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APPOLINE JAMES had always welcomed change, ever since the seeds of scientific theories had been sown into her mind at a young age.
"A Big Bang? Like the sound the dishwasher makes?"
Her mother laughs warmly, petting her daughter's wild hair, "Not quite, Apple."
Appoline has a naturally open mind. She likes to try new things and meet new people, like every extrovert does. The girl liked to think dangerous experiences were the epitome of life -- those unpredictable shifts in plans that risk everything incited adrenaline in her system that she craved.
Hence, when this tall man spills his coffee on her, she externally laughs it off, but internally she's a mix between mortified and distressed. Maybe it's the fact that life had been a little dull for a while, or she had been stood up for the third time in four months, but she took a chance. The laugh from his lips signalled her hope for a better good to come from this event.
She wasn't wrong at all.
After leaving the coffee shop that day with a new contact in her phone, the young girl unintentionally took her time getting home.
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Apple studied physical sciences at the nearby university, and in her spare time she'd walk the half mile to the local school to coach a few sports sessions.
She clicks closed the door to her apartment, sliding down to the floor with her back pressed against the wood. Her keys clink onto the vinyl.
"Hey, Appl- woah, what's up?" Katrina walks past clutching a mixing bowl and wooden spoon, setting them down on the nearby breakfast table when she sees her roommate in a pile on the floor.
Apple looks up, her eyes dazed, "Oh, nothing! I just met this amazing dude."
Katrina giggles softly, wiping down the flour on her hands on her apron, "You like him?" Her voice has a suggestive tone that Appoline can't help but sigh at.
