I want to wake up, in a city that doesn’t sleeps
And find I’m king of the hill
Top of the heap

These little town blues, are melting away
I’ll make a brand new start of it
In old New York
If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere
It’s up to you, New York..New York

Frank Sinatra

The alarm clock rang loudly. A hand appeared and switched it off. The woman groaned and sat up rubbing her eyes. She quickly picked up her underwear from the floor and put it on looking for her clothes. Finally she found them and got dressed completely. She creeped on the floor looking for her keys and her cell phone without making too much noises. When she finally found it she put it in her pocket quickly and tried to sneak out of the room. A feeling of relief went through her body but unfortunately she wasn’t that lucky as she thought she was. The other person in bed woke up looking at her sleepily.

Katie: Shane? Are you leaving?

Shane: Yeah…I have a meeting, I didn’t want to wake you up.

Katie: But I thought we could have breakfast together.

Shane: Yeah…that would have been nice, but I’m already late…but we can do that some other time if you want.

Katie: When are you going to be back?

Shane: Uh…I don’t know yet, but you don’t have to wait for me. You can go on sleeping or take a shower.

Katie: Okay…Shane?

Shane: Yeah?

Katie: I had a great night yesterday…

Shane: Yeah…me, too. Bye…

Katie: Bye, Shane.

Then she disappeared. Of course Shane didn’t have a meeting. It was one of many excuses she made up everytime she wanted to leave the girl she had slept with the night before without wanting to deal with her anymore. It was either a meeting with her boss, a visit to the dentist or somebody she got to pick up at the airport. Then she would disappear from her own appartment until she was sure that the girl had left it. She always took a walk getting to know the city she just moved to recently.