Well, so much has changed since I last updated. I'm in Los Angeles. I'm living up my final moments in LA. I met Matthew Perry, and my own friend Matt was found alive in Queensland. Now posting this from LAX. It amazes me how much time I spend in airports!

I thought I'd update. I'll most likely be in either Bali or Australia when I next update, depending. What a whirlwind trip! Thanks heaps for the reviews. Means a lot.

"What's in this box?" asked Jake, indicating the box he had just taped on the table, holding up a thick black marker.

"Uh, my work stuff, files, I think," Rachel said from her spot on the floor, sitting on her knees leant over a box. "They can go straight into the office."

It was a Friday afternoon, and for the past week, Rachel and Jake had been keeping themselves busy packing boxes ready for their move on the weekend. Their application had been successful, and the house on the next street over was officially theirs to call their own. Saturday was what had been officially dubbed 'move day' and everyone was on board to ferry their possessions over the following day.

"Rachel work. Office," Jake spoke quietly to himself as he wrote the words on the box. "There, done. Now, I'm going to go pick up the keys, alright?"

"Yep," Rachel replied, not looking up as she closed the flaps on the box she was working on packing. "The final lease forms are on the..." Rachel flung her arm out randomly, but Jake beat her too it.

"Dresser. Yeah I know," Jake smiled. "I'm taking your car too, if that's alright." Rachel shrugged and nodded.

/

Come the next morning, and move day was here. After officially picking up the keys the previous night, Rachel and Jake had spent a large portion of the night packing up the last of their stuff. Jake had spent the night at the place he shared with Alex, packing up his own belongings, while Rachel was at her childhood home doing the same to hers. With Jake moving out, Camel was taking up residence and moving in with Alex.

Early for a Saturday morning, the house was buzzing by 8am. Julie was up and about, being the mother hen and making breakfast while juggling Ruby on her hip. Ted was helping out by occupying Sienna, the infant awake and giggling.

"Can I start putting boxes out here?" Rachel called out to her Dad as she struggled through the front door, holding what appeared to be an extremely heavy box. Dave looked up from the driveway, spotting his daughter and hurrying over.

"Here, here," Dave said, helping his eldest daughter balance the box. "Take it easy. We'll bring them out in a minute."

"Jake's here!" Rachel called out excitedly, abandoning her Dad with the box as she ran over to where Jake was getting out of the car.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll get this," Dave called out lamely, to no avail as Rachel continued towards Jake.

"You're here!" she said excitedly as she threw her arms around his neck.

"Happy moving day!" Jake laughed as he hugged her back and lifted her off the ground. As he put her down, Rachel saw over his shoulder as Camel stepped up too.

"Hey Rach," Camel said walking up. "Decided lover-boy could use the extra muscle."

"That's a bit of a stretch," Jake scoffed, a smile on his face. He turned back to Rachel. "All packed?"

"No, but I'm getting there," Rachel said, rubbing his arm.

"You know, the last time I helped Rachel move, I broke my back," Ben said with a cheekish grin as he and Nathan came around the fence dividing both the Rafter and Karadonis properties. "Are you paying for this chiropractic bill?"

"Ben, you're such a girl," Nathan told his older brother, pushing him on the shoulder from behind.

"Oh yeah? You didn't help her move last time!" Ben retorted.

"Okay, so I figured we could just load the stuff up onto my ute?" Jake said, ignoring the brothers and motioning to his car parked alongside the kerb. Rachel nodded.

"Most of the big stuff like lounge chairs and beds are being delivered this morning," Rachel added.

In a short amount of time, everyone had their tasks. Jake, Nathan and Camel were down the road at the new place to await the delivery of the new furniture Jake and Rachel had brought a few days back. Meanwhile, Julie was helping Rachel pack, and Ben and Dave were taking the boxes to Jake's ute and the other selected cars. Ted was on babysitting duty, keeping both Sienna and Ruby happy.

"Books," Julie declared, taping the edges of one box together and holding out her hand for the permanent marker Rachel had. "Texta?" Rachel looked up and handed it to her mother.

"Ready to go with this lot," Ben said, sticking his head around the door to Rachel's bedroom. "My car, Jake's car and your car, all packed," Ben added, nodding towards Rachel. "Can we get another driver?"

"That'd be me," Rachel said, putting her hands on her legs and pushing herself up from the floor. He blonde hair that was loose and had been pushed back with a headband fell around her shoulders as she stood.

"I'll feed Ruby while you unpack this lot," Julie said, without actually getting up. "There isn't much more to do anyway."

"Hope you're not ready to back out big sis," Ben teased, ducking down the doorway where Rachel flicked him in the head.

"We're going to drop off some more stuff, Grandad," Rachel said as she came to where her grandfather was with Ruby and Sienna. "Do you want me to take Sienna with me?"

"She's fine, love," Ted responded.

"We'll be back soon," Rachel said, bending down to press a kiss to her sleeping baby girl's forehead, then her grandad's.

/

"Looking good," Rachel declared as she stepped foot inside their new house, a box labelled 'Baby Clothes – Sienna', in her hands. Ben was behind her, holding his own box.

"Move it Rach!" he whined. "Otherwise this chiro bill is going up..." Rachel rolled her eyes but stepped aside nonetheless. "Which room?" Rachel dipped her head to read the writing her mother wrote on the box.

"Office, for now," she told him as he Dad stepped inside too. Rachel made her way for the room they had decided would be Sienna's placing the box next to the built in robe. She left the room, heading to what would be the room she shared with Jake.

"Put bed in on a support," Camel was reading from a piece of paper in his hands. "What is this, Japanese?"

"Give it here," Rachel laughed with a roll of her eyes, reading the instructions for how to set up the new bed Jake and Camel were working on. "Oh, this is terrible English."

"See?" Camel sighed.

"I think I might just... leave you to it!" Rachel laughed, skipping out of the room as Jake and Camel both protested.

/

Arrive a minute later back at the Rafter house, Rachel sat in the car idle in the middle of the street as she waited for her Dad to finish reversing Jake's ute back into the driveway. Rachel glanced in her rear view mirror to see Ben sitting in the driver's seat of his yellow car behind her. Taking a deep breath, Rachel moved the gear stick back into drive, letting her foot off the break and pulling back into the driveway.

Each driver stepped out of the car, Dave putting his arm around Rachel's shoulder as they met on the grass.

"Nearly all done," he told her.

"Finally," Rachel sighed, leaning her head on her Dad's shoulder as they moved towards the house.

"I was just thinking how quiet it's going to be without you in the house," Dave told Rachel. "Now we've just got to move Ruby out and we're done in the kids' stakes." Rachel smiled, playfully punching her Dad. "But we're going to miss you. Even if you are only on the next street over."

Rachel stopped and looked up at her Dad.

"I'm going to miss you too Dad."

/

Later that night, Camel had gone home. Nathan and Ben we're having dinner made by Julie, the later of the two still complaining about back problems from all of Rachel's things, Nathan finally agreeing.

Rachel stood in the doorway to the bedroom she had grown up in. The one with the purple themed walls, and the wardrobe as you walked in. The bed was sitting where it had been before, and if it weren't for the missing dressing table and various items, you'd never have known that Rachel had moved out.

"Reminiscing?" Jake's voice pulled Rachel out of her own thoughts as he put hands on her arms from behind.

"I grew up in this bedroom," Rachel told him quietly. "So many memories."

"We haven't moved to Mars," Jake laughed, leaning on her shoulder.

"I know," Rachel smiled. She turned back to face him, looping her arms around his neck. "But do you know what this means?" Jake frowned in confusion, his gaze questioning.

"Ah?..."

"We finally took the plunge," Rachel smiled. "We are finally living together."

"About time too," Jake added. "Not in the usual order though."

"Baby, engagement, moving out..." Rachel listed. "We've never been normal." Jake smiled, and Rachel leant up to kiss him. Jake scooped her up, Rachel laughing as he carried her back down the hall to leave.

That's it for now. Would love a review!

So my body clock is screwed... I was used to Perth time. And then I adjusted to Italy time. And now I'm really behind on LA time. Then I have to adjust back when I get back to Bali and Perth. I'm fine, just don't ask me what the time is...