Gregor couldn't focus. The sample problems in his textbook grew more and more indiscernible as the noises from next door grew louder and louder.

His neighbor was the problem. When Gregor had first moved into the apartment he didn't have a neighbor. Until one day he was awoken by a construction crew. Gregor's distracted mind drifted back to that morning. He remembered asking the construction worker.

-Hey, what's the story, man?

-Some bass with a trust fund is moving in. He's paying to waterproof the apartment so he can move in.

-A Bass? As in the freshwater fish? That's crazy talk.

-Bel