two dreams about apartments

1. Veronica had a really nice apartment on Veteran Ave all to herself. "How does she afford this?" I wondered. Through an open door in the living room I could see half of her bedroom. It completely slipped my mind that my sister was coming to Los Angeles that day.

2. The door to his place was open. I knocked loudly but didn't wait for answer before walking in. Someone had built a fort out of couch cushions on the living room floor. I could see two pairs of legs sticking out of the fort. I walked into the bathroom where a towel had been tossed onto the floor.

He followed me into the bathroom after a few minutes. "She doesn't want to fuck you when I'm around," I said. "The girl with pale legs." He seemed annoyed that I had wandered into his apartment uninvited, despite having left his door wide open. I announced that in any case I was leaving; buying a pack of cigarettes. I started to walk away. He called to me from the other room, telling me to wait for him to put on his sweater.

We walked a long way until we found a news stand, but they only had Marlboros and no menthols.