Author's Note: Here's that next chapter I promised. Next one will hopefully be on the way within the next week or so. Enjoy!

"May I ask what is in here, Cleo?" Don Sertori was red in the face from exhaustion. They'd made it to Melbourne without a hitch, and went to the front desk of their building to check into their room. Considering how quickly that task was completed, they thought moving the girls' things in would be just as smooth. However, as soon as they saw the ridiculously long lines in front of all of the elevators in the building, they knew their luck had run out. Having no other choice, they had to take the stairs to the girls' room on the 4th floor.

Cleo called down, "That's the bag with Hector's new fish tank, dad!"

"Oh, how could I not have guessed that?" He said to himself as he took a deep breath and continued lugging the heavy bag stair by stair.

"Do you need some help with that, dear?" Sam asked as she came up the stairs beside him. She was carrying a bag with Cleo's bed linens, and set it aside to help her husband.

Bev was walking up just as Sam grabbed hold of the other side of the bag and began up the stairs again. Once the two made it to the next level, she picked up the linen bag and continued after them.

Neil and Terry were in the same boat as Don, breathing heavily as they made the long trek up to the 4th floor.

"You know, I wonder; what does she own that could ever be this heavy?" Terry asked aloud, truly curious.

"Would you believe me if I told you that it's the little things?" Neil commented, stopping briefly to wipe sweat from his brow. Leaning against the wall briefly, he continued, "It's all of the little things they've accumulated. All of clothes, shoes, jewelry…"

Terry's mouth hung open, and the disbelief on his face was so comedic that Neil couldn't help but grin. Terry shook his head and-with the same confused expression- looked from the bag back to the other man.

"I don't believe you."

Neil laughed, no longer able to contain himself, before continuing the slow journey up the stairs. "Believe it, my friend. I watched my daughter pack."

Terry nodded, the same look still on his face, and continued hoisting the bag up the stairs.

Meanwhile in the room, all of the girls were hard at work setting up their areas while excitedly chatting. Since everyone was moving in at the same time, all of the room doors were wide open, allowing Emma, Cleo and Rikki to interact with the people they would be sharing a floor with. While getting things settled, Emma even saw Byron pass by with his parents. Byron was one floor above them, but was also taking the stairs due to the elevator crowding.

After all of the bags made it up the stairs, it only took a few hours to get everything unpacked and set up. Due to the room having to accommodate all of their things, their parents agreed to bring all of the luggage back home with them in order to retain as much free space as possible. By the end of the unpacking, everyone took a step back to see the finished product.

Their room contained a set of bunk beds, one single bed, and three desks that stood up against the walls. Each girl had her own closet space, and there was a large window on the far wall overlooking the scenery outside. Deciding to rotate beds once a month, Cleo and Rikki were the first to share the bunks while Emma had the single bed. Emma's side of the room was completely reflective of her very organized personality. Her bed was neatly made, all of her clothes were on hangars in the closet, and her shoes were all on a rack on the closet floor. On her desk sat all of her school books, fresh notebooks and binders, as well as her laptop.

Cleo was on the bottom bunk, and she too had most of her things in order. She made it her personal mission to make sure Hector's tank was in working order before she did anything else, and it was proudly sitting on the high shelf of her desk, Hector swimming happily inside. Cleo's closet contained all of her clothes and shoes, as well as a plastic container that she placed her jewelry box upon. Her bed was made, but there was still one more unpacked bag on top of it that held all of her school books and supplies inside.

Rikki's side of the room wasn't nearly as pristine as Emma's, but she was quite happy with it. She attempted to make her bed nicely, but with the difficulty of being on the top bunk, decided to just make it look presentable under the pretense that it would just be messed up later anyway. Her desk only held her backpack and a few knickknacks. Because she just got her loan money, she had not gone school shopping with Emma and Cleo, so she would have to get the items later that day. But she did buy lights to put around the room to use at night, which all three were very excited about. Rikki's closet was a little disorganized, with clothes haphazardly put away, and shoes littering the closet floor, but it was nothing she couldn't fix later.

"It looks great, girls." Sam said, and the other parents nodded in agreement.

"Yes, it looks fantastic." Lisa commented, leaning over Emma's desk to straighten out a few papers that the wind from the open window had disrupted.

"We couldn't have done it without you. Thank you so much for your help, mum and dad." Emma said while walking up to hug her parents. Cleo and Rikki repeated the sentiments to their own parents, moving to hug them as well.

Don, who'd begun to get teary-eyed, broke the moment.

"Ah, well we'd best be going. I've got to take Bev back to her parents' house and get back to my boat to finish up some work."

"Yeah, I've also got some work to finish up." Terry agreed, and Neil nodded.

"Girls, call if you need anything." Lisa told them, giving them each a hug.

"We will, mum."

"And remember to lock your door at night, and to not stay up very late. It's not good for your complexions." She told them, and Neil laughed as he put his hands on his wife's shoulders.

"Now I know it's time for us to leave." Emma, Rikki and Cleo laughed at Lisa's sheepish smile.

"Call us when you get home, ok?" Cleo said, and the parents agreed before giving their children one last hug and walking toward the stairs. Once their voices could no longer be heard through the corridor, Emma, Rikki and Cleo walked back into their rooms, closing the door behind them.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It was one of my favorites to write, partially because I based their room off one that I stayed at when I went to college. It was fun to relive memories. Please leave a review and let me know how you like it so far.

[Disclaimer: I do own H2O: Just Add Water]