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The day has been awful since the sun came up. It would seem the same for anyone else, since its been cold and raining the whole time. Now the ice was thawed over and small floods were all over. Bad time to not be wearing high boots everywhere. Unfortunately Leona Garn had made that mistake, she wore her simple black boots to work today. Her feet were numb and her legs freezing from the radiating cold of her wet socks. Rushing into her apartment, she locked it behind her, then rushed for the bathroom to warm up and toss her wet clothes away for cleaning.

Four minutes later she sighed in relief, submerged in the tub of very warm water, wiggling her toes. Been a while since she could feel them. They were kind of blush white. Even at work she couldn't take her shoes off. So she had to warm up her toed, by doing a head stand in the loo under the hand drier. She ignored any woman that entered and saw her. She doesn't want to lose her toes.

Leona Garn is a female mechanical engineer working at Kia motors. She chose it over chemical engineer, which she studied at Cambridge University. Unfortunately she was saddened by the fact that she was put in the section of improving on inventions by idiots on the newest popular inventions by society. The management cant overlook her gender, to see her skill in engineering with automation, hell she had even tried to show how she had improved upon a project that an associate was working on. Instead she got told off with a small suspension, and the improvement was taken through by that same associate. So she had not tried it again.

The red head didn't live for her work, just for her inventions she works on privately in her home scarp room. Outside of that, she doesn't quite get enough time to spend with her friends. They are also friends that have their own married lives and families. So them to spare moments for her is just not possible. Its been kind of lonely lately. Ever since her last friend got married. The wedding was great, but outside of that, she was without a hang out partner. No more going out for drinks, no dancing or music, no going to appreciating art and drama, no gyming together.

So now her morning is by waking for a quick exercise in front of her television, watching a DVD of South American dancing. Going to work, eating lunch that she ordered for delivery, working, coming home and having fun with her inventions, talking to her family or friends on the phone a little bit, then off to sleep with an adventurous novel. Mundane life. Would anyone even miss her if she decided to just pack up her life and go travelling. That reminds her about the time she had been sick for three days with the flu from weather change, and only her mother and boss called to ask about her. Its frustratingly sad.

Getting out of the tub, she decided to go for a drive today, have some LARP fun time, go in solo. But she thought it over, its so cold outside. Shaking her head, she headed into the kitchen, making some pasta for dinner. The television wasn't showing much, all Christmas themed stuff.

"Joy to the world …"

"… has a very shiny nose …"

"… for Christmas is you, oh yeah"

"Tomorrows forecast is much the same as todays, with a chance of heavy rainfall all day, and a reducing 5 decreases by nighttime at 4 in the evening. Heavy clothing with a change of socks is suggested. Keep warm. Now moving onto the fog crisis in Mumbai…"

She turned off the television, and opened up her laptop, falling into the Youtube rabbit hole for a couple hours till she got some invention ideas. What an unproductive night, Leona thought as she waiting in bed for the sandman. Its been weeks since she did anything fun. That fun time had been at the club because one of her friend's husband got a promotion, so they went out for drinks and dancing, till 10 o'clock when the babysitters were to be relieved. Does she need new friends. Why cant she move on in life like them? She is a pretty red head, but always has issues with the guys that she dates. Maybe it's the men she choses to date, they were her type conventionally, but its not working out. She is a 27 year old, she should be getting married and start a family. At least that's what her mother keeps reminding her, and her friends keep showing her. But her live doesn't have to move on because of a man, she can progress too. Make her own family herself. Though that will be difficult, raising a child on her own. So essentially she is stuck in a rut.

…Adventure…

The next day was bringing much the same to her. At least she remembered to wear better boots to prevent soaked socks and a worse cold. She has been sneezing a lot since the morning. Well she doesn't want the day to end the same ways as yesterday. That is why at lunch time, she called up her friends, asking if they were up for some fun LARP games. Their kids can come too. That family outing feel worked. Of course by the time it was night, the plans had changed to going for a movie together. A kiddie movie, and dinner at the mall where the kids can play too. Well shit, no drinks, and fun. The trailer showed she might fall asleep during the movie, it was not at all about adventure, just that kids will watch cars turn into robots and fight each other.

So she didn't bother changing out of her Friday clothes, jeans and a pin strip blouse with boots. The disappointment was there as she met with the others at the cinema floor. Buying the tickets was a hassle, because her friends couldn't agree on seating. Did the whole drama of affording better seats required. She was already thinking to plan a theater switch for another movie, they had Hobbit playing today. Medieval time and hobbiton adventures sound better than watching robot cars.

Rubbing her arms in boredom, she watched as finally they had agreed to sit in three different rows in a column of sorts. Sitting near the top with two of her friends and their child, she will be beside the kid. Great. Its not that she hates kids, she has fun with them, but these groups of kids were annoying. She misses kids who were like the ones that she grew up with, they didn't have any of the same behaviors, they were must more needy and plain irritating with their tempers. Right now she couldn't even buy herself a beer to drink inside. So it was a breeser instead. Ike.

The children were too energetic and easy distracted throughout the movie. The kid next to her had become her responsibility when she noticed his parents were busy making out. Seriously. Taking him to the loo, she waited outside leaning against the wall. What was the kid doing in there, its been ten minutes. Going to the door, she knocked calling out for Derek. When she heard him cry for her, she rushed inside. Her eyes widened at seeing the kid held back from her by two men, both wearing a mask on their faces, holding guns and trying to put on a bomb jacket on the kid.

I hope that was a fun start. Oh, what will happen to irritating, now scared Derek, and Leona, where is this going. Haha This is fun. Stay tuned for another chapter.