Okay. So some people asked if Clove's mom (Laurel) had 'left' her father. But she didn't, she simply went to buy groceries. Sorry about the confusion. Thank you for your ideas!
Today is the day we move to our new house. Mother has been making me pack up all my things the past few days. She said that I have far to many toys and books and made me get rid of most of them. Now I just have my favorite stuffed bear named Ollie. He's a beautiful caramel brown, with dark chestnut eyes. I also got to keep my old rag doll that I was given when I was born, and a few of my most precious books.
The moving truck is here and I'm told to wait in Mother's car. After 10 minutes Mother comes and begins to drive to our new house.
"Mother, is the house nice? Have you seen the house? Papa said he hasn't. Is there going to be lots of kids on the street? I hope there is, I don't like being lonely. Do you want to move? When did you and Papa decide to move? Do you miss Chloe? I don't" I ramble
"I don't know. No. Maybe. I will do whatever your father thinks is best. 1 month ago. Of course I miss Chloe" She answers all of my questions. That's one of the reasons I love my mother. She's also very loyal to her family.
After about 20 minutes Mother pulls into a driveway. The house it-it's...beautiful! A huge 2-story house, brick house with a big tree in the front yard with a swing on it. The moving truck is parked in front of the house with many people carrying our furniture and possessions inside. I run out of the car and into the house. I ignore my mother's calls and explore the new house.
I run through the door into a large room. I'm guessing that this is the living room. To the left is a big spiral staircase leading to the 2nd floor. I venture further into the large room. It's larger than I thought it was. The room is a creamy white and has many arched doorways. The one door leads to an office painted a pale beige. It has some furniture in it already, a desk, a chair, 2 bookshelves and 1 filing cabinet. Another door leads to a big dining room with a rather long looking table inside of it. There is a grand looking chandelier too and a large arched window on the left. In the far two corners there are built in cabinets to put photos on.
On the opposite side of the room there is a swinging door that leads to a grand kitchen. Mother will absolutely love it! The counters are a beautiful granite and the cabinets are dark brown! It has a large island in the middle of the kitchen and has two tall stools to sit on. Everything in the house looks new!
I hear Mother calling my name, walking towards the kitchen. I look for an escape, not wanting to be found yet without exploring the whole house. There is a glass door to the right and I sprint through it. I look around, this must be a sun-room. The one whole wall facing the backyard is glass with a sliding door. There is a closet and a small bathroom as well. I see Mother is in the kitchen and I run into the backyard.
It's absolutely gorgeous! Against the house and fence there is hundreds of different flowers and shrubs growing. Roses, Lilies, Sweet-peas, Lilacs, Daisies, the list could go on and on. There's also a built in patio. Complete with an outside kitchenette. In one corner there is one huge tree, perfect for climbing. It has low, sturdy branches all the way around! There's a good amount of grass landscaping most of the yard. The most exciting part of the yard is the pool! It's over triple the size of our old hot-tub, it's walls are made of stone and are covered in colorful vines and flowers! I just stand there, staring at the beauty before me for countless minutes.
"Clove!" I look up and see Mother hollering at me from a window from the second floor "I've been looking all over for you! Come up here, I want to show you your new room!"
"Coming" I say as I run into the house. I sprint up the spiral staircase, to the second floor. The walls are a creamy vanilla color and there's plenty of light coming from the windows in the bedrooms. There's quite a few rooms here so I don't know where Mother is.
"Clove" My Mother's voice makes me jump out of my skin. She's standing in the doorway of a room on the far right. She motions for me to come to her and I obey. To my surprise the doorway doesn't lead to a bedroom, but to a small staircase. It's probably only 5 steps. I follow my Mother up the stairs.
It leads to a huge large room over top the garage. It's ceilings are slanted and on each three sides of the room there is a big window. The walls are painted a light blue with white rails halfway up the walls.
"Is this my bedroom?" I ask
"Yes. It would have been Chloe's room, but she's...no longer with us" She's acting like she died. I notice that my bed-stand and mattress and drawers are already in here.
"You're belongings are downstairs in the living room, you can go get them and start unpacking, Clove" Mother says as she walks down the stairs. I look around the room, I see two doors. I open the first one and it leads to a large closet. The other is a great surprise, it's my very own bathroom! It has a shower, sink, toilet and a little closet.
I walk towards one of the windows, to see what view I have. That one looks onto the street, the one on the left looks into the neighbors backyard and further down the street and the one on the back wall looks into our own backyard. I can tell that I will love it here!
I take my time and decide to explore the second floor. 3 rooms are guest rooms, and one is a bathroom. The master bedroom is huge! It has a King-sized four poster bed, a 50 inch plasma screen T.V. and it's very own bathroom! The bathroom is about double the size of mine and has it's own walk-in closet!
I remember my stuff and run down the stairs to grab it. All of the couches and tables are in the living room, but they aren't placed properly. I grab my duffel bag, suitcases and the box with my belongings in them and bound up the stairs.
Before I unpack I put the furniture where I want it, the bed gets pushed against the right wall and the drawers get pushed against the wall where the stairs are. Someone brought up my desk and chair and that goes on the left wall, under the window. Then I put my clothes, books and other stuff away. That takes about 1 hour. Then I find some sheets for my bed and put them on. White frilly ones with little pink roses dotting them. I roll out my furry blue rug beside my bed and I'm done. I take one look at my room and it looks so different from my old one. That one looked so child like and squished and this one is roomy and mature. It helps that there isn't a crazy amount of toys either. The moving truck is gone and my parents are unpacking in the kitchen. I go downstairs so that I can help.
~Time Skip~
I'm laying in my bed rethinking about all of the events of today. It went by pretty fast. After all of the unpacking was finished, everyone (well Mom) was too tired to make supper, so we ordered pizza. I can't remember the last time I had pizza! I stayed up 'till 1:30 in the morning then I was sent up to bed. I can't wait until tomorrow, we're going shopping for some new furniture, since this house is so much bigger than my old one. I can also see if any kids live here! I drift off into a deep sleep thinking about all of the new adventures I'll have!
So, Clove had a different personality in this one. I noticed that she isn't really acting like a 7 year old and tried to fix that. Sorry there isn"t any Cato in this chapter, but I promise next chapter he will be.
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