Monroe and I eventually found our taxi and headed to Long Beach. I watched all my surroundings as we drove, palm trees everywhere, sunny and bright, and huge buildings. Soon we were going to see the Pacific Ocean! I had been to the Atlantic and I loved it so the Pacific had to be just as amazing. I smiled to myself and grabbed my phone out of my purse to check the time. 4:14 pm. I decided to finally look at Noels messages. I had to get it over with sometimes. I opened up my inbox and saw the two messages. I took a deep breath and reluctantly opened the first one.
"Hey babe, wanna come over? ;)" I started to feel the heat come over my face and I felt myself flush with anger. My throat and stomach clenched. I scrolled down to the next one.
"We could have some fun. Come over. I love you." I felt tear beginning to form in my eyes. I threw my phone back in my bag. Noel pissed me off so much. I was just his booty call. Not anymore. I was down with him. My heart ached thinking about it. I did love him and he knew it. He used it to his advantage too. The tears started to stream down my face and I knew Monroe saw it because she grabbed my hand and gave it a squeeze. I squeezed back. I leaned my head against the cab window and tried to push him to the back of my mind again. To cry about later. Not here, not now Rose. Later.
I pulled myself together before we reached our new home. It was beautiful. A little house right next to the ocean. How my Aunt and Monroe's parents afforded this place was beyond me, but I was thankful. I could see Monroe's face light up out of the corner of my eye and I couldn't help but smile and feel my mood brighten. I paid the cab driver, said thank you, and grabbed my things out of the trunk. The cab driver had been finally able to drive away and Monroe and I just stood there starring at our new home. We both turned to each other with huge grins like little kids on Christmas morning.
"I'll race ya!" I yelled picking up my luggage and tried running, and failing, to the front door. While fumbling four the key at the door Monroe pushed me out of the way and unlocked it running inside.
"I win!" I heard her yell out at me. I regained my balance and ran in after her dropping my stuff in the doorway. I tackled her victory stance to the ground.
"Never!" I said as we both laughed on the floor.
"Rose?" Monroe said breathless. I looked at her and raised an eyebrow in response still laughing.
"I can't breathe." She barely whispered, realizing I was still on top of my best friend I pushed myself off. We both layed there for a while taking everything in. We were finally here. Just me and my best friend.
We finally got up and looked around the house. When you walked through the door the first thing you saw was a hallway leading to the living room. The hallway had dark hard wood floors with a closet on one side that also had dark wood doors. The walls were bare. We were going to have to fix that. The living room was cool, the wall were also white. It had a white couch with bright green, yellow, orange, blue, and pink pillows. Next to the couch was a huge white, blue, and purple stripped rug and a white coffee table sitting on top of it. There was a space in the wall for DVDs and a flat screen TV was hanging on the wall. Along with a mural above the couch.
Then there was a wall with a lookout, that had chair for a bar, in it so you could look out from the kitchen. The kitchen was a pale green and was cute and small.
Then from the kitchen there was another hallway, also white, this place needed some serious decorating apparently. The hallway led to a small bathroom just a toilet and a sink that connected to the laundry room. Beyond the bathroom was another door that led to a two car garage. Which we would just use for storage till we bought a car. I went back to the living room where Monroe still was.
"Should we go check out our rooms now?" I said with enthusiasm.
"Yes!" She exclaimed. We went up the semi spiral staircase and at the top was a big hallway going left and right. In front of us was the huge window that went from the living room all the way up which you could see the ocean from. Monroe and I both looked at each other in awe. seriously How could our families afford this? We shrugged at each other and went separate ways down the hallway. The first door I opened was an empty room. It was plain and small. I moved on to the next room which I could tell was mine. I could tell this because the use of the color red. It was a beautiful room. It also had a big window which was also partially a door that led to a balcony. My room had a queen sized bed in the middle of it with a black comforter with a red swirly design and red sheets. On top of it had red, black, and white pillows. I really loved pillows. I had two fluffy red stools in front of my bed and along the wall was a computer and another flat screen TV There were two wooden doors in my room. One led to a nice sized bathroom and the other led to a walk in closet. Damn I could get used to this. I let our a small squeal and I could feel a huge grin on my face. I went and laid back on my bed for a couple of minutes.
If I would have stayed there much longer I probably would have fallen asleep, but I all of a sudden heard Monroe call my name. I reluctantly got up off my bed and walked into the room where I heard her humming a song. I stepped into Monroe's room and she turned around and held out her arms for me to look around. Like my room she also had a window balcony, bathroom, and walk in closet. Her walls were stripped light blue and white. Her comforter was a mix of blue, silver, and black with light blue sheets. She also had a computer and flat screen.
"Wow." I said flopping down on her bed. No better words coming to my mind.
"I know." She said sitting next to me.
"It's just so surreal." She nodded. I threw my arms around her laughing. Monroe did the same.

Notes

Hope you are liking it so far I know this chapter is just a lot of description, but trust me it will pick up soon!

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