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After Zack and Kelly's honeymoon they returned to Cal U and started fixing up their apartment, it was an extremely slow process. Because they couldn't find furniture in their price range right away they took to sleeping on an air mattress they bought when they got back.
"Kel, you awake?" asked Zack hoping she was.
"Yeah." Said Kelly wide-awake.
"This is bad huh?" Asked Zack.
"No it's like one of our camping trips, remember the one we took with Mr. Belding.
"Are you talking about the white water rafting trip?" Asked Zack remembering the trip.
"Yeah it's just like that. Only we're in our own apartment together and that's all that matters." Said Kelly
The next morning Kelly found Zack in the living room working hard on something, so hard he didn't even hear her walk in the room.
"What are you working on?" Asked Kelly as she kissed him.
"A budget, so we can eventually get some furniture and someday a normal bed." Said Zack.
"Well that's a good idea, what do you got so far?" Asked Kelly
"Just the estimated bills and rent I just need to figure out how much we make and how much we have to put away for furniture." Said Zack.
"Okay, well if I work full-time at the health center I can make about 350 a week." Said Kelly estimating.
"Okay and me working at the bank part-time I can make just about the same give or take." Said Zack.
"So what's the budget look like?" Asked Kelly.
"Tight, very tight. Take a look." Said Zack.
"Rent, phone, electric, cable, food. Zack this takes all of our money."
"No it doesn't, Kel this is the budget for when we go back to school in September." Said Zack. "This is the budget for the summer."
"Well why didn't you show me this one first?" Asked Kelly as she smacked Zack in the arm.
"Cause I wanted you to see how tight it will be once we have to go back to school."
"Okay, so no take-out, movies, little luxuries, except coffee." Said Kelly.
"Of course coffee." Said Zack reassuring Kelly that there would defiantly be coffee jokingly.
"So what do you want to do now?" Asked Kelly.
"Well we should probably go call our parents and let them know we're okay."
"And tell them we're not starving." Said Zack.
So they went to the student union and called their parents told them that they were safe and happy. That's when Zack's mom told him that after a couple months of debate with his father they had decided to buy new furniture, which meant that there was going to be an extra set. Zack's mother asked him if he and Kelly would like to have it. His mother refused to hear of him paying her for the furniture, while he insisted on it.
"Mom, I would rather pay you for the furniture than just taking it from you." Said Zack as Kelly looked at him questionably.
"Zack, I won't hear of it, you and Kelly are not going to pay me for the gift we are giving you."
"Yes, we are Mom. It two big a gift after the wedding and everything else." Said Zack being stubborn.
"No you're not Zack I refuse to take money from you two." Said Zack's mom just as stubborn as her son.
"Fine but the least I can do it come down and get it."
"Not a chance Zack, your father and I want to see your apartment and the campus." Said his mother.
"Fine when do you want to come?" Asked Zack.
"At the end of the month your father has some vacation time and we'll come up and see you."
"Okay. Um I'll call you later and get the final details." Said Zack.
"Okay, love you honey. Talk to you soon."
"Bye, Mom."
"So what's going on?" Asked Kelly curious about the conversation between Zack and his mother.
"My parents are getting new furniture and asked if we would take the old stuff for the apartment, mom is refusing to let me pay them for it or even pick it up."
"So?"
"So, they want to come and visit at the end of the month and bring the furniture with them."
"Well that will be nice to see them."
"Kel, they want to see where we live, we have to fix up the apartment fast." Said Zack.
"Okay, well what do you want to do with it?"
"Well we have to paint, clean it, get a bed." Said Zack.
"Okay, well let's go to the paint store and get some paint samples, and we'll go from there." Said Kelly.
Zack and Kelly went to the paint store and picked the colors, they picked a pastel yellow for the kitchen, bedroom got sky blue, sea foam green in the bathroom, and tope for the living room. They then called their friends and told them they were having a painting party the next afternoon and it was potluck cause after all they hadn't gone grocery shopping yet.
End of Chapter 3
