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Chapter 15:
The House
"For the last time, Vivian wake-up!" bickered Esme. Vivian rolled over onto her side and groaned.
"What's the hurry?" she asked finally sitting up.
"The new owners move into the house later today, so we have to go!" Esme was frantic! The bigger moving van was supposed to be at the house in five minutes to pick up all of Esme's "big" furniture that wouldn't fit in their small moving van.
"Moon! Vivian Gandillon get your dairy air out of bed now!" Reluctantly, Vivian did as she was told and as soon as she was out of her room, Esme grabbed the sheets from Vivian's bed. Then, as Esme began to hurriedly fold the sheets the moving van was there.
"Oh sweet moon!" she whispered aggravated, "Vivian get changed in the bathroom! The moving men are here!" she finished on more of a scream.
"When are the others leaving to get up there?" asked Vivian as she passed Esme carrying the sheets out of her room.
"In an hour or two, I think."
"Oh," she grabbed her clothes that she had laid out on the floor for today and walked to the bathroom.
"You are going to drive all the way up there?" asked Vivian shocked.
"No," Vivian could see Esme smirking from down the hallway, "Gabriel's driving."
"So then who's going with him?"
"You are of course."
"Then who are you riding with?" Just then the doorbell rang and Esme sprinted to it with two boxes in her arms. Vivian followed her, with her clothes still in hand, and grabbed one of the boxes from her. Then, with difficulty, Esme opened the front door.
"Hello, ma'am," said a husky looking man.
"Hello, there are two beds upstairs with a desk, two dressers and some other furniture. They're in the last two bedrooms at the end of the hallway. You can't miss them."
"Okay, c'mon guys! This way!" The man motioned to a couple other guys outside and they all trudged into the house. After they all made their way in, Vivian and Esme exited.
"Who are you riding with?" repeated Vivian.
"Persia; we're taking her car down," she said opening the back door of the smaller moving van.
"When is Gabriel supposed to be here?"
"He's not coming over. We're going over to Gabriel's; that's where everyone is meeting. Then I'm going to ride with Persia, but you'll be with Gabriel since you'll be living with him, but you knew all of that already."
"But I thought you were living with Ulf and Gregory. Why aren't you riding with them?"
"Are you kidding, Vivian? Driving in a car for Moon knows how long with one of them! Even you have more sense." Vivian opened the back door of the small moving van and wedged her box in dismally.
"You're right," she said moving out of the way so Esme could put her box in the van too.
"Thanks honey," said Esme patting her on the back, "why don't you go get changed now, then come back out and put your clothes in this box."
"Okay." Vivian walked into the house veering past miscellaneous moving men. She walked to the bathroom, changed, and then dodged more moving men to get back to the small van. When she got there Esme was commenting on the way the men were moving the furniture and telling them to be careful.
"They're not going to damage the furniture so stop criticizing them."
"I am not criticizing them!" defended Esme, "I am helping them so they watch their step and don't trip and fall." Vivian rolled her eyes at the pathetic excuse.
"They only have the kitchen table left," said Vivian, "we should go check everything in the house one last time and head over to Gabriel's."
"Thank you for you wisdom o sage one," she replied sarcastically, but Vivian just rolled her eyes some more and retreated to her house for one last time.
"Well, that's everything," said Esme walking towards the moving van and getting into it. Vivian followed suit and soon they were off to Gabriel's house with the other moving van behind them.
"Well everyone, today's the day!" exclaimed Gabriel. There were miscellaneous whoops and whistles from everyone, but all Gabriel had to do to quiet them was to put up a hand.
"Yes, I know everyone's excited and I am too, but just a word of the wise before we leave. We are going to a place where no one will know anything about us and people will be curious about such a large 'family' moving into the area, so try to act normal. I know it won't be hard for you all because we've all lived around human based societies before, but I'm just telling you to be on guard at all times and to let nothing slip through your lips that you might later regret. And with that, I wish everyone a safe car ride to Canada! Now get with your partners and let's head out!"
Gabriel walked over to his moving van where his partner was already waiting for him.
"Good morning," he said a little too happily, but all the same giving Vivian a kiss on the cheek.
"Aren't we perky today," replied Vivian getting into the van as Gabriel veered for the drivers side.
"Are you excited?" Vivian didn't want to reply to that. So wasn't exactly excited to be moving in with Gabriel; it dealt more with her nervous system wigging out in her body.
"I guess…" was her hesitant reply. Gabriel pouted making a puppy-dog face.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing," she said realizing that starting this conversation would only lead to her embarrassment, "I'm excited," but she didn't have a thrilled expression on her face, so when she saw that Gabriel was about to say something more on the matter she pointed her index finger towards her face and smiled, "see, I'm happy." Though, Vivian's performance was all in vain because Gabriel could see past the plexi glass barrier that she had hid behind.
"You're nervous," said Gabriel almost laughing.
"I don't see how that's funny at all."
"It's okay," he said gingerly, resting a hand on her shoulder, "I understand." Vivian simpered towards him and they drove on.
Hours later when they reached they finally reached the town they would be living in Vivian scrunched her nose.
"What's wrong?" asked Gabriel and they rounded a corner.
"This town is so…congested," she said with disgust.
"I know, but wait until you see our house. It was a beautiful backyard and there's a forest behind it."
Soon enough they were at their house and Vivian got out of the car a little in awe. A warm brick house stood before her with a beautiful wrap-around porch welcoming her. There were flowers planted along the sides of porch and a walk led up the front steps or away towards the back of the house. In front of the car where Gabriel had parked was a garage that attached to the house with a breezeway. At the corner of the porch was a gazebo and Vivian already planned to put an outdoor table there.
With the sun just setting on the house it look magnificent and she couldn't wait to get inside. She walked up to the porch and opened the door with her new key. To the right of the door was a staircase with white carpeting. On the left side of the door was another door. Vivian opened it and thought that it would serve the purpose of a coat closet perfectly.
The floor had a bit of dust on it, but under it was a beautiful marble floor with white stone and little black squares in the middle of them. Vivian saw another door across from the staircase also on the left and when she opened it she found it to be a powder room. After she closed the door she walked to the right of the front door into a big carpeted room that had a stone fireplace at the far wall.
There were windows that lined the walls so you could see onto the porch and they added a nice warmth with the setting sun streaming calmly through them. Across from the windows was another room; there was a quarter of the wall on each side but the rest of the wall was cut out for easy access between rooms. Vivian walked into the other room to find fine wood floors where a dinner table could be put.
Vivian turned to her right and looked out the window to see the porch yet again. This time, though, it led to a vast expanse of the small front yard. She slowly turned around and saw the kitchen. There was a marble peninsula with an overhang to fit stools underneath. Right by the peninsula was a sliding door that led out to a deck.
Vivian opened the slider and walked over to the railing staring at the lush green lawn below her. Then she heard footsteps behind her but she didn't turn; she knew it would be Gabriel. Then, all of a sudden, ginger hands wrapped around her waste and swayed her from side to side. Gabriel swooped his head forward and gave Vivian a kiss on the cheek.
"Gabriel, this is so amazing. I just can't believe it," said Vivian, her voice had gone soft from being in awe.
"I know, and if we play our cards right we could be living here for the rest of our lives." Vivian simpered and gave Gabriel a kiss on the cheek.
"Well, I don't know about you," he said untwining his arms from Vivian, "but there's still more house to see." So Vivian followed Gabriel back into the house, shutting the slider on her way in.
As Vivian glanced back over the kitchen she saw a window in front of the sink and was happy that she wouldn't have to stare at a wall while doing the dishes. Across from the sink, which was on the same side as the sliding doors, was another cut out wall. Vivian thought the room would be perfect to put a dining room table in for big holidays or for group meetings with the pack. Or, she even thought she might turn it into a library and Persia could even store her herbs and medicines in it.
After walking around that room they went upstairs to find their bedroom. At the peak of the staircase the made a right down the hallway to a white wood door on the right and opened it. At the far wall was a big window that faced towards the driveway and the setting sun. Gabriel walked towards the window and gazed outside for a while and Vivian looked for the bathroom, which was coincidentally on the right of the large window.
There was a shower with glass doors and sides and the tile was a very soothing and warm brown color. Next to the shower was a whirlpool-bathtub (you can imagine how big that is). Across from said shower and bathtub was more marble. There were two sinks; one for Gabriel and one for Vivian and there were cabinets beneath said sinks. Below the cabinets were heaters for your toes in the winter so they don't get cold.
When they finished up in their room they went to the three other bedrooms. One was down the hallway on the very end and the other two were right next to it on the left and right sides. When they were finished scouting the house they went outside and started to unpack some things from their small moving van; the moving truck wouldn't be at their house until tomorrow when it was supposed to be done with the others things.
Until then, Vivian and Gabriel unpacked the few belongs that they had put in their moving van and fell asleep soundly and a long drive and some short packing.
I know, I know, I know I haven't written in AGES!! But you must bear (is that the right one? That's what my spell check said…) with me! I know in summer no one has anything to do so chapters come faster, but summer is the complete opposite for me! I'm not near a computer for Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and sometimes Sundays. On top of that I have camp Monday thru Thursday and I can't write then because I watch three and four year olds! With that said, I would like to tell you that I have posted a picture of Gabriel and Vivian's house in my profile for all to see. I hope you like it! I fell in love with it when I saw it! Please review!! It would REALLY motivate me to update faster, no lie.