Taking you home

Encounter

*husss husss

I am out of breath, as I was rushing to the Newton st.

"Out of the way please!" Carrying my heavy bags, I hasten to the place where I'm about to stay for the whole high school year. Thanks to the good pays in the restaurant I am now able to pay the rental fees at Miss Alison's house.

As I am looking from afar I see the landlady whom I talked to about the rental house near my school place. I am happy at that time, 'cause I can finally say to her that I will now occupy her place. I wave my hands and smile brightly, but when she sees me, she immediately turn away and walks to her door.

"Ma'am wait! Please hear me out! I can now rent your house!"

"You already told me that for about two months."

"It's totally different this time, see --- I have my belongings with me; 'cause now I have the money."

"I'm sorry young lady, because you are 25 hours late. Someone have already rented my place. I have waited for you long enough. Besides, there is other rental house in this area. Go now and find another place. I already give the keys of the house to my new tenant."

Oh my gosh! Just a day before I occupy the place?! but... how am I suppose to find another rental house as affordable as this one? No way---- this mustn't happen to me.

"Please ma'am I really need your place. I am still a student in high school and can only afford low rental fees. (If only I can work two jobs while studying... but it's pointless if I will just used it for this expenses and makes myself weary, my study is still my top priority.)"

"If you really want it that much, you can talk to the guy who rented my place and pay the fees even a year advance. He's there now, putting his stuff."

A year advance?! That's a lot of money to negotiate... but if he can pay such amount, he can rent other places with higher fees... (then why bother rent my place to be? If he's that able man?) and since he's a guy, maybe I can make some reasoning to him and talks about my case.

He will understand it. I will make sure that he does.

Hi! I'm Lexi Taylor, 8th grader at Thompson University. I work a part time job in Barrio Fiesta Restaurant as a waiter at the calle bistro bayside 15 minutes away from school. I actually don't need to, if I do not insist to my parents that I want to have a place near my university so I can focus more on my studies and other school activities; because there is a gap of  21.1 km between home and school. The everyday trips overwhelms me, and I don't want to bother both my working parents to take and fetch me at school all the time. They (my parents) don't want the idea of me taking a 'solo-life' when I'm just 16 years of age; so they came up of me taking care of my own house expenses if I really do want to separate for school in awhile. Well, they have trust in me since I'm an introvert person, that always walks home to school and vice versa from the time I enter grade-school up until today. Having a minimal intervention with people specially of my age.

I'm no average schooler, we can say that I'm smart just because I really enjoy and loves to study. Not athletic though.

"Okay ma'am, thank you very much!"

I dash without stopping, because I only have an hour for me to negotiate with him before my morning class starts. I saw the door open so I rush in and see him having his chill time playing his guitar and singing to its beat.

"What are you waiting for? ------ Love me like you do..." (rock version)

Even after I drop my things seeing a guy so fine like him, I seem to be invisible in his world. He only notice me when he finish the final beat of the song.

I suddenly have a blush when he looks me directly in the eye. I swallowed out of nervousness, both speechless and unable to move at the moment.

"So... you're that girl----"

That girl? huh? did the landlady talks about me?

What!? Wait? about what??? about me being so long to rent this place? Is he also waiting to get this place? Did I upset him???

*I didn't notice his coming very close to me looking at me from head to toe 'cause I'm thinking of something else.*

**hiccup! *he was surprised to my reaction

"A---a----I got hiccups!!!" my face turns bright pink.

*he sighs... and laughs very shortly with disdain.

"Whatever... just unpacked your things there."

Whh---what?! Unpacked my things? Who is this guy? Is he mocking me? Why do I unload my things here together with his belongings?

"Wh...who are you?"

*he looks again in me with his fierce eye-glass looks*

"Who I am? I thought you already talk to my mom."

Talk to his mom? Wait... Wait!? So Miss Alison is his mom? Yeah... that makes sense, that is why she said he already pays for a year... 'cause he is her son after all.

"And what is it to you if I already talk to your mom?"

"Well, if you're okay to stay with me in this place then, you're welcome to arrange your stuffs there..."

*he points at a very small portion as my place in the house.*

I rub my head so hard that it makes my hair messy. I don't understand this guy or his mom as well. Did Miss Allison intended me to stay with him and so not pay for any fees? This sounds crazy!

BUT WAIT!!! I can keep my money... and buy some stuff I wanted to, besides seeing the house with alot of stuff just in a day---- from kitchen to the bathroom; I guess I don't need to buy house stuffs, hmmmmnn... can we really share with this without me paying for everything?

Well, in any case, I will be okay with this, since all I need is a place near my school to study, nothing more... but is this really a win-win situation for me? I make a quick glance at him again as he returns to his chilling, singing the song "Shape of You" in a punk-rock version. He's so fine but I now realize that I have no attraction for him... that I just got surprise a little at our first encounter.