Kyle could appreciate the irony of his next door neighbour being called Alice and his friends certainly had a field day when they found out as well. From the few times he had seen her she also looked about like one would imagine, lean with nice curves and a nicer smile and the cigarettes wedged between her lips at all times gave her that inexplicaply sexy hint of mystery and adventure.
Unlike the song though Kyle had no plans of wasting 24 years without getting to know her and so when he stumbled into her on the stairs he didn’t hesitate a second to invite her to a coffee.
“Uh, sure. Here, be a gentleman and carry these up and I’ll make us a better one than Louise’s down the street could ever make.”
With a smile he grabbed her grocery bag and followed her up, that was even better than just talking to her in a café.
Her apartment looked quite minimalistic, but not bland with a hint of personality in every corner. There were flower pots in the windows, at least two started books turned upside down on the main table and next to a chair by the window and a few oddities that were bound to have a story to them everywhere his eyes fell.