Falling For My Flatmate

ight when a cat

and Michael's cat, Fluffs, mewled. Fluffs scratched

to make sure I still had everything inside, I took a few steps forward. Thinking about ho

street when I kept the

ay shape zooming past me. Dropping my cardboard b

was his only family member in the city. I was s

and I ran like someone out of breath. I called Fluffs by name, but it was the wrong time.

with Fluffs. Fluffs jumped but

led,

list whose bike lay flipped on the

my phone, my fingers trembling. Fluffs

riend's cat got hit

a police car. Fluffs and I went to the veterina

was in the middle of h

you, where's Fluf

s brown hair flipped to the side. He laid a ha

s and coat were d

hat long. I just got laid off from my job and I wasn't thinking prope

wn," Mic

He should have flipped tables, swore at me, somethin

ast year I'd been working full-time at an English education company. We had both responded to mutual

ael said, walking to the water

en he handed me a cup

. You texted me about work, remember? I'll wait for Fluffs. You should

to go when the surgery room's light turned

s. Her long black hair swept up into a bun under her surgery cap and her eyes were visi

y knew e

ffs. He had temporary paralysis during the accident. Bu

much, I owe you one

my shoulder and then

y, who's this?" She looked

e. Marie, this is Jenny. She's

y anymore." Jenny l

ou know him, always rambling about his ideas. But I told him you're at my hos

hair and dimpled cheeks ap

adley slapped Mich

the weird man sla

teemed Hollywood he

? Like, t

s and he said, "Well,

hem and my eyes widened. Wait

my new project. I would need you, your hous

ed at the me

Michael sai

Jenny smiled, walking ba

sten to the rest of

urge to put

oked at me

hael's flatm

l, you never told me your flatmate w

a difference?"

esn't." Bradle

tmate to be my first pair. We want to film a daily life kind of vlog of flatmates in the city and air it bi-weekly. The first season is t

rt really ca

ea, before he spoke, inclu

. Guess it's up to my flatm

ce I'd just lost my job, and couldn't afford rent after

. Can we hear more detail

ling ear to ear and I was worried he would lose

rted broadcasting my life with Michael o