Within these Old Walls

[myvalentina]

with @Party Poison

 

[myvalentina]

Luis parked his truck along the curb of the looming Victorian house. He'd walked by it every day last semester on his way to campus. Midway through September they began to gut the house, the construction crew carrying out dilapidated wood and carpet over a couple of months. So when he saw the address posted online as having three efficiency bedrooms for rent he was intrigued. Living in the dorms was getting expensive so he took a look at the place, at its distance from campus, and at the rent before deciding 'why the hell not'.


He pulled the first couple boxes off of the bed of his truck and walked up the long stone walkway. The topiary on either side of the walkway had been trimmed and the lawn neatly manicured; all the overgrowth that had once made the old house look downright scary had been cleared away. He was already imagining how cool it was going to be inviting people over to the old house on Calvera st.


He stepped up onto the porch and fumbled with his new keys to open the front door. He should have just put the box down but instead he ended up dropping everything. Text books spilled everywhere. "Dammit!" He cursed, bending down to gather his stuff.