"Well, here we are." James said as he pulled up outside a block of apartments in the middle of down town Vegas.
I stared out of the car window at the apartments. The building looked modern and well looked after. It was a real tall building and I just prayed that we weren't at the top of it.
"Erm, what floor are we on?" I asked.
"The top floor." James replied as he pointed upwards. I gulped. "What's up Poppy? Do you not like heights?"
I started to shake a little bit. I was really scared of heights and James knew it! James leant over and placed his hand on top of mine.
"You'll be fine, I promise." He said as he reached for is door handle. He opened the door and climbed out of the car and headed for the trunk. I sat there in silence for a moment.
I reached for the door handle and opened my door. When I climbed out I saw James lifting out bags out of the trunk. One by one he lifted down the cases and the holdalls. When he had finished he slammed the lid shut and grabbed some bags.
We walked over to the apartment's main entrance and pressed the buzzer. There was no reply.
"Stupid buzzer boy isn't on duty." James mumbled.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. It took him a while to find the right key as the ring was full of them. I didn't think he had so many keys. He put the correct key into the door, turned the handle and entered the hall way.
In front of us there was a flight of stone steps. The walls were covered in cream paper that was falling off in many places. The building looked a lot different from what I expected it to look like.
"Looks like the decorators haven't finished work yet." James stated.
"Oh great stairs" I muttered. James laughed.
"Don't worry there is a life just around the corner." As we walked around the corner I heard a couple shouting, very loudly.
"You idiot; you bet our rent money to win a car! We already have a car!" The woman yelled.
"Well I thought it would stop us arguing over the car." The gentleman replied.
"Well you know what thought did, it made me marry you!" She shouted.
"What lovely neighbours we have." I laughed.
"Don't worry you wont hear them on the top floor." James said.
As we stepped into the lift I suddenly had a strange thought. How were we going to pay the rent? Neither of us had a job and the chances of finding one was very slim. I looked over at James a bit worried.
"How are we going to pay the rent?" I whispered.
James laughed.
"Poppy I own this block of apartments. We don't pay any rent." He smiled. "Hence why I moaned about the buzzer boy and decorator."
I breathed a sigh of relief. That was one less thing to worry about.
As the lift reached the top floor I started to feel ill. My fear of heights was taking over me again. I took a few deep breathes to calm myself down. I told myself I was safe when I was with James. I know he wouldn't let any harm come to me. He had already proven that.
"Are you coming Poppy?" I looked up to see the apartment door wide open. James had no bags in his arms so he had already put them away. He was leaning on the doorway making he look really handsome. I bent down and grabbed my bags to walk over to the door.
"Welcome home" James said as he extended his arm to show me where to go.
