"Wow, you're really strong." I heard Grace giggle and I rolled my eyes as I carried the last box into the house. I had spent the past hour and a half listening to her flirt shamelessly with Nick and if I had to put up with one more second I was going to vomit all over our new wood floor. I got that she was boy crazy, she couldn't help it, but still… did she really have to flirt with our new neighbor in front of his best friend and possible love interest? As if on cue, Olivia set her box down and let out an annoyed sigh.
"I swear she's adopted." I told her with a smile and she let out a laugh.
"Is this the last of the boxes?" She asked and I nodded as I set mine down in the kitchen.
"Thanks so much for helping us. I know it was probably the last thing you wanted to do today." I told her and she shook her head.
"Nah, we didn't really have any plans. We were just going to chill by the pool or something." She said waving her hand to show it didn't matter but I wasn't completely convinced. She seemed nice enough but you could tell that for whatever reason she didn't want to be in the house. Or maybe she didn't want to be around us who knew.
"So you guys all set?" Nick asked as he walked back over to us and casually draped his arm over Olivia's shoulders and I nodded.
"I think so. Now we just have to unpack all of it." I answered and he looked around.
"Isn't that what your parents are for?" He asked and I bit the inside of my lip.
"They're coming later. Mom had to take care of some business before they could leave." Grace answered quickly, giving me a concerned look and I sent her a smile. No one was a better liar then her, even if that wasn't necessarily a good trait.
"I see. Well if you guys want to take a break, feel free to stop by my house. I'm sure we'll be sitting there doing nothing. Well, Livvy might be drooling over Joe but that's about it." Nick told us, wincing as Olivia elbowed him.
"I do not drool over Joe. I don't even like him." She said but I could tell it was a lie. She couldn't even look us in the eyes when she said it. I guess that's a good thing though since now Grace doesn't have to worry about getting in the way of Nick and Olivia, not that she would care anyway.
"We'll definitely stop by then. It won't take us that long to unpack. Plus we can get to know each other better." Grace told Nick with a wink and I held back a laugh as Olivia rolled her dark brown eyes at me and pretended to gag.
"Ok cool, we'll leave you guys to unpack. Say bye Nick." She said as she pushed him towards the door and I laughed as he managed to wave before she had drug him out of the house.
"Way to throw yourself all over him Gracie." I told her as soon as the door closed, opening the box closest to me and starting to pull random objects out of it.
"I couldn't help it. Did you not notice those amazing brown eyes? Besides, I thought the whole point of moving out here was experience new things." She argued and I sighed.
"You know that's not why we moved. We moved because-" I started but she shook her head, cutting me off before I could finish.
"You know what? It doesn't matter I'm sorry, I'll try to control my raging hormones." She said with a smile and I smiled back.
"Thank you. The last thing we need is to be on someone's bad side." I told her, finishing my lecture. I hated this whole being the oldest stuff, especially since Grace was by far the wildest seventeen year old girl I knew. It was way too hard to control her sometimes.
"You worry too much Em. Nick invited us over so I must have made a good impression. Now hurry up and finish being an adult so we can go have some fun." She said as she walked out of the living room leaving me with all the boxes. If only I had the option of being a normal teen again…
