I'm not too sure where I'm going with this. The story line's rather hazy to me. But I'd love some suggestions.
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The oil sizzled and crackled has I dumped in the rice, letting a puff of steam up clouding my glasses. I covered the pan to let the rice simmer and then wiped my glasses with the hem of my t-shirt. It was an old t-shirt, dark green with a hole just big enough to let my pinky through. In large black letters -somewhat faded now- it said, "If you need anything, ask someone else".
I wore the t-shirt on days when I felt lazy and loose. Days when I wouldn't make my bed, wouldn't straighten my hair but just pull it up into a messy ponytail. Day's when things went loosely around the house, no chores, just lounging around. Warm days when I decided to pull my old things from the underneaths of my bed and to reminiscence about the good old days.
It was one of those days. It was a Sunday and I had nothing much to do but to spy across the street to Thomas's house and see how he was doing with the babysitting.
I didn't know how Thomas could do it. I hated children. Messy, noisy little things who had no respect for anything whatsoever. Except on Sundays. On Sundays I would be a child too and hate cleaning up, being organized and just fool around.
I had been the weather lady for Channel 7. I had to dress in a suit and nylons, have my hair done and put up a pretty smile up for the viewers while I told them more extreme heat was coming up following Tuesday. I had mutual feelings about that Job. Later I was promoted. I was a news caster for that channel.
I started blending in with my job. Started dressing up more crisply, on the whole became more 'professional'.
Everyone knew me as a curt, serious, organized rich lady who lived by herself in her huge house. I was 30 at the time and pretended to myself I was happy with where I was. I had money, I had fame and of course I had a job
Oh yeah and I was single. Another word for that would be independent. I celebrated my independence by being single. It wasn't that I didn't have good looks or that I just didn't know how to hit it off with the guys. It was just that I didn't like to share my life with anyone else.
I wasn't too comfortable around people. Didn't really like too may people. Call me stuck up.
But my privacy was always a major concern for me.
Besides, I was happy ...right?
Well, Yes. I mean I had the perfect job, the perfect house, the perfect neighborhood. Complete privacy, money and a BMW parked in my driveway. I was young and I was successful.
The truth is, I didn't know why, but I wasn't happy.
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