• tom raised slowly and walked away, heads down.
    the disappointment was unbearable.
    he pushed the door opened, which triggered the bell,
    and left.
    that's it. i've done it again.
    i broke someone's heart.

    EPISODE 1 : THE NEIGHBOR

    a week after tom's story, a cute californian guy moved in next door.
    he seems new to new york.
    it was yet ANOTHER crush for me, so...
    i went next door to offer a pair of hands. there were a lot of boxes.
    "...hi," i tried to start the conversation.
    "hey there," he replyed briefly.
    "um..i love..um..LIVE..next door."
    "oh, that's nice. i'm kinda new here."
    "yeah, i can see that. "
    "..yeah..anyway, i'm joe."
    "oh..joe. nice name.. "
    "and you are?"
    "oh, hehe. call me peaches."
    "peaches..that's a cute name. i think we'll be great neighbors, huh?"
    "uh, yeah ! hey, need some help with all those ?"
    "yeah, sure. thanks a lot. they're really starting to burden me."

    so, here starts joe's story.

    (TO BE CONTINUED)