Let's see their life at their new home in Whoville.
Chapter 4: Settling In
When Seth and Austin got home, they saw that there were still moving boxes everywhere, which meant they still have a lot of stuff to move in their house. They got upstairs and puts their bags down on their own rooms and wanted to relax a little after their first day of school.
30 minutes later, Seth was coming downstairs and saw that their stepmom, about 35 years old, 5'6, 146 pounds, light-blue eyes, wearing a purple and green dress and has blonde hair, was coming in the house and when she saw Seth, she smiled and said, "Hey, Seth."
Seth sighed heavily and said, "Hey, Olivia."
Olivia rolled her eyes and said, "You know, you can call me 'mom', you know."
"Maybe..."
"How was your first day of school?"
"It was okay..."
"That's good. Just got off the phone with your dad and he said we're all gonna finish putting the furniture in the house. Is that all right?"
"Okay, sure."
"Great. Where's Austin?"
"He's in his room."
"Maybe he can help too."
"Yeah, great..."
Seth didn't seem to be a little comfortable with Olivia being his stepmom and it seems as though he doesn't think he's like their real mom and hasn't thought about trusting her yet until it's time. He went back upstairs and went to his room and laid down on the floor for a few seconds, then went to his moving box and looked for something there and he picked up a photo of his mother-brown eyes, black hair, wearing a white and pink T-shirt with black jeans and has a bright smile-and that almost got Seth teary-eyed a little.
He then whispered, "I wish you were still here."
Then, he puts it back on the box and hopes that he can keep it in a safe place until they're all settled in.
Hours later, their dad came home-38 years old, blue eyes, 5'9, 192 pounds, have a little beard and mustache, blue and brown striped fur, wearing a green shirt and blue jeans-looking like the first day was a good day there and said, "I'm home."
Olivia came in the living room and said, "Hey, honey. How was work?"
"Pretty good, I guess. Life in the pizza hangout place seems pretty good."
"Glad to hear that."
"Where are the boys?"
"Upstairs."
"I'll get them down. We need to finish up this house."
He came upstairs and knocked on Seth's room and Seth said, "What's up?"
"Hey, Seth, buddy. We're gonna finish up putting stuff in the house. Mind helping us?"
"Sure thing."
Then, he knocked on Austin's door and said, "Hey, Austin. Mind helping us put the furniture in the house?"
"Sure, dad." Austin replied.
Both Seth and Austin came downstairs and half of the furnitire were already there and they're putting in more furniture from all around the living room, kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms and washing machines. Seth and his dad were bringing in the couch upstairs to his and Olivia's room. They ended up putting it on the wall, somewhere closer to the bed.
Then, he and Seth and Austin brought in the bed parts and set the entire thing together and then, puts the mattresses on there, covers and pillows. Their dad put in Seth's bed in his room with Seth's help and puts the entire furniture there from computer, posters, clothes, CD Player, guitar and TV in there. Then, they did Austin's room and puts in his stuff in there, puts his clothes in his drawers and closets, sets the bed up together and Austin puts in piano, guitars in his closet, setting up the computer, puts posters on the wall and setting up the TV in there.
Then, the living room was complete, as well as the bathrooms and kitchen and washing rooms. Within two and a half hours, the house seemed complete and they're finally settled in. Their father puts in the phones in most of the houses, unhooked until someone comes in and puts the phone connection in as well as internet connection and come up with a new phone number for themselves.
Later on, Seth comes downstairs and sees that the house looks complete and walks around a bit and sees that there's a basement down there. He enters there, turns on the light and sees that there's a little area to be a hangout room of some sorts. He starts thinking about what would it look like for a hangout room.
Then, he sees the moving box with more stuff in there and his dad comes in and asked, "What you doing in the basement, Seth?"
"This room is kinda empty."
His dad looks around and sees that there is nothing there. He said, "Good point. Maybe we should fix it up a little."
They both cleaned up the entire basement and puts some furniture in there. They put in a pool table, hockey table, hooked up the big screen TV there and they saw a mini-fridge there and puts some snacks there. His dad looks at Seth and asked, "What did you have in mind for this room, son?"
"Probably either a family room or a hangout room."
"How about a little of both?"
"Good choice. Think it needs some work or is it okay just the way it is?"
"I think for now it's good. Might need a little work, but it's good for now. Time for dinner, son."
"Okay."
They both come upstairs and went back to the house and went to the kitchen and Seth saw that there's pizza there. Austin came down as well and was looking forward to dinner. The entire family sat down at the dining room table, eating pizza. Olviia asked, "How was your first day at a new school?"
"No big deal. It was okay, I guess."
"Did you make any new friends?"
"Yeah, I made some new friends here as well as seeing my old ones."
"Oh, who were they?"
"Mike and Cody McKinney."
"Who?"
"Mike and Cody McKinney. Me and Austin knew them when we were in either kindergarten or first grade."
"Wait, were those the kids that you guys became best friends with? Along with that kid, Alex?" their father asked.
"That's them."
"Oh, I haven't seen them in a long time. Seem like good kids."
"Yep."
"How are they doing?"
"Great. They told us about Alex."
"What about him?"
"He died last year."
"Really? Why?"
"I don't know to be honest."
"Wow. Sorry to hear that."
"But, they're doing great."
"Remind me to drop by at their place so I can see their parents. Haven't heard from them since we left here."
"You know these people, honey?" asked Olivia.
"Yeah, the boys were good friends with their kids and me and my wife used to go to meetings with them all the time."
"Seems nice."
"So, who were the new friends?"
"Marcus Swift, Chad Stoner and Jojo McDodd."
"McDodd...as in the McDodd family?"
"Yeah, that's them."
"Is he...nice?"
"Pretty much."
"Just making sure."
"This pizza is amazing. Best ones ever made." Austin said.
"Thank you, son."
Seems like a good family. Stay tuned for more!
