Hello everyone!

My right hand is having some problem with its joints, (I have joint problems.), so typing is taking a while since I have to take constant breaks T_T, but fear not! I will NOT put this story on hiatus!

Special thanks to Kiki, Bearwolf, and Spell bond!

Onto the story!

Third Person point of view

Seven woke up to the sound of rain and got up. She blinked several times and then looked out the French doors. It was pouring rain.

'No swimming today' She thought.

She sank back down into the warmth and looked to her side. Rex was still asleep, oblivious to the world. Seven was really cold though, which was nothing new. She got up and pulled on Holiday's sweater over her tank top and shorts. It was knitted with blue and white stripes and had a zipper.

Originally this was Holiday and Seven's room so it had all their stuff.

She groaned and put her hair in a ponytail and brushed her teeth tiredly.

Suddenly, Seven remembered why Rex had slept in the room. She headed over to Six and Rex's room. She tried the doorknob and it opened quietly. Seven peeked inside and saw Holiday and Six sleeping quietly in the same bed. Seven was wondering to herself how Six could have let that happened when Six looked over his shoulder and gave her the death glare.

Seven jumped and shut the door quickly and quietly and walked down the hallway quickly. As she was turning the corner to her room, she looked over her shoulder just in case the agro-nanny was after her. She then turned around and ran into someone.

Seven rubbed her nose as she looked at the guy.

"Sam! What are you doing here?"

"Oh, my parents own the place. Fancy seeing you here. I'm guessing you stayed overnight?"

"Yeah. So you live here?"

"Yeah. And before you say I'm lucky, try dealing with complaining people and taking the bus 15 miles to school every morning. I'm just glad it's the weekend."

"Oh." Was all she said.

"So what are you doing up at 7:30?" He asked with a look.

"Rain woke me up. You?"

"Going to my room after a customer complained about having no towels." Sam said as he rolled his eyes.

"That's… attractive."

"Very. Hey, you want to go to my room and listen to the CD you got yesterday? Have you gotten a chance to listen to it?"

"I haven't listened to it but I'll get it. Where's your room?"

"There." He said as he pointed 4 doors down from her room.

"Alright, give me a minute." She said as she slowly opened her room door.

Seven walked in and looked over at Rex and smiled. He was still sleeping. She bent down over her bag and dug through for the CD. She found it and walked over to the door quietly.

Seven closed the door and sighed. She headed down the dim hallway into the room. She walked in and looked around, taking in the sights.

Almost all of the shelves and tables had CDs stacked on it.

"Employee discount." Sam said behind her.

Seven jumped and laughed slightly.

"Here." She said as she gave him the CD.

Sam walked over to the stereo and put in the CD and placed it on shuffle.

Seven took a closer look at the room as she sat down on a beanbag chair across from where he was sitting on another one.

His room was full of posters of singers or bands. There were CD's everywhere while the rest of his room was plain except for the closet and other boy things such as skateboards and sneakers across the floor.

The first track that played was "Who knew."

Seven listened with a blank face.

"You take your music seriously, huh?"

Seven snapped out of her own world and blushed sheepishly.

"Yeah."

"I do too."

"I noticed." She said with a grin.

"Hey, isn't this the song you said that was your favorite?"

"Yeah, I can't believe you remembered." She said with an eyebrow raise.

"I have a spectacular memory when it comes to music." He said with a toothy grin.

Seven smiled and let the stereo play the song softly against the rain.

"Why is it your favorite?"

Seven blinked and thought about it.

"I can relate to it I guess."

Sam nodded and they both listened to the song.

As he listened to the song and the story it was telling, he felt a stab of sympathy for the girl.

"I'm sorry."

Seven jolted and looked strangely at him.

"For what?"

"That you had a crappy boyfriend who left you."

Seven looked to the side and zoned out.

"It's okay. It's all resolved now."

As the song ended she took the CD out of the stereo.

"I'd rather listen to this by myself first."

Sam nodded understandingly and turned on the radio. "Nothin' on you" by B.o.B came on.

Seven smiled and flopped back onto the beanbag. They listened for a while. Just as Seven was drifting off half an hour later, she looked at the clock.

"Oh man, they might be looking for me. Thanks Sam!" She said as she picked up the CD and headed for the door.

"No problem. Later!"

"Later!"

*7*

When Seven got back to her room, Rex was in the kitchen looking through the fridge.

"Hey, Seven, where ya been?"

"Oh, I was just checking on Holiday and Six. Looking for something to eat?"

"Yeah. Want some?" He asked as he popped a green grape in his mouth.

"Yeah," She said as she threw one up in the air and caught it in her mouth.

"I would make you something but I really don't want to give you food poisoning."

Rex laughed and headed over to the couch with the bowl of grapes. He had a shirt on now, since it was a little chilly due to the rain.

They sat on the couch and Rex put a movie in the DVD player.

"It feels like a day to stay inside and watch a movie doesn't it?" Rex asked.

"Yeah." She said as she fiddled with the case of the CD. As Seven opened it, she saw a phone number scribbled onto the back of the cover.

'When did he have time to do this?' She thought with a smile on her face.

She quietly slipped it into her bag and sat down on the couch again. Rex sat down next to her and slipped and arm around her waist.

Seven moved her legs so that she was sitting across his lap and rested her head on his shoulder.

They both sighed contently.

The quiet before the storm…

*7*

R and R!