Soooo quickie Authors note here. You know all that fun stuff! So disclaimer time! I only own the OC's :)
Kathileen's POV
I gave a price that I knew would be a good medium. He gave me a look, "I will pay $375 not a dime less." I coughed waking Amily "But…are you sure that seems to be quite a lot!" I said knowing a small apartment could cost that. "Yes I wish to include pay for the services of cleaning, tiding up, and or the meals." He signed the contract and slid it over to me I signed it. He slid a check over to me, "When may I move in?" he asked. "Um depends on when you need to. If you want to stay the night here then get your things in the morning that's fine. "I suddenly remembered something. "Come with me I forgot one last thing." I stood up and took him outside, around to the back of the house, and past my dogs. "Here we are, these outside stairs will take you straight up to the room. That way you can come and go as you wish. So sorry I forgot it earlier." He smiled and shook his head. "It's quite alright. Now let's get back inside before we catch cold." I laughed and lead the way back inside.
"I thank you for you hospitality, I will go and get the few things I have and be back within the hour. Is that aright with you?" He asked once we got in the door. I nodded, "In a hurry to move out of the old place?" I asked smiling. "Oh you have no idea!" he laughed with me. I put Amily on my hip, leading him to the door we chatted a bit as he grabbed his jacket. He waved and left saying he would return with in the hour. I nodded, closed the door, and took my sleeping daughter up to bed. How Amily could be a Tasmanian devil during the day and yet be a angel sleeping I would never know and honestly never wanted to know. I laid my little girl on the bed and pulled off the Belle dress-up dress she had put on in favor of the pj's I had set on her bed. 'My daughter. always keeping me on my toes.' I chuckled quietly. Amily rolled over in her sleep and returned to sucking on her fingers. I placed her on the pillows and covered her in the old quilt. I looked at sleeping there, so quiet and peaceful, and something pulled at my heart. I smiled and kissed her forehead, standing up and straightening the room putting the stuffies from the hall way into the box at the foot of the bed.
Walking towards my room my foot hit something soft and I hit the floor over the giant green and blue snake. I sat up rubbing my head and biting back a curse, "Darn snake." I looked down at it, "Sorry Georgie but you need to stay in Amily's room!" Now why I was talking to the stuffed snake she had no clue. I stood up taking the snake and my old grey horse back to the room and placing it with the other stuffies.
She walked back to the upstairs living quarters and placed out the towels she had meant to get to before the whole crazy chase started. Nodding to myself at the rooms were mostly in order I turned and started to go back down the stairs. I remembered something I missed, turning back around I pulled out the fresh pillows and set them on the bed with the sheets and I quickly made the bed, this time everything was in place. Turning back around I dashed down the stairs and finished the dishes before the water got cold. Once that was done I went about picking up the living room. Books, Cheerios, more silly stuffies, a pillow fort, and a line of puppy chow leading to said fort. I collapsed on the couch with the dogs curled up on my lap while I picked up a book I was sure I had read before but I couldn't remember for the life of me. So I just restarted the book, just as I got to the second chapter there was a know on the door. A quick glance to the clock told me it had been a rush clean of Thirty minutes. A sigh of exhaustion escaped me as I shooed the dogs off and went to the door to see our new guest at the door with a box and a suitcase.
I quickly opened the door and just as quickly regretted doing so, IT WAS FREEZING! I ushered Thomas in and shut the door I looked at him. Was he crazy? No coat, his jacket over his shoulders, and he didn't even look cold! He gave a small smile and I realized he had asked me something. He was kind and asked me again, "Can you lead the way to the rooms please?" still a little pink in embarrassment I picked up the suitcase and started to haul it up the stairs. He came up behind me and grabbed the bag from my hands .He nodded as if to say "I've got it." and started up the stairs behind me. We tiptoed past Amily's room and up to his new rooms. He gave a nod and set his things down.
"So..." I ventured, "This is it? All you own? I don't want to be rude or impolite." I stuttered out. 'Good job Kath you look like a fool!' He just laughed, it sounded fake but not in a unfriendly way.
"Yes this is all I have right now. I did have more but when Father sent me here to work I had to leave most of it behind." He went about putting his things where he wanted and I took that as a sign I needed to leave him in peace. "Good night Thomas." I said closing the door behind me.