ARLTY- Chapter 24

It felt so good to laugh with Edward about Emmett walking in on us. I mean what else could I do, cry about it? Well the old Bella might have but the new improved Bella just wanted to have a good time. Wait…maybe I should have said… girls just wanna have fu-un, oh yeah, girls just wanna have fun.

Great now that will be stuck in my head.

Once we were all dressed and ready to go, we loaded up into the Sub and took off to look this place that Emmett and Jasper found for the summer. I have to admit I was pretty scared of what it would be like, I mean come on would you ever put those two in charge of finding the place that you were going to stay? Yeah, exactly what I thought.

I was wrong. I am woman enough to admit that they found a great place and we agreed to take it. The little old man that rented it to us didn't care that there were going to be three extra bodies around. He just wanted a deposit and first month's rent. Edward talked him into throwing in the utilities and cable and we were set. We each handed over our share of the money that was owed and we now had a house for the summer. It was about six blocks from the beach and it had an amazing back yard. Well it wasn't really a back yard, it was a porch with a small amount of dirt that surrounded it but we could cook out on it.

We rushed back to the hotel to get our stuff, check out and make a grocery run. Well, beer-run but same thing, right? The guys went into the liquor store while Alice, Rose and I went into Wal-Mart to grab a few essentials. It was easy to live in the moment, to be free and not have any responsibilities. It's funny how a new state and some sunshine will do that to you.

It didn't hurt that I woke up naked, next to an incredibly hot man who seemed to be into me as well.

We made it back to the house with all of our loot and began to make ourselves at home. The previous tenants left some furniture, a few folding chairs and a dirty couch. They must have taken their sleep very seriously because the beds we found in each bedroom were very nice. Like almost new nice, go figure. Alice, Rose and I made a list of things we would need to go back to Wal-Mart (There is one, three in fact) for tomorrow, first on that list was mattress covers. We added paper plates, plastic silverware, a shower curtain, some blankets and a few other small items. The guys added a grill, charcoal and a TV. We figured since Edward worked out a deal for the cable and we were now sharing the expenses six ways instead of three, we could splurge for a smallish TV. I'm not sure that our idea of smallish and Emmett's idea were the same but we would work all that out.

We hit Goodwill and found some other furniture, including a Wii with a few games. Emmett insisted we have this, obviously.

The house had five bedrooms so we had enough room to split back up again, if we wanted. Funny thing, no one wanted to. It wasn't even discussed. Each couple chose their bedroom and went off to make it comfortable. At the end of the evening we all met at the grill for a few hot dogs and beers. As we sat on the porch looking out over our piece of dirt, it amazed me how a few simple changes can make all the difference.