lisa strike
Home.
Lisa was home, at last. It still shocked her, even after a couple of weeks, that she could call this place home. It was such a foreign word, part of a world that she never knew. She never thought that she had a home, but now she did.
Mind you, it wasn't the most beautiful flat in the world. The shaker-beige paint flaked off of the cinder block walls, the linoleum floor peeling in parts. Her framed paintings sat lopsided on the walls, her vinyl mattress and unfinished bed-frame completing the cheap look. It didn't matter to her, though. She saw potential, she saw peace, and most of all; she saw herself in those thin walls. They shook, and with a hard shove, they could be broken, but they were there; they were doing their job.
Well, she was probably acting overly dramatic again, something she's tended to do for the last few days. This was all so new for her. The bustling city around her made her smile with glee, even when she was alone and peering through the scratched glass from her home. She had yet to meet anyone of importance to her yet, and had made no friends through the streets of the city. All she had really done was go out and grab a coffee, shyly looking down and mumbling a 'thank you' before leaving. She knew that she had to try to make friends in this new world, but fear held her in place when she tried to walk up to someone. Sighing, she stood up from the pinstriped couch in her flat, and made her way down the five flights of stairs to the 'lobby', walking out into the loud streets of Brooklyn. Today, she would meet someone; she was sure of it. Mostly.













