I could hear the jingle of their keys and the swoosh of their clothes and they followed me towards our building. I reached the door and turned. They were walking up the pathway. A bit too close, and yet a bit too far away. Do I wait and hold the door for them?

I seemed to be having a good luck kinda day. I hadn't picked the wrong key to put into the lock, the lock hadn't seized up and given me issues. The heavy door hadn't bent my key ring further. This being my second of the year.

I made my decision. I looked back one last time, made eye contact saw that they were starting to speed up, anticipating what I went through. Regardless, I went through the door and let it fall shut behind me.