A New Beginning (2)

"What is that person doing here?"

I approach the tall figure while dragging my big suitcases.

"You! What are you doing here?"

"Are you dumb or something? Can't you see I'm one of the residents?"

He shows me his keys and smirks. I can see that his gaze is fixed on my keys and his gesture shows that he's trying to snatch them, however, before he does that, I put my keys inside my pocket.

"Tell me your room number." asked the lad

"What? I have no intention and no reason to tell you my room number."

"Are you sure? Because I'm willing to help you with some stuff."

"Now what? You're trying to be a good person?"

"I'm a good person, I'm not trying to be a good person."

I see there's no point in arguing with this annoying young man. Thus I go to the lift and press the lift button and wait. When the door opens, I step into the lift and press 4. The door closed and I rest my back on the wall then contemplate everything. How can this young man show up once again?

"Level 4, Level 4."

The door suddenly opens and I step out of the lift. I bring the suitcases with me and try to find room 412. Finally, I find the door with the number 412 embedded on the upper side of the wooden door.

Right before I step inside, I hear someone calling my name.

"Miss Sera. Miss Jacqueline Sera Lilliane."

The tall figure that I met in the lobby area is here, right in front of room 413. The brunette lad is standing right next to her.

"I almost get a heart attack because of you and what are you doing here? Are you following me?"

"Following you? Not at all. I live here, room 413."

Why can't this young man just disappear from my sight and just be gone? It's getting annoying since the last time I saw him in the lobby and now he's my neighbor. I'm sure he won't stop bothering me. Without saying anything, I go inside my room and slam the door. I don't care if he's still outside with a confused expression, I don't care. All I want is just peace and far from a disturbing person like him.

"Oh my. . . Just let me live in peace."

I unload my stuff from my big suitcases and I start from the biggest one. I take out my clothes, dress, nightgown, pants, undergarments, socks, shoes, slippers, towels, toiletries, and makeup then I open the silver suitcase and unload the rest. I arrange my clothes, toiletries, and make-up afterward. Inside the room, there's a bathroom near the front door, and a living room with a table, sofa, and chair. Beside the living room, there's a kitchen with a refrigerator, a microwave, and a sink. There's also a bedroom with a single bed and a pillow, a wardrobe and a tv near the bed.

I open the kitchen cabinet and find plates, glass, cutlery, and some cooking ware but no food at all. I take my wallet from my bag and bring my key with me. I open the front door and look left, just to make sure that the annoying lad is not around. Luckily he's not around so I step outside my room and lock it. I walk down the hallway to the lift and press the button.

"Level 1, Level 1"

The door opens and there's no presence of the man so I step out from the lift and walk to the receptionist's desk.

"Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the grocery store?"

"Sure thing, first, you walk straight then you go right, then right again and walk straight for 40m and you will find a crossroad. Cross the road and the grocery store will be on the left."

"Thank you very much."

Thus I follow the receptionist's instructions and I arrive at the grocery store. It's not that big but they have almost everything there. I look around for a shopping basket and once I find it, I take it and then walk to the fruit and vegetable area. I take some apples, spinach, broccoli, mushroom, and onion. I take eggs, chicken, beef and some fish afterward, then some milk, nugget, instant noodle, chips, sauces, salt, pepper and lastly biscuit.

My legs lead me to the cashier area and I pay for everything that I buy. Near the cashier area, there's a small chinese restaurant. I bring all my groceries with me and walk to the Chinese restaurant. It's a self-serve restaurant so I put all my groceries on a table nearby and then take the plate. I choose fried rice, braised pork belly, tofu, steamed egg, and some sweet and sour chicken for the meal.

I sit on the chair and start to eat my meal. All of a sudden, someone sits in front of me and I catch a glimpse of his hair and its blonde.