Mondays are never nice. I have always hated them and I hate this one even more because I arrived in my apartment and almost had a heart attack. My bathroom and bedroom is flooded, which was one of my fears when I left this morning.
"Oh How perfect!" I put my hands on my face and begin to cry. Im glad that it's just my bedroom and bathroom that are flooded, but I honestly never thought coming to this city would turn this way. I thought I would be living with Mark and not as alone. A knock on my door snaps me out of my breakdown.
"Just a minute" I quickly wipe my tears with my blouse and make my way to the door. "Hi I just moved and..." The stranger trails off and immediately has a concerned expression on his face. "Did I interrupt something?" he asks, standing awkwardly in front of me. I finally open my mouth, "No sorry, I just have these bad allergies... How may I help you" I finish.
"Oh I just moved next door and my electricity keeps going down, are you experiencing the same problem?" He slowly asks and then Im hit by realisation. "Oh my God, it must be my burst geyser!" I say rushing back into my bathroom. The man doesn't follow me. "You can come in" I add. Urg why did I just invite a stranger into my place...
"This is bad, but I can fix that" he looks at my worried expression. "I already called a plumber, but he can only come on Friday". I say. "Friday is way too far, what are you going to do until then, it's also messing with my lights I'm guessing because we live in the same floor" he raises his Eyebrow.
"You can take out this geyser and put a new one?" I raise my brow too. "Yea, it's kind of what I do, anyway I will call some of my guys and we can start on it tomorrow and oh, you need a new ceiling too" he adds as he leaves my apartment. I stand there not sure what to say. "hey, I never got your name!" I shout after him. "I never told you" he smirks before entering his apartment.
I decide to take some clothes from my closet to the lounge, they are piled on the couch and at this point I totally don't care about clothes piling everywhere I just want to have my bathroom and bedroom back in order. I think of taking a quick shower before I make myself dinner. I hate cold showers I think as I take off my clothes. You don't have much of choice now do you sweety... My subconscious rolls her eyes at me. I wish I can shut her up sometimes.
Right after I come out of the shower I hear a knock on the door, I rush to open. "oh you again" I say to the man who just moved next door. His eyes scan my body up and I realise its because I'm just wrapped in a towel. "May I help you? " I say after clearing my throat. "Yes, I came to give you a quotation" he hands me the small paper. I look at all the things that I need to buy. Wow, I'm so broke next month I think to myself. Well buying an apartment and living on your own comes with a whole lot of responsibilies.
"okay, thank you so much, but during the day I'm not here, how will this happen? " I look at him and scold at myself mentally for not dressing up before opening the door."You can give me a spare key" he casually says. I'm not too sure about giving a stranger my key. "Look I know you're uncomfortable with this, but I'm trying to help here" he adds as if he heard my thoughts.
"okay, that's okay" I say. "And it's Kevin" he smiles turning around and walking towards his apartment. "Thanks Kevin, I'm Anna" I tell him and close my door. I debate with myself if what I'm doing is okay. I do want to fix my place, but what about my things.. That's it. I take some of my items to the little store room next to the kitchen and lock afterwards.
After everything I'm just exhausted to cook dinner so I settle on noodles and cuddle on the couch. A bit of Netflix won't kill anyone. I settle on "Sex Education" and before I know it the time is 23:18 and I'm already on the 4th episode. Nostalgia hits me hard as I think about my university days, just siting on my bed with Mark watching series whenever we just wanted some "us" time.
You lied and said you would always be there for me, where are you now... I feel a tear rolling down my cheek and take it as a cue to go to bed.
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Lãng mạnAnna just graduated from University and has her whole life planned ahead of her. Follow as she goes through a journey of self discovery and realization that sometimes things don't always work out as we plan.
