Congratulations
Serena stared at the house in amazement. It was beautiful. It had a large yard that was two stories. It was huge. "It's beautiful."
"I've only seen it once. It is amazing. There's a pool in the back."
"Where does everyone else live?"
"Everyone is in this neighborhood, but that's all I know."
"What about me? Where am I supposed to stay?"
"Well that's up to you. You could live at your parents; get you your own house..." He let the sentence hanging.
"Or…?"
"You could live with me."
She stared at him in the eyes to see if he was telling the truth.
"I mean, you don't have to if you don't want to."
"No, no. I was just making sure you were telling the truth."
He pulled her close, his face inches from hers. "I'd never lie to you about something like this." He whispered.
"Then of course I'll move in with you." She grinned before closing the gap.
"We need to go shopping. New furniture and food. You can design the place if you'd like."
She shrugged. "Alright."
"Let's get these in." He said lifting a bag he was holding. "You can check out the place and then we'll go shopping."
"Can we visit everyone before we go shopping though?"
"Sure." He said picking up another bag and walked her inside.
"What about Trista and everything back in America?"
"I sent her a text saying that you'd be safe. We were leaving the country and not to look for us."
"She's going to look for me you kwon."
"I know, but come on, France?"
"True." She giggled as they walked into the large house. The floors were completely hardwood as far as she could see. Beautiful cream colored walls. "How many bedrooms are in this place?"
"Only four. But there's also an office, huge kitchen, family room, dining room, basement, and a few spare rooms. The previous owner used one as a play room for her kids, and storage rooms. Let's go explore."
…
Serena sighed as she walked out onto the balcony. She jumped slightly as Darien wrapped his arms around her from behind. They'd finally finished exploring the house and found their room. Serena was happy it had a balcony overlooking the backyard. She looked over it. Right below the balcony was a beautiful garden filled with a bunch of different flowers. There were several trees providing plenty of shade over the backyard. There was a nice in ground pool with a little deck around it. On the other side of the yard there was a swing set with a slide and a little sandbox. I hope my kids can play on that one day. She smiled lightly.
Darien rested his chin on her shoulder. "So?"
"I love it. This place is amazing!"
Darien lifted his hand and pointed just past the gate to a figure working on a garden. "Is that Amy."
"Let's find out." She raised her hands to her mouth. "AMY!" She called loudly.
The figure looked up and around, and then it moved closer to the fence connecting their yards.
"RENA?" It called. Yup, it was Amy.
"I'll be down in a minute!" Serena called back before running back into the house. She quickly made her way through the rooms and out the back door and too the fence. She embraced the blunette across the fence.
"When did you get in?"
"About 20 minutes ago. I can't believe you guys kept this from me!"
"I'm sorry! We had to."
"I know, I know." She smiled and released her friend. "So where is everyone? Darien didn't know."
"Well, Raye is over there." She pointed to the house to the right. "Mina next to you guys right there." She pointed to the house on the left. "Lita is across from Raye, and your parents are next to Mina. We were surprised we found houses all next to each other. We talked about getting gates to connect our houses or something."
"What about just opening up the fences to just encase the perimeter around all our yards? That way it's open and we have so much space for whatever. I mean, there isn't much in everyone's yards."
"Yours is the fullest."
"There are a few trees for shade, but other than that, it'd be like a giant open field."
"That's a good idea."
"Do you know French yet?"
"I took it in high school, remember?"
"Oh yah."
"How about you?"
"Darien taught me three phrases. Je m'appelle Serena, j'ai vingt-deux ans, and je suis engage."
Amy stared at the blonde with wide eyes, but Serena didn't notice. "He never did tell me what the last meant."
Darien was at Serena's side in an instant. "Hey Amy."
"Hi."
"So what's engage mean?"
Darien shook his head.98
"Not sure." Amy lied.
She turned to Darien. "Well?"
"I'll tell you later. What do you say we go visit everyone else then go get stuff?"
"Sure. See ya later Ames!"
…
The couple had made their way to all houses, minus Raye's. She was the last one they had to visit before they could go. All the reunitings had been similar. Serena and the other person happy to see each other, hugging, some chatting, and plans to get together later with everyone. She casually knocked on the door. She waited with Darien until the door opened to reveal a man about 6 feet tall with blonde hair that fell into the man's green eyes.
"Bonjour." (Hello.)
"Oops, I'm sorry. We must have the wrong house." Serena said nicely. "Oh, I hope you speak English."
The man chuckled. "Oui, je parle en anglais. »
"Oh no!"
Darien chuckled. "Calm down Sere. He just said yes he does speak in English."
"Oh." She giggled.
"But who you looking for? I might be able to point you in the right direction."
"A Miss. H – uh – Shields."
"Raye?"
"Yah, that's her."
"You have the right house then." He opened the door wider. "You look like her friend Mina."
Serena raised an eye brow and Darien took a step in front of Serena cautiously. "Who are you?" He asked.
The man held his hands up defensively. "Calm down. My name's Jason." He turned inside the house. "Raye!" He called.
"Ya Jase?" She said approaching the door. When she saw her blonde friend, she pushed past the two men in her way and engulfed her in a hug. "Hey girl!"
"Hey Raye." She smiled and released the raven-haired girl. "What's up?"
"Nothing much. Come on in. Hey Dare." She said hugging her brother.
He wrapped an arm around her. "Hey sis."
She stepped back and everyone walked into the house. "I'm sorry guys, this is Jason."
"We met."
She sat next to him, closer than friends would.
Darien raised an eye brow at his sister. "Who exactly is Jason?"
"Dare! Stop! He's my boyfriend." She smiled. "Jason, this is my obnoxious brother, Darien, and my good friend Serena."
"Nice to meet you both."
"You too." Serena said with a smile.
Darien just crossed his arms and leaned back on the couch.
"Oh no you don't. You are NOT interrogating my boyfriend! I refuse!"
"Fine, since it's our first day here, I'll wait for another time." Darien cast a warning glance Jason's way as he – Jason – gulped in fear.
Raye sighed. "Sorry."
Jason just nodded.
"So? Tell me!"
"What?" Raye asked confused.
"Uh, hmmm. Let's see. I JUST got in town and you have been here what, just under two weeks, and you have a boyfriend!?"
"He helped us all move in. He works with a moving company."
"Awww, that's sweet." Serena smiled.
"That he helped me move in?" Serena nodded. "It was his job."
Serena shrugged. "Oh well." She laughed. "Wait! I want to try this out on a true Frenchmen. Je m'appelle Serena." She smiled.
"Ah, et je m'appelle Jason."
"J'ai vingt-deux ans."
"J'ai vingt-six ans."
"Huh?"
"26."
"Oh. And je suis engagé."
Darien smacked his head.
"That's very nice. Congratulations."
"Congratulations?"
"Yah. That's usually what you say to someone-"
"Who just moved here?" Darien interrupted.
Jason looked to the man confused. Darien shook his head.
Raye was just confused.
"I guess congratulations isn't the right word, welcome."
"Thanks I guess. But why'd you have to interrupt Dare. That's not nice. You know that!"
He shrugged. "Sorry."
"We should get going though. We're going shopping to get stuff for the house." She said standing. She extended her hand.
Jason stood and took her hand. "Nice to meet you."
"You too." She then hugged Raye. "We're getting together in a few days."
"Alright. See you guys."
A/n: I had one person wanting the generals to come in, well here's one of them. Just not the generals because it's not a scout story, but oh well :D lol. Uhhh...not much to say...Jason almost gave it away! lol...not sure how many more chapters, but I know it's coming to an end soon :D lol. So now you guys know about what Trista knows too. uhhh...ya...that it...going on vacation Thrusday, so not sure if I'll ahve an update by then cuz I still have to pack...crap i gota pack...neways and i really wanna update Pen Pals too. Please review! I feel like i'm losing readers to Brothers because i didn't get many reviews for the last chapter and I hope I'm not losing you guys here! LVOE YOU GUYS AND REVIEWS!!!
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