I stare straight ahead, looking at what was an almost empty room, but is now a room for two people.
Ashton is lying passed out on our bed on top of a pile of clothes.
Lu walks into the room and meows quietly, making his presence known to all.
I reach down and pet him, small purrs coming from his throat.
After I pet him, he walks out, satisfied with his attention. I can only imagine that he is going downstairs, most likely to get food.
I step out into the hall, and walk down the carpeted steps to the living room.
"Lake! Where do you want your movies?"
I hear Melani's delicate voice coming from the other side of the black couch.
I walk over and sit down on the couch, Melani sitting in front of me on the floor, a small box of DVDs sitting in front of her.
Her hair is in a messy white bun, her cheeks flushed from helping me unpack my belongings.
She pulls her bright green shirt down over her knees and looks back at me.
"What do?"
She asks, pointing at the box.
I run a hand through my hair, closing my eyes and thinking for a moment.
Luckily, Ashton has an empty shelf on his entertainment center, just above his meager selection of DVDs.
Possibly the most entertaining movie that Ashton has is Jurassic Park. The rest are all more his taste, horror, gory movies.
I open my eyes and point at the empty shelf.
"They can go there."
Melani nods and stands up, filling the empty space with my movies.
"Now there's an improvement."
I hear Ashton's voice come from the stairs.
I turn around and see Ashton ruffling his hair with his hands. His face is riddled with the fact that he just woke up.
His red shirt hung loose on him, and his jeans had slight wrinkles from how he'd slept on them.
He steps down and walks over to the couch.
He smiles at me and kisses the top of my head.
"Honestly, you're going to be in charge of movie night from now on, because I had shit movies. And you pretty much have every movie in existence."
I scrunch up my nose and stick my tongue out at him.
Melani turns around and laughs, setting the empty box down.
"You know, I love how a few months ago you guys hated each other, and now it's all like, oh my gosh babe you pick movie night, blahblahblah"
I pick up a pillow from the couch and throw it at her.
It hits her arm and she narrows her eyes at me.
"You do not wanna go there Lake. I'll beat you."
"Oh try me."
I laugh, dodging as she half heartedly hits me with the pillow.
Ashton just quietly watches us, his hand in front of his mouth, hiding a smile and a few small laughs.
After a few minutes of relentless hitting, Melani gives in, collapsing on top of me.
"Oh no, I've fallen and I can't get up."
