A/N: Hey, guys. I'm very happy with how many people have read my story so far enjoy.

Ronnie POV

The sun's rays cast long streaks of bright light on Ronnie's bed. She rolled over and looked at the time. It was 8:30. She yawned and stretched her arms, just as her cell phone began to ring. She hit the call button.

"Hello?"

"Hey, did I wake you?" Will asked.

"No, I was already up. What time are you coming over?"

"Around noon. I have some errands to do. Then I'll pick you up and we have about 4 places to see today. We should be done by 3:00. Then it's just you and me."

"Sounds good. See you then."

"See you then."

After Will hung up, Ronnie got up and made her way to the bathroom. After she showered, got dressed, and brushed her hair, it was only 9:20. As she was putting her pajamas in her hamper, she heard a knock on her door.

"Come in."

After a few seconds, Brian walked in. Brian was Kim's fiancé and Ronnie's soon-to-be stepfather. She didn't really even want to call him that, but there wasn't really any other name for him. They didn't really hang out together or even spend more than a few minutes in the same room without it getting a little uncomfortable for both of them. She knew that he had been making an effort lately to get closer to her ever since her father passed, but it just wasn't working and Jonah wasn't too fond of him either. It's not like they hated him, they just never clicked with him. Ronnie sometimes wondered if Jonah resented her mother for that. If he thought that Brian was just trying to replace their father. In some ways, that's exactly what it looked like.

"Hey, are you going somewhere today?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm going out with Will."

He shifted awkwardly from one leg to the other. "Ok. Well your mom is calling you down for breakfast. "

"Okay"

Once he left the room, Ronnie made up her bed and went down to the kitchen.

"Hey, Ronnie" Jonah said with his mouth full of pancakes. She walked over and kissed his forehead.

"Morning, Jonah. Where's mom?" He pointed to the couch and Ronnie saw her mom lying down with a small, damp towel on her forehead.

"Hey, mom. What's wrong?"

Kim straightened up and looked at her. "Hey, honey. Don't worry about me. I just have a small headache. I'll be fine. You look nice."

"Yeah, I'm going out with Will today."

"Brian told me. But before you go, can you do me favor and pick up the dry cleaning?"

"Sure, Will isn't coming till noon." Ronnie said as she walked into the kitchen.

Jonah looked up from his pancakes "you're going out today?" he asked with a little bit of sadness.

Ronnie felt a huge wave of guilt wash over her as she looked at him. "I'm sorry, buddy but I promised Will that we'd look at apartments for him today."

"Oh, well that's okay. I'll just find someone else to hang out with today." He hopped off the stool and walked out of the kitchen. Ronnie sighed and leaned back against the granite countertop, staring at the countless pots her mother hung from the ceiling that they never used but she insisted on leaving them there.

"Don't worry about it." She turned around to see Brian. "He'll be okay. I'll make sure of it. I know how hard you've been working to make him comfortable."

"Thanks. I just don't want him to feel bad."

"He'll be fine. Just trust me."

"Alright." Ronnie said and grabbed a banana before leaving for the cleaners.

The bells on the door chimed as Ronnie walked out of the dry-cleaners. Outside it was sunny and a nice breeze engulfed the air. She looked at her watch. It was only 10:30. She had some time to spare so she decided to stop by a local café. As she turned a corner, she saw a boat load of papers fly at her and heard someone curse under their breath. When she looked down, a girl who looked about the same age as her was on the floor scrambling for the papers as they began to scurry in different directions. Ronnie saw what she was doing and quickly began to help. When she picked them all up, she handed them to the girl. She had thick red-hair and eyes that looked a strange, but nice, pale green. She had dimples on her face that you could faintly make out even when she wasn't smiling and when she saw Ronnie, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you so much. You're a lifesaver. I don't know what I would have done if I lost these." The girl said in one breath.

"No problem." Ronnie said looking at the papers that were really paintings and drawings. "Wow." She said quietly.

The red head smiled. "You like them? They're my most prized possessions. I don't know what I would do if I lost them. They just flew out of my portfolio. Thanks again. I'm Iris." She said holding out her hand. Ronnie shook it and smiled. "I'm Ronnie." She brought her attention back to the papers. "So you made these?"

"Yeah, it's kind of my thing. I've been doing it forever. Do you live around here? I've never seen you before."

"Yeah, I live a few blocks from here. I was just picking something up for my mom."

Iris smiled and they stood there for a few seconds not saying anything. Then she shook Ronnie's hand one more time. "Well, I've got to go. It was nice meeting you. I'll see you around?"

Ronnie smiled. "Yeah, see you around." Ronnie watched as Iris turned on her heel and walked across the corner until she was completely out of sight.