#cerrise

“Sorry, I talk a lot when I’m nervous” Regina confessed thinking that she had blew it. She weirded out an already weird person. She out-weirded him. 

Regina bought a cute little Penguin TV and a cute little side table with her first salary. Never mind standing while watching, there’s no space for a cute little chair.

Another day at work.

Regina hates her job, if it wasn’t that obvious yet. 

After a long day at work, cleaning who knows what from thingamajigs, Regina was feeling drab. Her fun personality is starting to notice the lack of fun in her life.

She decided to visit the park again and met a new friend who taught her how to play Chess.

“You have to think hard first before you move. You can’t just move any piece you like, you have to look ahead of time if this piece will be captured when I take my turn.” He said,

The guy was nice, Regina thought. Who knew Chess was this complicated. Pawns can only move one space forward, Kings can move one space in any direction, Queens can move anywhere the hell she wants, Rooks can only move horizontally and vertically, Bishops can only move diagonally and Knights are freaking weird because they can only move in an L shape position. I want to move like the Queen but these days I feel a lot like a pawn.

“That’s right, ponder on your move.” The guy said, not knowing Regina wasn’t paying attention to Chess anymore. 

"And by Ikea I meant the second hand store and by castle I meant a dwarf's mound." She nodded.

"I never thought it was this hard to live by yourself. Hey, at least I got the door for free! Yes it's a restroom door and yes it's quite disgusting, but that's beside the point, the point is, we have to count our blessings." She told her knight.

The knight said nothing.

"And I like the fact that people think that our house is actually a restroom. I've met a couple of people already actually. They came from a long drive and they badly needed to pee." She continued.

"You're right, I need to stop letting strangers inside my house. I need to work on that" She agreed with the statue.

"I also like the fact that my house is made up of free floor paint and free roof. Not a wall in this house, uh-uh. Now, how's that for creativity?" She nudged the statue, proud of her accomplishments.

"And come on, how can you not love a house that's so accessible? You wake up, take three steps and hey, before you even open your eyes you're in the kitchen! And who needs a stove, really? Animals survived this long without cooking their food, right?" She asked the statue.