Jump Then Fall: Chapter 1

I arrived in Pittsburgh feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. After a three hour plane ride, searching all over creation for mine and Nina's baggage, and a one hour taxi ride, I felt like I needed a nice long shower and a good nap. The taxi dropped us off outside of what I thought was an apartment building.
"Which one is it?" I asked her.
"Which one is what?" she replied, obviously confused.
"Which apartment is yours?" I groaned.
It was colder here than I had expected for an August day and I was feeling a little chilly. I just wanted to get inside and start unpacking. Nina gave me a look which made me realize that this obviously was no apartment building.
"This is my house, our house rather. Conviently located across the street from The Igloo" she said with a smile.
I turned around to look at a dome shaped silver building with the sun glaring off its roof that I had not noticed until now. I shielded my eyes. I was assuming it was the home of a local hockey team. I had never really payed any attetion to hockey. I had seen the players all the time at my old rink with their huge padding and long wooden sticks. Always forcing me off the ice to have practice. What did they even need to practice for? How hard could it be to skate around all day and shoot a little black puck into a net? It sounded simple to me. I could skate circles around them anyday. Getting lost in the memories of my old rink I finally looked up and saw the front door open, indicating that Nina had already gone inside. I sighed and trudged up several brick stairs until I came to the large entryway. I stepped slowly inside the huge house. I had expected it to be empty but it was already filled with furniture, newly purchaced furniture by the looks of it. The celings of the house were as high as a cathedral. The walls of the entrance were a snowy looking white. I hung up my black peacoat on an old warped coat hanger and walked deeper into the house. The entryway to each room on the first floor was huge and rounded. The first room I walked into was what I assumed to be the den. It's walls were painted a deep red that made me feel warm and welcomed. There were two black leather couches that looked like they would be very comfortale to sit on. Across from them was a huge flat screen tv hoisted on the wall. The room was already filled with various paintings and plants that made the room feel more homey. The other rooms on the first floor were just as welcoming. I visited the kitchen, which had a huge gray marble island in the middle, the pantry, which looked like it was stuffed with enough food for an army, another den, which looked just as comfortable as the first, a huge dining room with a long wooden table that had enough room to fit at least twenty people, and two decent sized bathrooms. After exploring the first level of my new home I made my way back to the entryway, where the stairs were, to go to the second floor and continue my exploring. I looked up and saw Nina standing at the top of the stairs, looking down at me?
"So, Kat... How do you like it so far?", she asked skeptically, "Do you think it's too much?"
"Nina, it's perfect!" I exclaimed.
With that she smiled and I slowly climbed up the stairs to meet her, dragging my suitcases and my previous worries behind me.