What I hear

Right away the hallway has a strange echo, and my footsteps sound much louder and bigger then normal. I click the elevator button, wait, and don’t hear anything. Then I slowly hear the elevator getting pulled up closer to me. I walk in and stand and wait with 3 other people. The elevator hits some part of the building as it goes past certain floors and makes a distinctive clanking noise. Then a loud burst of sound comes from a ladies cell phone of a techno hammond Bossa Nova. She begins talking. Then the elevator rings and the doors screech open. I hesitate before I walk out, being at a floor I've never seen. I hear people talking and machines running. I began to follow the people from the elevator as if I know where I'm going. Eventually we get outside, and all I hear is the sound of from the river wind and cars, which all dissolve into one another. I begin to walk down the sidewalk adjacent to the highway. There are no trees people or animals. The wind, water and the sound of my shoes are constant, the only other sound I occasionally hear is a passing car. Eventually I know I'm close to home when I hear some birds and more people. I continue to walk I hear more cars and then I hear a bigger car coming my way, it’s a typical NYC tour bus. I hear slow talking guy mumble something about a building, then the motor sounds up again and slowly fades away into the distance. I walk by someone sitting down talking on their cell phone, and then a lady with a baby carriage rolls bye. The wind kicks up as I get closer to the water and home, I make a sharp turn to go up my block, and quickly have to shuffle out of the way of a lady. The wind kicks up and a dog from the park begins barking. The leaves on all the trees really begin to rustle, and eventually, the gritty sound my sneakers make on New York sidewalk stops and I know I reached the front steps to my building. I open my lobby door, and right away my lobby has a loud echo and my footsteps sound much louder and bigger then normal. I hear the distinctive sound my door makes when it shuts, and I'm home.