Chapter 1
By Lauren
It was a stormy May morning.The rain was falling like a blanket through the sky.
Rachel had been celebrating her 21st with friends the night before, and of
course she had had a little bit too much to drink, leaving her with a headache
the next morning. Although it wouldn't be her birthday for another week or so,
her friends had wanted to throw her an early party. They had done this partially
because Rachel was also on her way to Florida that day, just on the outskirts
of Orlando, for her first job since graduating college. She had become part of a
large entertainment firm, Multimedia Productions, that was asking for a makeup
artist, and fast, so she was willing to move for her "big break."
Although
she felt as if her head was about to explode, Rachel knew she unfortunately had
a long flight ahead of her, so she took a couple of aspirins and shook it off.
She gave everyone a hug as she bundled up to face the cold weather.
"Good-bye
everyone!!" she called, as she ran to the taxi, "I'll phone as soon as I get
there!"
"I can't wait to get to the warm beaches of Florida," Rachel thought
as she climbed into the cab.
As soon as she got to the airport she had to
practically run through customs to catch the plane, since the cab had gotten
stuck behind a huge tractor, which had seemed impassable, and had moved at an
incredibly slow rate. This event had caused Rachel to be an hour late and in
quite a rush. But the flight went smoothly and she ended
up sleeping a little.
She arrived at her new, two story apartment the company
had picked out for her, at around 9 o'clock that night. The apartment, among
other things, were I guess you could say "gifts" from Multimedia as a way of
thanking Rachel, if you
will, for moving such a far distance, in such short notice, (2 weeks actually.)
The funny thing is that the company never actually told her what she would be
doing exactly, or who she would be working for; this being because they wanted
Rachel in Florida or something before they let her know. It was a little odd, I
suppose, but she had a meeting with the VP at Multimedia the next day, so
everything would be known then.
Her new home was very cosy and cute, with a
little kitchen in the back, a dining room, a guest room, and a big open living
room with a large bay window, overlooking the city. It also
had a twisting staircase leading up to the bedroom and bathroom. Rachel had no
desire to climb these steep stairs with the small amount of strength she had
left, so she plunked down on the couch, and fell asleep 5 mins later.
Chapter 2
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