Yeah, so I might put these stories on hold in order to write my Christmas story, which is a mix of all of my favorite TV shows and movies...but here's the next chapter!
Chapter Eighteen: The Great Search
Simon and Cecilia woke up the next morning in a hotel in Los Angeles. Cecilia only woke up because she had to make an emergency run to the bathroom to throw up. Simon woke up because she had thrown all of the blankets over onto his face.
When she was done, they decided that they would get ready to "house- search" since they were already up anyway. Cecilia sat in Lucy's Range Rover, which she had allowed them to bring with them to L.A. Simon came out and they drove around until they decided on an area that they wanted to live in that looked safe for the kids to be.
They drove through Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. They found about five houses they really liked and another three that they thought would fit their needs. They called about them, and two were available for them to look at today.
As they went through the first one, one of the ones they really liked, they noted that it had seven bedrooms, four bathrooms, a large kitchen and a large living room. It also had an indoor heated pool, marble floors in the kitchen and bathrooms and the foyer, a swirled staircase, lush carpets, a playground in the backyard and a diamond chandelier in the foyer. They really liked it, and it was almost affordable with their money that had been saved for the past four years and the money that their parents, Matt and Lucy had all given them. They only needed a few thousand more, and if Cecilia could get a modeling job out here, they could pay for it easily.
The second house was not as nice, but it was a lot more affordable. It also only had four bedrooms, which would not even come close to being enough for their family. They decided that they weren't going to buy this house.
They wanted to see the other houses before they made their decision. Three days later, they had seen all of the other houses and decided that none of them even came close to being the first one they had seen. The people that were selling the house gave them a deal and allowed them to pay about half of what they wanted for the house.
When they had made all of the arrangements to have their stuff shipped to their new house, they decided that they would bring the kids out to see it. Three weeks later, they brought the kids out to see their new home. Martin and Ruthie came out with the Colonel and Ruth to see it and bring all of their stuff.
They had officially moved in just three weeks before Christmas. They offered to have Christmas at their house that year. Matt and Sarah came with Alex and A.J., Mary and Carlos brought Charlie, Gabriella and Mercedes, Kevin and Lucy brought Sevannah and Logan, and Martin, Ruthie, Eric, Annie, Sam and David all came along, too. They had a wonderful Christmas in Los Angeles, especially with the quiet snow showers that fell outside the window. Their new neighbors saw the Christmas tree glowing through the window and knew how a Christian family celebrated when, instead of seeing them open gifts, they heard them singing Christmas carols and smelled the fresh aroma of freshly-baked Christmas cookies as they went door to door bringing joy to their entire neighborhood.
Sorry it's kind of weird, but I have other things on my mind...