The Surrogate Mother

chapter 3

Wednesday passed by uneventfully,I just fixed up the only formal clothes in my closet which was a black tight fit pencil skirt and a white blouse,bland I know and I was about to walk to the living room when I caught sight of myself in the mirror I stopped and stared really hard at myself,I scrutinized myself and I felt my mood sink. I am so thin I can even count my rib bones. I walked to the kitchen and opened my fridge and to my surprise,not really, the fridge was almost empty.

I just grabbed some left over do dinner and walked to the couch and ate my food and then I sat and had nothing to do. I turned on the TV and loudly groaned at what was on so I turned it off. Now what? while I sat there I started preparing for my interview,mentally bracing myself for any personal question they might throw my way...I need the money,I used to live with a relative Mrs Markian,I didn't have enough money for college,I have 100% patience and 0% tolerance for bull shit- of course I won't say that,wouldn't wanna be reprimanded or kicked out of the building.

After an hour or two of doing absolutely nothing I decided to take a shower and go visit Linda by her desk,so I took a quick shower and dressed in a jean and a simple shirt and I walked out of my apartment down to the elevator and when I got out I made my way to Linda's desk and found her standing there. She looked up from what she was doing and her eyes literally lit up.

Hey Paige...! I eyed her suspiciously

Are you high? She laughed at me

No I'm just happy to see you

Uhm

How are you finding your apartment so far?

Its good,no problems so far but I can't be too glad seeing as I have a real streak of bad luck so I can't say anything that can jinx my 5 minutes of heaven

She laughed so hard tears were coming out of her eyes...everyone in the lobby was now looking at her but she didn't seem to notice as she held her stomach and turned red from laughing.

You are so funny,we are gonna be the best of friends

Sure,no problemo but to be my friend you have to go through an initiation...

OK what is that?

Buy me pizza

She chuckled and nodded at me,my grin widened and I'm pretty sure I'm drooling right but who cares? Its pizza we're talking about here.

We talked for about an hour when a guy around my age came and stood by  the desk and Linda's smile widened,she turned to me and said, how about that pizza now? Pizza hut is not very far from here I nodded but stared at her questionably,

Ohh Mike here will take over,she pointed at the guy who turned and smiled at me and greeted me very loudly might I add, I went to shake his hand but he gave me a hug, he's gay and fun,I like him. I waved him good bye as Linda and I exited the building, pizza hut was a walking distance so we walked there engaged in a stupid conversation about whether we should order it with cheese or pepperoni,she wanted pepperoni and I demanded a pizza with cheese so I won the  argument by telling her that she's buying the pizza for me and reminded her of her initiation process and she literally and I mean literally rolled her eyes at me

don't you roll your eyes at me young lady

She however decided that she would burst out laughing the same time we set foot inside pizza hut,everyone turned towards our direction and eyed her like she is crazy and thankfully she noticed and composed herself and I almost burst out laughing at her awkwardness. we ordered our pizza and found a table near the window and sat there waiting for our pizza and we decided to play 20 questions.

So paige favorite color?

Black yours?

peach, ok my turn again. Most fun moment with your mom?

None. favourite meal?

Spaghetti and meatballs yours?

Pizza!! she rolled her eyes and mumble 'obviously' while chuckling.

So favorite sport?

Basketball,most embarrassing moment of your life?

Oh my god this one time I went to the this club forced by my ex best friend and I went to the bathroom to pee-well not really,I just wanted to breathe since the main room was really packed and stuffy and I just sat in the bathroom for like 15 minutes or something

And..?

Turns out it was a men's bathroom and I walked out of the stall the same time with this other guy...

Oh my god I just burst out laughing and she gave me a playful glare but I couldn't stop...The pizza came and I scoffed it down like it was gonna run away and when we finished she paid and we left the pizza building. When we got to my building she said she is heading home which wasn't very far from here so we parted ways and I called out to her when she was a few feet away

Bye best friend

Bye boo bear ,she shouted back and I laughed and made my way up to my apartment with a huge grin

Today was a great day...