I’ve finally done it. I have her. I’ve been watching her for months now. That beautiful chestnut brown hair of hers. I had a difficult time trying to get close to her. That’s why I have my safe. It is my most prized possession. Everyday after work, I open my safe to marvel at her.  I have pictures of her, old coffee cups, and a hair tie full of hair. The hair was difficult to come by. I had to bribe her hair hairdresser to get it. Actually the same day, I saw her outside of my window. I had no choice but to take a picture of her. It was quite admirable of her to be so bold.

I know she has been watching me for months now. I have come to the conclusion that she must be interested in me. While adding another photograph to my collection, I realized that I needed a plan for her to be with me. Sometimes I think back to the first time I saw her. She was in her apartment dancing around in front of her window. There was an innocent, careful glow around. She was unaware of the pair of eyes watching her every movement. From that moment I realized I needed her like I needed water. When I saw her watching me back, I knew she wanted to be with me because we are the same.This was going to be fantastic. We were going to be together for the rest of our lives.

Around midnight, I snuck through her window to bring her back to my apartment. I succeed by knocking her out with a cloth with a solution on it. By leaving her window unlocked, I knew she was signaling for me to come get her. I had to knock her out first so our reunion could be romantic. She looked so beautiful and she was waking up. Once I saw the recognition in her eyes, my face felt like it was going to split because of my smile.

“I see you have been watching me?”

I locked the door and my future began.

I’ve been watching him for months now. He is definitely to something. I need to know what is in that safe. The safe is stashed under his bed and whatever it is, he is uptight about it. Every time he opens that safe, he locks his door and never closes his bedroom curtains.

I know it’s weird to be spying only. neighbor but, its quarantine. I’ve been watching so much Netflix it’s boring now. One day, while eating my third lunch for the day, I noticed his sketchy behavior. I knew I shouldn’t have been snooping but, he was pacing around and behaving like a trapped animal. He was pacing in front of a bag. When he glanced in it, he shuddered and  threw it in the safe. Since then, I’ve been watching him. Everyday, like clockwork, in the afternoon he always adds something to it. I desperately want to know what it is time for some detective work.

When he left work, I offered to walk my neighbor’s dog to get close to his window. Lucky for me, his apartment is on the ground floor. His place was tidy. There wasn’t anything suspicious in the living room anyway. I knew that his “top-secret” safe was in his bedroom, so I switched over to that window. While looking through his window, I couldn’t find the safe. There was nothing out of place. The only things I see are a camera and a newspaper. I found that strange considering I thought newspapers didn’t exist anymore.

After returning the dog, I returned home disappointed. I must be going crazy and need to stop watching for him. I see a strange flash of light from my window. I brush it off and try to take a nap when he walks into his apartment. There he was walking quickly to his bedroom. He was pulling out that safe unlocking it to put in a hair tie full of chestnut brown hair. First he caressed it to his face, whispered to tit then put it away. He did the same for a photograph. I slammed my curtains shut breathing hard. It was the creepiest thing I have seen. I tried to brush it off and how about the rest of my day.

Once night fell, I walked past my window and opened it up for some air. I noticed that his apartment was dark and his window was also open. I was starting into the darkness of his place when a shadow moved. I freaked out and turned away. There was another quick flash of light but, when I turned back around. I decided watching him was making me paranoid. I took some melatonin and went to bed. Around midnight, I woke up to a pair of green eyes staring at me, then a white cloth with a funny smell.