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"He-hey," I stuttered stupidly.

"Gabs!" He ran over to me and just as he was about to give me a hug, he pulled back. "Sorry, I'm a little… sweaty right now. I'm going to go take a shower later, but I can't believe you're here!"

I nodded, still feeling a bit dizzy. "That's me. Always surprising people…" I trailed off.

"The last day of seventh grade was the best day ever. That was the last time we got to see each other, right?"

I felt kind of bad about not remembering it too well. I could only recall the little pouches of Capri Sun that our teacher threw at us.

"Um, yeah…I'm sure that was when we saw each other last." I wanted to slap myself for sounding like such a retard.

"So anyway, I'm gonna go take a shower…" he said, looking at his rather sweaty body.

"You go do that. You're very dirty."

WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING? You're very dirty?! Well of course he's dirty! He was at the gym!

Oh, God… I think I might faint.

I waved weakly as he jogged away into the living room and up the stairs, passing the gorgeous diamond chandelier. As he left, I swear I heard him mumble, "This is awesome."

I walked back over to the counter and pulled out the stool to sit. I curled my head into my arms and mumbled to myself, "I'm such a retard."

I stopped moping eventually and decided to go explore my room. Derek had already informed me that Eric and Lucy had specifically labeled the best room in the house with my initials, so I wasn't in any hurry to hog a room.

I first headed outside to the car to get my basic toiletries and audio equipment. My Mini-Cooper was stuffed with various duffle bags and suitcases.

Derek came out after me. I assumed he was going to help bring our stuff into the house.

"Dude! My room is loaded! There's a stereo, a Macbook, and a 20" plasma screen. They told us to choose the rooms we want, when everything is laid out just for each of us. I mean, my walls are filled with posters of Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, the Hush Sound, and Gym Class Heroes. Lynn has a bunch of soccer stuff and David Beckham posters and various makeup crap. Chase has his own drum set and all those geeky model airplanes. Lilly has pictures of all the Disney princesses and the Cheetah Girls. We even have a game room. There's every awesome game system you could ever think of from the Nintendo Wii, to the Playstation 3!"

While he talked, I could only think of one thing: how could so much change in so little time?

"Sounds pretty cool to me," I replied.

"Your room is by far the best, though, I must say. I'm not gonna spoil it for you, just so you can get the full effect."

I laughed a little at his absurdity.

We both pulled a bunch of suitcases full of clothes onto the lawn and reached for the more important personal items that each person had packed.

I walked back into the house with Chase, Lilly, and my bags slung over my shoulder. I would eventually have to go back outside and get all our actual clothes, but for now, I just wanted to check out my supposed-to-be "ripped" room. I treaded slowly up the wooden stairs, my hand gently gliding along the metal handrail.

I tossed their bags right in front of their bedroom doors. The fat letters that were already mounted on their doorframes told me which rooms were theirs.

I finally turned back toward that door that so clearly had "G.M." engraved.

I took a deep breath before slowly turning the brass doorknob.

The first thing that caught my vision was the bright green couch that leaned against the blue canopied bed. There were balcony doors on the east side of the room. I had a big white desk with a Macbook lying on top of it, a huge iPod dock stereo on the dresser, along with the second generation iPod Touch. Directly above the dresser was a 36" Sony plasma screen. There was a PS2 hooked to it, and Guitar Hero III was already on and ready to go. Not only did I have a lot of expensive furniture, the room was also GIGANTIC. Each corner of the room had a bean bag of all assorted colors. Next to the desk was a giant reading chair. The carpet was bleached white. I saw two doors and went to go explore some more. The first door led to a walk-in closet that was about the size of half of the original bedroom itself. The second door led to a bathroom with a Jacuzzi and golden shower heads. Everything was already set for me. There was a billion hair products, body wash bottles, lotion, just EVERYTHING.

I ran back out of the bathroom and checked out my stocked bookshelf. It had all the Jane Austen classics, along with the entire Twilight series, and all my other favorite books.

All this led to my next thought… How'd they know everything about us? I mean, I guess it was my dad, but I haven't met him before today. Were they like, you know, stalking us?

I shook off the stupid thought and walked towards the balcony doors. I pushed them open to reveal a setting sun. The sky was beautiful in the way it accentuated pink with blue. The moon was beginning to show, and the air was fresh against my skin. I loved the relaxing feeling.

I enjoyed the view for a great while, but then I decided to lie down on my bed and really indulge in my current state of happiness.

Before I knew it, Lynn was knocking on my door.

"Come in," I had to call since the door was so far away.

A giddy Lilly came charging at my bed. When she reached the edge of it, she held her arms up, signaling me to carry her up. Lynn followed behind Lilly, but was taking a little longer from admiring everything I was given.

I reached down and pulled Lilly onto my bed, and Lynn joined us.

"It's almost dinnertime. We have like five minutes," Lynn said.

"So what's up?" I asked, patting my bed invitingly for her.

"I don't know… it just seems too good to be true, you know?" Lynn went ahead and admitted as she climbed up.

"I like it," Lilly objected.

"No, Lilly, I didn't say I didn't like it. I just meant that this was all just handed to us. One moment we were living in a three-bedroom apartment with six people, and the next we have our own posters and stereos. We went from having nothing to having everything."

"I know it's going a little fast. It's the same for me, you know. Just promise me that you'll keep your head in the right place. Don't let yourself change just because your environment has changed, okay? I love you both." I leaned in for a group hug.

"I love you, too, Gabs," Lynn replied.

"I love her more!" Lilly squealed.

I kissed both their foreheads and helped them off the rather high bed. "Come on. It's the first dinner with our new family."

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