House Hunting
I can’t believe how hot it is today. I feel like I’m melting as I walk along the crowded streets of Philadelphia. I just got myself a bottle of water from the utility store and now I go back to my car . Don't ask what kind of a car it is, what matter is that it works for me . I open the car door and sit inside and immediately open my windows because the car is seething and my air conditioning doesn't work .I wish my AC could work, but beggars can't be choosers now, can they? I start the car driving towards my next destination. I’m on a mission to find a place to live, and I’m running out of time. I just transferred to a new college. Why might you ask ? Well, my previous college was way near to my mum's house and let's just say she is a busybody and cannot live without interfering in my life . Don't worry, I love her to death, but her interfering in everything about my life can be annoying sometimes . Honestly, she is the reason why I am socially awkward and let's not forget that I am still a virgin at 21 because any man I meet my mum thinks he is a bad guy because, of my father, who was a very toxic and abusive husband and she does not want the same future for me and I can understand that why? but the problem is living with my mother and being dependent on her all my life , I can still not start a conversation with anyone . Hence, I decided to move away from my city of Pennsylvania to Philadelphia so I can start to be a little independent of my mother, because let's be honest, here my mom will not always be around me when I enter my professional life .
I transferred here in the mid of semester and was going to stay in the hostel but learned that the hostel is full and I can’t afford to rent an apartment by myself. So I started looking online on f*******: to see if there were any student houses looking for a roommate . I have found three houses available and already have been to the two of them . The first house was a two-story , three-bedroom house with a small lounge and a kitchen, but unfortunately, no parking spot for a car . Also, the girl that showed me the house was way too bitchy and when she showed me the room it had no furniture, not even curtains, and told me that I had to buy everything myself . Also, there was one washroom in the whole house and that looked like it hadn't been cleaned in years . When I asked Sarah, I thought that was her name about the rent her, she told me a thousand and twenty dollars . I was shocked because it didn't even have furniture and there was a time limit to hot water availability ;only two hours a day . Like I was out of my mind going to stay in this place . I respectfully told her that there were a few more houses I had to see and walked out without looking back . The next house was very beautiful. It had a garage and attached washroom all to myself and the rent was low as well, only six hundred dollars and honestly I was going to tell her that I am going to start unloading my stuff but while we were in the lounge I saw a bowl of condoms in the mid of the table . I asked her about that, thinking someone had forgotten about those there. The girl that was giving me the house tour casually told me that these were for the party . When I told her I didn't understand, she opened the console under the T.V and showed me numerous bottles of lube , dildos , s*x toys and other kinds of stuff and told me these are for the orgy parties that they have here . I apologized and sprinted outside thinking that she was part of some s*x cult . I already had enough and didn't need this kind of a drama in my life . Now I was going to my third and final house, which was the closest to my college and it was also in a more quiet and green neighborhood . I had already emailed the girl, Chris, that was going to show me the house and she was waiting for me . The moment I entered the street that had the house I could immediately tell how relaxing this place could be . As I saw the house number 69B I stopped and parked it in front of the house . The first thing I noticed were the huge pine and apple trees that surrounded the red brick house . Honestly, it felt like I had already fallen in love with this place and was praying that I could immediately stay . I went to the porch and knocked on the door, hoping for the best .
