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Meanwhile at the Bunker home, Edith was washing dishes while Kimberly sat at the table.
"Edith, are you sure you don't want me to do the dishes?" Kim asked from her seat.
Edith looked over at her friend, "Oh no, I don't mind doing them. I'm actually happy to do them. Archie's been so paranoid he's even getting his own beer!"
"Gee it sounds like you should have had this stroke a long time ago." She said jokingly, Edith shook her head but couldn't help but smile before she turned her attention back to the dirty dishes. There was silence.
"You two are really serious about moving to California, aren't ya?" Kim asked breaking the silence.
"Oh yeah," Edith said before turning the water off and drying her hands on the dishtowel, "Archie's really looking forward to it. I ain't seen him this excited, since I told him we was gonna have Gloria." she shared, "He's even got her looking for a house for us over there." Her tone seemed to change a small bit as she said the last statement and Kimberly noticed.
"What about you Edith?" she asked in a soft tone hoping she'd tell her.
"Me?" Edith asked confused, "I ain't in California, how am I suppose to find a house over there for us if I'm over here?" she asked still sounding and looking confused.
Kimberly couldn't help but smile at her friend, "No Edith," she said shaking her head, "I mean are you excited about the move?"
Edith looked down and shrugged and then looked back up, "Yeah. It's just I'm gonna miss this house." She explained, "We've lived her for over twenty five years. Gloria got married here, Joey took his first steps here, and…"
"Wait a minute Edith. You've lived here for over twenty five years?" Kim asked
"Yeah, almost thirty."
"And didn't you once tell me that Gloria and Mike announced their move to the house next door during yours and Archie's mortgage burning party?"
"Yeah" Edith nodded
"That means the house is yours!"
"That the last thing I heard a morgue burning party was." Edith said not knowing where her friends' point was.
"No Edith. Don't you see? That means you could rent this house!"
"But Kimberly, this house is in New York not California." Edith stated still lost.
"No I mean rent it out to other people!" she said excitedly.
"Oooohhhh!" she said happily but then changed to uncertain, "Ooohh. I don't know Kim…"
"But Edith, it has something for both you and Archie. If you rent out the house you could move back into it if you change your mind about California. As long as no one is living in it. And for Archie, well you get some extra money every month or so." She explained and Edith's face lit up.
"Oh that is a great idea! I can't wait to tell Archie!"
Just then the front door was heard closing, "Hey Edith I'm home." followed the shut.
"Looks like you don't have to." Kimberly said as the two women stood up.
"Oh hello Archie!" Edith greeted her husband as he walked through the swinging door.
"Well I've got to go." Kim announced "And Edith don't forget…" she said before pointing to Archie and then moving her arms in the air, reminding Edith to tell Archie about the house. Edith smiled understanding what she meant while Archie lifted an eyebrow as he watched her leave out the backdoor.
"Is she going through that damn change there?" Archie asked referring to Kimberly, "Cause if she is, I don't want her over here and then youse catching it!" he declared and Edith simply smiled. "Oh no Archie, we was just talking about California." Edith explained as Archie took a seat.
"Jeeze ain't that just sad. Barney using his fiancée there to get information" he told her, "What'd she ask?" he asked and Edith frowned off of what he had just said, "What you're my wife not fiancée, that whatdaya call ship has sunked."
Edith shook her head, slightly, "Oh nothing we was just talking about the house." She said as she sat down beside Archie and handed him a beer.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah, and she came up with an idea." Edith paused waiting for his reaction, not getting much of one she decided to go on, "She thinks we should put the house up for rent."
"No" Archie said not even thinking about it, "We ain't gonna put this thing out for rent, we're gonna sell it for more then its worth."
"But Archie we could come back to this same house…"
"No…"
"We'd be getting extra money coming in every month or so." Edith threw in.
After hearing the last point Archie began to think. "Well Edith," he began, "look like we're putting this ol' house up for rent." He finished and as he did Edith cried, "Oh Archie!" and threw her arms around him, kissing or as Archie put it slobbering him until Archie put a stop to it.
"Edith, Edith take it easy there." He said and she stopped and pulled away some. "After all youse just got outta the hospital there. I don't think youse are strong enough for this here." He told her and she became confused, as he went on "but I'll tell youse what, we'll do something next week. We'll make a date and then finish off with you know." He said smirking, Edith continued to look confused.
"Finish off with what?"
Archie obviously frustrated placed his arm on the table with his head on top of it.
Well there you go! Chapter 10 of As Time Goes By! Thanks for Reading! Hope you liked! Please review! Until Next week! Have a Nice Day!