The door to the apartment suddenly opened with a slight creak, and in stepped Liza. She had been out shopping and had a pair of plastic bags in her right hand. She wore a black sweatshirt and a pair of skinny jeans, her hair hung loosely as usual. She reached around with her left hand and pulled the key from the slot, and then pushed the door shut with a [i]click[/i], turning the lock. “Thank God for twenty-four hour malls.” she said as she placed both bags on the counter.

     It was nighttime, the clock near the bed stating the time at 5:23 a.m.
Liza placed the apartment key on the night table and spoke to Alice, “Hey, feelin’ better? Actually don’t answer that. Look-I got you something.”
Liza reached into one of the bags and took out a thick sketch pad and a sketching set. The sketchbook had eighty pages and the sketching set had four pencils, an eraser, two sticks of charcoal, an ink pen, a small plastic sharpener for the pencils.

     Liza extended the supplies to Alice and said,”Here ya’ go. I can take them back if they don’t suit, no hard feelings.” she said with a joking smirk.