Introduction - Normal
The tired, decrepit, Toyota Camry turned into the drive way. Haddasah put it in park and turned the key. She grabbed her backpack and headed to the front door and unlocked it. Closing it behind her and locking it, she flipped the light switch. A row of three can lights flickered, she snapped her fingers in an upward direction and immediately they lit up the one room house.
She kicked off her tennis shoes and stripped off her socks. The linoleum floor felt cool under her hot feet. It was a long shift. It was good to be home. She set her backpack down on the small kitchen table as she walked to her fridge.
"Leftover rice and beans it is." Haddasah said to herself.
As she waited for her dinner to heat up in the microwave, she folded the contents of a laundry basket. They still smelled fresh from the clothesline. There was a laundry mat in town but she didn't mind hand washing her stuff. She didn't have too much anyway.
She ate her dinner silently. She reached for her cup of water and instead of grabbing it she knocked it over. "Clumsy." she scolded herself. She raised an open hand, the water became an airborne glob. She directed it towards the sink halfway across the room. Once it was hovering over it, she released it from her mind and it splashed down the drain.
It was getting late. She looked at the clock on the wall. 11:46 P.M. Time for bed. She turned out the can lights and turned on a lamp by her bed. She changed into a pair of worn sweatpants and an oversized men's t-shirt.
She then bent over a maidenhair fern which she kept on her nightstand saying softly, "How was your day today?" The plant bent slightly towards her. She knew the plant couldn't hear her. It was just reacting to her voice. She smiled at it.
Haddasah wriggled underneath her faded patchwork quilt. Tomorrow was Saturday. A day off. The first one in awhile. She was glad of it. Turning off her lamp she sighed contentedly. Maybe this arrangement could actually work.