YOU AND ME - Chapter 8

It was now three fifteen in the afternoon and the sun was shining through my curtains in my hotel room. After my coffee with Mark, I found Alex and we headed home, well as much of a home as a hotel room could be considered. Mark and I had decided that we'd get dinner on Saturday night, which was only two days away, where exactly I didn't know. He said he wanted to keep it a surprise and even though I didn't really like surprises, his face when he said it was just too damn cute to push for more. On the way back to our hotel, I filled Alex in on about what went on with Mark and also what he asked me. He was protective at first, saying how he's beat the shit out of Mark if he hurt me, but his more playful side didn't take long to reappear, cracking jokes about me and Mark.

Now it was almost three forty and my stomach started to grumble reminding me that I didn't actually eat anything since four in the morning. Getting up out of my bed I headed into the kitchen and saw a note sitting on the bench from Alex.

Hey Mere,

Just popped out to grab some tea.

Should be back soon, oh, and check out the real-estate magazine.

I already circled some that I think might work.

Bout time we start looking for a home, don't ya think?

Thanking whoever was up top for sending me Alex, I looked over to the other side of the bench to see the magazine with some red scribbles over the front of it. Opening up the magazine I flicked through it slowly looking at some of the ones that Alex had already circled. They were good, close enough to the hospital, pretty good looking condition, but they just didn't seem like they were the right ones. It wasn't until I reached the near end of the paper and saw a listing there. It just seemed right. It was a bit tattered on the outside, but once you opened the door, it just seemed perfect. All the imperfections on the outside just faded away. Hearing the door open I smiled when I saw the bags of Chinese food Alex was carrying. "Hey, thanks for getting tea." Smiling back at me Alex started pulling out the food. "Tis alright Mere." With the food out I pulled up the magazine to show Alex what I found. With a mouth half full, he squinted at it then said, "I didn't even see it before. It looks good. Do you wanna go check it out tomorrow since we both have the day off." Nodding my head, I replied eagerly. "Yeah. I'll give the agent a call afterwards."

Walking around the house, I knew it was the one I wanted. I just hope Alex agreed. "So what do you two think?" The real estate asked us. Waiting for his reply I urged Alex on. "I love it. I think it's pretty perfect. What do you think Mere?" Excited that he loved it as well, I replied, "I think it's pretty perfect as well. I could see us here. We gonna get it?" Nodding his head, we both looked at the agent. "So when can we move in?"

After talking a bit longer with the agent, they told us that we could move in as soon as we wanted to. The house was already pretty much fully furnished, we just needed to get a couch for the living room and a couple of beds for two of the five bedrooms in the two-story house. So excitedly, Alex and I looked over the papers and signed them, then went back to the hotel to sign out and move into our new house, our new home.