Chapter 3- House Searching
Luke POV
"Luke, get up, we're going to Florida today" I heard mom say as she shook my shoulder.
"Okay, I'll get ready and be out in a few minutes." I mumbled as I sat up.
"Alright honey, just don't take too long, okay?" She joked.
I laughed. "Kay mom" I said as she walked out of the room.
I got up and got dressed in about 10 seconds and then took off down the hall for the bathroom. My mom and dad both had a bit of speed in them, but when it mixed you got me, and I could run VERY fast. I could also fly fast, but not quite as fast as I could run. I brushed my teeth for a normal amount of time, to actually get them clean. I fixed my slightly messy hair and then ran to the kitchen. I grabbed a granola bar and ate it in the blink of an eye as mom just sat at the counter. I ran up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder. She did jump, because she was used to me doing it. "Alright, I'm ready!" I said.
"Luke, you took a whole 2 minutes! You're getting so slow" she laughed.
We walked out side and took off after saying goodbye to dad. We flew for a few hours in a comfortable silence, just enjoying the feeling of flying. When I saw a familiar house, we landed and I ran to the door. Mom and I went inside and were immediately attacked. By hugs. "I missed you guys so much!" Dana said excitedly.
"Chill, you just saw me yesterday." Mom said to her.
"Yes but I haven't seen this one in a year!" She squealed, hugging me again.
I hugged her back lightly and then pulled away. "I missed you too, Dana" I said.
She smiled. "Fang, Matt, we have company!" She called to somewhere in the house.
"Who's here now?" Fang grumbled.
He walked out and smirked when he saw us. He took his time walking over and then gave each is us a small hug. "So, what brings you here, Luke?" He asked me.
"I'm helping mom look for a house." I stated simply.
Fang nodded and Matt walked out of a room and saw us. "Hey, what's up?" He asked.
"I told you yesterday, bud. We're moving here! Luke is with me to help pick a house!" Mom told him and he smiled wide.
"Oh thank goodness! Florida is kind of boring without you guys" he mumbled.
"Arizona isn't too boring without you, too. LeAnn and Jason are nice and all but you're still my favorite cousin" I told Matt honestly.
LeAnne and Jason were Nudge and Zach's kids and they lived about a half an hours flight from our house in Arizona. Plus they were 2 and 3 years younger than me, Lee being 14 and Jason being 13. I just liked having such a relatable cousin who was the same age as me. Matt. He smiled and I did too. "So what happened that made you guys decide to move here?" He asked.
I glanced at mom and she frowned. "Sorry, Matt, but you're going to have to get Cam to tell you that when she gets down here. It's her story to tell or not tell. Lets just says he got into a lot of trouble." Mom said slowly.
I nodded. I still remember her coming home that night, how she looked so upset and how horrible I felt that I didn't help. But then it all evaporated and turned into anger when she started defending stupid Sean. He had no excuse, he shouldn't have been drunk in the first place and being drunk doesn't make it okay anyway! "Well, we need to go look for a house, would you like to come Matt?" Mom asked.
He nodded. "Yeah, I'd love to thanks!" He said. "Mom, dad, I'm going with Luke and Max to help them look for a house!" He called.
"Alright, as long as you stay with Max!" Dana called back.
"I will" Matt assured her and then we walked out the door.
We decided to look near by Matt's house so we could be close so we just walked around the neighborhood a bit. After walking for about 10 minutes we came across a nice house for sale. It was a four bedroom 3 bath two-story house. It was a light grey/white color and was very nice. I ran inside really quick to find that no one was living there at the moment, the people had already moved out, and that the layout was similar to what mom wanted. It wasn't too closed off as to block each other out, but closed off enough so that we had privacy. I told mom and she decided that she liked it. "What do you boys think?" She asked.
"I like it, and it's really close to Matt's so that's a definite plus" I told her.
Matt nodded. "Yeah, I think it's nice and I like that its close to my house too." He said.
"Well, I'll call Cooper and have him bring Cameron down so we can decide as a family but right now I'm sold." Mom decided.
We agreed and flew back to Matt's where mom called dad and told him to bring Cammie down. They would be here tomorrow since it was night so they decided to wait. For now mom and I were spending the night at Matt's. I got the couch and mom got the guest bed. Mom decided to go in to bed now, so she was sleeping. It was about 10:00 pm now and Matt and I were on the couch watching movies. "Hey Matt, how's it going with Rach?" I asked, trying to start up a conversation.
His face lit up and he smiled. "Great! I swear, I'm totally in love with her. She's so funny, sweet, beautiful, smart, everything you could want in a girl. She's perfect" He mused.
I nodded. "Sounds nice" I told him.
"Yeah" he said, turning his attention back to the movie.
We finished the movie an hour later and decided to go to bed. Matt said goodnight and went to his room and I laid down on the couch. I just lad there for about an hour thinking about what had happened over the last day and a half and finally fell asleep.