So, we reached chapter 37. last chapter focused on Spinelli and her parents having tea with all of the Ashleys and their parents. While Spinelli's parents received advice on investment, while Spinelli had a new dream. Now onto the chapter
Chapter 37: A new house
The weeks had slowly passed by since the Spinelli household visited Ashley A's house for tea. The day after their visit, Spinelli's parents began to invest. At first it was solely to earn money for their daughter's education. They invested almost all of their savings, and slowly they were earning money back. It was a gradual increase, but Spinelli noticed subtle changes in their lifestyle.
It started with them buying a new car, and then a new television. She also noticed that her dad had lost some weight from exercising and eating better. Her dad also started to learn golf while her mom was dressing and styling her hair differently. Spinelli was also starting to change the pitch of her voice. She was slowly making her voice sound higher pitched when her parents were around.
Unsurprisingly, with her personality change she was growing closer to her mom. She no longed needed to fake fatigue when talking about fashion and makeup. It was such a delight for Flo because Spinelli was finally enjoying feminine activities. Flo and Bob were now making more money and Spinelli was such a polite and pleasant girl. And they owed it all to Spinelli's new friends.
But not everything was ideal. T.J was still persistently calling their house. Every time Flo picked up the phone, she would tell him that Spinelli was busy or that she wasn't home. He would leave a message but naturally, Flo never passed along the message to Spinelli. It was because of T.J. that her daughter had been such a violent person before and Flo didn't want that side of Spinelli to return. She had changed for the better because of her new friends. Flo always believed that Spinelli had secretly wanting to be a girly girl, but her bad friends were restricting her. Now she had new friends who allowed her to blossom into the girl she always wanted to be.
Eventually, T.J Detweiler gave up on calling much to Flo's delight. Her daughter didn't need that boy messing up her life anymore. She knew what was best for her daughter.
It wasn't just Spinelli's homelife that changed either.
During recess, the Ashleys had insisted that Spinelli should learn all kinds of jump rope tricks. They figured that since she was so far in her transformation process, it was safe to stay outside during recess. Plus, her old friends weren't there to bother them and the weather was getting warmer. They would continue practicing jump rope and double-dutch until she became as good as them.
School finished for the day, and Spinelli was picked up by both of her parents. They were smiling widely as they drove away from the school which made Spinelli curious. She asked them what was happening, and her mom answered that they wanted to show her something. They drove for almost twenty minutes before they pulled up in front of a big house. It was slightly on the older side, but it was twice the size of their current house.
"What are we doing here?" Spinelli asked.
"Well, Ashley, seeing that your father and I are making more money now, we thought it was time that we bought a new house."
"But we didn't want to make any big decisions without you," Bob continued. "So come on. Let's go check out the house."
The Spinelli's entered the home. The house was large and open. It had a rustic charm to it and it certainly needed some work, but it wasn't something that a couple of contractors couldn't fix.
"Go on and look around, Ashley." Her mom urged her.
Spinelli nodded before venturing off on her own. There was a big staircase that led up to the second floor. The large living room had a nice brick fireplace. There was a dinning room and massive kitchen. She went upstairs and discovered the house had 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. She entered one of the smaller rooms and noticed it was three times the size of her current room. It also had its own walk-in closet and bathroom. It also had doors that led out onto a large balcony that spanned the entire back of the house.
The house was beautiful.
She then walked downstairs and found her parents who were talking in the kitchen.
"So Ashley, what do you think of the house?" Her mom asked her.
Spinelli smiled. "I like it. It's huge."
Bob laughed. "That's great news because we've already made an offer on the house. We know it needs some work but it's on sale and it's a good investment. Besides, we can work on the house ourselves or hire some people to do it. I wanted to wait to make an offer, but your mom convinced me that you would like it. Once again, she's right."
"Now you can invite all your girlfriends over for sleepovers because we'll have the space Ashley. But that can't happen until the papers are finalized and we've gotten settled in. Oh, you should also invite David over for dinner sometimes with his parents. We should meet them after all. Now did you find a room that you like?"
"Yes. I did." Spinelli answered, pleasing both of her parents.
Now she had something to tell the Ashleys once she got to school tomorrow. She knew they would be pleased that she was moving into a bigger house. Right now, all she cared about was obtaining their approval. That little voice inside her head was objecting to it, but its pitch had gotten smaller through the passing weeks.
Next chapter: dinner party
So, that's it for the chapter, hope you liked it, remember to R/R and let me know what you think.
As always i do not own Recess or its characters, only my OCs
Thanks to my beta reader SheikahLover for editing the chapter.