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Alexis was her closest friend. They grew up together and had been friends forever. That would never change. Hopefully. Faye wouldn’t know what her life would be like without Alexis. She was always there. Primary school, high school, college, working life. Alexis was her roommate too. They started renting an apartment in college and stayed roommates after graduating. Waking up, Alexis was there. Going to sleep, Alexis was there. On trips, Alexis was there. She was a photographer who loved to travel and see new things, so she was the perfect friend to go on trips with. As they got off of the bus, Faye scanned the streets. They were on their way to a park. A new park. Faye loved nature and going on walks. A park was perfect for that. And since it was spring, there would be colorful flowers and trees everywhere. It was a sunny day and Faye was excited to start her daytrip.

Walking into the park, Faye didn’t know where to start. Luckily, there was a map. It showed the different parts of the park and Faye was pleasantly surprised to see that it was extensive. There were different routes to take, depending on what parts you wanted to see and how far you wanted to walk. Faye and Alexis picked to longest one, as they wanted to see every part of the park. They wanted to enjoy this park and they would spend quite a while exploring it. On their walk, Alexis would take photos of things and Faye would take notes. Everywhere she looked, she found interesting things to put in her article. The ponds were home to birds and fish. There was a wide variety of flowers and trees to be found at the park. They carefully picked out which kinds to plant where, making sure the park would be colorful all year round. Faye loved it. As they finished their walk, it was time for dinner. Faye had found a little restaurant she wanted to try and Alexis just followed. Faye would always pick places to eat that served different kinds of food, making it easy for anyone to find something they liked. Having dinner, Alexis and Faye just had a little talk. Having complete different jobs, it was easy to start new conversations. Alexis was a bartender at a club. She loved going out. She had free days and long nights, but she enjoyed every second of it. Since she started working at night, she always made dinner. On a day off, Faye would take over from her. Dining out like this was fun and a way to discover new kinds of food they liked. A lot of things they cooked at home were dishes they had tried in restaurants on trips.

Faye and Alexis were alike in a lot of ways, but still had their differences. Faye was a morning person, Alexis was a night person. Their jobs were a perfect example of that. Faye was an introvert, Alexis was an extravert. Dealing with situations and making friends was a completely different thing to them. Faye had no self-esteem at all, Alexis had plenty of it. This was perfect for when Faye needed support, as Alexis would always give her a pep-talk. Friends and family noticed these differences, saying it was weird to know that they were friends. Faye didn’t think it was weird. It was always fun to spend time with Alexis and she loved knowing what life was like for her. She envied Alexis for things like that, as it kept her from enjoying things many times. Faye was always overthinking things and it made things like meeting new people or going new places stressful. That’s why she planned out trips and why she prepared herself for situations she would run into. Having Alexis with her to make her relax and go with it all, helped. Faye would keep Alexis from getting into awkward situations by making her realize what would happen if she just went with it without thinking. It worked out perfectly. Their differences in personality made their relationship special.

After dinner, they went back to the park. It was getting dark and it made the park look completely different. There were lights everywhere and Faye loved it. Taking the route they did before, they went on their walk and enjoyed every second of it. Alexis would retake photos and Faye would take notes again. This was a perfect daytrip for people who loved nature and Faye knew that she would visit this park again.

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Sitting in her office, Faye was viewing all the photos Alexis made on their trip. They had checked all of them at home and Alexis picked out a few photos she wanted to be put in the article. Faye was always okay with it, since she wanted to give Alexis a way to help her out with making interesting articles. And as a photographer, Alexis knew which photos would spark an interest in readers. First, Faye would start doing a little research. She looked up information on the restaurant they had dinner at in her notebook. Address, simplified menu and price range. She always put a picture of the restaurant in the article too. Faye looked up information on travelling to the park. Bus, car, bike. She knew that readers had different ways of travelling and wanted them to know what to expect in these situations. If she was writing an article on nature, she wanted to give her readers facts. After picking a few interesting flowers, trees and animals, she would look up information on them. If she found facts, she would put them in her article. Faye loved nature and it kept surprising her as she always discovered new things. She wanted her readers to get interested in nature too, and this was the perfect way to do that. She would visit the library to see if the facts checked out, since not every source on the internet was reliable. Faye would always credit books anyway. She wanted people to go to libraries and discover the interesting world of books.

Next, she would start writing her article. Taking her notebook and reading the notes she made, she picked a few things she wanted to highlight in the article. These highlights would have pictures to make readers notice them. There were plenty of pictures in the article to do that, but these photos would stand out. Every photo had a story, so Faye always wanted to give her readers a chance to view all of them. Alexis would post them on her photography blog and Faye would put a link to the blog in her article. This way, Alexis was getting all the credit she deserved for making these photos. The article itself would always take up a few pages, giving readers plenty to read. Since it was just a daytrip, she quickly finished writing it. Articles on longer trips would take a few days to write. Re-reading and editing it would have to wait. All there was left to do, was to visit the library to check the facts she found.

Walking into the library, Faye went on her way to the informative books section. Scanning the shelves, she found a few books on nature that looked interesting. Sitting down on a desk, she started flipping pages. Reading the facts in her notebook, she checked them in the books she picked out. As she finished checking all facts, she wrote down the information she needed on the books and put them back on the shelves. Next, she looked up information on her weekend trip she had in her notebook. She would go on this trip in a few days and needed to plan things. Tickets, check. Hotel, check. Places to go to, nope. Things to do, nope. She would check the books and travel guides she picked out on her last visit to the library again. The notes she made while checking them the first time, were just know what options at the travel agency she had to go with. This time, she would plan things and take notes to have information to put in her article while writing it. She started with checking the travel guides she had with her again. Checking her notebook, she flipped pages to find what she was looking for. Writing down extra information on things, she quickly finished checking them. Taking a little break, she returned the travel guides to the check-in desk. Next, she needed to check the books she had notes on. As she was lucky to find them while scanning the shelves, she returned to her desk.

Faye didn’t notice it at first. A package. Picking it up, she had a look at it. It was easy to figure out that it was a book. It was wrapped in paper. Nothing. No note, no sender. Looking at the package, Faye didn’t know what to think of it. Scanning the library, she hoped to find out who left it. She didn’t notice anything weird. Who would do this? And why? She had a lot of questions. As she put away the package, Faye started flipping pages in a book to get her mind off of it. She would figure out what to do with it later.