's beauty. All the people stuck in office jobs, wishing for a nice vacation to somewhere like Hawaii when all I want is to know how to start a damn story. How selfish of me though, complaining while doing the job that I absolutely love and others desire. Although lately I haven't been able to write no matter how inspired I felt. No matter how many ideas would have been best-sellers. None of them sounded perfect on paper. It sounded like a bunch of words that some kid says when they first begin to speak.

My phone lit up once which brightened up my entire room. It was Sara.

"Hello?" I say with the annoyance slowly breaking through.
"Hey, don't stay cooped up in that room. Come out with Alex and I." I let out a huge sigh that clearly indicated how much I didn't want to go but she kept persisting.

"Come on Levi. We haven't seen you in weeks and there's so many things we want to tell you."

"Just tell me over the phone." I shut my laptop then looked out the window once again. Although my apartment was high, I could see them two standing outside nearly the Sushi shop we would all go to.

"I swear it better be important." I hang up the phone and grab my coat.

Nothing is worse than having to go outside when its dark, cold and all you can think about is the comfortable sadness you have to leave behind.

***

"Thank you." We all say in unison as they placed our Sushi plates down. I look over at Sara then Axel who is already digging into his food. There was a few minutes of silence since we all had started eating until I spoke up.

"You both drag me out of my apartment to get sushi and not tell me the really important thing?" I glance at Sara since she was barely eating. She turns to Axel as if she was asking for approval of something but he wasn't paying any attention to us.

"So we, well I, thought that since you haven't been able to write lately," She picks up her bag and passes over an envelope. "You'd like this." I take it and begin to feel confused.
"Just open it." Axel mumbles after taking a sip of his drink. I do as he says and pull out a plane ticket. One way. To New York.