Starting Over (Captainsparklez fanfic)

A new friend?

Julian's POV

I stretch as I sit up out of my bed and catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror. My Hair is crazy, like it always is in the morning and It would be obvious to anyone that I had just gotten up. I wander into the living room to make some coffee and breakfast for myself. I pour myself some cereal and brew the coffee before wandering into the dining room to enjoy my first breakfast in the new apartment. I watch the morning news as I eat, nothing new in the world. But the weather will be nice. It wont be too terribly hot but it will still be sunny. My phone Buzzes, alerting me that I have a message.

Its From Chloe!

This is what its like here in Michigan, how bout where u r?

I open the picture to see a typical Michigan Snowstorm, then walk over to the window and take a picture of the sunny view.

67 and sunny!

I smile as I read through our old messages. Chloe was, and still is one of my best friends. It was one of the saddest things about leaving, not having my best friend around all the time. Although she said maybe in the summer (she's a preschool teacher, so she gets the summer off) if she's not to terribly busy with family, she'd come out to visit. I drink the rest of my coffee before going to get dressed. I comb my hair and brush my teeth like I always do in the morning.

Ok, what should I do today?

I glance over at the sticky note on the fridge and take a closer look at it.

Maybe I should go to the hardware store. I need some things from there.,,,,

I put the note in my purse, along with my phone and both sets of keys before putting on my simple black flats that I wear almost everyday. I shut off the TV before walking out the door, closing the door and locking it behind me.

The drive isn't to terribly long. Only about 15 minutes. When I do arrive, there aren't a whole ton of people there. Its a small store so I didn't expect it to be packed. I grab a cart and make a small mental list

Light bulbs, Curtains, Got it.

I walk over to the window repair section looking for the curtains I wanted. Uh I should've been looking in the home Décor section as I found out 15 minutes later..... After picking those up, I walk over to the lighting section to try and find the light bulbs I need. No luck.

Crap, I really need those light bulbs...

I see another guy walk over to look for light bulbs.

Maybe he knows where they are?

I walk over to him,

"Hi do you happen to know if they carry these light bulbs here? I'm a little new here so If I cant get them here I need to go somewhere else."

"Oh yeah I use those same ones for my apartment, I think you can but they may have stopped carrying them. I don't know they might just be out." he says.

"Ok I'll go check with customer service. Thanks" I smile as I walk off.

Sure enough, they are out but gave me a slip saying when they'll be back in stock that I have a box of them reserved in my name. I then go to the check out and walk out to my car. On the way home I fill up the car and wash it, and stop for a milkshake.

Upon arriving at the building I see who I think was the guy at the Hardware store.

Hmm, that would be neat if we lived in the same building.

I walk towards the elevator and press the up button, this mystery person comes up next to me. The elevator opens and we both get in. I press the floor number of my apartment. He smiles but looks slightly confused.

"Oh you must be the one who just moved in yesterday. I saw you bringing up boxes from your car." he says

"Yes actually that was me. My sister was helping out."

"Well your apartment is right next to mine if I'm correct." he smiles

"Oh that's cool if so."

"I'm Jordan" he says politely

"Oh I'm Julian. Or is you ever see my sister around here she calls me Julie or Julia sometimes And my mom calls me Jul, Little J or JL I seriously don't know where those names came from but.."

"I can see you have many nicknames." he chuckles

"Yeah..." I say as the elevator opens

I walk down the hall to my apartment and sure enough his is right next to mine.

"Ok well, I'll see you around I guess?" he asks

"Yeah. I'll be here. I don't do too much so I just hang out at home a lot."

"Ok, bye!" he says as he walks into his apartment

I unlock the door to my apartment and go in. I throw my purse onto the kitchen counter and put my shoes by the door. I turn the TV on and flick on the lights (its about sunset) before deciding that its dinnertime for me. Upon entering my kitchen, I see the spaghetti box still left out from the other day and decide to cook that. While it cooks, I change the light bulbs and change out the curtains. I sit down to enjoy my dinner and stay up late watching a movie. I end up going to bed after midnight. The latest I've gone to bed in a while. That night I don't have a dream, or at least if I did I don't remember it.