On My Own (Josiah)

[Siege]

She slept as peacefully as ever. Wrapped up tightly in his arms, unaware he was smoking. She slept through the night, wrapped warmly there, happy and content as she could be with him, she slept as though she hadn't slept in so very long. Her eyes closed her body relaxed and never once in her sleep did she wake or stir. When morning came it seemed that she was the first to wake up. Her eyes blinked at the bright light coming in through one of his many windows. She opened her eyes and looked up to see him passed out in the bed beside her, his arms still around her. She leaned up and kissed his neck softly, once, before stealing a cig and lightning it. He was likely tired. She brushed his hair back from his face and rose, tucking him in gently she moved out of the room, picking out some clothes for the day she headed to the bathroom.

She took a long hot shower, before she got dressed. A pair of khaki capris, and a red tank top that hugged her figure tightly. It was casual, but she was covered and dressed nice nough. Heading downstairs she poured them some coffee from the maker that had already gone off and made the fresh coffee. She raided the fridge, she couldln't cook so she was making fruit salad for breakfast. Cutting the fruit and getting a couple forks she put it all on a baking sheet she found and headed back up using the sheet like a tray. She saw that he was just waking when she entered the room.

"I brought breakfast."

She sunk down beside him and put the tray over both their laps.

"I can't cook so, I just used some of your fruit."

Siege could only smile as she picked up a fork and bit into a piece of fruit. It was nice, to have breakfast with him, she was still unsure how they had changed or what it was going to be like now. But they would figure that all out this morning she suspected.

"I hope you slept as well as I did." she said putting her head on his shoulder while they shared breakfast.

[Josiah]

His eyes opened slowly, he could not remember feeling so groggy in the morning. He sat up his head finding his hand and resting in his palm for a moment. And when he saw the sheet fall everything thing hit him at once. Last night..he and Siege had..and he had actually…no wonder why he felt different. He looked to his side and she was gone, he was slightly thankful for that, if she had been nude in bed with him when they woke she might have tried to pick up from last night, not something he was ready for.

The door opened and red orbs zeroed in on a dressed Sage holding a tray with breakfast. For a moment there the idea he had been sucked into the twilight zone crossed his brain but her eyes told him that he was in reality, their questioning softness clearly stating that this was as new fr her as it was him.

Before he knew it she was in the bed and he was pulling the sheet around his waist a bit more mking sure he was covered, being naked clearly made him uncomfortable and feeling vulnerable. She was smiling though so he guessed what ever happened was good for her to some degree as well.

He grabbed his coffee as she spoke, her head finding his shoulder. “Yeah…I’m..just feeling really groggy for some reason” he siad explaining why he probably seemed off at the moment. He took a few sips of coffee letting her keep her head were she wished it to.

Moments of silence seemed to pass as they just drank coffee and ate the fruit she had cut up for them before he had to say what he knew had to be siad.

“Siege….about….about last night” He said unsurely about himself “I’m…before it comes up” he sighed “I’m not sure I’m ready to talk about it” he said earnestly his eyes looking down to her.

“It happened…I’m not saying that it didn’t…or that I didn’t enjoy it…but…but I just don’t think I can talk about it…” he took a small sip of coffee “I hope you don’t mind…but…its going to take some time….I hope you can understand that right now” he asked her lightly the guard from his eyes slightly down, he was clearly going through a lot but he was not view what they did as a negative…it was clear he was confused as to what it meant and how it had to be expolered.

[Siege]

“Siege….about….about last night”

Siege immediatly bit her lower lip. There was something in his tone that told her she really didn't want to hear what he was going to say. Obviously he was regretting it even though last night he had held her, and caressed her, and spent the night holding her as close as possible.

“I’m…before it comes up”

Siege's grey eyes flashed up to him, the happiness of earlier seeping away so fast that it was almost hard to remember it had been there in the first place. Slowly they fell back down to her lap, her fork now left on the tray, she was no longer hungry.

“I’m not sure I’m ready to talk about it”

In a way she could understand it. The boundaries of their friendship had been shifted severly last night. Sex and sexual activities changed everything, and there was nothing you could do about it. It was inevitable. So the young girl nodded softly and picked her head up off her shoulder.

"All right then."

She was doing this for him, being understanding that he wasn't ready to discuss how their lines had become blurred and were now not the same as they had been before. Still though, the happy glowing facets in her eyes had dimmed back to the normal woman that he had met some days ago.

"Thank you."

He kissed her forehead softly, and she reached up and kissed his cheek in the same manner.

"Sure."

Siege took her cup of coffee from the tray and took a long sip. She was still not hungry, but she had eaten enough to be full. Though if one really thought about it, it wasn't enough for her considering she hadn't eaten since dinner. Siege smiled.

"I'm gonna go wait for the delivery man."

She got up, leaving him to his breakfast but before she left she grabbed a pair of his boxers and sat them on the edge of the bed. Giving him a cute little wink she headed back down the stairs. Outside, was nice, the breeze played with her hair, which had no real style today, and she sat on the front banister railing, her feet dangling over the side, as she looked out at the ocean sipping her coffee, her ear perked just incase the delivery men showed up to begin to deliver her furniture, so she could get started on making her room perfect.

This way he wouldn't have to worry about any more awkward moments, or worry that she was overstepping her bounds. Having a room of her own would certainly put her back in her place as just friend.

[Josiah]

She seemed to understand his words but he could tell that he had hurt her as well, he just could not do this right now, last night did happen, but she had been the first kind of friend his age in years and part of him did not want to lose something like that so quickly, he also did not want to put himself out there to be hurt like he had in the past.

Little was siad and eventually she left leaving him a pair of boxers, he sighed lightly and reached for his smokes he just had no idea what to do, where did people go after something like that? And why was she so willing to do such things with him when they seemed to barely tolerate one another some times. Sometimes even the greatest of logic could be distored and render powerless it seemed.

Little time was wasted after his morning smoke, as he did every morning he took his regular burning hot then icy cold shower and got dressed in his regular clothing. He took what he had to downstairs into the kitchen were he fixed himself another cup of coffee before looking around and finding Siege outside waiting for the delivery men as she has said she was going to.

He closed his eyes for a moment, he knew he said what he had but he needed to ask one thing, he just needed to know why, everything in the world had to make sense some how and he needed this to make sense.

He walked outside walking to her right side his coffee in hand, he took a sip of it and looked out to the ocean with her.

“Sage” he said using her name, he hoped she would get the idea he was being serious and was not looking for her little sense of twisted humor she seemed to have about her.

“I know I said I wasn’t ready to talk about it…and right now there is a lot trying to be processed in my head at the moment” he sighed lightly “I just need to know something…honestly…so I can make sense of these thoughts in my head” his eyes looking to her open and willing to listen to what ever she would say

“Last night….why didn’t you stop me?” he asked in a light tone

[Siege]

The front door opened, and she could hear him stepped out the rustle of his clothing saying that once more he was dressed in his fuddy duddy clothes. She turned and gave him a smile before she turned back to look at the ocean. It was one of the things that she enjoyed about living here, because she would be able to see the ocean, and when her room was done, she would be able to see it anytime she wanted. It would be wonderful.

“Sage”

Uh oh. Her real name. It felt weird hearing that name, even in the orphanage she hadn't gone by it and refused to answer to it. But for him, for this moment she would, and maybe he was the one that could made her enjoy her name again, but she somehow doubted it.

"Hmmm?"

“I know I said I wasn’t ready to talk about it…and right now there is a lot trying to be processed in my head at the moment”

"Yeah, that's right, you did." her voice soft as she said it, it wasn't a rebuke, or snarky, she just.. wasn't sure why he wanted to talk about it again already when not a few minutes ago he had told her to keep her trap shut about it all.

“I just need to know something…honestly…so I can make sense of these thoughts in my head”

Siege rose her brow, and shifted. Keeping a careful balance so that she wouldn't fall to the sand two stories below. She shifted so that she was turned slightly towards him. Her left leg bent at the knee, and pulled up on the railing in front of her. Her right leg hanging limply over the other side. The coffee cup in her hands.

"Shoot."

“Last night….why didn’t you stop me?”

Fuck.

Figured that he would ask the deepest question of all. It couldn't be something easily trivial like 'was I any good' or something se could lie about if need be. No this was serious shit, and that made the young spunky girl sigh, her shoulders slumping sligtly as her grey eyes looked down into her coffee.

"You don't really want to hear that answer."

Her voice was soft and gentle, but it was no less true. He was asking a very loaded question and she was sure that no matter what she answered it wasn't going to be what he wanted to hear. And yet at the same time, it had to get out there. Because, it would make a major difference between them and if this ever did have a chance to develop or stay where it was.

"But.. for truth.."

Siege tilted her head to the side, her eyes lost in her coffee, pensive. Thinking about the eyes that she had seen, the ones that he wore now, the soft beautiful eyes, the ones that made her sure that he was in there. That he could love and be loved, and that if she could, she would be able to open him.

"... there are a few reasons really.." she mentioned as her fingertips played nervously around the rim of her coffee cup. "..firstly, because I wanted it as badly as you did.."

"...secondly, I wanted to .. show you touch.. it.. it's not as bad as you think it's.. it can be so special.."

Another hard swallow as she pursed her lips, and the next part was said in the softest most gentle whisper.

"..and because.. I .. I had hoped that. .. maybe.. I might .. mean something to you.."

Siege swallowed again, and looked up softly, her eyes had never been more soft for him.

"..can I .. ask why.. why you didn't stop .. us?"

[Josiah]

She slumped over her spunky attitude all but faded away as though he was scratching at her core slowly. She told him that he didn’t really want to hear the answer but they both knew that it wasn’t true, he wanted to know he had to kno, if he didn’t he was not sure that they would be able to move forward no matter which direction that would take them in.

Her voice was soft and gentle as she began to speak vulnerability clearly on her voice. Her eyes seemed locked on her coffee as though she could not look at him. Her first reason, he was not sure he understood it even if it was as simple as she made it seem, apparently both needed it something he was not quite sure he could honestly say he wanted at the time.

But was she went one her whispers and her words became more understandable to him. To want to show him touch, the one thing he seemed to have, and to show him that it was not the cruel thing he made it out to be.

But as her voice reached its softest peak he felt himself freeze as her soft grey eyes broke from her mug and looked up to him. She…she wanted to mean something to him? Why did she have to want such a thing, why did she need such a thing, he kept people out for a reason why couldn’t she understand that, but as her eyes lingered on him as the begged him to give her the answer she wanted he sighed.

“I…Siege I…” crap he was studdering slightly…shit!

“You were asleep…atleast..I thought you were” he admitted to her “I…I think..I was feeling attracted to you and I want to” it ended there as his eyes closed lightly.

“When you woke up…and looked at me with those eyes of yours” his red eyes slightly opened looking to her “It looked like if I stopped..if I had the nerve to push you away it would have killed you…and I don’t want that…I know I don’t want to hurt you” he said softly “And I think…I wanted it…to trust some one like that…to trust you like that”

“I wish…I could tell you what that means…or what it means for us…but that’s the part I just can’t understand…that’s the part that’s telling me not to want to talk about this” his eyes managed to look to hers “I want to understand what it is you mean to me right now…and hile I know you means something to me…I…I just don’t know what it is”

[Siege]

“I…Siege I…”

She said nothing. The stuttering in his voice gave away that he was likely going to say something negative, but Siege bid her time. Waiting for him to say something to her, waiting for him to tell her that he had only done it becaue she was there and so obviously easy to want it with a man she hadn't been around all that much. And yet, there was a bond there, she couldn't name it, but it was beyond friendship, it was somewhere between a love hate relationship.

“You were asleep…atleast..I thought you were”
“I…I think..I was feeling attracted to you and I want to”

Siege's brows rose, as her eyes did, he was attracted to her. She had to admit that she had never thought she was. She had wondered if he was gay at one point to be honest, but it seemed that those suspicions could be laid to rest. Afterall, what they had done last night had proved to her otherwise. Still though, she was surprised that he had found her attractive, it was something she would keep in the back of her mind for a long time to come.

“When you woke up…and looked at me with those eyes of yours”
“It looked like if I stopped..if I had the nerve to push you away it would have killed you…and I don’t want that…I know I don’t want to hurt you”

Her eyes had narrowed for a brief moment because for a moment it sounded as though he had only done it because he felt like she needed it. But when he got down to the reason, the fact that he hadn't wanted to hurt her, her heart melted slightly within her chest. He wasn't making his case any better, he was making her like him even more.

“And I think…I wanted it…to trust some one like that…to trust you like that”

Siege blushed, nodding slightly, while she had sex before, it was different to be with him. It felt, good, not cheap or stupid, it felt amazing to have finally crossed the barrier and enabled themselves to move one step beyond where they were and into a whole different place.

“I wish…I could tell you what that means…or what it means for us…but that’s the part I just can’t understand…that’s the part that’s telling me not to want to talk about this”

She looked up at him, to have his soft red eyes come to meet her. She gave him a soft smile. There was something special about him, something that drew her in, something that made her want to know more and more about him. Siege held her hand out to him, waiting for him to take it from her.

“I want to understand what it is you mean to me right now…and shile I know you mean something to me…I…I just don’t know what it is”

Siege nodded and when his hand enveloped hers, she tugged to bring him closer to her. When he stood so that her hip touched his waist. She leaned into his chest, her left side into it, her head on his chest, by his collarbone, her eyes closed as she felt his arm come around her.

"I guess you won't have to worry about it anymore huh? I mean, after today I'll have my own room so.. you won't have to worry about being confused."

Her voice was soft, there were tones of sadness within, and she could only sigh. She didn't want that to be it, one night spent in each others arms to tide her over for te rest of the time they were to be living together. She wanted something more, and yet, she doubted that he wouuld want it as well.

"Did you.. enjoy.. that.. time..?" she swallowed hard.

[Josiah]

She held her hand out to his on and he shyly but surely took it, this was all so new to him, if it was slow..if he had the time...maybe he’d be able to gt over his phobia, to get over those horrible memories of being held down as a child and taken. She tugged him to her and he gently came to her, she was a touch junkie there was no better term for it and he was sure there would be times where it got in the way of what ever this was.

His arm came around her lightly letting her revel in his touch, she spoke lightly her voice sof though her eyes were hidden from him he could hear the disappointment soaked on her voice.

“I told you…unless the doors are actually locked…nothing in the house is off limits to you…that…that includes my room to” he said shyly hoping she’d get the message without it having to be spelt out for her, he wasn’t sure if he could come out and say what part of him actually wanted to say.

She then asked him if he enjoyed that time and his cheeks went red with embarrassment.

“I…I did….I just wish I knew more about that kind of stuff” he admitted, he knew he had no idea what sex was or the different kinds that existed, he had avoided it since he was a child, but now he had a feeling he was going to do a lot of reading to catch himself up on what he was clearly clueless about.

He sighed lightly “I must have been like a bumbling idiot last night…I’m sorry” he managed to say as his cheeks began to cool.

*ERRRR ERRRR*

The sound of a deep honk filled the air as a truck began to pull closer to the house the name of the furniture company they had ordered from yesterday plastered on the side of the truck.

“looks like they weren’t kidding about being hear early” Josiah said his eyes already beginning to harden naturally ready to deal with people of the world

[Siege]

“I told you…unless the doors are actually locked…nothing in the house is off limits to you…that…that includes my room to”

Siege smiled brightly at those words. She was glad for them, happy that he had told this to her, that she didn't have to be afraid to return to his room and cuddle in his arms. She had a feeling that he, like herself, was beginning to enjoy the closeness that was developing between them. He held her there, but she also had a feeling that it was not one sided this morning, he was holding her, but it wasn't the rigid kinds of hugs they had in the past, but instead a soft mutual embrace.

“I…I did….I just wish I knew more about that kind of stuff”

Siege smiled.

"Bah, that crap is everywhere and easy to get your hands on, it's not hard to learn, besides, each girl is slightly different. What matters the most is that it comes from someone you trust, and someone that you care for."

It was true. She had been molested about as much as he had, if not more since he had killed his boss a while back and she had been unable to runaway til she was fifteen. But there was something to be said about having a strong inner core, and she believed that was the case with her. There were times she was frightened or afraid. During rainstorms, when she was held down underneath someone. But most of the time, she had ried her best to refill her mind with positive experiences.

“I must have been like a bumbling idiot last night…I’m sorry”

Siege chuckled and pulled back enough to move up and kiss his cheek softly so she would whisper.

"..I don't care.. because it was with you.."

Before either could say more the truck seemed to arrive. It was massive, but then again she had bought a whole room of furniture. She squealed, and put her coffee to the side before she bounced down the stairs, heading for the movers that were ready to move the things up into her room where she could unbox, put together and arrange them all properly.

The next hour, was spent with the two teens watching the movers go up two flghts of stairs and into her room where they carefully placed all the boxes before moving back down and doing it again and again. Until the entire truck was empty. Siege signed for it using her full name, something no one ever really got, before they finally left and Siege grinned looking up at her roomate.

"You wanna come play house with me, or do you have other things to do?" she asked with a teasing grin wondering if he would get the innuendo.

[Josiah]

The movers had done a wonderful job getting everything out of the truck and into the house quickly, Josiah didn’t try and rush them or anything, he knew his house had a lot of stairs and knew with the heavy boxes that it was going to be a pain in the ass getting everything inside and to her room, but sure enough after and hour or so the boxes were all in her room safe and ready to be unpacked.

She teased him though it was a bit lost on him, sure he had gone to school up until he was 10 but it seemed so long ago and after a life with adults such things were nothing but faded whispers from the past within his head, things never to fully be retrieved from that thing he called his mind.

“As much as I’d like to play…I actually do have a few quick errands to run” Josiah sad looking to Siege who could barely seem to contain herself with the new furniture, it was only going to get worse when he got back he knew that much was for sure.

“How about you just get everything out of their boxes for now….I’ll be back soon enough..,then we can start working on putting everything together” his eyes looked at the boxes and then back to her “Yeah…I should be back by the time you get everything out and have enjoyed a beer or something”

[Siege]

“As much as I’d like to play…I actually do have a few quick errands to run”

Siege shrugged, she was much too excited to be all that upset that he couldn't be there with her. Besides she doubted that he really cared what it looked like anyways. Still though, it would be nice to work hard and get it done so that when he came home it was finished. She looked up at him softly and leaned over placng her chin on the top of his shoulder. He was a great guy, she had to admit it, and she did enjoy the fact that he wasn't an easy catch but was actually making it difficult. But she could understand, she herself had once been that way, and so that was life.

“How about you just get everything out of their boxes for now….I’ll be back soon enough..,then we can start working on putting everything together”
“Yeah…I should be back by the time you get everything out and have enjoyed a beer or something”

Siege chuckled.

"Nah, don't worry about it." she said with a wink. "Take your time, I know you're itchin' to get a break from me. I can see it in your eyes." she teased.

Then she grinned.

"Hey if you go shopping, get some jeans and a Tshirt."

She rose, off the back of the couch and headed up the stairs. She had seen the tool kit in the small hall closet earlier, and grabbed it heading to her room, she looked around for a place to start. The bed seemed like the best place since it would be taking up most of her room, and if she couldn't get everything else done today she could get that done, and get the rest done little by little. Ripping into the box, she sat down and began to work on putting the massive heavy frame together. If there was one thing that the tattooed girl really enjoyed it was working with her hands and seeing the fruits of her labor.

[Josiah]

He didn’t argue or try and reason with her, he simply just left, he was able to get into his car and out on a sonata which filled the car with a light relaxing yet warm music, he knew his errands wouldn’t take long, but he figured he would get the most embarrassing part over with first while he still had the nerve and reason to do so.

He stopped at and adult shop first, he picked up several instructional dvds as well as some books which were guides and not smut. The tantric arts according to the back cover would be something he could easily get into, having done breathing exersices and meditation, even mind or matter practices he thought it something to look into.

300 and something dollars he spent, it was astonishing but he paid cash and was on his way putting his purchases under the front seat, he’d have to come for them tonight when Siege was busy with her room or her drums, he didn’t need her to find out he was looking to learn like this after all.

With that taken care of he headed back to the mall to hit the apple store. This was were Sieges gifts were and he knew what he was getting her. The Mac air which was the thinnest laptop he could find, some recording equipment, nothing fancy but enough to get her beats on her laptop, and of course and ihome for her to use her ipod with…..who needed piece and quite huh?

It took a while but hhe doubted it took more then an hour for so for everything…. He was always quick and to the point and this was no different. He left not bothering with the jeans or shirt, he had no idea what he’d look good in so it was a waste of time to look.

Soon he was in his car and headed back to his house hopping Siege was doing alright with her furniture

[Siege]

Siege worked hard, and fast. But even she couldn't get it all done in an hour or so. But still she didn't take a break. She had gotten the bed together rather quickly, and it took a bit of work but she had gotten the matresses on as well after shifting the bed frame into place. After a few moments of being a total idiot jumping on her new bed, she hopped back down and began ripping open the next box. Luckily her dresser was already put together, so she scooted it careful not to scuff the wood floors, to its spot between her closet door and the doot to her room. It fit in the space perfectly and one day she would have a TV or stereo up there. For now though it would look pretty and hold her undergarments.

turning again, she began the long arduous process of putting together both short glass encased red book shelves, it was these that seemed to take forever, to place the doors on, and add the magnetic clips and the plastic ones inside that the shelves would sit on. They were the biggest pains of asses in the world, but they were done. They were heavy bastards too, but she moved them into place easily enough, that was when she swore she heard his car in the driveway. But he wasn't going to stop yet, she was getting close. Next up, she unpacked the chairs, they were already together she just had to screw on the legs. So when he came upstairs, he would find her laying on the ground of her half done room, screwing the feet to the bottom of the chairs.

Without looking up she would smile.

"that was fast, how were the errands?" she asked as she moved shifting slightly to get a better grip on the leg of the chair making sure it was nice and tight.

[Josiah]

He pulled up to the house and killed the engine, he left his own personal things hidden in the car for later retrieval. Getting out he went to the trunk ad received her gifts, all the boxes stacked and tied together in one neat bundle…no thanks to the fucking store either, he had to juggle it to his car were her had his own nylon string and cord stashed in the trunk.

With parcel in hands he went into the house and could hear her upstairs, the drums were still downstairs which meant that she still had a way to go, but there was no use in waiting to surprise her. While he knew she would get some recreational use out of what he had gotten her he now expected her homework to be done as well since she would have the tools needed at her disposal.

When he got upstairs he could see she had been hard at work and still at it .

“They were fine…looks like you been busy” He said as his cool eyes scanned the room.

He came to her and placed the parcel of gifts at her side. “Here…I got you some things…a room warming gift…figured you’d be needing them” he siad hoping that his words would pull her attention off the chair and to her side.

[Siege]

“They were fine…looks like you been busy”

Siege chuckled and set the chair on it's legs before she moved to the matching one on the side and began to screw the legs into that one. This wasn't hard but your arm did get tired after a while she had to admit. Four legs, and screwing huge bolts into them it just wasn't really the easiest thing in the world. Still though in the end it woud be nice and look nice when everything went together she wouldn't wait for it to be finished and see her room, her very own room and there was no one that could take it away from her.

She looked over as he sat a group of parcels right beside her. Grey eyes looked up at him, and her arm stopped moving as she sat up fully now. He had bought her MORE?! She really didn't know that she could take much more of this, she loved it, but she was beginning to feel rather inadequate considering there was no way in hell she could ever pay him back for all of this.

“Here…I got you some things…a room warming gift…figured you’d be needing them”

Siege shook her head and chuckled.

"You gotta leave a few things for Christmas and birthdays pops."

She untied the nylon chord and tossed it messily to the side before she ripped into the boxes, stopping short at a beautiful Apple laptop, ne of those skinny fuckers she didn't know the name of, as well as the software that would enable her to place her drumming on her lap top so that she could hear herself play and get better, or record what she had done if she ever wanted to pursue music. Siege swallowed. These weren't cheap, she was elated, not so much as the drums, but she could not put into words how grateful she was that he cared so much about her.

"You know.. there is no way to pay you back. I"m so grateful and yet there aren't any words I can say to get out the.. feeling I have inside. I .. you don't have to buy me gift Josiah, but, I feel special when you do."

She smiled up at him and got up placing her new things on her bed so that they wouldn't get hurt or damaged while they were working on her room. The next three hours was spent again chatting away about this and that, never once touching the subject from last night while they worked on putting her furniture together. Every now and then it would break out into a fight of the little extra wooden pegs that came with the furniture, the litle bastards all over the room before they would settle back down to work only to have Siege start it all over again. But she had a feeling that in his own way he was having fun even if he pretended to be frustrated.

When it was done, it was magnificent.

Entering from the door, straight away on the left wall were the two red book shelves, a stereo stand between them, on the far wall were the two windows that flanked the queen size bed that was made with orange sheets, and a Duve that had teal, red, and yellow swirls on it. One night stand for either side, of the bed. One held a lamp, the other her alarm clock. The curtain were see through but had the same psychadelic colors on them. To the right, on the right wall was her little sitting area, the two red chairs that surrounded a small table. And across from the bed was the dresser that now held all her nighties, and her closet was filled with her clothes and room for more. Though she was going to need more shoes. On the floor by the sitting area was a fuzzy shaggy white rug, and by the bed and the other part of the room was a nice plush rug that was purple, teal and yellow.

Everything was perfect. Her laptop sat on her bed, the drums sat in the space by the window, between the bookshelves and the night stand, that was just perfect for them. She beamed as she came to Josiah and leaned her back into his chest as they took in the room.

"What do you think?" she asked him curiously.