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"Here you go," the landlord said as he stretched his hands towards Elena, "The keys to your new apartment. Welcome to the building,"

Elena Davis smiled as she reached out to take the keys, "Thank you," she said and watched as the elderly man walked out, closing the front door behind him. She looked around her new apartment and smiled happily. This is a start of something new. The beginning of a new phase in her life. It filled her with happiness, anxiety and fear all at the same time that she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but what she did know was that she was going to do everything in her power to make things work out for good… She had to. After failing the first time, she didn't really have a choice, did she?

Elena Davis had graduated from the university three years ago and had begun the journey of starting her own catering business. Unfortunately, she had failed and had to close down. Elena had been distraught, but a few months ago, her twin sister Emily had suggested that she start over. She'd told her that it was not uncommon for most business owners to fail in the beginning, and she just had to be consistent. She'd come up with the idea of moving to a new environment too, and then pointed out that if Elena moved to Vacaville, where Emily also lived with her husband, she'd be able to help her start over, so Elena had agreed without much hesitation. It wasn't like she had reason to stay.

She pulled out her phone to call and sister, and smiled happily when Emily picked up, "It's done," she said with excitement in her voice, "The apartment is officially mine and I just got the keys from the landlord,"

"Well, congratulations. Aren't you glad I talked you into it." Emily replied, "But you didn’t have to rush to get a place so early. You could have continued to stay with Daniel and I. There's enough room and it would have been fun,"

"I know," Elena replied, "But I have furniture and a lot of stuff from my old apartment so I just wanted everything to be done with once and for all. Besides, you told me you and Daniel are trying for a baby and I didn't want to….. interrupt the 'process' in any way. Don't want to be in the middle of all the…. You know…"

Emily laughed loudly." Fine. I get it. As long as you are here, it doesn't matter. All I know is that my sister and I get to live in the same city again and that's something I've wanted for a while now. You should come home soon. Daniel and I are going out tonight for some drinks. You should come with us… I can introduce you to some friends from work…. And oh, Elijah is coming too. Bet you'd be happy to see him."

Elena frowned," And why would I be?"

There was an awkward pause before Emily said, "Never mind. Don't be late,"

Emily hung up and Elena stood for a while, staring at the wall. Elijah…. She had completely forgotten about him. Elijah Kendrick was Emily's best friend when they were in the university, and Elena had had a huge crush on him.. She'd never had the guts to tell him or anyone else how she felt about him. Not even her sister. There had been no point, because Elijah had never looked her way. Not even once.