So, chapter one. Let me know if you like it and want me to keep writing it.

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It was a fairly warm day for September, the sun was shining and the autumn seemed nowhere in sight. It was one of those days where you would try to be outside as much as possible, take the long way around instead of any shortcuts and even walk instead of taking the bus or train.

This was one of Sophie's reasons for circling the apartment building, she wanted to feel the last rays of sun on her face, but she had another reason as well. She was avoiding someone.

Even though it had been two week she still dreaded going back inside that familiar house. She paused and looked up the brick-wall and rested her eyes on the 7th floor. That's his apartment, the one place she promised that she'd never visit again, and yet, here she was.

Sophie and her boyfriend, well ex-boyfriend, had broken up two weeks before and these weeks without him had been the best for a long time. But she knew what she had to do, she had to go inside and inevitably see him with some new blond bimbo by his side. The thought made her feel so humiliated and stupid, and she couldn't believe that she had been so blind not to see what he was doing.

They had been together for almost a year and he had been cheating on her from the beginning. Sophie had been happy and in love, and had chosen to ignore the obvious signs. She didn't want to believe that he was cheating, but as always, the truth always comes out sooner or later.

Everything came crashing down on that particular Friday two weeks ago. Sophie had been on her way home from school to surprise him when she walked in on him in bed with another girl. At first she had been too shocked to even move, she just stood there, staring at them until the girl noticed her. That's when she turned around to walk away, she didn't get far though, he came running after her and gripped her by the arm twisting her around.

Sophie was still in shock but managed to tell him that it was over. She shook free from his grip and walked out the door, ignoring his screams, and didn't stop to think before she was safe at home in her own apartment.

At first she felt like crying her heart out, but something kept her from doing so. Somewhere inside, something refused to let her cry for him. He was an ass and she should have known, she should have seen the signs.

The realization hit her almost instantly, she wasn't sad that their relationship was over, she only felt betrayed. She didn't love him as much as she thought she had, and the feeling of freedom that spread inside her made her smile. She was finally free from him, free to do what ever she wanted.

The experience had left its scars on her though. The image of him in bed with another girl kept playing in her head and it hurt, it hurt a lot being cheated on. That obvious break of trust was something that she never thought she would have to live through; she picked better guys than that, but not this time. This time she had chosen the wrong one, and she hated herself for putting her heart in that position.

Sophie knew one thing for sure though, she'd never open up her heart that easily again, never.

After gathering her strength she walked into the building and stopped in front of the elevator. As she pressed the button the doors opened almost instantly and she got in. at this point she was too preoccupied with her own thought to even notice the other person standing next to her, and he didn't seem to notice her either. The elevator started to climb but after only a few seconds it suddenly stopped.

Sophie let out a loud sigh and tried pressing some of the buttons to get it going again. When nothing happened she leaned her forehead on the wall and cursed at pretty much everything. She started pressing the emergency button but found no luck there either.

Suddenly the lights flickered and then everything went completely black.

After a couple of seconds in the darkness the lights came on again and Sophie and the stranger looked at each other finally realizing that there actually was another person with them. the stranger, who happened to be a guy, although it was hard to see as he was hiding under a big hood, finally spoke.

'I guess we're stuck'

'I guess so' Sophie answered with a sigh.

'It could be a lot worse though' he said with his piercing blue eyes locked on hers.

'Really, how?'

'You could be in here alone'

'I suppose that's true, at least we're on this together' she flashed him a small smile which he returned.

Then the lift start to cringe and within seconds the lights go out again and they are left in complete darkness.

'Fuck, fuck, fuck' Sophie started saying feeling the panic racing through her body.

Stranger's pov.

The lights went out for the second time and this time it didn't seem like they were going to come back on. He cursed, but not out loud, and started to wonder what to do next when he heard her saying 'fuck, fuck, fuck' repeatedly. He could tell her breathing was getting more and more strained and realized that she was panicking. "Shit" was his first thought, "how the hell am I going to fix this?"

'Ehm' he started trying to clear his throat 'have you ever heard this one?'

'What?' She managed to get out.

'A woman was standing in a crowded lift of the hotel she was staying in. When a man got in and accidentally elbowed her in the breast. The man said, "I'm sorry! But if your heart is as soft as your tit, you'll forgive me." so the woman replies, "If you dick is as hard as your elbow then I am staying in room 113.'

At first he heard nothing, but a couple of seconds later he could hear her giggling a bit.

'That was horrible!'

'Might be, but it worked'

'What worked?' she asked with a questioning tone.

'You calmed down, didn't you?'

'Oh, I did, wow, thanks'

'No worries' he said while hearing a sliding sound.

'What just happened?' the darkness was confusing all of his senses.

'I took a seat on the floor, I'm sick of standing'

'Oh, but then my trousers are going to get dirty' he said with a voice that was a lot more high pitched than normal. Suddenly he appreciated the darkness, now she couldn't see the deep shade of red that was covering his face.

'Yeah, cause that's you biggest problem right now'

He laughed out loud at her answer and then took a seat to what he figured would be next to her.

'Well, I guess I should introduce myself' she started 'I'm Sophie and I would shake your hand but since I can't see you and I don't want to hurt you I'm not going to try. So, I'm mentally shaking you hand'

'Cool, I'm mentally shaking it back. And, I'm Dougie by the way.'

'Nice to meet you'

'Despite the situation, it's nice to meet you too.'

He smiled to himself sitting there in the darkness, "at least I'm stuck in here with a girl with a sense of humor, this could be a lot worse".