Chapter 7 Katie

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Apartment seemed to be an understatement. Sanctuary seemed to be the right word for Alex's house. I let out a sigh as I stepped in through the front door, I felt that I could actually breathe in this place, away from the stresses and strains of every day life. Where as in this place time seemed to stand still. The hallway was painted in a pale yellow colour inviting me in, on the walls hung pictures of Alex and her family. We turned left to see her living room with a huge flat screen tv, an old fireplace and a bookcase that was as wide as the wall, every shelf was filled with books, the classics, travel, music, summer reads, thrillers to non fiction and reference books. She took me into the kitchen, a large space with granite work tops, wooden cupboards that ran along the wall, a huge oak dining table and glass windows from floor to ceiling providing a magnificent view of London. I gasped at the view and nearly squished Alex to death in my excitement.

"It's beautiful!" I whispered "It is indeed, do you want to sleep down here tonight so you can stare at it all the time?" she replied as I gawked at the view. "Hey I haven't seen upstairs yet!, then I can make a decision!" I answered wittingly as she pulled me close to her. "Well then my lady, let me show you my humble headquarters" she took my hand and led me up the stairs while I giggled endlessly.

Upstairs was completely different to downstairs, downstairs everybody hid their personality in a designer kitchen and fairly ordinary rooms, it was all a facade, an act to shield people from seeing into their private lives. But upstairs was different, the tone was a contrast to downstairs, up there nothing was really hidden, no doors were locked, no forbidden rooms, this house had a real sense of freedom and that's why I liked it so much.

I could tell which was her room, it wasn't like her parents room where everything was in velvet blue. Alex's room was completely the opposite, as she had one wall which was covered in posters of rock bands, pretty girls and men with tattoos all over them, another wall full of bookshelves, which had all sorts of books either standing up or knocked down like dominos, the wall directly opposite to the bookshelves had an under sea mural on it where Alex's and Keira's beds sat against it. And the best wall next to it was white with little hand drawn characters and figures were scrawled all over the wall, it was like a huge cartoon all happening at once.

"So what do you think?" she asked grinning. "I love it, Alex your room is so unique, I don't think anyone in the world has the same room as you!" I replied glancing at the walls. "I'm glad you like it" She pulled me in for a kiss and starting steering me towards a door. "Where are we going?" I asked feeling a little insecure and nervous. "The tour's not over yet, I still have one more thing to show you!" she beamed at me as we came out onto a balcony and I swear I forgot to breathe as I took in the view of office buildings, their windows glittering in the sunset and making everything shimmer onto the streets below.

And in that split second, I knew that I loved her.