Next day I woke up feeling light. The sunlight is peaking out of the curtain, I can hear the chirping of birds and a cool breeze enters my room, making me shiver under the blankets.

I hide myself under the sheets, feeling a bit warm and sigh in relief.

Winter is almost here. I still feel a little cold inside the blanket so I snuggle myself with a pillow.

Knock! Knock!

I groan and curse under my breath. I get up from my bed and stretch myself.

Knock! Knock!

Does she not have any patience? I walk to my door, open it only to see the man child, wearing only trousers.

I shut my door on his face.

Knock! Knock!

I open my door, getting annoyed. My morning is officially ruined.

"What?!" I bark at him. He smiles smugly at me.

"This has become a habit of yours, Ellie. Shutting the door on my face. It's not a good habit." He pouts.

I roll my eyes at his behavior. "What are you doing here?" I narrow my eyes at him.

"The question is what I actually did to your friend. Look what she did to my back. There are scratches all over it." He turns around and points to the scratches.

My eyes widen. Damn. They are deep. Ari must have...Wait?! What am I thinking?

"Ewww. Just tell me what do you want and get out of my sight." I cringe in disgust.

"We need your toothpaste and hair straightener."

"We?"

"Well Anna needs your toothpaste and I need your hair straightener." He clears my confusion.

"She has a hair straightener. Use hers. Why do you even need one?" I fold my arms across my chest.

"I need to straighten up my locks since your dear roommate ruined my style last night and I don't use the brand which she has, I use the brand which you have." Is this guy serious?

Its better not to ask any more questions. I give him the appliance and the toothpaste and shut the door.

I feel like my bed is calling me back to it's warmth, so I make my way to it. I was about to lie down when I heard another knock.

I groan loudly and get up from my bed again. I open the door and see that Mark was leaning on the wall. His hair is all straightened up.

"What?!" My face is probably red in anger now.

"We need a nail cutter too." He smiles, showing his perfect white teeth.

I shut my door on his face again.

******

"Good morning Caroline." I wish the receptionist in a very cheery mood.

She rolls her eyes at me. "Boss wants to see you." She speaks in a very bored tone.

"Okay." Instead of walking to my cabin, I walk to the cabin which is right next to mine.

I knock the door three times.

"Come in." I open the door and I see the familiar surroundings. The same wallpaper, leather sofa and the book shelf. It looks like he has added the books he had issued from the library.

I stand in front of his desk. He is busy reading the file I had placed yesterday.

"Good morning Mr King. You wanted to see me?" He looks up and gives me a nod.

"Yes, Miss Green. I wanted to you to email me the monthly reports and clear my schedule for the evening."

"Okay, Mr King. Anything else?" I ask him.

"No. You may leave."

I walk back to my cabin and suddenly something strikes my mind. I turn back and walk to his office. I knock on the door, but don't wait for his reply and open it.

"Eric. Can I have an early leave today?" His head perks up from the laptop.

He clears his throat. "Why?"

"Well, I finally decided to meet Rick." I give him a big smile.

He raises his eyebrow. " Really? I'm glad you finally came to a decision."

"Thank you. Can I leave early?" I give him my puppy dog eyes, hoping he would say yes.

That's so professional of me.....

"Why do you want to leave early?" He folds his sleeves and loosens his tie. It's only morning. He should not have the right to look so hot in the morning. Hell, he should not have the right to do anything like this, it's making my body temperature a bit high.

"I–I–I am–I am meeting him in the e–even–evening." I want to bang my head on the wall for stammering.

"What did you say?" He gives me an amused look.

I take a deep breath and speak it out. "I am meeting him in the evening."

"Okay. Leave granted." That's it?

Darling what did you expect?

"Okay. Thank you. I'll leave now." I walk back to the door.

"Liza." The same foreign feeling invades my heart and I feel something at the pit of my stomach.

"Yes, Eric." I look at him expectantly, hoping that he would say something I wanted to hear for sometime now.

He shakes his head. "Nevermind. You may leave."

Oh. Okay.

I sit back on my chair and look at the mess in front of me. God!! This guy is interfering my mind from work.

Ping!

I take a peek at my phone and see a message from Rick.

' so r we all set for the evening?'

'yup. U sure u don't wanna hold those chocolates and lilies?'

'nope. I think if we know each other so well, then why can't we recognize each other on our own?'

The thing is when I asked him when should we meet, he immediately replied this evening. I don't know why he is in a hurry.

Later when I asked him how we'll recognize each other, he used the exact same phrase he used now. Why didn't he say this during the planning of our previous meeting?

He thinks that our personalities will help us identify each other. Does he expect me to talk to every person I see at the park? And he wants to meet me at the exact same park too.

I also thought about what I'll say to him first when I meet him. Something which I wanted to ask for sometime now, but I guess I have to wait few more hours.

I pick few files from the shelf and slump down to my chair.

' fine. See u soon.' I grin when I type this message before hitting the send button.

' yes. See u soon pretty lady.'

*****

I look at myself at the mirror for the last time before walking out of my room.

This time I decided not to wear any sort of dress instead I opted for a light blue jeans, a top and a denim jacket. I applied my daily lip balm and moisturizer.

I look at the girl in front of me. I look at how she moved on in her life after grieving for her brother's death. I see how she managed her only 24 year old life so well. I could clearly imagine Thomas sitting on my bed, talking to Maria and looking at the magazines I always had lying on my bed.

A knock on my door interrupts my thought. Ari enters my room holding a new can of pepper spray.

"Thought you might need this." She hands me the pepper spray and I take place it in my bag.

She sits on my bed and heaves a sigh.

"You know, I'm glad you are finally going to meet him. I'm excited to know about him. Promise me you'll tell me every single detail about him." I nod my head.

"There are still chances that he might turn out to be someone we know. I mean out of all the men population, we happen to know only six or seven of them. Who knows what game fate might play with you and he might end up being your next door neighbor."

I roll my eyes after hearing the same phrase for the fourth time. "But you didn't say anything about our apartment's next door neighbor."

A certain emotion flashes on her eyes and she nods her head in agreement. "Yeah. I didn't."

I peck her on her cheeks and say goodbye. This time instead of walking to the park, I take a cab.

Soon I reach my destination. A cool breeze passes through me and I rub my hands to generate some heat.

I walk around the park and see children playing around, their parents watching them from a corner. Couples on their dates, holding hands and stealing few kisses. The elders are sitting on the benches, enjoying the view of sunset.

I didn't even realize that I had actually reached the bridge. The exact same bridge where I was standing almost a month ago. I stand at the exact same spot where I mistook Jason for Rick.

I put my hands on my pocket and sigh. Looks like I have to wait. I watch how the sun has made the sky colour from light blue to deep orange.

Suddenly I felt a presence beside me. I look from the corner of my eye and see a man wearing grey hoodie, which covered a good portion of his face and blue jeans.

Really? Only a hoodie? I was expecting a mask from him, considering how he...

I take my hands out of my pocket and fold them across my chest. I take a deep breath, looking straight to the magnificent sunset.

"Hey Rick."