Closing time

I sit down and hear the white noise like hum of the refrigerators. Along with this is the unusably even level chatter underscored by a constant dramatic orchestration. Then I hear the creak as the floor above sighs and groan. It is followed by the higher pitch wooden squeak, repeated over a dozen times.

Then a voice cuts through the white noise “Hahaha, Yay but you know Kim...” And it trails of into the background. I sit for a few more seconds and a dramatic tones from the tv change to electronic in nature, followed, by talk of carpets. But then new noise. Low level but near by metal on metal. A few seconds of tv, then the scrap of plastic on metal, a few taps, a singular thump of something mosit onto something yielding. A few more scraps. Then we have a loud laugh cut through.

First clatter of metal on metal is heard again, followed by a repeat of the scraping. This time though at the end of the scraping, there is the  crinkle of plastic which continues of a few second, and then a thump of something soft hitting the hard floor. The soft thing is dragged for a bit before it is stop. Then there is a splash with several hard pings in it, it only last for 3 seconds or so. I sit for a bit. And then the question comes “Is it all gone?” Male voice. “Yes” Female voice. And low chatter ensues. A hard object is dragged a door shuts. A few seconds. A loud laugh of a far bit away, along with the word “Bye Sara” Female voice. And then the squeak of a door opens. Then the sound of running water enters, along with a lower pitch plastic hitting on metal. Repeated five times. Then there is a soft but audible scrubbing sound that continues for 5 or 6 seconds and then stops. The scrubbing repeats 7 or 8 times.  And then the only noise is the tv and the background hum. A single clatter of light plastic on harder plastic. Then a far quiet, low level chatter starts. This one it is impossible to make out the words. And then I have a hacking cough, and relegalize I am at time and I want to go back home and hid under a blanket.