Chapter One.

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Who is she?

There wasn't anything Ryder was particularly interested in until he met her by chance on that fateful morning. He began to wonder about her and the events of that morning quite a bit. He was walking to get his coffee like he did every other morning when she suddenly rammed into his arms stopping him in his tracks. Whenever he thinks about this encounter he always feels like he wasn't himself. He felt there was something about her that made him react the way he did.
  That morning he held her in his arms and was not willing to let go, she looked rather peculiar to him, her pale complexion paired with extremely black and long hair that seemed out of her control. He thought everything about her was extreme. But what stood out the most to him was her deep grey-blue eyes. They seemed mysteriously deep the more he looked into them. He found himself leaning in as if hypnotized by them, his large hand reached out for her small face. "What are you_" The girl began to say but was stopped by his thumb caressing her dry yet soft pale lips. Although he didn't notice at the time the girl looked confused rather than mesmerized by his tall stature leaning in, as many girls would with someone with his looks. He leaned his forehead onto hers unable to stop himself from going further. What was wrong with him, he wondered but he didn't care much for the thought.

Just when the situation seemed hopeless a loud car alarm jolted him out of his state of mind. He raised his head and looked up at the car, his friend was calling to him from a white Honda. He looked back down at the girl one more time as if memorizing her face. Whenever he thinks back to this moment he always realizes that she wasn't all as beautiful as he had thought and he had been with girls who were far more beautiful. But he believed it was her peculiar grey eyes and the beautiful morning sun that made it hypnotizing. That was all, she was nothing special, he thought to himself. And he was too smart to get caught up with any girl, he was never going to fall in with both feet and carelessly give his heart away as he had done once before.

"I mean pale skin dark hair, Is she a ghost?" Mitchel, his friend asked yet again. He seemed curious about his friend's interest in a girl.

"Can you drop it? I don't want to think about her" He said clearly not interested in talking about the girl. But that only made it clear to his friend that he was indeed thinking about this particular girl.

"What is it that I hear about you and Ginny?" Mitchel asked deciding to let it go since it had already been almost a year since that morning. There wasn't any need to keep wondering about some girl he met once. Mitchel thought that It was actually a good thing his friend was putting it behind him as well.

"I asked her out," Ryder said nonchalantly. Mitchel although a bit surprised said; "Man! that is great, she is beautiful" Ryder agreed that Ginny was rather beautiful and he did like her indeed.

"Man am I glad you are dating again, Now that you are off the market it'll be easier to Shop" Mitchel said and they both laughed.

They both walk up the stairs of their apartment complex but there were boxes clustered all over the way "What's all this?" Mitchel asks stretching his neck to the side so he can look up. "Oh Sorry! Give me a minute" Someone yells from the above floor. A few seconds later footsteps came running. "Yo Parker, what's all this?" Mitchel asked while Ryder just glared at Parker, He had his guard up for some reason when Parker was involved. "Gus asked me to help 3D move in" Parker explained they both seemed surprised at the mention of 3D.

 "Someone is moving in? Dang! I was saving for that place" Mitchel said. They both seemed disappointed, 3D was the largest apartment and both Parker and Mitchell were fighting over it constantly. "Wait didn't he say he wouldn't let anyone move into 3D?" Mitchel asked. "I was surprised too when the movers came this morning" Parker said moving some of the boxes aside so he can clear the way.

"I wonder how much they paid Gus for it" Mitchel said helping Parker move the boxes but Ryder quietly walked past them jumping over some of the boxes instead of helping with clearing the way. Ryder was a bit disappointed to see his friend sad I mean they all did assume one of them would move in and Ryder was hoping Mitchel would so that he could have his apartment back.

"Ryder! wait for me.." Mitchel yells for his friend. Mitchel puts the boxes to the side and jogs up the stairs after his friend, followed by Parker. "Where are they anyway? Shouldn't he be here moving these himself?" Mitchel asked Parker as the three of them climb the stairs to 3D.

"No idea, I haven't seen them. Apparently, they are busy or something" Parker said in return which only made Ryder roll his eyes "Tch! What are they paying you for this?" Ryder asks not trusting Parker's good intentions. Mitchel chuckles "I guess they got to you too" Mitchel said slinging an arm over Ryder's shoulder.

"Not really, I just don't trust this half-naked idiot" Ryder says narrowing his eyes at Parker. Parker frowns and says "They do say show what your mama gave you so.." Parker says sticking his ass out and pouting. "Ugh" Ryder says looking at Parker sideways clearly disgusted. Mitchel laughs enjoying their relationship.

"You are all done, Thanks for the hand" Gus says.

"How come you are helping the new guy move in? If I remember correctly you told us to put our shit in order or you would throw away any boxes and things lying around in the halls" Mitchel asked. "I agree, How come you are being so nice to this guy after telling us numerous times that no one was going to move into 3D" Parker asked curiously. Gus chuckled enjoying engaging with these young men.

"It has got to be your daughter right?" Mitchel wondered.

"None of your business. Am warning you guys to stay away from this apartment" Gus says seriously his words drawing all their attention.

"Now am even more curious" Parker says. His interests were only women and mysteries. And those two things were a possibility in this situation. Mitchel on the other hand had a wild imagination and thoughts ranging from hiding a dead body to cooking meth in that apartment circling his mind.
   "Don't go making such a serious face old man, You know they only get turned on when you do" Ryder says a smirk playing on his lips. The only thing he was interested in was causing trouble although at the moment he was barely paying attention to his friend's concerns. As for him, there was nothing remotely interesting about some random guy moving into an apartment.

"Okay, Alright, Don't go crazy it's just some school kid or something okay?" Gus says with a sigh. Although he wasn't interested in telling them who it was or introducing them as he felt these young men were a handful, instead he didn't hope to make them curious as there was nothing more dangerous than curious boys.

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"It has been a week already and nothing" Mitchel sighs. The door opens and Ray, Parker's friend walks in. "Where did you put Ginny's package?" Ryder asks walking around the couch and picking up Mitchel's Jacket and socks. Mitchel sighs disappointed at something his eyes on the TV. "Was he maybe lying? He got my hopes up and everything" Mitchel says. "Is this about 3D? Parker seemed disappointed too" Ray says sitting next to Mitchel. "I told you to keep the apartment clean, I will throw you out if you don't keep your shit where its supposed to be" Ryder says throwing the clothes at Mitchel. The door opens and Ginny walks in. "I don't get what is up with you guys and this 3D apartment" Ray says.

"Who the hell are you?" Ryder asks noticing Ray for the first time since he walked in. "Uh, that's Ray, Parker's friend you've met him a couple of times" Mitchel's words fall on deaf ears. "Did I not tell you to put the locks in or random people would walk in?" Ryder practically spits the words seemingly annoyed. He turns and notices Ginny standing in front of him, she pouts acting sad at how hurtful his words are but he lazily glances at her and walks away.

"Did I do something?" Ginny asks sitting next to Mitchel. Mitchel sighs, "He's is probably sad about 3D too" Mitchel lies mostly talking about himself.

"Is this about another woman? Are you guys acting like this because of that 'beautiful woman' that is supposed to move in?" Ginny asks getting angry at the mention of the apartment 3D. "We don't know if she's a she or...beautiful although we wouldn't be acting like this if we didn't hope for it" Mitchel chuckles trying to lighten the mood for her but it didn't seem to help. "Yeah...You should see Parker he is miserable. He hasn't exercised today" Ray says which did not help the situation, Ginny angrily walks into Ryder's room. "Are you already cheating on me?" Ginny asks and they both walk into the living room one after the other.
"What are you talking about?" Ryder asks putting his phone on the kitchen counter and sitting down. "And what do you mean already?" He asks turning towards her.

"I don't want you talking to that woman even if you are stuck in the elevator together, No, don't take the elevator with her" Ginny says clearly jealous. "What else, What else am I not allowed to do?" Ryder's eyes sharpen as he says the words. 

"Am... No, You know that's not what I mean. I just... Why does she have to move here?" Ginny asks trying not to push the subject as she could tell Ryder's foul mood.

"Maybe I should move in here" Ginny's words invoke silence, Mitchel coughs an awkward silence passes. "M-move in here? With us?" Mitchel asks looking at both of them hoping Ryder would say something to her but aware that he wouldn't. 

"N-no... Um, that would be.." Ginny looks up at Ryder blushing imagining living together with him. "Well that took a weird turn" Mitchel says and Ray chuckles in agreement which only annoyed Ginny further.

The door suddenly flies open and Parker runs in opening it so wide that it hits the other end.

"Uh Geez!" Ryder gets up his eyes on the door. He was annoyed that they were all invading his space when all he wanted was a clean and empty apartment all to himself.

"She is here, She is finally moving in today!" Parker's words were able to invoke all kinds of emotion from each and every one of them. Mitchel was on his feet excited to hear the news while Ginny was anxious and Insecure. Ray was curious but Ryder was mostly amazed although he played it cool, He was amazed at all of their reaction to the news but also that there was someone who was actually moving into that apartment.


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