Making A New Friend

Anna got to her new apartment in Waterford Lismore Ireland, it was a bungalow which had a furnished room and a parlor combined with kitchen utensils and bathroom. Here she felt safe and comfortable since she won't have to share anything with anyone just like it is in the hostel. When you talk about privacy, Anna Greg so much get freaked out with it. She singlehandedly put her belongings in her wardrobe and she flop her body on her mattress.

"This is so perfect, I love it here!" she said excitedly rolling back and forth on her bed. While she was still giggling and rolling on her bed the song of Zara Larsson ft Mnek titled Never Forget You came alive, immediately she sat up and dig her hand in her pocket and brought out her iPhone and placed it on her ear. "Hey mom, missing me already?" she shrieked smiling.

"I was missing you even before you left me. Have you gotten to your apartment?" her mom replied on her end.

"Yes, just got here. Mom the place is really beautiful and spacious just like I wanted it".

"Can you give me a tour around the house?"

"Of course, let's switch the call to video call" she suggested standing up to her feet. The call was switched to a video call and both ladies were smiling at each other. "Okay Mom, let's start from my room. I'm in my room right now, can you see it?" Anna asked moving the phone around for her mom to have a glimpse of it.

"Your room is beautiful" her mom said and Anna giggled.

"Not really beautiful to my taste though, I'm still going to get some fancy wallpapers and have a change of my blanket and even the wall paintings to white and blue" she blabbed and her mom laughed.

"You're always too creative which is one of the things I admire in you. Now take me to your living room let's see if there's going to be any changes as well".

"Okay, we're going out of my room now to the living room" she replied taking a walk out of her room to the living room. "Here we are mom, welcome to Anna's small palace" she laughed and her mom grin widely. "How do you see it?".

"Wow, it's beautiful, I love the white painting, the couch and the structure of the house. It's well furnished, I love it, I can't wait to come visit you".

"Soon mom, soon. Would you like to see the kitchen?"

"Yes, I'll love to see everywhere including the surroundings".

"I got you covered, we're heading to the kitchen now. Where's dad?"

"He stepped out few minutes ago".

"Okay. Here we are in the kitchen, it's not looking bad right?" she moves her phone from left to right for her mom to have a view of the medium size kitchen that was well designed with dark grey wall tiles that matches the kitchen cabinets.

"It looks beautiful, I'm sure you're going to enjoy your new place".

"Yes I will. Let me show you the last view which is the outside of where I'm staying" she shut the kitchen door closed and came out from the main entrance of the house.

"Mom can you see it?" she asked walking around the front of her new home. Her new home was in a secluded area surrounded with a well trimmed flowers and thick bushes was just down the road. And a few distance next to her apartment was another bungalow painted in white.

"It looks calm, but don't you think is a little bit too lonely and far away from the city?"

"C'mon mom, it's not lonely as you think, the town is just fifteen-twenty minutes drive from here. And besides, I won't even be staying much at home, I'll get a job soon probably by Monday and I'll be working after school".

"Okay, sounds better to me" she smiled and anna smiled and tug the strands of hair behind her ear. A few meters behind Anna someone stood behind a tree watching Anna. He was dressed in a black hoodie, dark-shaded glasses and a black mask was covering half of his face. He peaked his head behind the tree to stare directly at Anna who wasn't even cautious of her environment.

"Who is behind you watching you?" Her mom asked and Anna glanced back to see nothing.

"Who are you talking about mom?"

"I don't know, I just saw someone few seconds ago before you turnaround, he's probably hiding now".

"Mom, stop, you didn't see anything, maybe is just my neighbor who was passing".

"He wasn't passing, he was standing and staring at you. Just be careful honey, okay?".

"Okay Mom, just don't get overly worried over what you saw. I've got to arrange my stuffs. I'll talk to you tomorrow".

"Alright, bye sweetie, love you" she blew kisses on the phone and Anna giggled and blew hers.

"I love you Mom, bye" she hanged up and glanced around to find no one before she went back inside.

Couple of hours later, Anna was in one of the grocery store int the city to get some food items she'll be needing. Being a pretty young lady with round blue eyes and beautiful smile that showcasees her right dimple the stares she was getting from both young and old male and females was beginning to make her feel uncomfortable. She hastily did her grocery shopping with her cart and went standing in the queue. She was the next customer to be attended to and when she stood in front of the counter she stared directly at the sales rep, he is a young handsome dude with a charming smile that could easily attract more customers to the store, his name is Drake.

"Hey, can I ask you a question?" she asked.

"Sure" was his reply as he kept checking the prices of her items.

"Is there something obscene on my face?" she asked and that got the sales rep to stop what he was doing and paid attention to her.

"What do you mean?" he asked looking a bit confused.

"I mean is there a dirt on my face, scar, mask or something odd not meant to be seen?" she repeated the question more explanatory and he chuckled.

"No, your face looks perfect. What makes you have that feeling that you're not looking beautiful?".

"Since I got in here the stares has been so crazy that it almost made me trip on my steps a couple of times" she explained. Drake burst into laughter and that landed him so many stares from the customers and his colleagues.

"Sorry, it's nothing serious" he said to them and his gaze returned to Anna and his grin became so wide.

"You think that was funny?" she asked with a frown and he shrugged and smile.

"Well it's quite amusing. I guess they're wondering who is this beautiful princess in a small town like Lismore".

"Are you teasing me?".

"Hell no. I don't like telling ladies what I'm about to tell you because their reaction gets me running away from them, but I must confess you're really pretty that's why you're getting all those stares. Your boyfriend must be lucky to have you".

Now it was Anna's turn to laugh at his comment and he raised a brow at her. "Unfortunately I don't have a boyfriend" she replied and tug her strands of hair behind her ear.

"Okay, can I apply for that position?" he grin cockily at her and she chuckled.

"Hey dude, she's not the only one that needs to be attended to!" Someone yelled from the back of the queue and Anna and Drake snickered.

"You're a distraction. If you'll give me your contact number I'll love for us to finalize if I'll be hired to fill in that post" he winked at her and gave her a pen and a small jotter and she laughed.

"We'll see" she collected it and wrote down her number while he sum up her total amount of items she got. She paid with her credit card and collected her packed goods from his hand.

"See you soon sunshine" he half-yelled and a murderous glare came right from the men on the queue.

"Try this next time and you'll be fired" one of the men threatens and Drake snorted and bowed his head in apology.