Private Finished A Room with A View - Roommate Included

Sterling had put up an ad in the local newspaper, in a few shops, and at the Academy looking for a roommate two days ago. He really didn’t need a roommate, he could afford his loft apartment, he had actually bought it outright when he had moved to Manta Carlos.

However, he found that it was lonely living alone. As a guardian angel, he had always been around people or other angels. Now he was on his own and he felt somewhat lonely. The loft was almost too big – everything echoed off of everything and he really just found that he missed having people and movement around.

Cleaning up the apartment, he had hoped that somebody would call or show up soon to look at the apartment. He wasn’t too choosy about roommates, although he didn’t want somebody to overly loud or that was a partygoer. He hoped to find somebody, perhaps, similar to himself or at least pleasant to be around.

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Apartment:
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Sterling was just putting away a few things in the closet when he heard the door. The first thing that came to mind was that somebody was probably here to look at the room - finally. Walking from the kitchen to the front door, Sterling opened it and saw a young redheaded man, maybe in his early 20s.

Smiling when he heard the young man say that he was there to look at the room, Sterling open the door wider and gestured for him to come in. “Come on in, the place is a bit of a mess, I’m afraid, I was just cleaning up when you rang,” Sterling explained as he ushered the young man into the front room kitchen area. It was all open concept - except for the bedrooms and the bathrooms. And despite what Sterling thought, the place was fairly tidy. Sterling wasn’t a dirty person, he liked things ordered and in their place, but he wasn’t a neat freak either.

“I hope you had no problems finding the place, I know this area is a bit strange - businesses and warehouses, as well as converted flats. It’s all a bit confusing.” He said as he looked with interest at his potential roommate.

@SirCatfish

"Okay, that's great." Sterling said when he found out his potential house mate had found the loft without any problems. He knew the area well and in the past it had its fair share of problems and not many people had wanted to live down by the waterfront near the warehouse district. But that was slowly changing, and more and more warehouses were being converted into homes.

“Nice to meet you, Jamie, without a surname,” Sterling said with a broad smile, clearly joking, “I’m Sterling Silver, but you can just call me Sterling or Sterl, if you like.” He said chuckle. “I do public relations, PR for events and stuff like that,” he said, “I work for DB Holdings downtown.”

“The loft is fairly big as you can see, lots of light. It has two bedrooms, and two bathrooms. My room has the master bath, but there is a full bath down that small hallway” he said indicating to one side of the loft, “it’s for guests, but it can be yours now.”

“Oh, sometimes, especially on Friday nights, it gets a bit noisy… There’s a pub down the street and it hosts sporting events, football matches, hockey games, that kind of thing.” Sterling said being very honest with Jamie. “Hopefully, it doesn’t bother you too much…” He said as he walked down a short hall to show Jamie the room that would be his bedroom.

@SirCatfish

"Oh, lords no... it's fine that you don't have a last name," Sterling said quickly backtracking, realising that he had probably offended Jamie with his bad joke. "I was just joking, sorry, I have a crazy sense of humour." he admitted. "Although, it might be a good idea in the long run, you may need one for ID purposes." Sterling explained as he considered what Jamie had said about getting one.

"Yeah, sorry about that..." Sterling said, "They opened a few months after I moved in here. I was thinking of getting a noise cancelling spell put on the windows, but they are expensive and it cancels everything... even the sounds of birds, thunder, everything..." Sterling said with a grimace. He liked the sounds of nature, besides, it would also probably make the loft even quieter than it was, and that bothered Sterling.

"Hey, that's fine... ask away, I'm used to questions," he said with a grin, "Not everyone knows how to use everything anyways. Heck, I spent a week trying to get the dishwasher to work properly, not to mention, I still can't get the toaster not to burn my toast." he laughed, knowing just how frustrating things could be at times.

"So, this would be your room. Not too much light during the afternoon... which keeps it cool. And you can open the windows too if you like." he said walking over and unlatching the window to show him that it could be done.

@SirCatfish

"Really?" Sterling said when Jamie offered to fix the toaster,"That'd be great... though I have a nagging suspicion that it's me that can't make toast and not the toaster." he chuckled, knowing that sometimes he was not the greatest with modern technology. Luckily he ate because he wanted to, not because he had too.

After he had opened the window, Sterling shut if again, not wanting to forget and leave it open all night. "That's fine. If you do need anything like bed linen, a blanket, some towels, whatever, just let me know." Sterling offered when Jamie said he didn't have much stuff. It was not uncommon for folks to wind up on Manta Carlos with just a small suitcase or backpack and so, Sterling just assumed that was why Jamie didn't have much many things with him.

"So, where are you from, Jamie?" Sterling asked curiously as they left the bedroom and walked back to the kitchen, "You also said you worked at the Academy, no? What do you do?" Sterling inquired, hoping he wasn't being overly snoopy.

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