r

sed replay on the same song since I first

t can't seem to stop doing it. This is exactly why I end up

htning by Artic Monkeys instead. My taste in music is honestly all

h some of the pictures I took at a wedding last weekend. With my camera in hand, I smile to mysel

mon last year, I've been so blessed with n

nections in the photography industry. I learned more and di

right now. It's as though all the things I dr

, sitting up and getting off my bed. I reach down to my shoes an

und my neck and walk over to my small vanity table, pickin

sy bun. Believe it or not, it's taken a lot of practice and do

try again only for it to be too neat, so then you back at square one again. You have to have the right amount of strands hangi

t took me a considerable amount of time trying to find the perfect place in a city like Ne

, I finally managed to collect enough money to get myself a place. The rent isn't too price

e feel pretty damn proud, and I'm not going to knock myself down and complain about

and bedroom. As long as I'm safe, have a bed to sleep in, and hav

otice Martinez sitting on the back of the couch, washing his pa

blue eyes. To be honest, I don't even know where the name Martinez came from o

no, don't go giving me those eyes," I tell him playfull

tment all day. I've been so lucky with him. He's never tried to scrat

sometimes, so he's a good companion

ds his food bowl. "Go have some breakfast and I'll be back b

re exiting the apartment. I glance down at my phone and resume playing my music. The pre

him and The Neighbourhood in general really. T

my local coffee shop. I must be one of their most loyal customers because

sound, I don't have many friends. The only one I do have lives with her boyfriend and doesn't have a lot of time fo

enagers anymore, but I just think it's important to keep in contact with your friends even w

said, I have Martinez to keep

park. The sun is out today and the sky is a soft blue, with scatt

in, I don't mind it being a little sun

comfortable. My music abruptly stops playing in my ears, followed by the soun

l, I greet her ha

y, how a

s, you? How is

which makes me smile. "Oh y

loves her job. How she can cope with taking on as much as she does on

u up to toda

"Just in the park taking some pictures," I reply as

h she's so obsessed with. It's nice to see her actually doing somethin

at the moment?" I as

Robin Benway." She rep

d as an only child and discovers she is in fact a middle child. She puts

about people trying to find themselves after being

." I say truthfully as I continue

rough all the ones I've just taken. Some birds, some of the sky and ot

ure I took. Zooming in on the camera, I spot a group of men in the background.

y seem to be participatin

nute. Is

h

hell are

d in the direction of the men, noticing some of them ge

f

my

eak to you soon." I add before disconnectin

ion. Quickly making the decision to get the hell out of here, I hastily

way through the busy streets, trying my best

t I caught on my camera, but one thing I kno

ng my earphones from my ears and repeatedly pushing the button o

y making my way down the hall and to my apartment where I m

what just happened. What could it have been? Just a few men having a

ething more?

causing my heart to literally jump into my throat

hands begin to grow clammy. Sh

look through the peephole and see the two m

easingly anxious. Who the hell even are t

ep, unfamiliar voice calls out

oor, my eyes wide with fear. "Who

lf." He replies

around the room in a pani

one is placed and dial 911. Just as I'm tappi

cary boys in blue. That definitely wouldn't help your

y breathing growing more and more erratic with each passin

pen this door or it will be

scares me so much, that I scream in fright. The two men storm through my apartmen

, cornering me by the wall and

what do we