Changes

She threw her book bag on the counter and grabbed a bottle of water out of her refrigerator. She then checked her messages and decided to take a hot bath to relax. Later she would call up her sister n law and see if she could come over for a little while to discuss the new changes she wanted to make to herself and see if her sister n law would help make the transformation. As her messages rattled off, she wandered around and made notes on changes to make to her apartment; if she was going to change herself maybe she should change her living space too.
She went up the stairs to the loft which had her bedroom and private bath slowly. She had plenty of time to make changes, she decided. Once in her room she grabbed her old flannel robe and headed into the bathroom to start her bath. Adjusting the temperature and letting the water run, she went back into her room to turn on the stereo and hit play on the 6 disc changer. Soft music drifted through the speakers as she walked back into the bathroom. Absently she striped and stepped into the tub, as she sank down into the water she thought of what else she wanted to change in her life.
There were just too many things in her life that she did not like and wanted to change. Her style, the way she dressed, her make up, her body, her shy nature, and the list was endless, she didn’t know if she could accomplish all of that in 3 months, but at least she could get a head start on it all. She is determined to be a bride at some point in time, granted she was only 25, she had plenty of time to find the right guy and have kids, but she is so sick of hearing everyone talk about how she is the last one, she is still single, blah, blah, blah. She wanted to change that so bad.
About ten minutes after she got in the tub she heard her phone ring and the answering machine pick it up. Her brother’s voice talked loudly about stopping by with the family about 6pm to visit her and telling her to be ready with some food. Geez, she thought he is bossy, ‘Blue we’re coming by at 6 have dinner ready for us.’ Well, she thought as she glanced at the clock on the bathroom counter, she better get out and figure out what she was going to make for dinner, it was 4:30 so she did not have much time, especially if she was going to make enough for her brother, his wife, and their 3 kids.
She got out of the tub and hit the plug as she grabbed a towel; once she dried herself off she grabbed her rose lotion and carefully applied it to her whole body. She could not wear perfume since she was blessed with allergies. There was just something used in every perfume she had tried that her body just did not agree with. So she had to satisfy herself with lotions, for some reason those worked. Which Jae did not mind since it gave a subtle scent rather than the overload that most females wear that makes people want to cough because it is so strong. Since she couldn’t just lounge around like her earlier plan, she walked right into her bedroom to find some clothes to put on. She grabbed some jean shorts and a tank top to wear, quickly putting them on she then raced down the steps and into the kitchen to see what she had that she could make.
After a quick deliberation, Jae decided to head down to the corner store and find something else that she could make for her brother and his family. He seemed to think that she was a great chef and should always have a full meal planned out for when he wanted to come over, which happened to be at least once a week. Jae grabbed her bag and slapped on some sneakers and went out the door. As she was locking it she heard the neighbor come up the steps again. She glanced over her shoulder as she twisted the lock into place. Forgetting to breath, she gazed upon the hottest male she had ever seen. He was gorgeous, tall probably about 6’3”, nice build and just yummy. She found herself staring and quickly turned to start on her way, causing her to run straight into a wall of muscle.

“Oh, gosh, I am so sorry,” Jae said quickly.
“It’s okay, no harm done, you’re Jae,” He asked
“Uh . . . yea,” she replied as she looked up and stopped. He had beautiful grey eyes. Lord, she thought, I’m in trouble.
“I’m Chase, your new neighbor. My friends told me they met you on one of their trips up,” he replied smiling.
Oh, dear, Jae thought again, I am so in trouble. This guy is just trouble. “Oh, yea, I met them like an hour ago,” She said out loud.
“Yep, need a hand with anything,”
“Oh, no, I’m heading to the corner store.”
“Okay, well I’ll see you around.”
“Sure, welcome to the building.”
“Thanks,” Chase called as he went into his apartment.

Jae headed down the stairs, oh dear lord, she thought to herself as she let out a sigh, I am in trouble. It was just her luck to end up with a good looking neighbor. Yep, it sure was, she thought to herself while running down the stairs. And great, my brother will be around tonight, which should be interesting. Go figure this would happen when she has decided to make so many changes in her life, just lovely.

Yes, she kept thinking as she went out the front door, just my luck and then I meet him when I just slapped on some clothes and am about to go shopping. Good grief could this day get any better, doubtful. Jae quickly walked down to the corner store to get her groceries, not really paying any attention to the people around her or the guy that watched from his balcony.

“Blue, nice to see you again,” an older woman in front of the store said to her as she got near.
“Hey Mrs. Fischer, how are you?” Jae asked.
“Oh, I’m good, my arthritis has been acting up but it’s been good. You need to come and help me bake cookies, dear.” Mrs. Fischer told her
“Of course, how about tomorrow afternoon, Mrs. Fischer? I have a new neighbor, maybe you’d like to come to my place to make the cookies.”
“A new neighbor, did you say. Yes, I might just have to come to your place and find out about that, a man?”
“Yes ma’am.”
“Yes, I’ll be over about 1 o’clock. I’m bringing my grandchild.”
“Wonderful. Now I must get this done my brother is coming over.” Jae announced as she walked into the store. She waved a hand at the cashier and grabbed a cart. Great, now she needed to get cookie things too, well at least she is here already and can get it all at once. Hopefully it won’t be a lot to carry home. As fast as she could she went up and down the aisles and picked up everything she needed for supper and cookies for tomorrow.
Once up at the register, Jae found out that she only had two bags, two full bags but she could handle that. She paid quickly and headed back home. She only had an hour to fix up something wonderful for supper and knowing her brother he would be at least 15 minutes early to her apartment. At the apartment, Mr. Wallace opened the door for her with a smile as she rushed through to get back upstairs.