<b>Chapter </b>97
1 woke up sometimeter when I felt the couch shift under me. Jake was sitting by my head, and when he saw my eyes were open, he ran a hand through my hair.
“It’s all right, sweetheart. We are in the air and should bending in about an hour.”
Why don’t you try to go h
back to sleep?”
I mumbled my agreement, but wanting to be closer to jake, I sat up and climbed into hisp, reaching behind me to pull the nket back over me. Jake <b>chuckled </b>at my groggy movements and settled me into a morefortable position on hisp before covering me back up.
Thank you, Jakey. Love you,” I mumbled into his shoulder before falling asleep again.
I awoke for the second time when I felt jake moving. Lifting my head from his shoulder, I looked around. Everyone else was standing and gathering their things. I was so confused. Did I sleep through the entire fight? I looked up atke, and he nodded, having read the confusion on my face.
“Yes, sweetheart, <b>you </b>slept through the entire fight. Can you walk, or would you like me to carry you to the car?” It was too many questions for tired brain, so I <bid </b>my head back on Jake’s shoulder. He chuckled, kissed my forehead, and then stood and descended the stairs.
When we reached the car, <b>Jake </b>passed me off to Mike so he could climb into it. Okay, honey, I need you to stand up now,” <b>Mike </b><b>said</b>, setting me down and holding onto my waist until he was sure I was steady. I blinked up at him, trying <b>to </b>clear thest remnants of sleep from my brain. Jake held his hand and helped me into the back of the car. Mike climbing in after me. Once everyone was settled <b>and </b>with Jamle behind the wheel, we headed out Into thete afternoon traffic of the city.
*Okay, I miss theke house abready, Jake said as we crept along. There was an ident on the freeway, and our forty–five–minute drive home turned Into almost two hours. The others murmured their agreement, and I perked up.
“We could turn around and head back there now,” I said hopefully.
“Sorry, love, not this time,” Patrick leaned forward from the third row and squeezed my shoulder.
“I know. It was just a thought,” 1 sighed.
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Once we passed the ident scene, the traffic picked up, and we pulled into the gatedmunity just as my stomach let out a loud growl. I blushed as everyone turned to look at me. I could tell my face was beet red. Drew <b>pulled </b>out his phone and pulled up a delivery app. “What sounds good for dinner,
“Pizza,” I said without any hesitation. Drew ced the order as we climbed out of the car. I stopped looking up at the house and sighed. Josh stopped next to me <b>and </b>took my hand.
“I know how you feel, baby girl; I promise we will begin looking for a new ce tomorrow.
“That sounds good to me, I told him as we went up the stairs and into the <b>house</b>.
Jamie and Sean had left our bags in the entryway, and after a few quiet words with Patrick, they both left. We each grabbed our bag and returned to the guy’s side of the house. I dropped my bag on the floor of my room, not wanting to unpack right now, and returned to the living room with my <b>book</b>. I flopped into the corner of the couch and began reading, waiting for the guys <b>to </b>join me.
Drew came into the living room, stopping to kiss me. He said the pizza was here, and he was going downstairs to get it. I put my <b>book </b>down<b>, </b>and went <b>to </b>get tes and drinks out. By the time Drew came back upstairs with the boxes <b>of </b>pizza, the others <b>had </b>emerged from their rooms, and we <b>all </b><b>sast </b>down and ate.
Dinner was quiet, everyone lost in their own thoughts. Once we had finished cleaning up from dinner Josh spoke up. Letse up with a n for tomorrow so we can get an early start. I will call our realtor first thing tomorrow morning with the list of ces we want to see, <b>and </b>hopefully we will get to see most of them tomorrow. We <b>all </b>agreed it was a good idea, and everyone pulled out their phones, we narrowd down where we wanted to look to three different small towns, far enough away from the city to make it peaceful, but close enough for school and work. Then came the fun part, <b>making </b><b>a </b>list of the ces we thought would work well for us.
“I think I found something,” I said excitedly jumping off the couch where I had been sitting. It only has five <b>bedrooms</b>, but it’s ten thousand square feet, so if we decide we need more rooms there’s plenty of space. It alsoes with forty–five acres, so we have lots of privacy. Plus it already had a gym, and a theater room. Theres also a separate shop/guest house and there is enough room to put in a pool if we want.” The others crowded around me as we <b>looked </b>through the pictures, and by the time we were done scrolling through the photos, the guys were just as excited <b>as </b>I was. “It is an hour from the <b>city </b>though, so I don’t know if that’s going to be to much of <b>a </b><b>drive</b>?” This was <b>the </b>only downside to this perfect house…
“Lets take a look at the house tomorrow, and then we will talk about themute. I would be <b>more </b>then happy to have a longer drive into the city if this
house is a perfect for us as it looks. Patrick said, kissing my cheek before returning to his ce on the couch. I did a little happy dance before sitting
back down, excited that everyone like the house 1 found as much as I did.