This is my first submission, let me know what you think but please be kind. :)
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Every night, Jamie laid in bed just thinking about what has happened. It had been two years in his relationship and she just decided to up and leave.
Maria wasn't perfect by any means, but he liked her, maybe even loved her. Her raven hair that shown almost blue in certain light. Her curvy figure and her sultry voice were also a bonus for him. She wasn't what he would call a perfect lady but she also wasn't uneducated by any means. There was just something between them that never fully connected and he knew that.
On that evening, the evening that would change everything for him, he had just come home from work. Like so many books and movies he had seen, nothing special was going on. Nothing in the slightest. A letter in the mail with no return address was for him. He stood alone in his apartment, waiting for Maria to come home and staring at this one letter for some reason that he couldn't explain.
He sat his other mail down and opened this one up. Inside, there was just a plain white paper with the words "It's time for a change." typed in the middle.
"Strange", Jamie said out loud. He then realized he was talking to no one and felt a little embarrassed and smiled to himself.
The door then opened and Maria came inside with a solemn look on her face.
"Can we talk?"
Jamie thought, "This can't be good."
"Sure," he said and sat on the small couch they had.
"I'm leaving you."
That's it? Jamie thought to himself.
"Why?"
She continued with the normal rhymes and reasons that couples break up, but to Jamie's surprise, he was ok with it.
The next day, she began to move and he went to work. He was a clerk at a local store. Just like any other store you would see on any other street in town. His day was full of "Yes Sir" and "Yes Ma'am". He was out of kindness by the end of the day though.
That evening, he got home and there was another letter in the mail to him. Again, no return address and a plain white sheet of paper inside. This time it read "Your day is new".
"What a joke." he thought to himself.
It was about 6 pm and he was fixing himself some dinner. Another night of hamburger helper and a coke was about all that he was in the mood for. Settling in to his half empty apartment and turning on the tv was the only thing he wanted to do.
Knock, knock...
"Guess dinner can wait for a few more minutes. Nothing better to do tonight."
He answered the door to a striking young woman. Her hair a bit disheveled and light olive skin. Couldn't have been more than 110 pounds at 5'4". She wasn't a supermodel but definitely better than the girl next door. Literally better than the girl he lived next to. She was standing in a t-shirt with some rock style design on it and a pair of ripped jean shorts.
"Can you help me?" she had a shake in her voice.
"What's up?"
"I saw you up here and I thought I would at least try. My car is busted and I need someone to help me get it home."
Jamie thought for a moment then shook his head, "I'm sorry, but I don't have a car to take you anywhere."
She sighed and let out a small huff, "Then can I at least come in and make a phone call."
"Sure," he opened the door a little more and she came strolling in. She didn't appear dangerous, but Jamie was no fool and didn't keep much money around just in case.
She made her phone call and didn't get anyone to pick up.
"I can't reach anyone! DAMMIT!"
"You can stay here for a while if you want, until someone you know gets home and can come and get you," Jamie said nonchalantly as he sat down on the sofa to eat his dinner.
"There's more food on the stove if you want it."
"Thanks, I appreciate it."
She grabbed a little and sat down too to watch some tv. Since Maria moved out, all he had left was his sofa. Actually he was surprised at that.
"So where's all your stuff."
"My girlfriend just left, you missed her by about a day."
"Really... I'm sorry. My name's Olivia." she continues as she tries to eat at the same time unsuccessfully. She drops a little food onto her shirt.
The night went on and Jamie and Olivia continued to talk small talk and forgot about calling her friends or family to come pick her up. From what he gathered, she told her family she was going to work for a while after high school and before college. That was 6 years ago.