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"March Madness sucks," Richard O'Shea grumbled as he struggled to find the key for the exterior door of the apartment building.
During the chaos of the Cosgrove's Department Store's March Madness sale, Richard had come close to losing his job, come close to being arrested. Some mother decided it would be all right to let her daughter slam two pot lids together repeatedly like cymbals. Richard had marched over and grabbed the pot lids out of the four or five year old girl's hands, which, of course caused the girl to shriek and kick Richard in his shin. Then the mother got involved.
At six feet, five inches in height and weighing in at one hundred and seventy three pounds, Richard towered over the belligerent woman and her squalling brat. One good punch would have shut the mother up and a well-aimed kick to the little snot's posterior would have sent the kid into the Toy Department at the other end of the store. Thankfully, Bobbi, the second floor manager had witnessed everything; she'd been marching over to take the pot lids away from the snotty kid.
"But, rent's due tomorrow so just had suck it up," Richard sighed.
He ground his teeth when he discovered that someone had left the exterior door unlocked. The fumbling about for his keys had been unnecessary.
Entering the small lobby, Richard stood just inside of the door. A small girl was fumbling with her mailbox so Richard politely waited for her to finish before stepping up to check his own mailbox.
"Oh! Oh, you waiting get to your box?" the cute red head asked, peering over her shoulder.
"Take your time," Richard smiled pleasantly.
This girl was not responsible for his foul mood, and in truth, there was no pressing issues waiting for him in Apartment 3C. It would cost him nothing to wait for her to finish her task.
"Stupid key keeps sticking," the girl explained her struggles, returning her attention to the mailbox.
"May I?" Richard asked, stepping closer.
"Yeah, be my guest," the girl said, stepping aside.
"Okay, you need to twist it all the way up," Richard explained, twisting the key then pulling it free with ease.
"I did," the girl insisted. "Stupid key just sticks."
"Uh huh," Richard said.
"It does," the girl demanded, stomping her small foot in irritation.
Richard's smile did nothing to quell her annoyance. And, face to face, Richard could see that she was a young woman, not a small girl. Andup close, she was very pretty, even as she scowled up at him.
"Well, I've got some graphite; we can give your hole a little squirt if you'd like; see if that makes it any easier," Richard offered, sighing as his own mailbox was empty.
"Where are you from?" the young woman asked, a grin making her entire face scrunch up into an adorable smile.
"Texas. Itty bitty place; bet you ain't never heard of it," Richard smiled. "Oakleaf, Texas. Home of the Connelly Cougars; give me a mighty roar!"
"That football?" she asked, stepping toward the stairs. "Other than the Patriots, I don't know nothing 'bout football."
"Its college," Richard agreed, following her small frame up the stairs.
"Well, this is me," she said, stopping at the second floor landing.
"I'm in three C," Richard said as she pushed the door of the second landing open.
"Oh! So YOU'RE the one with them heavy boots all the time," she accused.
"Yeah, probably," Richard agreed. "Why? You're in two C?"
"Uh huh. Right underneath you. Sounds like a herd of elephants up there, I swear!" she declared.
"By the way, I'm Richard. Richard O'Shea," he said, holding out a long fingered paw.
"Huh? Oh! Hi Richard, Richard O'Shea," she teased as she pumped his hand very vigorously. "I'm Vickie."
Vickie did not offer a last name. Richard shook his head as the door of the second landing clicked shut behind her then proceeded up the next flight of stairs.