Maite

As I stepped out of the Black Dandelion, the bar I worked in, the piercing cold air rushed against my skin. My shoulder length black hair with intense pink stripes fluttered madly some getting in my deep green eyes. I walked through the dark streets of New York, it was 3 am. I finally reached 7th avenue; lots of people were there. Ugh, the compelling perfume of the girl beside me stunt me. I looked at her; she was the almost perfect opposite of me. She was wearing a pink dress with high heels, instead I was wearing a small black skirt and a strapless top that was completely black except for a spot of tomato; I was also wearing my black converse. I supposed I looked attractive cause several boys whistled at me, of course I blushed cause I’m no good on hiding my feelings. I was tired but I kept walking home I was fifteen blocks away from my apartment. I thought I wouldn’t make it. The next thing I noticed was a guy asking me if I wanted a ride home. I wasn’t really scared so I said yes. One block before my house I asked for him to stop and I got off. When I was getting there I heard a trashcan fall behind me, I looked back it was only Ria, my black cat, one of my scarce friends. I got in the apartment and guess who I saw, Norma. Norma was my best of friend she was like me, so we got along. It seemed to me as if we were kind of soulmates

“Norma what are you doing here its 3 in the morning,” I said tiredly.

“Well Shi, you said I could come here when ever I wanted, plus you gave me a key,” she replied.

“Yeah I know but weren’t you supposed to be with you boyfriends family or something like that?” I asked.

“I had a fight last night and you are the only person in this world I’m not mad at,” she explained

“Oh, you can sleep anywhere you find comfortable, the extra sheets are in the left cabinet of the bathroom closet, I’m going to go sleep in my room,” I said as I walked up the stairs.

I walked up the stairs tiredly. I put on my pajamas and washed my face with hot water. It felt very good after the hard working day. I had started working at 1 pm and I was done exactly at 2: 53 in the morning. I was going to have to ask the boss for a shortened schedule or a salary increase. I was finally ready for bed, I pulled the covers over my head. I was finally dozing off but then the lights of the truck of the firefighters lit up the whole house. I got up and went to close the curtains. As I passed next to the window I noticed at the side of my eye the same car and the same guy that had left me one block away from my house were there. I couldn't believe it, they had followed me to my house. Why hadn’t I noticed? If I had looked back just once before going in my house I knew they wouldn't be here right now. I couldn’t worry right now because maybe they were living in an apartment next to me, I was not sure. I went to sleep just as I put my head on the pillow. In my dream I went back to the burnout workday in the bar.

The first people who came to the bar were the fifteen year olds, they usually came in big groups and coquetted with each other, they were such a mess. They usually asked me for a beer or how old I am, since I look younger than what I am. I’d just bring them what they wanted and ignored the rest they said. When the first group left they left behind a big mess, and I had to pick it up.

I was just done cleaning up the floor and the table when the second group came in. These guys were older, usually between 17 and 18. I hanged out with this group a lot since I am 17. Today there was a guy I liked a lot and he was really handsome too bad I didn’t get time to meet him. They got different types of drinks and things to eat but then left for the movies or any other activity they had. The guy I thought was really handsome asked me if I could go with them to the movies today, unfortunately I had to work all the days I had assigned because I need to keep winning to support by basic lifestyle. The final group was different, some 19 year old guys came but also some adults. They all came here after they had a party to hang out and drink. Sometimes I didn’t like attending them because they were all so drunk, I usually asked an other bar tender to cover for me as I counted the money made in the day or I did anything else instead of attending them. This nigh at almost all if the tables were full so I did have to attend like three table but two of the tabled did not have drunk people so it wasn’t a problem.

In my dream I suddenly zoomed in to the face of a lonely guy in a dark corner of the room, it was the same guy that took me home and the same gut that was parked outside my house.

I woke up in a rush to check if the car was there but it wasn’t. I rushed down stairs and closed all the doors and windows with lock and I pulled the curtains down so no one could see inside the apartment. I thought I was safe so I went to sleep, and I didn’t wake up this time. I wasn’t even sure if the guy was bad maybe he just stayed there for a reason unknown for me.

Next morning I woke up at nine, I was so relieved that this day was a Saturday. That meant I didn’t have to work and I could do whatever I wanted. I showered quickly to get down to eat breakfast. When I was done showering I picked up a pair of baggy gray pants and an old t-shirt. I made my way downstairs and when I was in the living room I suddenly saw someone.

“ AAAAAAHHHH,” I screamed scared.

“ Shia what are you screaming at,” Norma replied calmly.

I had forgotten that Norma had stayed over.

“ Oh, hi I’m sorry I didn’t think it over that you had stayed over,” I said calming down.

“ It’s fine, so what are we doing today, staying at home chilling or are we gonna party?” Norma said excitedly.

“ I was thinking of going to the water park if the day is sunny, don’t you think it would be plain fun?” I said even more excitedly than Norma.

“ Yeah that’d be so much fun plus we could forget all our problems and stay there the whole day,” she said in a positive attitude.

“ We should probably go, we haven’t gone in so much time. And now that we are older we can get on all of the rides. Its going to be really fun and maybe after the park we can go eat something in China Town,” I suggested.

“ Sounds good, I'm going to get ready, may I use your bathroom?” Norma asked

“ Sure, I am going to go change cloths and then come back down to make breakfast for the two of us. You like waffles right?” I said.

“ I'm crazy about them,” she responded already going up the stairs.

“ Oh and Shia may I borrow some cloths for today?” she said poking her head down the stairs.

“ Sure grab any,” I said.

We ate our breakfast silently because we were too hungry. Once we were done we cleaned our dishes and we washed our teeth. I grabbed 50$ for the day at the park. We were set to have the funniest day of our life.

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