The First Punch

Last night we got back home and I got all of my stuff, Tony and I were over and I was officially moving out. I wanted to still be with him cheating on any level was just not acceptable. I know he was drunk, so I was I and you didn’t see me kissing anyone else. Tony let me take Ghost and all of his supplies because he didn’t want me to be lonely. I was staying with Mel for right now until I got an apartment. I was sitting at her breakfast bar scrolling through apartments and drinking tea with Ghost on my lap. My phone started to ring and I looked at it. My face lit up with a smile and I answered.
“Heeyyyy bitch!” Toby said on the other end. I heard commotion behind him and people yelling.
“Where are you?” I asked laughing.
“Cleaning up from a show… So what has been up?! It has been a while!” He said laughing.
“Well I’m living with Mel, Mike just got out of rehab, Tony and I aren’t together.. You know, just stuff..” I said nonchalantly. There was a moment of silence and I heard hip pop his gum.
“Uh, honey what happened??” He asked quickly.
“He cheated… But what has been up with you?!” I asked petting Ghost.
“Omg.. What a fucking dick… Well Adrien is here.. Wanna talk to him?” Toby asked, and without my answer he handed the phone off to Adrien.
“Wait what happened? I heard him say someone was a dick.. Who has hurt you my love??” Adrien said in a shakespearean voice. I kinda giggled and told him what had happened. “Are you okay though?? Do you need a place to stay? are you okay??” He asked quickly.
“I’m fine Adrien!!” I insisted, I kept saying it until he stopped saying are you sure (which was a lot).
“I’m getting on the next flight out there. Toby can run the shop on his own. See you soon Al!” Adrien hung up and I set my phone down. I laughed a bit and continued to look for prospective apartments. As I was scrolling I noticed a building that was close to the richer part but was still close to the area where a lot of the band members lived. I clicked on the link and I clicked through the pictures. It was an older looking building, made of brick. The apartment that I was looking at was a loft. There was a kitchen that led into the living room where there was a fireplace. There was a tiny bathroom downstairs but up the yellow spiral staircase led you to the loft. It had a great view with 2 big bay windows. I was hooked on this place and determined to make it mine. The price was kind of much but I knew I had the money.. I clicked back to the information page and saw that there was an open house today.
“Ghosty I gotta take a shower.” I scooped up Ghost into my arms and set him down in front of Mel’s door. She decided to sleep in and Ghost loved cuddling so.. Perfect match! I went to get my stuff out of my bags and I headed for the shower. As I stood in front of the mirror with just my bra and underwear on I noticed that you could see my collar bones and many other bones prominently. Mind you I don’t think I’m fat by any means.. I just love how I look right now. I’ve never been a girl with a lot of meat on my bones. I was just born this way, just like how Mel was born with hips and I was born as a stick. I don’t starve myself and I don’t purge, I eat when I’m hungry.. Plain as that… I took off the rest of what I was wearing and hopped into the shower. About 20 minutes later I got out, dried off, and got dressed. Putting on a pair of shorts with fishnets under them, a Motionless in White tee and started my makeup. I put on everything lightly, except bright red matte lipstick and black winged eyeliner. I got out of the bathroom to hear my phone buzzing on the counter. I quickly threw my stuff over to my bag and answered my phone.
“Alex??” I heard the voice on the other end ask. His voice sounded familiar but I couldn’t place it.
“Yeah, and this is?” I asked rubbing my hair with a towel.
“It’s Ahren, I’m in town..” He said over some other noise in the background. I assumed it was his band because he was laughing and shushing people.
“Oh hi! Uh hi..” I said shocked. Why was he in town? Does he know about Tony and I? Does he want to get with me??
“Hi… We should get a drink or something sometime..” He said laughing at my awkwardness and his too.
“Uh yeah.. sure. When?” I asked slipping on my docs.
“Uh I was thinking we could get coffee later.” He said as I grabbed my keys off of the counter.
“Okay, I’m going to an open house right now for an apartment so is like 3 okay?”
“Are you and Tony getting a new place or something?” He asked curiously.
“Uh no actually.. We kinda broke it off..” I said as I headed for the car and got in.
“Wow.. What happened if you don’t mind?” He asked. I started the car and sighed.
“Cheated. But anyways I gotta go look at this house.” I said trying to drop the conversation.
“Damn.. I’ll come and get you from Mel’s house. I’m guessing you were there.”
“Yeah. Bye!” I quickly hung up the phone and pulled onto the road, sighing as I thought of living alone hit me. I was single for the first time in forever. It felt weird not having someone to be with but at least I had Ghost. After a short drive I got to the building and there was no one there. I pulled up to the side of the road and put it in park. I looked around more and saw a real estate agent on the front door step. I pulled out the key and got out of the car. The lady perked up and smiled at the sight of me.
“Hello! My name is Cassandra!” She said as she held out her hand for me to shake. I gladly shook it and marveled at the beauty of this place. “So would you like a guided tour? Seeing that nobody else is coming today. "She looked at the watch on her wrist and smiled back up at me.
“Sure!” I responded and followed her into the building.
“So you are looking at the highest apartment in this building which, not to hype it up too much, is only the 5th floor. This is an old fashioned building so it is all stair but it’s so worth it once you see the place!” She led me through the foyer to the staircase. As we ascended up the stairs we were greeted by big beautiful windows on the landing of each floor. We finally made it to the 5th floor and I only saw one door and it was red.
“What’s up with this floor?” I asked the woman as she walked over to it and started to search for the keys.
“This was the original landlords part of the building. So it is marked but through many landlords in and out the one now decided to let someone take it over. He is still the landlord but has decided to keep his bigger luxury home in LA. So now’s your chance to take the nicest spot in this area.” She unlocked the door and pushed our way in. Even though I had looked online this place was way better in person. Brick walls and huge windows created the base floor while the spiral staircase led to an amazing loft that overlooked the whole place.
“Does no one else want this place?” I asked her spinning around.
“Many people say that this place is like haunted or cursed because one of the previous landlords wives hung herself from the loft but still lived. And they think its like cursed or something. I have no clue… Sounds stupid to me but you know Southern Californianas which I guess are superstitious.. I don’t know, I’m from Michigan.. So do you like it??” She laughed and I nodded viciously. “Good for you too because it’s dirt cheap for the view.” She took me over to a table and played out the prices to buy and rent. She was right and it was cheap.
“I have enough money to buy for their price…” I said happily. Cass looked at me and she smiled too.
"Want to put it in today?” She asked happily. I nodded and she smiled. “Let me make the call now.” She smiled and sat at the table, pulling her phone out. I walked more around the apartment and I couldn’t believe it was going to be mine.

Notes

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