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Growing Pains Chapter One: The New Neighbor.
She just moved in and was already turning heads. His was one of them.
Another boring night, I thought as I entered the elevator. I had just returned home from the gym; it had been a long day at work, and I always felt better after working out.
“Hold the door!” I heard a female’s voice yell.
I held the door open, and a brunette woman slipped inside. “Thanks,” she smiled as she hit the button for the floor above me.
We stood in silence for a while as the doors closed.
“Lauren,” she said, introducing herself.
“Nick,” I smiled. “New to the building?”
“Yeah,” Lauren smiled. “Just finished unpacking everything yesterday.”
“Now you get to relax,” I nodded.
“Nope,” Lauren said as she stared at the bags in her hands. “Throwing a small party, some coworkers and a few friends.”
“Ah, breaking the place in huh?” I nodded as the elevator stopped at my floor.
“Hey, Nick,” Lauren said as I started to exit the elevator. “If it gets too loud, promise you will come up and let us know, last place they were a bunch of dicks, and kept calling the police.”
