Like Crashing Waves

Skyline

Jonathan

I arrived at the apartment with a luggage of some clothes and essentials.

The place is fully furnished, with an open space layout, large windows, Hugh ceiling and lots of natural light.

Standing outside my door, I started picking up the boxes that the moving van had dropped off a few minutes ago, when a voice almost made me drop them.

"Hey neighbor."

"Jesus."

I spun around to see Victoria, or, Cara, leaning against my door smirking.

"Well, I'm certainly not Him, and that is blasphemous."

Chuckling, unplaced there boxes down and wiped my hands on my jeans.

"Hi, neighbor?" She shook my hand and smiled. "You're Cara, aren't you? We met at my brother's a few hours ago?"

"Yeah. Jonathan, was it?"

She looked so pretty, standing in front of me; her ginger hair swept into her right shoulder. Her milky-white skin,glowing.

"I remember you!" She twirled a grand of her hair on her fingers. "You're Doctor David's brother, from earlier!

Do you wanna come in for a bit? I'm in the apartment next door."

I looked back at the pile of boxes on the floor. " I don't know, I haven't unpacked yet."

"You sure? I'm making fried chicken. And possible some pasta. I think I have some Penne stocked away somewhere."

I pretended to think a bit. But come on, who could say no to chicken?
"Okay, sure. Let me just push these boxes inside, first."

An hour later, and we'd managed to get through dinner with minimal awkwardness.

"So, are you new in town?

Did you just come back from backpacking the world?

Are you running from son secret past?"

We've just finished dessert when Cara startled me with questions she must've been wanting to ask all throughout dinner.

"Um, no. I've lived here before, a long time ago actually, before I left for college. And now I'm back after a long period of traveling, adventures, searching."

My last comment seemed to have sparked her interest.

"What were you looking for?" she asked.

I stared at the melting vanilla ice cream in too of my chocolate fudge brownie. "Someone I knew."

"A girl." She stated.

"Yes." I looked up to see her bite her lip restlessly. "She was this pretty girl that I used to know."

"Oh" she mused "Did you find her?"

Slipping back into her chair, she genuinely looked intrigued.

-intrigued with herself, I suppose. Though she wouldn't know. I thought.

I looked up to catch her staring right back at me.

"Yes." I smiled. "Yes, I finally did."

🌊

We were now at her baclcony, which I found out was very identical and right next to mine.

Orange and pink hues were reflecting off of the clouds and onto our faces as we settled comfortably on her sunbed, sipping coffee and enjoying the last moments of sunset, while the rest of Redville City slowly sunk into the night.