I just left Andre from upstairs. He was acting really strange. I told him the problems I was dealing with but he quickly shewed me away. Now I really don't know what to do. Maybe I'll go for a run to clear my mind. I go back down stairs to my apartment to change. The emptiness of my apartment had an unusual feeling about it. I shrugged my shoulders and proceeded to change my clothes. Leaving my apartment building I trip and fall on a nail that was sticking up from the floor board. The rest is a blur...
"God I hate this piece of shit apartment building!" I mumbled to myself. " I can't wait to get out of this shit hole!"
As I'm getting up I see this girl. She has long brown hair, smooth caramel brown skin, and the most earnest light brown eyes I've ever seen. She looks at me and asks, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. I just wasn't paying attention to where I was going."
She smiled at me and said, "You should be more careful." Her smile was mesmerizing. Each tooth was perfectly straight and whiter than I had ever seen before.
"I'll do my best." I said.
"So where are you headed?" she asks.
"About to go for a run." I responded.
"Really? I've been looking for a running partner but the people here aren't so friendly to new neighbors."
"You're more than welcome to run with me anytime."
"Are you sure? I'd hate to impose."
"No not at all. I'd love the company."
"Well thanks!"
"No problem."
"Well I don't wanna hold you up any longer from your run. Here's my card. Call me sometimes when you wanna go for a run."
"Sure."
"Well it was nice meeting you...I'm sorry, I didn't get your name."
"I'm sorry. My name is Sydney."
"Well Tasha it was definitely a pleasure."
"The pleasure's all mine Mrs. Davis."
"Oh no. It's just miss."
"Oh I apologize. I just assumed some lucky guy had already grabbed you."
"No. definitely not that." For some reason those words hit me like a bullet to the chest. It was the way she said it, as if there was some underlying connotation behind it.
"Oh well we're both in the same boat."
"Yeah. We are." She said with a smile. "Make sure you call me soon ok?"
"Definitely." I said smiling. We went our separate ways.
I'm running down maple street. I'm already in front of the Jamaican Restaurant, but I don't know how I got here. I'm so confused. One minute I was falling in my apartment building next thing I know I'm in the middle of my run. How did I get here? During my deep contemplation it starts to rain. "This is exactly what I need." I'm blocks away from my apartment. This day just keeps getting better.
