2. Love

      In the morning, Madeline woke up in the odd way. She was sleeping with her feet on her pillow, and her head was at the end of her bed. When she realized this, she sat up quickly as her hair frizzed in front of her face. "W-Wha-…" She mumbled as the light coming through her window woke her up. Madeline was officially awake as she took her robe from her bag and put it one. Madeline then walked into her kitchen and made a coffee. Madeline sat down on the couch and watched the news as she drank her coffee. Madeline realized she would get the paper in the morning. Since she had never been to the city, she wasn't really sure if they dropped the paper off in the morning right at her door or where they dropped it off. She decided, she would check in front of her apartment door or ask a neighbour. Madeline opened the door and picked up the paper, as she heard another door open. She looked up and saw her next-door neighbour was getting his paper.
      They both looked up at each other at the exact same time. Her neighbour was a young-looking man with blonde hair. He had a cowlick piece of hair coming out from it. He had glasses and was quite tall. He looked semi-muscular and he looked handsome but cute at the same time. "Hello," They both said at the same time, "Oh, you can talk first…" Madeline said quietly, "Oh, its okay, you can speak first…" He replied. Madeline could tell he was trying to be polite. "Hello… I am the new owner of this apartment; my name is Madeline… nice to meet you..." Madeline told him and blushed. He is so cute… She thought in her head. "My name is Alfred, nice to meet you too!" He smiled a boyish smile. They both stood up fully as Madeline put her hands together in front of her.
      They just smiled sweetly at each other for a while until Alfred spoke, "Are you knew to the city by any chance?" "Oh, yes, I am, how could you tell?" Madeline asked surprised, "Just a wild guess, I suppose," Alfred smiled, "Alright, see you later," "Alright," Madeline replied and walked back into her apartment. She ran onto her couch and put her knees up against her chest and dug her face into them. He is so cute… and I feel like I've met him before… She thought in her mind. Just then, her doorbell rang. She stood up and walked over and answered it. It was Alfred. "Sorry to bother you," he said, "Oh its okay," Madeline replied, "But I got some of your mail… sorry about that," Alfred held out 2 envelopes. Madeline took them, "Thank you," She smiled and they said goodbye. Madeline looked over the letters.
One of them was obviously some sort of advertisement one, so she threw that one out. The other one was from Francis. Madeline opened it and read;

Dear Madeline,
I would like to know how you are doing in your apartment. I'm sorry I sent this letter so early after you moved, but I had to tell you something, and I lost the piece of paper with your phone number, but I didn't lose the one with your house number. Please call me right away!

Love,
Papa

Madeline was shocked at the letter. Francis was never this excited to tell her something, it must've been really important. She got up immediately and walked into the kitchen. On the counter, there was a phone in its charger. It didn't looked to new, but sort of new-style. She picked it up and called Francis's number. She waited it ring for a little while until Francis answered. "Hello?" he said, "Hi Papa! I'm sorry I didn't call you last night, I was really tired," "I could tell, you fell asleep in the car…" "Hah, yeah, what is it you wanted to tell me?" "Well, I found your purse, and your pet in your old room!" Madeline was shocked. She left her bear and purse at Papa's house? "W-what?! How could that happen? Can I drive there and bring them?" Madeline was scared, "You don't have a car silly, and I will drive there today with them. I know you have important things in your purse, and your bear is very special to you," Francis replied, "Okay…" Madeline replied and it was silent.
"Alright, bye mon petite fleur," Francis replied about to hang up, "Wait!" Madeline said and Francis listened a little longer. "Uhh, I saw my neighbour earlier… and I had this odd tingle-ish feeling inside me when I saw him… and I felt like I had seen him before… do you know what it is?" Madeline said blushing. Francis smirked, "Ohh, I know exactly what it is…" "Yes?" Madeline asked, "Well my dear…" Francis continued, "You're in love"