Ten Years Later...

Somewhere in San Francisco

'Freedom at last!' he thought as he rushed through the bustling city by the bay and to his new home.

He was now beginning college and he couldn’t be more than ecstatic about it. Originally he was planning to stay in the dorms but once he learned that their were curfews and an endless list of rules he decided he much rather find an apartment and make his parents pay.

“Just one more street,” he mumbled in the back seat of the taxi.

He only had one box of knick knacks, a box of blankets, and a box of school supplies along with his back pack of clothes.

“Need help?” The taxi driver asked.

He hesitated as he pulled the boxes onto the sidewalk. “I think I’m good.”

The taxi driver gave one small nod before speeding away.

The boy slowly turned to the old buildings he could barley see past the skyscraper of cardboard boxes he could see. He could barley even see the gray stones below his feet and the passing pedestrians that cautiously walked around him. He felt his grip on the boxes begin to slip as he stepped on the last stair.

“Here let me help,” a voice said opening one of the double doors to the tall building. The bell above the doorway chimed as he passed through.

He slowly entered grunting a thank you before settling the cardboard boxes by the concierge desk in the lobby. He sighed slowly glancing up at the skylight above and the spiraling staircase that ascended to the thirteenth floor.

“It's cool right,” the voice said coming beside him.

It was a tall man who appeared to be near the same age as him. He flashed a fast smile his blue eyes twinkling for a brief moment before he spoke once again.

“The names Brady looks like you're a new tenant in the building.”

He smiled extending his hand to Brady who shook his hand briefly. “Henry,” Henry slowly approached the concierge desk before continuing. “That's right, I'll be starting college so I thought I'd stay in one of the apartments instead of in a dorm.”

Brady sighed, “Wish I did that my first year, I hated the dorms.”