âUp or down?â I asked, stopping at the staircase, âLetâs go up and check out the bedrooms, then see whatâs downstairs,â Jake suggested. With that, we headed upstairs to the main bedroom.
âDamn,â I we walked into the large bedroom. The bedroom was quickly three times the size of the one at the lake house. This room is big enough to get one of the beds Iâm always reading about on my eâreader, 1 grinned.
âOh, and what kind of bed is that?â Josh asked.
âOne thatâs big enough for all of us. Like when we put the mattresses together at the lake house, but only more comfortably, and there will still be enough room for dressers. And look over there; thatâs the perfect spot to set up a reading nook.â To the guys amusement, I was hurrying from one part of the room to another, pointing out where I would put things.
âShe reminds me of a kid on Christmas morning, Mike said as the others laughed, but I ignored them, excited to explore.
âOh, my, God,â I shrieked. There were separate bathrooms. The bathrooms also had two massive walkâin closets with shelving and builtâin shoe racks. I ran back to the bedroom and motioned for the guys to follow me, and they all trooped after me, making appropriate sounds of as I pointed out what I was the most excited about We left the main bedroom and walked down the hallway to the rest of the rooms. They were all large with attached bathrooms, and we would only need to repaint one of them. It must have belonged to a child because it was pink with rainbow mural on one wall.
began making our way back downstairs, and when we got to the bottom floor, the guys perked up. There was a goodâsized room full of gym equipment and a changing room complete with showers. There also a theater room with an oldâfashioned popcom popper and a large mud room with a door that led to the backyard.
do you think?â I asked the others once we had looked at everything.
âWhat k there is plenty of room for us. The only problem I see is âI like it,â Drew said immediately. I think t âI think I saw some hookups in the garage, Mike said. âIt would be better walking up and down three flights of stairs with laundry baskets.
âI think that could work. Letâs look into it,â I said. We returned to the main floor and gave it one look before heading outside. As soon as we opened the door, , the realtor, came hurrying toward us, smiling. When she tried to lay her hand on Patrickâs arm, he took a step away from her.
âThank for unlocking the house for us. We will be in touch once we decide what to do, Patrick told her, trying to keep his voice neutral. With that, we turned group and made our way back to the SUV.
âPatrick, wait,â the realtor called after us. We all ignored her as we climbed back into the SUV. I stopped just Patrick was helping me into the car and kissed him deeply. He returned the kiss with equal heat and I giggled when he turned after helping me up. We all could see the expression on the realtorâs face, and when Patrick climbed back into the driverâs seat, Josh slapped him on the back, chuckling.
âI canât stand that woman; sheâs the same age as my mother. I donât know what she is thinking, Patrick complains, shuddering. âYou can bet Iâm going to something to my mom this time; she was completely unprofessional and inappropriate today, I donât want her to recommend that woman when she acts like that with ellents.
âNow, where are we going?â
asked as we pulled back onto the main road.
we got into town, Patrick âI was thinking heading into town and grabbing some lunch, Patrick said, and the rest of us quickly agreed. When we got in down the main street, and we checked out our options.
That place looks pretty good, Jake said, pointing at a local pizza place advertising a lunch special.
âWe can keep that in mind. Letâs drive to the end of the street and see if anything else sounds good.
passed some fast food driveâthroughs, a Chinese restaurant, a family diner before coming to the end of the street. As Patrick found a for us to turn around, the others began debating where to eat. I just sat back, waiting to see if they would come to a decision. After several minutes I was pulled into the debate and sided with lake saying the pizza place sounded good.
Patrick found a parking place about a block from the restaurant, and we all climbed out and walked up the street. We got a few looks, but I ignored them, and no one said anything. We into the restaurant and stopped at the podium. A waitress walking by with a pizza tray told us to sit wherever, and someone would be right with us. We found booth big enough for all us, and an older woman came by a few minutes later, passing out As I looked through the options, I realized place had a lot more just pizza, and I was having trouble deciding between pizza or one of the homemade pasta dishes. A few minutes later, the waitress returned with a pitcher of iced water and glasses and asked if we were ready . We all nodded, and Drew began by ordering a meatball sandwich. The twins got pizza, and Mike and Patrick chose lasagna when she looked at me and panicked for a minute, trying to decide.
Love, you can try some of my pasta if want pizza, offered. I nodded thanks and ordered pizza, only blushing slightly as the waitress promised our food would be out soon.