Pleaser To Meet You

Chapter #2

Date, September 10th, 4052
    Hello Ember Rose here. How are you? Having a good day? Right can not respond. Sorry I keep forgetting. I hope you are. If not smile, okay. It makes things better. Well anyway Jane called me back. The old pet shop keeper remember? I got the job. It pays six an hour. I know, not much but it is a good start. Right? I work monday through friday. From 6:00AM to 8:00PM. Long hours but it will keep me out of the house and get me some money. Jane said I will start tomorrow. So today is a relaxing day. Maybe I will walk in the nearby park and listen to the birds chirping in the trees. I may go and dream of buying things that are way too expensive for me. I have no clue. As I lay in my small twin bed in my dirty small apartment. I stare at the ceiling fan as it twirls around in a circle. There are so many things to do but all I want to do is lay in my bed. This bed is not even comfortable. The sheets are torn and dirty. I do not even have a comforter. A long and very needed sigh unwilling escaped my lungs. I rolled over and lazily got up out of bed. I stood up too fast and had to close my eyes so everything could settle. I looked at my pile of clothing on my cement floor. I tried to remember the last piece of clothing that had my wallet in it. I stood there for a couple minutes just staring. I shook my head and walked to the pile. I shuffled through finding all my pants. I set them aside. Then one by one checking all of the pockets. Soon enough I found a bulge in one of the pockets. I reached in and pulled out an old folded wallet. It looked like it had been through hell and back. As I thought about it, that was very true. I opened it and it was almost like the ancient thing dropped dust. I opened the slot were my money would be kept. I looked at the old ripped green Bill's. There was a ten dollar bill and a one dollar bill. I sat on my bed and stared at my wallet contemplating what to do. I decided I would take a walk. Maybe it will clear my cloudy mind. 
  I got up and put on skinny Jeans with a loose black T-shirt. Then I put on some sneakers. I grabbed my keys to my small apartment and put them in my back pocket. Then headed out the door, locking it behind me. I looked up into the sky and saw the sun gently shining through the heavy thunder clouds. I took a deep breath and started walking down the sidewalk to my left. I kept my head down low and watched my feet take steps down the sidewalk. Here and there I would see a piece of trash and pick it up and throw it in the trashcan. I had nothing better to do. About six maybe seven minutes later I arrived at the park. The trees swayed gently in the wind. I chose to go down the middle path, because the first looked spooky and the third one looked bare and abandoned. I started walking and looked up through the branches of the trees, seeing the sun shine through before disappearing behind the clouds.
    I looked in front of me. To see a girl sitting alone on the bench. She was huddled up into a ball and there was papers surrounding her. I tilted my head to the right and slightly squinted my eyes as I was confused. I started walking closer but made sure to do it quietly and slowly. As I approached the girl I started to hear little sobs. I stood there for a moment just staring at her not knowing what to do. I wanted to see if she was okay but I know sometimes people just want to be alone. The girl looked up and I froze like a deer in headlights. Her sky blue eyes were bloodshot and swollen. Her nose was bleeding and broke. Her eyebrows were down and in an angry expression. My jaw dropped. I noticed and closed before smiling a little smile and waved slightly. Her eyebrows raised and I gently walked closer. I got about five inches away before gently saying.
"Uh..can I help in any way? May I ask what happened?" 
The girl just looked off into the distance. I looked where she was looking but there was just bushes. So I walked to the bench and sat down next to her. I gently let out a sigh. I looked at her and she was looking at me out of the corner of her eye. I chuckled and said.
"I am not here to hurt you. Relax."
She gently uncurled out of the ball she was in and sat up straight. Her long golden blond hair fell down off her shoulders and gently blew in the breeze. Her small pink lips were bleeding too. I slightly leaned forward to see her face better but she looked the opposite direction. So I looked away and leaned back and looked up into the sky. Birds flew in a giant flock above us and I watched them with a small smile on my face. I looked out of the corner of my eye. The girl was staring at me with a small smile. I took a deep breath and sat back up. I held out my hand and said.
"My name is Ember Rose"
The girl looked down at my hand and with a shaky hand took mine and said with a small raspy voice.
"Sage"
I shook it and let go saying.
"Pleaser to meet you, Sage."
I got up and started to walk away when I felt my arm get grabbed. I stopped and looked behind my shoulder. Sage was looking at me with fear in her eyes. 
"What are you scared of Sage"
I said with a casual monotone voice. 
"Being alone"
She barely could even get that out. I looked around as I gently felt her hand leave my arm. I said slowly.
"These papers yours?" 
She nodded yes. I started picking them up. I made them into a stack. Most of them were muddy and ripped. I made eye contact with Sage. Then said.
"Wanna come back to my place, it's going to rain soon and I do not want to be alone either"
I looked at the ground when I noticed her stand up. I did not expect her to agree. So I lead her back to my place. I opened my door and let Sage in before locking it behind us. She looked around my one bedroom one bath apartment. It had no rugs or living space. It just had a bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen all kind of as one. A loud bang was heard outside. I started freaking out then heard the rain. I rolled my eyes and watched Sage look around. She slowly migrated to my twin bed and sat down. I noticed she still had blood all over her face so I gently said.
"You have blood all over your face, do you want to go clean that off?"
She got up and just walked to my bathroom. She is very strange I mean not judging because I am too but I do not think I have had anyone ever just make themselves selves at home here before.