CHAPTER 1

Mediocre Mattress Movers

"So you're still coming right?" Stephanie asked with a hopeful voice. "I told you I was accepted!" the younger girl replied incredulously. Steph smiled and giggled, "I'm just so excited you're finally going to be coming here! And don't worry, I pulled some strings," She began only to roll her eyes at her friends immediate remark, "Please tell me you at least kept some of your honor" She drowned. Steph gasped, faking hurt, "I mean with the housing, I got them to let you move in with me and Rose! YAY!" Her voice was so high pitched it was barely audible.

"Oh good I'm glad, I was kind of worried that I'd be far away from you guys." She said sadly. "Nope, you move in the day you get here, Rose and I are already moving stuff around so you'll have a carbonate in the bathroom, of course you already have a room, but when you get here we're going shopping for new linens." She rambled. The girl laughed, "We don't have to do that I'm sure what you guys did to the room once you two moved in is absolutely gorgeous." Steph bit her bottom lip. "Yeah, you see, Rose and I used that room when we wanted to use food…you see we didn't want to chance badly staining our covers..." She muttered. The other end was silent.

She waited a moment then tried, "Hello?" She let loose her bottom lip from her teeth and held back a snicker as her friend finally spoke, "We'll have to stop at a mattress store as well," She groaned. Steph smiled, "Anything you want babe, but I got to go, the boys are coming over and helping me flip my mattress" She said. "Please tell me that's not code for something dirty," her friend grumbled. Steph laughed, "I'll have them bring out the mattress in your room while they're at it alright!" She replied. "Uh ha, enjoy!" She said dripping with disbelief. "I will enjoy Colin after he's done, poor boy works so hard for my love" She smirked and raised her eyebrows suggestively even though her friend couldn't see the action. The girl laughed. "I'll see you tomorrow" She replied, "Tomorrow!" Steph called back happily and clicked her phone closed.

Steph stood and opened her door, walking across the hall to 4B, and bursting into the apartment. She opened the fridge and pulled out a bottle of water before walking around the couch, and stopping directly in front of the TV earning three grunts and groans of protest.

"You guys promised to help me," She declared. The threesome rolled their eyes. "Colin, will you please explain to your girlfriend that this is the last game of the season!" Logan grumbled. Steph glanced from the slacking blond to her boyfriend and set her hands on her hips. He sat up, "Steph, sweetie, this is the last game, and the ball is flying! We haven't seen this much action in a long time!" He whined.

She cocked her head. "No, your absolutely right, and you both aren't going to see any more action in a long time, so enjoy flying solo boys" She said, her voice dripping with obvious metaphor, and walked out of the room leaving the door open for them as she left.

Colin sighed and stood up, following after Steph. Finn reached for the controller and pressed record, standing and glaring down at Logan who leaned back in his seat with a smirk on his face. "Have fun men!" He laughed as Colin and Finn exited only to cringe as they yelled, "Get off your ass Huntz!" He sighed and sipped his beer before reluctantly heading next door.

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"Move it to the left…. your other left…"

Logan sighed as he lifted the mattress over his head. "Why are they getting rid of their dirty sex mattress again?" He asked. "Steph and Rose have a new room mate coming. It's a girl they hung out with at those fancy parties whenever we were 'to drunk to be tolerated' as she put it." Colin explained.

"Oh of course, now does that mean she's another blonde Pamela Anderson look alike that I could date?" Logan asked. All movement halted as the two boys stared down at the blond. "And when I say 'date' I mean sleep with once then blow off" He clarified. "Rose told me when you said that to call you a male gigolo and then tell you she's off limits" Finn replied as they looked back to the mattress and went on trying to devise a plan to get it down the stairs of the apartment and into someone else's trash can.

"Why is she off limits?" He whined. "Because she's not like those other girls," Colin muttered and raised his arm above his head, catching the spring mattress before it fell on his head. "How is she not like the others, I've had every type of girl out there, preppy, the look-alikes, blonde bimbos, catholic school girls, good girls, baadd girls, the list goes on" He muttered.

Colin received a chuckled," Sorry mate!" from the foreigner above him. "A little heads up next time 'kay Finn" He grumbled then looked back down to Logan. "What were you saying?" He asked. "What makes this girl so special that I'm not allowed to touch her?" He shortened. "All I know is Steph made it clear that if she ends up crying over you we would all be castrated" Colin grumbled.

"Aw Fuck, and you know if Steph cuts you off she'll find a reason to get Rose to cut me off to! Logan behave yourself, enjoy you're thousands of blonde, fake, idiots at swoon at your feet; but stay away from this girl you hear me!" Finn warned. Logan gapped, "You guys think so low of me!" He whined. "If you could show them that you could see the same person at least twice in your life then maybe they wouldn't worry so much" Colin suggested. "Hey, I've had more than one woman twice, actually I've had two women twice at the same time" He chuckled then glanced up as his friends gave him a look, "You're right mate, I have no idea why they are so worried!" Finn deadpanned.

He gapped, "Don't deny it now," Colin laughed as he watched his friend's mouth open and close searching for an excuse. Logan sighed and pulled on the mattress to help his friends. They were almost at the basement floor. "One day Logan, you'll wake up and you'll realize that you've found the girl of your dreams, and she'll be waking up next to the man who already knew and was prepared to drop every conquest for her" Colin recited.

"Dude, please tell me those are Steph's words, or we're really going to have to go back up stairs and watch football and drink beer" Logan laughed. Colin sighed, "Yes they're her words, but I completely agree. Finn and I played the field all the time just like you, and that was great. Beautiful intoxicated women every night, but now we have something so much better. We have one gorgeous girl who only we get to be with. We're the only ones who get to drive them wild, doubt on them, and take care of them. Now I know that doesn't sound amazing to your playboy ears, but take Finn for example. We thought you would settle down before Finn did, the girls figured Oprah would marry that boyfriend of hers before Finn picked one girl, and look at him now. He found Rosemary, a red head, who fit the stereotype he was looking for, with a smoking body," He began only to be interrupted with Finn's throwing daggers glare and a sharp "Hey!"

"Just like he loved to pick up every night, only now he actually gets to sleep with her every night and kill anyone who tries to hit on her," Colin finished only to still feel his friend's eyes digging into him. "Watch what you're saying man" Finn grumbled. "I'm trying to explain to Logan." He defended "Whoa, guys, guys, calm down ok! While I don't exactly get how amazing it is to be with one person when you could be with twenty, I see where you're coming from ok!" He said. "Good, so you'll stay away from the girl?" Finn asked. "That I make no promises to" Logan chuckled. The boys groaned, "Alright, lets make this mattress disappear ok, I can't wait till we have to bring the new one up" Colin grumbled.

"I think there's still whip cream on here" Logan grunted and grimaced, whipping it off onto the railing. "Yeah sorry man…actually I'm really not sorry" Colin smirked. Finn and Logan rolled their eyes, "I miss the couch" Logan whined as he lifted it over his head and helped Colin and Finn toss it into, or relatively near by that is, the dumpster.