2They both started to laugh.
<Sorry> she said first.<But you are funny>
<I can?t say the same about you>
<I?ll take it as a compliment> she smiled innocently.
Daniel decided to try his luck once again and introduced himself one more time.
<It?s a pleasure to meet you Daniel> she smiled again at him.
<You had to tell me your name, you know?like,
Hey Daniel?I?m Jenny>
<How do you know my name is Jenny?>
<I don?t know. Is it?>
<No> and again no answer from her.
*
She felt tired and wanted very bad to sleep, but the stranger, oh Daniel, she said to herself was a nice companion. She decided after all that she could close her eyes for some minutes. She was standing by the window and she laid her head on the window.
<I bet my shoulder is more comfortable than a cold window>
<Probably> she said sleepy, but she kept her head there.
<I won?t ask you about your name> She decided to give up and rest her head on his shoulder. After a few minutes she decided that it was actually nice. She didn?t know when the plane landed. Daniel woke her up gently and said to her that it was time to go. They went together to pick their luggage and after they said goodbye.
<So I guess I?ll see you around.>
<You know that we won?t ever meet again.>
<You weren?t that bad, leave me your phone number, we can go out and drink a coffee someday.>
<I don?t have a phone.> and that was true
<Then give me your address>
<I don?t know where I am going to leave.> and that was true too, but Daniel understood that he wasn?t wanted and felt a bit disappointed.
<Well, good bye?
?Good bye? she said smiling to him and turned around. She took the first cab she found, the driver helped her with the luggage, while Daniel looked at her.
*
<Do you speak English sir?>
<A little>
<Good. Can you take me to the cheapest hotel?>
<The cheapest? I think there is one, but outside the city>
<It`s ok>
<Are you a tourist?>
<Yes, only a tourist> she said after a moment of hesitation
<Great, would you like to see the city?>
<It would be great> although she was tired she wanted to see the city. She needed to find a job really quick as she didn?t have too much money. The cab driver showed her almost all the city. Copenhagen was great.
<This is a famous club, if you want to party> the driver?s remark caught her attention
<Club? Like a club with a DJ?>
<I don't know, i am too old to party, but my son goes there all the time>
<I see> She had a little idea in her head, she hoped it will work. They reached the hotel and the driver gave her a map. The hotel was cheap, but nice, she could live there for a while before she will have enough money to rent something. She liked Danmark, especially that most of the people could speak English. It was easier for her.
*
Daniel waited for his best friend, Jonas to come and pick him up from the airport. After a formal conversation with him Daniel hit the subject.
<Did you plan something for tonight?>
<Yes, are you excited about this?>
<No, I won't come>
<Come on, all our friends are there, they miss you>
<So I miss my family>
<Ok, there?s something wrong here. Had a bad flight?>
<Probably> But after a few minutes he explodes. <Uh, that stubborn and rude reddish, imagine that she didn?t even tell me her name and I offered my shoulder to sleep on. And as it wasn?t enough she refused to date.>
<Slow down?she refused to date you?>
<Sort of, I offered to take her to a coffee>
<I see>
<Never mind, happily I won?t see her again.>
<You definitely need to go out>
<Be here, at 10> he said to Jonas before he went out from his car.
He entered in the house and called his mother
<Mom, I'm home>
*
It was almost 6 pm when she decided that she has to try her luck. She needed a new job to survive. She needed to learn the language to communicate. She needed to hide for her new life to start. She felt ready to face the world.
At home she was a shy girl; she always cared about the others and what would they think if she had done this or that. Here, in Denmark she could choose what type of girl to be. Here was different, she was a stranger and the people know that the strangers are weird. She could have any individuality she wanted. She was free to choose. She always wanted to be a little mean, to be more party, to get drink, but she never could go out with her friend because of her husband.
She already realized that 15 minutes passed like a second while she was busy with her thoughts. She got dressed, a pair of skinny jeans, a black top and a leather jacket because it was pretty cold outside and she decided to wear make-up, at home she wasn?t allowed. She didn?t call a cab, she took the map and left the hotel. She was trying to search the club on the map, she saw it after some minutes but she was too lost in the streets. The truth was that she was never good at orientation, she was lost even at home, the place that she would have to know with eyes closed. But she hadn't paid attention to the details all her life, why should she start to pay attention now? She asked a lady to help her.
<Can you tell me where is this?> and she pointed with her finger the place. The nice lady explained her where to go, but she looked lost.
<I have a better idea, why don't you come with me to my car, I can take you there"
<I don't want to disturb you>
<It's in my way>
<Ok then, thank you so much>
<No problem, honey.>
<Let me help you with your bags> she noticed that she had a lot of bags
<Thank you, they are so heavy and it's boring when you do your shops alone>
<No one from the family wanted to join you?>
<No, they join me only at dinner> and she laugh. Alycia looked at her, she was happy to talk about her family, she was a lovely person and she could imagine her family. A nice teenager boy or girl and a lovely husband.
Alycia helped her to put the shops in the car and they left.
<What is your name?>
<Alycia>
<Nice name, and what are you doing here alone and lost?>
<I just moved here and I want to go here to get a job?
<In a club?>
She knew what she was thinking
<It's not what you are thinking, I can't do that, I want a job there because I love the music>
<I see, I think now everybody loves music, my daughter is absolutely mad about music, she listen music to help her get asleep too>
<I do this too> the woman smiled
<Do you have only a daughter?>
<No, I have a boy too and I made the shops to prepare a tradional danish meal for my boy, he arrived home today. Have you tried the food here?>
Alycia remembered that she didn't eat anything since she left Liverpool, but she didn't feel hungry.
<I actually didn't have the time to eat something tradional, just some snacks> It was so hard to lie.
<That's a pity, you should come to my place for dinner>
<I would love too, but now I have to get a job>
<Right, but would you like to come tomorrow night?>
<I don't want to bother you and your family>
<My family will be thrilled, they are always happy when we have guests at dinner>
<Yes, but I?m a stranger>
<You are a very nice stranger. We are close, will you come?>
<Ok> She told Alycia the address and her phone number too.
"We are here. Held og lykke!>
<What does it mean?>
<Good luck>
<Thank you, and thank you for driving me here and for the invitation>
<See you tomorrow night at 8>
<Bye> She left leaving Alycia alone in front of the club.
