Derin awoke to the sound of his cell phone ringing. He grunted in displeasure as he grabbed the phone. It was his best friend Jeff. He and Jeff had been best friends since grade school and though he and his friend had chosen different paths in life; Jeff had become a member of the local mafia and Derin had chosen to become an archaeologist, they remained friends throughout the years.
"What's up," Derin grumbled into his phone after sliding his finger across the screen to answer the call.
"What do you mean what's up," Jeff responded sounding wide awake and fully alert, which annoyed Derin even more. "Today's when you're supposed to help me setup my new sound system. It just came in man, don't flake on me today."
"Right," Derin said as he rubbed his eyes with his free hand. "I'll be there, I just forgot. It was a crazy night last night."
"Cool man, I'm here at my new apartment waiting for you," Jeff said. He paused for an uncomfortable amount of time before speaking again. "See you when you're here man. Gotta go." With that he hung the phone up. Derin looked at the screen as it auto locked and wondered what was going on with his friend now. It was always something. He was always in some kind of trouble.
Not wanting to think about it too much, he got out of bed, took a shower and got dressed. It would be nice to see his friend for a while even if that same friend made him so uncomfortable.
About an hour later Derin got out of the elevator and walked to his friend's new apartment. As he rang the bell, he seen someone move down the corridor on his right, but when he turned to look they were nowhere to be seen. He had an uneasy feeling by it, but before he could think too hard on the subject the door opened.
"Hey man," Jeff called out excitedly. "Thanks for coming over."
"No problem," Derin answered back as he walked into the apartment. Boxes were still stacked along the walls here and there. Jeff had only lived in the apartment for a few weeks and with his busy lifestyle it would probably be a few more weeks until he was completely unpacked.
"So where's this sound system," Derin asked, ready to get to work. He loved that he got payed for the thing he loved the most in the whole world, but his second most passionate hobby was electronics. He built computers in his free time and thoroughly enjoyed hooking up things like Jeff's new sound system.
"Right this way," Jeff said as he guided Derin to a room to the left. "I can't wait to get this baby working man. I'm going to throw some wild ass parties here."
"I bet you are," Derin stated as he eyed the large speakers and wires still in the packaging. This was going to be an easy install. Nothing as complex as he was hoping for, but there was no reason to wait.
"When you going back out," Jeff asked as Derin worked on organizing everything.
"I have a job to explore some ruins in South America, but that's not for a few months," Derin explained as he began connecting the proper wires to the back of the left speaker.
"That's cool," Jeff said as he leaned out of the room and looked down toward the front door.
"Expecting someone," Derin asked,
"No," Jeff said quickly and nervously. "I hope not."