"What do you mean it sold?" Octavia Blake raised her voice in the towns only realty office.
"I mean it sold, I didn't even have it up twenty four hours and it sold" Harper Mcintyre, the real estate agent argued.
"We didn't even get a chance to look at it" Octavia would have been intimidating if Harper didn't know her forever. The other agents suddenly had stuff to do the second she entered the office. Harper dated her brother Bellamy for a short time and now lived across the street from her with her boyfriend Monty Green.
"Did you even meet the person?"
"No, she called about it, sent paperwork, wired cash to the owner through lawyers, it was signed, sealed, and delivered in hours. She had her shit together O. My hands were tied. You can't tell a seller to wait when they have a cash offer, I need to make a paycheck too" Harper replied.
"Ughhh, who has that kind of cash?"
"Clarke Griffin, from what I understand she inherited it from the passing of a parent. I don't know anything else just that she wanted to start over, somewhere new" Harper answered.
"Nothing bad about her anywhere and she was very nice on the phone" she added.
"Yeah, but she didn't even look at it, who buys a house without looking at it?"
"Someone looking to start over new, they just want a destination, you could fix a house, you can't fix a location" Harper gave her a smile.
"Yeah alright, when is she supposed to move in?"
"Two days, give her a chance, you never know, you could like her"
"Yeah, it's not me I'm worried about."
"Your brothers a big boy, he will just have to keep his guests under control."
"Yeah, I see him being neighborly and all " Octavia huffed heading out the door. Harper shook her head seeing Bellamy cross the street to meet her on the sidewalk, she was sure he was headed to interrogate also but Octavia saved her, cutting him off, and they headed in the opposite direction together.
"Coast is clear" Harper called.
Maya, Jasper, and Monroe all appeared back at their desks.
"She's awful touchy" Maya noted.
"She lives next door, she's just curious" Harper laughed.
"Yeah, you have seen our neighborhood, there has never been anyone new" Jasper replied. He lived in the apartment in Monty and Harper's Basement. Harper smiled knowing she has seen Maya exit the apartment a few times during early morning hours.
"What do you think Monroe?"
"I think I'm glad I'm at the other end of the street" She replied getting back to her work. There was only eight houses on the road, all two story with good sized lawns. The older more victorian looking homes that you don't see anymore.
When you turned out of town onto Arkadia Ave, Octavia Blake was the first house on the right with Harper, Monty, and Jasper in the house directly across the street. Then you came the new owner Clarke Griffin, with Raven Reyes across from her. Next would be Octavia's Brother Bellamy who resided next to Miller and Bryan. Across from Bellamy was Murphy and Emori, and next to them was Monroe, Niylah and Fox.
In the younger days they were a troubled group, if there was ever any problems it was the first place people looked. Bellamy's mom pretty much took care of the whole group and when she passed away he pretty much took over that responsibility. They weren't kids anymore. The youngest of the bunch being Octavia at nineteen. The rest of them ranged from twenty to twenty five, Bellamy being the oldest. A good majority of the time they still acted like kids, they still had visits from the law from time to time and Bellamy still tried to guide them in the right direction, however he was lightening up on that now a days.
...
Two days went by incredibly quick and before they knew it the new owner was ready to move in.
Well before most of them knew it anyway...
Bellamy groaned rolling over. A constant noise waking him.
"What the hell is that?" he ran a hand over his face waiting to hear it again. There it was again, barking.
"Dogs? No one owns dogs on this street." he mumbled standing and moving to the window.
"Great" he growled seeing the two dogs in the new neighbors back yard.
He threw on shorts heading down the stairs, he glanced at the clock by the door. 7:00am.
He opened the door to see moving trucks lining the street in front of his house and his sisters. Hired movers unloading stuff quickly.
"Hey, where is the owner of the barking mutts?" he called out.
"Ms. Griffin, I'll send her out" a guy stated, he was gone briefly before returning with a woman. She had a mess of blonde curls piled on top of her head in a high ponytail, she was barefoot in shorts and a low cut tank top when she crossed her yard to his. If nothing else she was definitely something to look at, his thoughts were interrupted by the barking bringing him back to the problem at hand.
"That, cannot happen, people sleep" he stated motioning to the dogs jumping on the fence.
"I'm sorry if they are bothering you, once everything is brought in, I will let them in the house, it's just all new to them so they don't know what is going on, I was afraid they would get out and not come back, seeing as they aren't familiar with the area and all" she sent him a smile. She was far to happy this early in the morning.
"If this whole ordeal takes much longer, and I have to listen to that I am going to let them out myself. Would be a blessing if they didn't come back." he groaned walking away from her. She sighed walking over to the fence. She leaned on the cool metal.
"C'mon guys, be quiet, we haven't even been here an hour and already our neighbors don't like us." She whispered.
"Don't let him bug you, we usually don't let him out in public" The voice startled her. She turned to face a girl with blonde hair and full of smiles.
"I'm Harper, I talked to you on the phone. I live across the street"
"Oh yes, how nice to meet you!" Clarke smiled shaking her hand. Harper could see Bellamy was already at work as she could hear Clarke talking to the dogs when she first approached.
"So what's their names, what kind of dogs are they?"
"They are blue heelers and the smaller one is Callie, the larger one is Roscoe"
"Friendly?"
"Yes, of course" Clarke gushed. Harper could see she loved them. She laughed mentally, could tell Bellamy was going to hate them.
"Here comes the welcoming committee" Harper smiled seeing Monty, Jasper, and Octavia headed there way.
Everyone was all smiles introducing themselves. Octavia was too busy sticking her hands through the fence to pet the dogs to notice the new arrival till she heard a deep voice behind her.
"Better watch out they are vicious" the voice joked.
"They are not, only thing vicious is my neighbor, who apparently doesn't like dogs." Clarke joked. Octavia laughed.
"Your neighbor is me on that side, my brother on this side, and he doesn't like anything so don't pay him any mind" Clarke's face fell.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean"
"No worries, he's grumpy all the time, you get used to it" Octavia smiled. She turned to the man next to her.
"And you are?" she asked. She couldn't help but notice the body he had, his arms and shoulders were stretching that shirt to its capacity and she was willing to free him from it if he felt trapped.
"Lincoln, and who do I have the pleasure of meeting?" he asked taking her hand gently.
"Uh, Octavia" she replied, like she was unsure.
"Are you sure?" he joked.
"Yeah, sorry, not enough coffee, are you two a thing?" she motioned to Clarke.
"Nope, he's been my best friend for a long time. Just helping move, gonna stay around awhile and see if he likes it, maybe he will end up being another neighbor" Clarke smiled.
"Maybe, so far I'm liking what I see" he smiled obviously flirting with Octavia.
"Alright, well I have to get moving, the quicker I get everything inside the quicker I can take my barking mutts in the house, or so I've been informed. It was great to meet you all" she smiled.
"Yeah you too! " Harper replied, her Monty and Jasper headed back across the street, as Clarke disappeared in the house.
"I have to get to work, but If you need someone to show you around, let me know" Octavia sent Lincoln a smile as she walked away.
"I'll take you up on that once she's all moved in." he replied making his way up Clarke's steps
"You know where I live, just let me know" she waved before getting in her car and leaving.
"I like this place already" Lincoln announced walking in the house.
"Yeah I can see that, get back to work" Clarke joked throwing a pillow at him.
Her first encounter gave her second thoughts but she had a good feeling after meeting more of her neighbors, maybe this would work out for the best. She just wanted to belong somewhere.