Liberty of Maisie

I rubbed my eyes and yawned, the sun shining brightly through the window of my new apartment. I stretched out my arms and got up, walking over to the kitchen area where I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge before heading back over to the lounge area. I stopped as I caught sight of a small piece of paper on the coffee table in front of me.

“What is this?” I said aloud, incredulous at its presence.

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I was confused. What is this? Why is this note here? Who left it? Why would anyone leave it? So many questions and no answers. My confusion turned to anger as I tried to remember if I had seen this before or not. The only thing that came to mind was a vague memory of seeing a note just like this one in a folder that Alex had given me for all his correspondence with other girls, but even now I couldn’t be sure that it hadn’t been just a coincidence. Was someone trying to make me paranoid? They were succeeding. How could someone do this? Maybe there was a rational explanation, but why would they need to explain themselves? It didn’t seem fair for them to have an advantage over me when they were keeping their identity secret.

I tore the note into pieces and threw them away, deciding that it probably wasn’t worth wasting any more time thinking about something so meaningless and most likely imagined by my overactive imagination. I decided to put on some coffee while I waited for my phone to charge so I could check Facebook, and then remembered that I didn’t have Wi-Fi yet because the building manager hadn’t called me back after promising he would set it up last week.

I sat down at the kitchen table and gazed absentmindedly out the window over at the pink-and-orange sky before getting up again and rummaging around in one of the cupboards near the sink, pulling out a bag of rice to use as weights for my ankle weights that were still hanging from one of the chairs near the window. As soon as I finished eating breakfast, which took about half an hour since I was starving after skipping lunch yesterday, I went over to turn on my computer. As soon as it was finished loading, I looked over at my phone which had finally charged enough for me to turn it on again and check for any messages or calls from Alex or Benji or even Jonny in case he had wanted to apologize for being such an ass whenever we dated in the past (he hadn’t). There was nothing from any of them except a notification saying ‘Jonny has un-friended you on Facebook’, which annoyed me enough that I felt like deleting him off Instagram as well just so he wouldn’t be able to see what photos of myself or others that might be posted there anymore, but forced myself not to because being petty would only make me feel better temporarily but wasn’t going to solve anything in the long term (well…other than making him sad as well).

I started playing around with some photo editing apps until suddenly realizing that it was already almost half past three! Oh no! That meant that my flight back home wasn't going to leave until seven tonight! At least it gave me plenty of time to get everything else done today before leaving tomorrow morning though...but even then, there was still so much! This made me realize once again how glad I was that Alex had been so willing to let me stay at his place while he was away on business trip in Germany right after we broke up last week instead of having me find somewhere else closer to school so he could finally have time alone without having to worry about looking after someone else anymore (though he never really seemed like he minded anyway…).

Once everything was finally organized properly again though, especially after noticing some clothes lying carelessly across several different surfaces in Alex's bedroom floor (which did not look like they were ever going anywhere), it was already too late for me to start getting ready for class since it started in twenty minutes. As usual though, classes passed by quickly, making me wonder why I couldn't focus more often during lectures because then maybe things wouldn't pass by so quickly -- or at least slower than usual -- when there were no distractions (like even people talking)...unless all those other times were when I wasn't paying attention either… Either way though, by the end of classes today I managed to send off all my assignments early which meant not worrying about them anymore until Monday afternoon when they were due instead of stressing out about finding time before then while also trying not forget anything else important!

Then came another stressful event: eating dinner alone at an expensive restaurant while contemplating whether or not ordering more food than usual would look weird or not (in case anyone asked) while also trying not accidentally spilling anything on myself or dropping anything else onto the floor...or even worse…onto someone else's lap! After being successful with these tasks however and paying way too much money for what ended up being barely enough food for one person (much less two!), there was nothing left for me to do except head back home since flights weren't supposed to leave until later anyways! Luckily though, since work on Friday night usually ran late anyway and everyone wanted extra hours whenever possible, this meant that everyone else there tonight wasn't actually working when they usually should have been instead!

All alone at work meant lots of free time though, which made things easier overall since there weren't any customers who needed helping out with anything during these few hours (otherwise meaning lots more money spent!). As always though during times like these when no one else was around either -- especially right now after everyone had gone home already -- it felt kind of creepy being there all by myself. No matter what though, everything went smoothly until finally closing time rolled around after nine o'clock without anything strange happening whatsoever...but despite all this good luck that kept happening lately anyways (or maybe because of all this good luck?), something did end up happening as soon as I arrived home afterwards:

Did you forget something? Or are you just bored? Either way though now isn't really a good time...if you don't mind waiting outside then please do so quietly and if you do go ahead and wait inside your apartment then please be quiet too since people are sleeping...no loud music or laughing please! Also don