Athena

Unpacking

I wake up and it's Sunday.

Today I'm planning on starting to put my apartment stuff together. I get up and put on some normal clothes. A white cropped tank, some sweats, and a hoodie because my apartment was still cold.

I put on my AirPods and start to play my favorite song ever Places By The Driver Era. I put my music up to the max volume and start unpacking my stuff. *ding* It's my notifications.

Colton:
Hey, I've been knocking on your door for a while and you're not answering. Are you okay?

Fuck. I text him back.

Athena:
Sorry, I had my music up really high. I'll be at the door in a minute.

I head to my door and take off my AirPods. I open the door and there he is in all his glory. Colton. Wearing a black tee and black jeans.

"Hey Colton." I say with a cheery tone.

"Hey Athena, I just wanted to see if you needed any help. I saw all the boxes of stuff yesterday when we talked." I catch him eyeing me up and down. Do I look bad?

"Umm, why are you looking at me like that?" I ask him. His face turns red, as if I had caught him doing something embarrassing.

"Oh, umm, you look really good today." My face turns crimson red.

"Oh, thank you, y-you look good too." I say with a very nervous tone. "Do you have work today? I don't want to be a bother to you." I ask him.

"No, the boys will probably have everything under control in the studio." He says.

I'm not going to lie. It's refreshing that he's being a little more open about his job, even if I still don't exactly know what he does. "Alright then, if it's no bother then yes I would love your help." I answer.

"Why don't you put on music through the speaker."

"Well, I don't want to make too much noise and make a terrible first impression on my other neighbors."

He gives a small chuckle. "Look, I have certain special privileges in this building, besides even if we were to get in trouble, I'd take the blame for you." He smiles at me and turns to start unpacking a box.

I smile and then I look over at the box of stuff he's opening. It's my bras and underwear and other stuff like that. I walk over to stop him from opening the box, too late. Colton has already opened the box and his face immediately turns red.

"Umm, I'm sorry I didn't read the box label before I opened it." He had my red lingerie in his hand and I don't think he noticed.

"No you're fine but could you put that, down?" I say while I scratch my head and make an uncomfortable face.

"Oh fuck, shit, I'm so sorry." He puts it down immediately. "Sorry Athena, I can go if you want. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable."

I start laughing uncontrollably. Colton joins in after a while. "Colton, thanks for making me laugh. You can stay it was just a misunderstanding." I say as I wipe the tears from my face. I laughed to the point where I cried.

"Alright, I'll read the labels next time though." I decide to turn on the speaker and play the song Places By The Driver Era. "Hey I know those guys." I look over at Colton who seems to just keep unpacking a box with silverware.

"Who?" I ask him. He keeps unpacking and doesn't look up.

"Umm, the guys singing right now. They're pretty cool. Hey if you want I can introduce you to them." He says nonchalantly. What does he mean he knows the singers. I still don't exactly even know what he does for a living and this just makes me so confused.

"Wait. How do you know them?" I ask him. Colton looks up at me.

"Oh, umm, I met them this one time on a flight and they ended up being really cool and we made plans to hang out after and I still haven't met up with them." He smiles.

If I wasn't confused before then I am now. "Oh that's cool." I say and start putting away my plates and silverware in my kitchen.

After a while Colton and I get done organizing my kitchen and putting a couple of things in the living room. It's around 4 p.m. "Hey thanks for your help Colton, I would've probably finished this stuff a lot later." I smile at him.

"Well, it was fun. Plus I got to spend time with a pretty cool person." I laugh and then look around.

"Where's this cool person you're talking about?" I smile.

"Very funny. Hey do you want to go grab dinner? Or we could order in. Whatever you want is fine." Colton asks.

"Yeah sure. We can go out just let me take a quick shower and get ready. I'll meet you at 5 o'clock?"

"Yeah sounds good." Colton responds as he walks out of the apartment.

Today was very nice.