I had it all planned. The evening was ours. I would show her a world outside of the everyday pain that she felt. I quickly took a shower and got ready. The time dragged by as I waited till it was time to pick her up. As I drove to the brick apartment building I felt as thou I was in a dream. It was only yesterday that I had met her. Now here I was heading to pick her up for a date. I almost froze at the thought. A date? Was that what this really was? I shook the idea out of my head and focused as I pulled up to the building. I parked in front and walked up the stairs. The main door was locked. Looking at the list of names I wondered what I should do. I had no idea what apartment number she was in. I took a deep breath and sighed. Way to be prepared I thought to myself. "who you looking for?" a voice asked from behind me. I spun around to find an older man staring at me from the base of the stairs. "um, a girl named Alex." I said trying not to sound to nervous. "she ain't here" he said.
