Keys tapped on the keyboard of the laptop, the click clacking becoming a mundane sound in the background to the conversation of the user of said laptop. Fingers flying across the laptop like a pianist plying their trade, not even noticing how fast she worked. Even while frantically tapping away with her work her attention was only half focused on what she was supposed to be doing.
"Yeah I'm free. Sure, sounds fun." She replied dryly to the speaker on the phone. Said phone was perched in the shoulder of the woman sat before the small screen. Her eyes flicking quickly across the screen, the device emitting a sharp blue light illuminating her face. Her eyes focused on the screen for a second, the conversation fell into the background as she typed her name at the bottom of her work.
Elena.
Before her eyes lost their hardened focus and she went back to the conversation on the phone. Elena was talking to a friend, a slight pain pinched her shoulder as her muscle cried out for her to stop tensing so hard and awkwardly, so she relaxed her body and took the small object away from her ear. Just about able to hear the voice still being broadcast from the tiny machine as she pressed the speaker mode on her phone. Now she was able to work and talk better. Elena flexed her sore muscles and lightly massaged her shoulder with a hand as she idly chatted.
Both of their voices filled the small room of her office now. The young woman was currently sat at her wooden desk, the workspace was littered with empty cans and wrappers except for one which she was currently sipping from. She turned away from her laptop, her body swinging away from the desk as she crossed her legs to simply change posture, picking up her half full can as she did so and bringing it to her lips, taking a swig. Elena mindlessly examined the bright colours garishly printed onto the drink, before placing it onto the desk with a dull clang and glancing toward the small window of her tiny office.
She pushed her wooden chair back away from the desk taking a break from her work and folding her arms. The dark curtains were closed even as the light glowed faintly around the cloth, fighting to illuminate her small den. Elena had always been a bit of a night owl and being able to work from home at the moment only helped her nocturnal lifestyle.
"Great! We'll see you then. Don't forget the film is at eight, so meet us outside at... hmm... seven thirty? Yeah seven thirty." The male voice on the other end chirped far too happily. Elena glanced at her watch . It was still few hours till the film, she had plenty of time to brush herself up.
"Yeah no problem Roger. See you then." Elena feared she didn't sound that enthusiastic on the phone, she did tend to always prefer to stay in and watch films or TV till late on her own. But this was her own fault, she had been talking about the new film that had just come out at the cinema and how she really should go out more often...
"Roger. Over and out." The male voice joked. Elena rolled her eyes at her own phone. Roger always tried to be funny even if his jokes were not at all humorous and just plain weird.
"I told you it's not..." However Elena closed her mouth mid sentence as she realised that he had already hung up. For a moment she stared at her now silent phone, before sighing and turning back to her laptop. The bright unnatural light shone out at her, drawing her into the world of data and numbers. She proceeded to close down her work and turn off her laptop, the fan on the device whirring into life as it shutdown and then suddenly the screen was black.
Elena curved her back to stretch it out before she rose off her seat, her sore muscles thanking her for the movement after hours sat at the console. She looked down at herself, she was in no state to present herself to her friends tonight, even if they were old friends from her recent job. She guessed she should try and make a bit more of an effort then her old frayed jumper and worn jeans.
She leaned over and closed the laptop softly with a light thud and moved the couple of steps to the window, pulling back the curtains and finally allowing the light to envelop the room, casting away the darkness of her world. Her nocturnal eyes stung as she quickly adjusted to the light, her pupils quickly shrinking in the change of environment.
She stared out of the window to the outside world, Elena was renting a flat on the top floor of a block. Only three floors high so she could still see the inhabitants of the city go about their daily lives. The faint beeping of a backing truck, the blare of a horn, the boom of the bell striking in the nearby church. She soon turned from the wonders of the world outside back to her own domain. Elena marched out of her office and further into her flat, a one bedroom small affair, large enough for her but perhaps not for any more. But that suited her just fine, she preferred to live alone.
She tugged at the elastic bobble holding her long deep brown hair back into a ponytail, allowing it to drop and drape around her lithe shoulders. Elena's mind couldn't help but go back to the times she had tried to live with others... she shuddered. No thanks. However that may have been down to the fact one of those times had been a matter of convenience, a group of friends from university to save money.
Elena threw her hands up in frustration at that memory. When the sink is full or the cupboards are bare now she knows it's always going to be her own fault. She grinned at herself, one of the best decisions she ever made finally breaking free and managing to afford a place of her own.
However... before she lived with those friends she had lived with her once upon a time boyfriend. Elena felt a deep scowl on her face as she walked to her own bathroom, ignoring her own fixtures and fittings in her sparse flat, trying to push the memory away and simply look forward to her nice hot shower.
