number one so basically my boyfriend and I live in a flat together and he's an area manager for a main chain restaurant in England his job takes him to at least 5 to eight stores and sometimes he has to stay late sometimes he doesn't get in until around 3:00 a. m. so I usually sort of wait up for him to make sure he's all right if he wants me to run him a hot bath and if he wants a coffee or anything so I get the usual phone call from him saying I'm on my way home I'll be home in an hour if I drop call you when I'm closer can you get a bath running for me please I say sure and hang up now our block of flats has this security door that always gets locked at 10 p.
m. and as long as you have a main entry key you're free to come and go without worrying about the door I'm nestling down to watch some Netflix with a cup of tea and a cheeky biscuit when I hear our buzzer to our flat go off now someone outside the main entrance is pressing my number and I have to press a switch from the inside of my flat that will open the main security door and let them in I think to myself it's probably just someone who's forgotten their key and press my number quickly I tried to shrug it off I pause the film I'm watching and I wait the buzzer Rings again stops and then Rings again it sounds like someone is deliberately putting their finger on it and holding it down now our flat is on the second floor and from our bedroom we can look down and see who's at the main gate I jump up go into the room and slowly peek to see who's there I saw five well-built stocky men this is 2: a. m.
what the hell are they doing here why the hell are they ringing my buzzer it suddenly becomes clear to me that whoever they were they clearly didn't live here because they didn't have a key while peeking at them I clearly see the front guy put his hand up and press my buzzer flat number four he's not even touching the other buttons just mine half of me wants to pick up my flat phone and be like seriously get lost I don't know who you are or what you want but I will call the police and and then the other half of me doesn't want to give away that I'm a girl it sounds silly but I'm 23 and I'm quite small I grab my phone and I ring my boyfriend straight away he says something like he's 45 minutes away and will be there as soon as possible but he will call his dad Luke who's a policeman to come over and wait with me while I'm on the phone the buzzer is still going he tells me to just keep peeking at them and to see if I can make out any distinguishing features after what seemed like ages my boyfriend's dad turns up and I see him walk straight up to the guys and start a conversation my boyfriend's dad already has a security key we gave him one in case we were ever locked out and he opens up the door to my flat straight away he runs over to me and makes sure I'm fine we're sitting down having a cup of tea and I ask him what was said and what was happening outside he says he walked up to the main door and the conversation went like this they said to him hey man do you live here do you think you could let us in Luke replied with well well clearly if you don't have a key you don't live here so no who are you supposed to be seeing well my main girl lives in number four and she's gone to sleep you know how late it is these are my friends and they don't have anywhere to stay and I haven't got a key so how about you let us in that's funny because my daughter lives there oh yeah [ __ ] dude well how about letting us in and we can go and see her together Luke said right now I don't know what you're planning to do but seriously stay the [ __ ] away from these Flats you clearly don't live here if you ever come here again I will personally arrest each and every one of you wankers now [ __ ] off and go home because I swear to God I will beat the [ __ ] out of you guys so bad no one will recognize you and with that the group of guys took off and Luke managed to open the door freely and get in number two I never even met him I didn't know his name or face I was blissfully unaware of his very existence I will never know why or when it started I'm glad for that I guess I moved into my very small apartment in February of last year my landlord Olivia was a sweet older woman who would cook too much food and bring me leftovers she was great to me even after I told her my problem I'm antisocial but she didn't mind renting to a reclusive young girl who reminded her of her daughter every few weeks she would knock on my door and then leave letting me know she was leaving something for me I loved that not even my family would cook so well the next morning I wash and leave her empty containers outside my door and by an hour or so she would come back and take them away my other neighbors seemed fine but I never really talked to them I worked from home so anytime I was ever forced to go out I rushed out and into my apartment avoiding an uncomfortable situation I loved living alone it was everything I hoped for I Could Just Breathe by April though I started noticing things were not right things were moving or plain disappearing I was convinced it was just anxiety caused by my new medication and the move another side effect was that it made me so drowsy since I hated seeing the doctor I just dealt with it I took naps during the day now and eventually stopped caring that is until one incident doubled my paranoia Olivia brought me some sort of Greek toss salad for lunch one day and I enjoyed it with my friend Netflix I fell asleep in the middle of Portlandia and I woke up that evening at 5:00 p. m.
