Dark_Jewel
Really Really Experienced
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- Aug 10, 2006
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I think this is a kind of place everyone has been to at one point or another. Smalltown, USA, where the bar closes early, the cafe even earlier and the only place you can really truly hang out is home.
I moved here a few months ago. I though it would be easier to write where I feel safe. The city is just too big. Too many noises to wake you up at night. Walking home in the dark was too dangerous and taking a cab was too expensive. Owning a car meant you were waiting in traffic for house just to get three blocks to your house.
That is how I got to where I was that night. I was sitting in the cafe, drinking my latte and writing notes for my new book. Joey, the coffee connoissuer was breaking down the machines and getting them ready to clean. "Susan, it is almost closing time. Don't you think you should be heading home?"
I looked at my watch. Funny how his idea of late was 8:30 at night. The city would just be getting started right now.
"Okay, Joey. Same time tomorrow?" I asked.
I didn't wait for a reply. I knew he would just nod his head, so I picked up my stuff and headed for the door. The air outside was nice and cool. It was not stiffling heat of the August months in the south, nor was it the crisp cold of September in the north. I loved being in the middle.
I guess that is why I liked to walk home. Main street was shutting down. Cars would be drifting off to their homes to settle in for the evening. So, it was just me and my thoughts. I thought about my book. I thought about my family and how they worried about me being alone. I was only twenty one, but to hear my mother tell it, I was already a spinster. I just wasn't ready to settle down. I hadn't even had that many partners yet. Why would I elimate ever getting a chance to be with Mr. Right Now for the off chance I met Mr. Right?
I turned off Main onto Frontage. My house was another mile down the road, but I wasn't in a hurry to get home. I loved it here. This town was just right for me. The safety and freedom of being a woman and not having to worry about it.
I moved here a few months ago. I though it would be easier to write where I feel safe. The city is just too big. Too many noises to wake you up at night. Walking home in the dark was too dangerous and taking a cab was too expensive. Owning a car meant you were waiting in traffic for house just to get three blocks to your house.
That is how I got to where I was that night. I was sitting in the cafe, drinking my latte and writing notes for my new book. Joey, the coffee connoissuer was breaking down the machines and getting them ready to clean. "Susan, it is almost closing time. Don't you think you should be heading home?"
I looked at my watch. Funny how his idea of late was 8:30 at night. The city would just be getting started right now.
"Okay, Joey. Same time tomorrow?" I asked.
I didn't wait for a reply. I knew he would just nod his head, so I picked up my stuff and headed for the door. The air outside was nice and cool. It was not stiffling heat of the August months in the south, nor was it the crisp cold of September in the north. I loved being in the middle.
I guess that is why I liked to walk home. Main street was shutting down. Cars would be drifting off to their homes to settle in for the evening. So, it was just me and my thoughts. I thought about my book. I thought about my family and how they worried about me being alone. I was only twenty one, but to hear my mother tell it, I was already a spinster. I just wasn't ready to settle down. I hadn't even had that many partners yet. Why would I elimate ever getting a chance to be with Mr. Right Now for the off chance I met Mr. Right?
I turned off Main onto Frontage. My house was another mile down the road, but I wasn't in a hurry to get home. I loved it here. This town was just right for me. The safety and freedom of being a woman and not having to worry about it.