A Place To Call Home

A New Home

The lodgings Tommy had prepared for them wasn't what they were expecting, it was a beautiful old simple looking country house. The house had a porch and a stone pathway leading towards the porches steps, there was a white picket fence with a gate. A tree was growing in the front yard and the grass wasn't too overgrown, it was a fixer upper. They could plant flowers and make it more homely, Ellie couldn't wait to have a garden of her very own. Tommy opened the gate for Ellie and told her ladies first, but she piped saying age before beauty while she looked over at Joel.

" Hey Joel, do you need any help getting up the steps?" Ellie asked.

" Hey, I'm over the hill just yet." Joel replied.

" I'm just fucking with you." Ellie smiled.

Ellie walked up the steps to the the front yard and headed along the pathway, she couldn't wait to see what was inside the house. She peered through one of the windows but she couldn't see anything because the curtains were drawn, they would have some privacy from others at least. Ellie noticed a chair on the porch, she sat down on it and relaxed while she waited for Joel to walk up the pathway. Tommy opened the front door for them, Ellie got up from the chair and walked over to him. Joel entered the house first and Ellie followed after him, the sight that greeted them made Ellie speechless for once.

" What do you think?" Tommy asked.

" It looks comfortable." Joel replied.

" Comfortable? Holy shit Joel!" Ellie said, she hurried into the living room area. " Are you seeing this?!"

" I'm seeing it." Joel replied.

" It's like one of those showrooms you see in magazines!" Ellie said.

Ellie couldn't believe her eyes, the house was amazing. The living room had a bookcase and a leather creamy brown coloured couch with a matching armchair, there was a wooden fireplace with a clock on it's shelf. She hung her hoody over the back of the couch before she went to check out the bookcase, she tilted her to one side and read some of the book titles out to Joel. She could hardly contain her excitement when she found a pile of DVDs, she took one of the DVDs from the shelf and showed it to Joel.

" Have you seen this movie before?" Ellie asked, she looked at the DVD cases cover. " Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, it sounds delicious."

" About twenty times, it was one of Sarah's favourite movies." Joel replied.

Ellie looked up at Joel from the DVD case, she saw a flash of sadness cross his face for a brief moment before Tommy rested his hand on Joel's shoulder. Ellie apologized to him and told him she was such a dumbass sometimes, but Joel said it was okay. Tommy told them they had plenty of time to watch movies later, Ellie put the DVD back and followed Joel into dining room, she was drawn to the drinks cabinet on the other side of the room. She looked at one of the bottles and put it back when she heard Joel's voice, it wasn't like she was going to drink it.

" Now don't you be getting any ideas kiddo." Joel said.

" Please, drinking is for losers." Ellie said while she rolled her eyes at him. " Do you think I want to turn out like Bill or something? Some porno loving drunk living in an abandoned Church, I think not!"

" I beg your pardon?" Tommy asked.

" It's a long story, I'll tell you about it later." Joel replied. 

" Alright then, let me show you the kitchen." Tommy said.

Ellie and Joel followed Tommy through an open doorway that led into the kitchen, Ellie stopped at the counter while she looked through the window above the sink. She could see some kids playing in a front yard a few houses away from them, she checked out the rest of the kitchen while Tommy spoke to them about the fixtures and fittings. She was impressed with everything that Tommy showed them in the kitchen, she had no idea what somethings kitchen appliances were used for but she liked the idea of having them around the kitchen.