Chapter One
Alyssa knocked at the door of a two story house.
"Can I help you?" A woman asked.
"I'm Alyssa. You told me to come by today to see about becoming a roommate," Alyssa answered.
"Oh," she said. "I'm Rachael Kingston and this is our home. I'm just going to get the other girls and we'll start the interview. Have a seat."
Rachael ran up the stairs to get the other girls and Alyssa looked around. It was a beautiful house, very nicely decorated.
When Alyssa turned around there were four girls standing behind her.
"Please sit," Rachael said as they all sat down. "Alyssa this is Brooke, Crystal and Rylee; they all live in the house as well."
"Nice to meet you all," Alyssa said as the other girls just sat and smiled.
"So Alyssa, why do you want to live here?" Rachael asked.
"It's very close to the university and I love the south end location," Alyssa answered.
"That's why I wanted to live here," Rylee said leaning back in the chair.
"And are you going to be able to successfully come up with the $500 a month rent?" Rachael asked.
"Yes, I'm an executive assistant. It is a full time job and I've been working there for four months already," Alyssa said.
"Okay," Brooke said writing it down. "Is it alright if we contact your previous landlord to ask about your punctuality with the rent?"
"That's not a problem," Alyssa answered.
"Well unless we find a problem there you're all set," Brooke said smiling.
"Great," Alyssa said looking at the other girls.
"I'll give you a quick rundown of the rules," Crystal said leaning forward in her seat. "You're allowed to have guys stay overnight if everyone is fine with it. Before a guy stays the night you must have permission from everybody staying in the house that night. Once the guy stays for five nights it's common knowledge that he's allowed to stay whenever you want him to unless a housemate says a particular time that she does not want him staying. Then we'll all sit down together and discuss it. As far as keys are concerned you may not make a key for another person that is not living in the house. Clear?"
"Yeah," Alyssa said.
"Alright," Rachael said laughing at Crystal's seriousness. "let's give you a quick tour of the house to see if you like it."
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"So? What do you think?" Rylee asked.
"It's amazing, I love it," Alyssa said.
"That's good. Now for a little bit about us, I'm a model, Rylee's an advanced bartender, Brooke's a certified accountant and Crystal's a lawyer," Rachael said.
"Wow," Alyssa said impressed.
"We'll get back to you in a few days," Brooke said standing up. "It was very nice to meet you."
"I have to answer the phone!" Alyssa giggled and pushed Calvin, her boyfriend, off of her.
"Hello?" She answered.
"Hello Alyssa, this is Brooke. I'm phoning to tell you that we've approved you to move in with us. You're free to move in any day starting next week."
"Well thanks for phoning," Alyssa said. "I'll probably move in on Monday."
"Well whenever you feel like it Rachael will be home to give you your key," Brooke said. "Bye."
"Bye," Alyssa said and hung up.
"Who was that?" Calvin asked pulling the blankets down on Alyssa.
"That was my new roommate," Alyssa said. "I got the place."
"I don't see why you want to move," Calvin said kissing her. "I told you you could live here with me."
"Our relationship is far enough along for us to be living together," she said kissing his chest.
"But it's far enough to sleep together?" He asked.
"That's different," she said cuddling against him. "So you gonna help me move or are you gonna make me do it by myself?"
"I'm working all of next week," he said. "I'll be in Tampa all week."
"Tampa's only a three hour drive," Alyssa said. "I don't see why you couldn't help me for an evening."
"And that's why you don't understand the business world," he said.
Alyssa knocked on the big door again.
"Hey," Rachael said answering the door. "Come in, I'll get you your key."
"Thanks," Alyssa said walking in. "I don't think I'll be able to move in this week though."
"Oh, why not? Hours at work not cooperating with you?" Rachael said taking the set of keys off of the top of the fridge.
"No, my boyfriend's not in town this week so he can't help me," Alyssa said.
"Oh, borrow mine," Rachael said writing a number down on a piece of paper. "I'll phone him tonight, tell him that he's helping you out tomorrow if tomorrow's fine and he'll stop by with a friend of his."
"Tomorrow's fine, thanks," Alyssa said taking the piece of paper.
"Not a problem."
"You sure he won't mind?" Alyssa asked.
"Him? Nah," Rachael answered. "And if he does I'll make him feel all better later."
Alyssa laughed.
"So just phone him tomorrow after noon, heaven forbid he wakes up before that, and he'll come over to your place," Rachael said as they walked to the door.
"Well thanks once again. I'd love to stay longer but I just stopped over here on my way to work," Alyssa said.
"It's your place now too," Rachael said. "AJ'll be over shortly after you call him."
"See you tomorrow," Alyssa said.
"Sorry that took so long," a guy said standing at Alyssa's door. "I lost my keys."
"Oh, don't worry about it," Alyssa said opening the door.
"So how much stuff is there?" He asked.
"Not all that much. But there's a couple heavy things like the whole bedroom suite," she said.
"Sounds fun," he said.
"I thought Rachael said that there would be another guy coming as well," Alyssa said leading him to the bedroom.
"He'll be here soon. I'm AJ by the way," he said shaking her hand. "I'm assuming you're Alyssa."
"Yeah, you'll have to excuse my lack of manners," she said.
"Don't lose sleep over it," he said looking at the bedroom suite. "It's pretty big."
"That it is," she said.
"I'd start already but I don't feel like breaking anything of yours by doing it by myself," he said.
"That's good to hear," Alyssa said as the doorbell rang. "That's probably your friend."
"Yeah," AJ said walking to the door with her.
"Hi," he said. "I'm-"
"Late," AJ said. "Five minutes is not fifteen."
"I had something to do," he said and then looked at Alyssa. "I'm Chris."
"Nice to meet you," she said. "I'm Alyssa."
"Beautiful, name and look," he said kissing her hand.
"Get your ass over here," AJ said laughing.
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"Thank you so much for helping," Alyssa said to AJ and Chris. "I appreciate it so much."
"Don't worry about it," AJ said.
"Get out of here when you're sweating," Rachael said annoyed. "Go outside or something."
"Love you too," AJ said sarcastically.
"Go out there faster and I'll get you something to drink," Rachael said.
"Leaving," AJ said smiling at Alyssa. "See ya later."
"Can I see you outside for a second?" Chris asked Alyssa.
"Sure," Alyssa said following Chris outside.
"I was wondering if you would like to come to my place tonight and I'll take you for a tour of the bedroom," he said smirking at her.
"I'm not that type of girl," Alyssa said.
"I could make you into one," he said and winked at her. "I'm sure that your house would be the perfect size for my family if you know what I mean."
"You're a pig," Alyssa said running back into the house.
"What'd you say to her?" AJ asked Chris.
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