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Title – Tales of the Glass House

Summery – A collection of one-shots about the residents of the Glass House

Decorating

Eve Rosser's room was a mess to say the least; there were white sheets covering her bed frame, wardrobe, drawers and everything else. There was a pile of boxes in the hall outside her room which contained her clothes and other belongings she may need.

She was dressed in a pair of plain black jeans, a plain black tee-shirt with no skulls – which was a struggle to find as nearly all of the clothes Eve owned had or was in relation to skulls, her hair was pulled into a tight ponytail at the top of her head.

Eve Rosser stood back and examined the two streaks of purple paint tested onto one of her bedroom walls. "What one do you like better?" she turned round and asked Claire.

"They look both the same" Claire replied stepping closer to get a better look. Claire was wearing a pair of worn out blue jeans and a plain white tee-shirt.

"This one is Pamplona purple", she pointed to the first splash of colour, "And that one is Velvet ribbon", she explain as if she was talking to a five year old.

"Yes you have told me what the colours are but they look exactly the same, Eve" Claire said sitting down on the newspaper covered floor.

"Okay well I choose Velvet ribbon, where is Michael and Shane we could do with a bit of help?" she said closing the tin which contained Pamplona purple and poured some of the Velvet ribbon into the paint tray.

"They were taking your mattress down stairs" Claire said standing back up, picking up a roller and covered it in the purple paint. "What colour are the other walls going to be?" she asked getting to work on the left side of the wall.

"Black" Eve replied starting work on the right side of the wall.

"But they're already black"

"Yeah, I know that but I'll just give them a fresh coat of paint"

The girls continued to paint Eve's room into the late evening and managed to get both walls they were going to paint purple; purple. When they were finished painting the purple walls, they collapsed onto the floor sweating and panting. "I'm so tired, my arms are aching" Claire complained as she massaged the muscles in her arms.

Eve agreed in the form, of a nod and a cough. They were still lying on the floor when the boys came up to see how far they had got on painting Eve's bedroom. "You haven't done much" Shane said leaning against the door frame.

"You try it then" Eve sat up, "The door and the door frame have been painted" she said grinning.

And sure enough when Shane stepped back from the door frame he had a white mark down his back, making Eve, Claire and Michael burst into a fit of giggles. Shane scowled at them and picked up the paintbrush that was sitting inside the pot of white paint and flicked paint and Eve.

Who jumped up shocked and grabbed the brush out of the purple paint and flicked her wrist and a shower of purple covered not just Shane but Michael as well.

"Give me that brush" Michael said snatching the paintbrush out of Shane's hand and send a spray of colour Eve's way.

Watching all this happen before her eyes and not getting a single drop of paint on her clothes – apart from when she painted the walls – was crying with laughter. Hearing Claire choke with giggles the other three turned round with evil grins on their faces, making her shut up. "I'm sorry" she screamed picking up a clean brush and dipping it in the black paint to use as a weapon.

After the Glass house residents were finished their paint fight they looked at each other, they were covered from head to toe in a mixture of purple, black and white paint. They then looked around the room to look at the walls; on top of the black and purple base lay a coating of black and white and purple and white splashes smeared across the walls.

Eve glanced at the walls smiling, "I actually like it", and the other three agreed in the form of nods. "Okay I think I might go for a shower and scrub my skin" she said leaving her freshly painted room.

A/N hope you enjoyed one-shot 1 the next one shall be up shortly, please review