Being Brad's Sister

37. Fundraising ideas

Emma's pov

We decided yesterday which house we were all happy with so we know which house we are going to try and buy. Today we are going to start fundraising and we are going to tell our families about our decision. We are all currently round Tristan's house just chilling at the moment because we have arranged for everyone's parents and Joe to be here so we can talk to them. Considering Tristan's house is slightly bigger than the rest of our houses we thought this would be the best place to meet. We have room to be free before being shoved into the same room as everyone to reveal the changes that are about to be happening in our lives.

Tristan's parents are already home as they aren't working today; Joe is due to be here any minute as are the rest of our parents except for Connor's parents who arrived about five minutes ago. The lads and I are down in the basement just relaxing before everyone gets here. I have no idea what we are planning on doing to raise enough money to buy the house but I think it will take more than just one fundraising activity because we have to raise around £399, 950 to buy the house so we have a lot of work to do.

The seconds turn into minutes and soon the silence that we are sitting in is broken by Tristan's mum calling us to let us know that everyone has arrived. We all get up and head upstairs and into the living room to face everybody.

There have been extra chairs and seating pulled into the room so everyone can be comfortable. It feels like we are heading into a serious business meeting or something because of the amount of people here. Connor's parents are on the sofa next to Tristan's parents; my mum and James' parents are on the other sofa while Joe is on an extra seat that have been dragged into the room.

"Hey." We all say as we take a seat on some extra chairs.

"So what's going on then?"

"Cut straight to the point." I laugh trying to ease the situation slightly. "Okay so you know the current situation obviously and how we have decided to move in together." Everyone nods letting me know that they are still with me so far. "We had so houses we were originally looking at but we went to view three of them."

"We have taken into consideration all of the houses, the pros and cons and we have chosen a house."

"It is a five bedroom house so we will get our own room. There is one main bathroom and two of the rooms have en suites. There are three reception rooms which we have decided will be a dining room, living room and chill room."

"It has gas central heating, double glazing windows and a double garage for practicing."

"The neighbourhood is lovely and the house isn't far from Emzy's college, the studios or your houses so we can easily visit."

"Sounds like a decent place."

"And how much is it?"

"£399, 950 or near offer."

"Okay so how much do you all have in savings?"

"Together we have about £319.52."

"Only." Joe takes a moment as he tries to work it out. £399, 630.48 left to raise." That is a lot left. It's barely made a dent in the sum.

"So what are your ideas for fundraising?" Mum asks. We all shrug. We haven't really talked about that yet.

"I guess we could do some car washes?"

"Yeah there has to be some people out there that want The Vamps to wash their cars. It has to be worth something right?" The lads agree with me and out parents and Joe eventually agree causing me to feel a bit proud that I came up with the first suggestion while the rest of the lads looked lost.