(( writers note: To warn you, this chapter is a little boring, but
important so I kept it almost as brief as possible. Also I am sorry I
haven't added this chapter sooner. I've been and still am sick. So if your
following this fan fiction is best you read this chapter. Thank you. –
Tyler. ))
Chapter 6 – Moving Day
The water spat from the shower head, as Erin turned the taps to change the temperature of the water to her liking. Once she tested the temperature of the water by sticking a hand under the running liquid she stripped down, stepping into the soothing shower. She scrubbed the soapy suds all over her body and then rinsed herself clean from the suds leaving her standing there with a layer of water dripping down the curves of her body. As she began to apply shampoo to her hair, with bad luck in timing, the phone ran. At first she ignored the ringing, thinking she was imagining it. But as the third ring approached she rushed out from the shower folding a towel around her wet body. She raced into the cool living room and rushed to pick up the phone. She held the phone to her ear and held it up with her shoulder as she adjusted the white towel that covered her. "Hello?" She asked out to the person who was on the other line. She just stood there for a moment, no one replied. "Hello? Hell-" The phone then let out a dragging beep. Erin sighed in frustration and the slammed the phone down on its receiver and it made a small ring that ran through the empty apartment. She walked down and into the hall until she reached her bathroom which was still warm from the steam from her previous shower. She closed the door of the bathroom and let her towel drop to her feet. Now her body was already dry, so she kicked the towel over into a corner, She slid on a pair of underwear and a bra, then she exited the bathroom shutting the light off, after picking up the towel which she had left on the floor a moment before. She closed the door behind her and walked into her bare bedroom, the door was already open and she picked out a selected pair of jeans and a shirt from a backpack they lay in the middle of the floor. She stuffed the wet towel into the now empty backpack. She unfolded her shirt and pulled it over her head, the shirt fit snuggly around her, and so did her jeans. She bent down to pick the backpack off of the floor and glanced around the room once more. She stood up straight. And slid one strap of the backpack on over her shoulder. She took in the image of the room once more before closing its door for the final time. She then walked over to the telephone which sat on the ledge near the window, She bent down pulling the plug out from the wall so that no one would call the unoccupied house looking for someone who no longer lived there. She had told everyone that she was moving anyway, besides her mother she just wasn't willing to talk to her at this stage in her life. She peered out the window and watched the moving truck that held all of her possessions pull away and onto the road.
She turned away from the window after hearing a faint knock on her door. She walked over to the door and peered through the peek hole she smiled slightly, pulling away from the door to unlock it. Once the clanking locks were all undone Erin opened the door as wide as it could go. "Michelle." Erin said in a greeting her friend, and moving out of the way to let her in. "Hey Erin." She replied entering the apartment. When Michelle entered the apartment another person follows. A male figure tall and handsome. Michelle turned around and took his hand. "Erin this is Todd. We've been together for about thirteen months now." Erin smiled as she closed the door turning to face the two, "Hello Todd. Wow has it really been that long since I've last seen you. Last time I talked to you was-" Erin stopped and Michelle finished her sentence. "Was when you were on your trip across Texas..." "Yeah." Erin replied, sorry she ever brought it up. A long uncomfortable silence dragged on as each person stood uncomfortably in the stuffy, but bare apartment. "So Erin are you all set?" "Yeah, Yeah...I am. Thank you guys for, well for letting me stay with you. I didn't know where else to turn." "Oh Erin its alright. We can catch up on things! I mean sure its been long but we are still close friends, and after what happened over the past few months, I mean, you should be with friends and not stuck in a stuffy old apartment going insane." Michelle was always one to ramble on sentences, and Erin just stood there smiling the whole time listening to her go on. She felt better all ready.
For a while they all sat around on the floor getting to know each other and catch up on things a little more. Erin felt like she belonged somewhere with her old friend and now a new friend. As they all got up to leave the apartment Erin stayed behind for a few moments, gazing in on her home. She was going to miss it, sharing some of her greatest and also some of her worst memories in this small apartment. Erin shook her head and adjusted the back pack on her back, she smiled one last time turning her back on the apartment. She walked into the hallway and closed the door on her past, walking down the hall to lead a new life.
Sometimes the best way to lead in a new life, is to settle old ghosts.
Chapter 6 – Moving Day
The water spat from the shower head, as Erin turned the taps to change the temperature of the water to her liking. Once she tested the temperature of the water by sticking a hand under the running liquid she stripped down, stepping into the soothing shower. She scrubbed the soapy suds all over her body and then rinsed herself clean from the suds leaving her standing there with a layer of water dripping down the curves of her body. As she began to apply shampoo to her hair, with bad luck in timing, the phone ran. At first she ignored the ringing, thinking she was imagining it. But as the third ring approached she rushed out from the shower folding a towel around her wet body. She raced into the cool living room and rushed to pick up the phone. She held the phone to her ear and held it up with her shoulder as she adjusted the white towel that covered her. "Hello?" She asked out to the person who was on the other line. She just stood there for a moment, no one replied. "Hello? Hell-" The phone then let out a dragging beep. Erin sighed in frustration and the slammed the phone down on its receiver and it made a small ring that ran through the empty apartment. She walked down and into the hall until she reached her bathroom which was still warm from the steam from her previous shower. She closed the door of the bathroom and let her towel drop to her feet. Now her body was already dry, so she kicked the towel over into a corner, She slid on a pair of underwear and a bra, then she exited the bathroom shutting the light off, after picking up the towel which she had left on the floor a moment before. She closed the door behind her and walked into her bare bedroom, the door was already open and she picked out a selected pair of jeans and a shirt from a backpack they lay in the middle of the floor. She stuffed the wet towel into the now empty backpack. She unfolded her shirt and pulled it over her head, the shirt fit snuggly around her, and so did her jeans. She bent down to pick the backpack off of the floor and glanced around the room once more. She stood up straight. And slid one strap of the backpack on over her shoulder. She took in the image of the room once more before closing its door for the final time. She then walked over to the telephone which sat on the ledge near the window, She bent down pulling the plug out from the wall so that no one would call the unoccupied house looking for someone who no longer lived there. She had told everyone that she was moving anyway, besides her mother she just wasn't willing to talk to her at this stage in her life. She peered out the window and watched the moving truck that held all of her possessions pull away and onto the road.
She turned away from the window after hearing a faint knock on her door. She walked over to the door and peered through the peek hole she smiled slightly, pulling away from the door to unlock it. Once the clanking locks were all undone Erin opened the door as wide as it could go. "Michelle." Erin said in a greeting her friend, and moving out of the way to let her in. "Hey Erin." She replied entering the apartment. When Michelle entered the apartment another person follows. A male figure tall and handsome. Michelle turned around and took his hand. "Erin this is Todd. We've been together for about thirteen months now." Erin smiled as she closed the door turning to face the two, "Hello Todd. Wow has it really been that long since I've last seen you. Last time I talked to you was-" Erin stopped and Michelle finished her sentence. "Was when you were on your trip across Texas..." "Yeah." Erin replied, sorry she ever brought it up. A long uncomfortable silence dragged on as each person stood uncomfortably in the stuffy, but bare apartment. "So Erin are you all set?" "Yeah, Yeah...I am. Thank you guys for, well for letting me stay with you. I didn't know where else to turn." "Oh Erin its alright. We can catch up on things! I mean sure its been long but we are still close friends, and after what happened over the past few months, I mean, you should be with friends and not stuck in a stuffy old apartment going insane." Michelle was always one to ramble on sentences, and Erin just stood there smiling the whole time listening to her go on. She felt better all ready.
For a while they all sat around on the floor getting to know each other and catch up on things a little more. Erin felt like she belonged somewhere with her old friend and now a new friend. As they all got up to leave the apartment Erin stayed behind for a few moments, gazing in on her home. She was going to miss it, sharing some of her greatest and also some of her worst memories in this small apartment. Erin shook her head and adjusted the back pack on her back, she smiled one last time turning her back on the apartment. She walked into the hallway and closed the door on her past, walking down the hall to lead a new life.
Sometimes the best way to lead in a new life, is to settle old ghosts.