Chapter Ten – A New Chapter in Life
The next morning, London woke up at 10:00. She then took a shower and packed the remainder of her stuff. She then fed Ivana, and went down to the Tipton's restaurant for brunch.
"Hello, I'm Patrick. I'll be your server today," said Patrick, coming to London's table. "Oh, it's you! What do you want, London?"
"Give me a couple of minutes," London replied. "I need to figure out what I want for brunch."
"You didn't want to yell at me for Chef Paulo's cooking?" Patrick replied, sarcastically.
"No, actually," London replied. "I would actually like to have some brunch."
"Really?"
"Yes. And you might never have to serve me again."
"Why?"
"I'm moving in with Brandi... Today. You didn't know?"
"No," Patrick said, walking to the kitchen. A few minutes later, he returned to take London's order.
"I would like to have a stack of blueberry pancakes and some scrambled eggs," London said.
"Would you like anything to drink?" Patrick asked.
"Uh... Yes, I'd like some orange juice, as well," London replied.
"Coming right up," Patrick said. He then walked back to the kitchen. While she waited for her food, she looked through the baby book Mr. Moseby had given her the day before. Her food arrived fifteen minutes later. After she ate, she paid for brunch with her credit card and went back up to her suite.
Fifteen minutes later, London heard a knock on her door. Must be Brandi, she thought, walking to the door. She said she was coming at noon to show me where the house is.
"Hi Brandi," London said, opening the door.
"Hello, London," Brandi replied, walking in. "Wow. You sure have a lot of boxes! Do you want me to put some of them in my car?"
"Uh... Yeah, that'd be a good idea," London replied. "Can you help me take them downstairs and load them in my car and your car?"
"Yeah, sure," Brandi replied. "Why don't we start loading my car first?"
"Yeah, that sounds good. But, wait a minute. I have a present for you for your birthday," London replied. "Sorry I'm late!"
"That's fine. I'm honestly surprised you remembered my birthday. I never mentioned it."
"I only knew because Mr. Moseby told me on Wednesday," London replied.
"Oh," Brandi said.
"It's on the counter," London said, and she walked over to get it. "Open it," she said, handing the box to Brandi.
"Ok," Brandi said, opening the present. "Wow. This is really pretty," Brandi said, unfolding the pink fashion scarf that London had bought on Thursday.
"I thought you might like it," London said, smiling.
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome."
"Alright, let's start moving those boxes!" Brandi said redirecting attention to the task at hand.
They both started taking the boxes downstairs and loading them into their cars. When they had filled up both cars, London said, "I think we're going to have to take a second trip."
"Yeah," Brandi replied. "You should tell Mr. Moseby that we're coming back to the hotel after we drop off this stuff."
"Why?"
"So that Mr. Moseby doesn't assume you've left and start cleaning your suite out."
"Oh. That makes sense," London said, walking back to the hotel.
"Hello, Mr. Moseby," London said, standing at the front desk.
"Hello London," Mr. Moseby said, distracted, looking at some bills. "How can I help you?"
"Brandi just thought it'd be a good idea if I told you that we're coming back to the hotel after we drop off some stuff at Brandi's. There's still a few boxes of stuff in my suite we need to get," London replied.
"Ok. See ya later," Mr. Moseby said, smiling. London then walked out of the building and walked to her car. Brandi drove out of the garage first, and then London followed her. They got to Brandi's house twenty minutes later and unloaded all of the boxes in their cars. Brandi's house was very nice. It had four bedrooms and three bathrooms, so it was a nice sized house.
"Don't you have a cook or any maids?" London asked, entering the house. She expected Brandi to have a cook and some maids, but there was no one there.
"No," Brandi replied. "But there is a woman who comes and cleans the house once a week. Your father had a couple of maids and a cook, but I had him fire them when I got here."
"Why?"
"I didn't see any reason to keep them. Having someone that comes once a week is enough."
"So what do you do about food if there's no cook? Do you go out to eat a lot?"
"Nope. I make my own meals. I actually like to cook."
"Really?"
"Yeah. It's a lot of fun!"
"Of course," London said, sarcastically.
"Maybe I can teach you how to cook a little..."
"Sounds interesting," London replied, half-heartedly. London and Brandi then returned back to the hotel. They put the last of London's belongings in their cars. London put Ivana in her cage and put it in the front seat of her car. London then went back to her suite and made sure she hadn't left anything behind. The only thing she found was a very old chew toy that had gotten stuck under the couch. She tossed it out, and left the suite one last time.
"Hello, Mr. Moseby," London said, coming up to the front desk.
"Hello again, London," Mr. Moseby replied.
"I just wanted to tell you that all of my stuff is out of my suite, so you can do whatever you need to with it."
"Thank you for telling me that."
"Well, goodbye then."
"Bye, London. Good luck, again," Mr. Moseby said, as London walked toward the doors of the hotel.
"Bye London," Esteban said as she walked by.
"Bye Esteban," London replied. She then left the hotel. As before, Brandi left the parking garage first and London followed her.
When they got back to Brandi's house, London started unpacking her stuff. Brandi helped London unpack so it took less time. After unpacking, London took Ivana on a walk and Brandi decided to come along, mostly to make sure London didn't get lost. When they got back, Brandi cooked dinner. Afterwards, they watched TV together.
Four weeks later, Mr. Moseby received a letter from London and shared it with Maddie, Esteban, Muriel, Arwin, Carey, Zack and Cody:
Dear friends at the Tipton,
Sorry I didn't write you before now, but I've been pretty busy. I definitely think that moving in with Brandi was a great thing. It's been one of the best things to ever happen to me. Brandi and I have become very close. I've even accidentally called her mom a couple of times. She's teaching me how to cook and it's actually pretty fun. School is letting out for summer pretty soon and I'm really excited This summer is going to be great!
Well, I'll write you guys more later. Brandi and I are going to bake cookies!
Sincerely,
London Tipton
THE END