(Door clicks, then opens)
LADY (clearly startled): I'm sorry, but... who are you?
ME: (suddenly sit up from the couch, equally startled) Oh, sh-t.
I mutter under my breath and wonder silently if she was the housekeeper. But she kind of had a refinement about her. Ugh. So maybe not.
Ci...cimone, my name is Cimone. I timidly inform her upon finding my voice.
I am a friend of the guy who lives here. I'm crashing for a couple of weeks.
LADY (looks pointedly at me): I see. I am the mother of the guy who lives here.
Oh-kay. Great. We dub him 'the guy who lives here?'
I finally stood up from the couch and straightened my tank top and running shorts. Fancy meeting his mom looking like crap..
ME: I was actually on my way out. I was gonna go for a run and meet the guy who lives here (once again) at around 7.
I look at my watch which tells me I've a good two hours to run, come back by 6:30pm and be done by the meeting time.
I stand beside the lady (AKA mom) and shake her hand, once again embarrassed to be the weakest link.
I smile and ask if she needed any help with anything or if she had any messages for the guy that lived there, and she gently shakes her head. As i turn to go, she shoots another question at me.
LADY: Uhmm...you two...Is it serious?
The question shook me... so much so that I wake up suddenly. I am back in my room and the TV is still on. I turn it off. What a weird dream.
Now my question is, who the hell is "the guy who lives here?"
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