NOTE: I am sorry for not updating this blog in a bloody long time. I am just not used to using a Blogger anymore. Hehe! So, after a long time, here is my work.
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Chapter 1
The Mad Man
As usual, I left the house to get out from
hearing the unwanted sounds from the living room. Well, except today, I was
unintentionally late. As I walked from my bedroom to get to the front door, two
naked bodies were at the heat of the moment on my couch; moaning in orgasm.
Embarrassed, I dashed towards the door with hopes that they did not see me make
my way out.
“You’re just leaving, Artemis?” asked the
female naked figure, known as Chloe in between moans. Ah, she caught me.
“Um, no. I am going to just stand her and watch
you guys have a go.” I said. Chloe chuckled and clearly did not understand the
sarcasm in my sentence. “So, I am going to leave you guys now.”
“Oh, okay. Before you open that door, could you
throw that lube here please?” she asked. I looked at the table next to the door
and grabbed the tube and threw it towards her. “Thank you. Excuse me.”
Quickly, I opened the door and left Shanes, my
other housemate to deal with the mating creatures in the living room. I literally
ran out of the door and closed the door behind me. As I locked the door, there
was an uncanny feeling of another being’s presence. Paranoid, I looked behind
me. There was no one there. “Must be the my imagination.” I assured myself.
After locking the door of my apartment, I made my way down the stairs.
As I walked down the stairs, I heard a voice of
a man from the bottom of the stairs. He was talking to someone, quite excitedly
though. Slowly I went down the stairs and finally I saw the figure. He was
sitting at the foot of the stairs talking to a striped tabby cat, which looked
contented at being stroked. As I approached the man and the cat, I could hear
the cat purred and the man turned to me and gave me the friendliest smile I
have ever seen a stranger ever gave me.
“Hello.” I said in a friendly manner.
“Hello!” he said happily as he put the cat down
and then stood up to give me way to go down. “You must be staying around here?”
“Yes actually. Quite desperate to leave this
place, actually.” I said sheepishly. I still can’t get over that I was letting
my heart out to a total stranger. He smiled again as he fixed his bowtie.
“Thank you for giving me way, though.”
“Anything for a goddess.” he said. I stopped
dead and looked at him. “Did I saw something wrong?” his face confused.
“You said ‘anything for a goddess’, why is
that?” I asked out of curiosity.
“Artemis. Isn’t that the name of an ancient
Greek goddess?” he asked me back. I nodded. He pointed at my bag with my
nametag on it. I felt embarrassed by the whole conversation. “So, where would
you be going?”
“To a cafeteria somewhere just to get away from
home which I call a brothel thanks to a fellow flatmate.” I said and I could
see the man scrunch his face. “Yeah. So… now you know my name, what is yours?”
“Everyone call me The Doctor.”
“Isn’t that an odd name to be called?”
“Funny, you didn’t ask what everyone always ask
me.” he said with an expression that was unmistakably disappointed. It was like
trying to answer a question that was not spotted for an exam. “Let’s try it
again!” he said cheerfully. I did not know whether to just run away from this
strange gleeful man or to just tell him to his face that he was mad. “Knock,
knock.”
“Who’s there?” I answered automatically.
“The Doctor.”
“Doctor who?”
“Aha! I got ya! I really love it when someone
ask me that!” he said like a gleeful schoolboy who was praised for answering a
question right. I gave him a look then. “Well, I will be off then. See you
later. I got to prepare myself to meet someone for now.” he said as he walked
away.
It was an odd moment, for me but I went on my
way to wherever my feet could take me that morning as long as it wasn’t back to
my flat. It was cold outside and slowly I made my way to a café to get a nice
hot cup of tea and some scones for breakfast.
For me, it was a good moment. The soft music in
the background and the sound of grinding coffee was good for me. I took out my
laptop and placed it on the table and started going through the news to see
what was going on around the world.
“Artemis?” a familiar voice called. I turned
and saw my grandmother. “Hello, sweetheart. I was meaning to call you when I
get here.” she said as she came towards me. I got up and was happy to see her
there.
“Hello, Grandma! What in the world are you
doing here? I thought you were supposed to come next week!” I asked her after
giving her a nice long tight hug. I did expect Grandma to come and visit but I
did not expect her to come so soon.
“Plans have changed, dear. I am going to meet
someone here later in the day. Well, not here; here… but somewhere near
Trafalgar Square.” she said happily. I knew Grandma had been widowed for 10
years but she had never come down to London to see someone other than family.
“So, who is this someone, Grandma?” I asked
cheekily.
“An old friend. You will be fond of him. Just
wait and see. Why not we spend the rest of the morning till we meet my friend?”
she asked me and I was more than happy to be with her.
Grandma and I made our way down the street
where people were already rushing for work and some were already making their
way home after an all night in a nearby pub. We sat on the bench in the park
while feeding the birds and squirrels. Then slowly and assuredly we made our
way to Trafalgar Square.
