John's head shot up. "You will?"
I let out a quiet chuckle. "Yeah. I mean, if you guys really don't mind."
"Of course we don't mind." Hercules was smiling widely. "We can get the room ready for you to move in by Friday, if that's okay?"
That gave me four days to get ready. "Sounds perfect!"
A giddy feeling began to rise in my chest. I was moving in with these two guys, two guys who were probably about to become my best friends. I let a huge grin split my face.
John let out a laugh. "You should probably tell Peggy that you're moving in with us," he advised with a smile. "She'll want to know."
I gasped. "You're right!" Pulling out my phone, I dialed Peggy's sister's number.
"Hello?"
"Eliza!"
"Alex! I haven't heard from you in so long! How are you?"
A slightly guilty feeling settled in my stomach. Peggy, Angelica, and Eliza had been my best friends for years, but lately I hadn't been speaking to Eliza and Angelica as much. Angelica mostly because she was a year older than me and therefore already in college, but I didn't really have a good excuse for Eliza. "I'm doing great, actually, that's why I called. I got an apartment!"
I could hear the bright smile on her face. "That's wonderful!" she exclaimed. "Do you have roommates? Tell me about them!"
I glanced at John and Hercules. Even though they had respectfully stepped away, they were still close enough to hear everything I said. "How about later?" I asked. "We could meet up for lunch?"
"That sounds amazing," Eliza replied. "Seabury's or King's?"
"Seabury's for sure. I'm not in the mood to deal with King." King's Palace was a diner not far from where Eliza and her sisters lived. They had amazing food, but the owner, George King, was a right pain in the-
"Me either," Eliza laughed. "Okay, I'll see you then. Bye!"
"Bye!" I shoved my phone back into my pocket with a grin.
a/n: wow. if you'll believe it, these four chapters used to be one chapter. yikes.