The new place

I couldn't stop smiling that day at work.  I was so happy that things seemed to be turning around.  I felt this great weight lift from my chest now that I was free of Lance.  I was still a little afraid that he might come in to work and find out my lie.  I would have to start walking home with Will after work so what if he saw us together?  I pushed the thought away and tried to imagine what my new place was going to look like.  It wouldn't be that hard to top off the place I had been staying, thats for sure.

Will tried to go over a few things with me during the day. He explained that Dustin had a car, but also worked so wouldn't be able to drive us most likely.  There was only one bike, but Will said that if we worked the same day he would go ahead and walk with me, otherwise we could just share the bike.  Normally we would be expected to walk home that night, but since I was a new resident, Dustin was going to come pick us up.  Will also warned me about Dustin.  "Dustin is a little hard to understand I think"

"what do you mean?"

"well it's just that he can be a little crazy and controlling.  He's not a bad guy or anything, he's just a little different than most people."

"oh" I said  "thats okay, I think I can handle it.."

"and one other thing.  Girls are always really attracted to Dustin and he knows it.  He's really good at getting what he wants, so just be careful.  Promise you won't do anything??"

"I promise.  I doubt it will be a problem."

Dustin showed up a little before we were completely finished cleaning and I found myself a little shy all of the sudden when I saw him walk in.  Will was right, he was a pretty attractive guy.  He was tall but had a muscular build, long brown hair and a really nice smile.  He didn't really seem like he was that weird, other than the fact that he talked like a surfer dude.  He explained to me again what Will had told me about the house.  That I would sleep on the couch, get one meal a day for 350.00 dollars a month and it was going to be due as soon as I got my pay check.  I agreed again and we packed all my stuff in his beat up truck.  Dustin drove some really old black truck with a stick shift.  The speaker on the left side would go out a lot which would cause him to get angry and hit it until it came back on.  I couldn't tell if it was just because we were in a truck, or if Dustin was just a crazy driver, but I was thankful for the single strap that kept me secured to the seat.

The ride wasn't very long in the car, thank goodness.  We stepped out onto the street to what seemed to be a cute little house that had been divided into apartments.  It was divided into three parts.  On the bottom lived a really fat lesbian with a bunch of dogs and next to her was some mysterious man who's apartment consisted of a single room from what I could tell.  We were located at the top of the building.  When I first walked in, I was pleasantly surprised.  It was really small, but cute.  It consisted of two bedrooms, a living room, bathroom, kitchen and some sort of porch looking area in the front.  You walked into the sun porch first and to the left was a living room.  It was decorated with three really old looking sofa's and only two of them matched.  There were a couple tables, a TV.a lamp,  and a book shelf that was decorated with a few strange books about martial arts, some strange carvings, an army helmet and a bunch of knives.  The bathroom was small and instead of a shower curtain, Dustin had strung a camouflage rain jacket over the rail, which seemed to work alright.  The kitchen was small as well, but it had all you needed, however, their silverware was very limited, consisting of two forks, three pairs of chop sticks and three asian soup spoons.  The bedrooms were the best part.  They were located on each side of the book shelf.  Each room wasn't that big, but big enough it seemed, and there were more windows than walls.  I loved it because when you would lay down on the bed the palm trees  outside made you feel as if you were in the tops of some tropical forest, and It was very peaceful.  Unfortunately I would be staying in the living room that only had one small window, which looked out to the house next door.

After Dustin gave the tour of the house he asked me If i smoked weed, which I answered yes by showing him the stash I had gotten from neil and carly before leaving.  Dustin smiled and then ran to his room, returning with a bong and some sort of strange pot he kept his weed in.  We all sat down and took turns hitting the bong and I felt myself relax.  Dustin gave me a blue sleeping bag to use since I didn't have any blankets and we all finally went to bed just as the sun was starting to come up.  Thankfully neither Will nor I had to work the next day.