A Pentagon of Problems (COMPLETED)

Chapter 13, New House

Chapter 13:

Joel POV: The helicopter bounced up and down and Lizzie shook a little beside me and closed her eyes. She always hated turbulence. I put my arm around her and started to rub her back.

"Shhh, its ok. It'll be ok."

She softened up in my arms and leaned on my shoulder. Soon the turbulence stopped and we were landed.

"YAY!! FINALLY!" She shouted.

"Hehehe!" I laughed at her excitement, and pecked her on the cheek. "Let's go look for our new assigned house!"

She jumped with joy and raced outside. We were handed a pamphlet that listed the types of homes that we could choose from. One caught my eye, the pamphlet read:

The Terrific Tudor:

This old style house has been made brand new! All new appliances and features have been added. 5 bedrooms, and 5 and a half bathrooms. A big beautiful backyard, open concept living. Perfect for a big family!

I knew this was the one. I showed Lizzie.

"OH JOEL IT'S PERFECT!!" She shouted, "I'm so excited to shower. It's been forever!"

I smiled at her, I was glad to finally see her happy. It was only a matter of hours before we were moved in.

"Oh Joel, this is just amazing!" She twirled. I caught her and dipped her down and we kissed.

Lizzie's POV:

Joel was taking care of the kids so I could shower for the party that we were holding tonight. The house was very simple, holding only what we needed. There were hardly any colors and it was quite boring.

I walked into the bathroom and started to take off my clothes. As I stepped into the shower, I was greeted with a little control.

"Please select your body wash, shampoo, and conditioner, as well as the water pressure and heat. Use the next page to make your selections." The robot said.

I picked a vanilla scented body wash, shampoo and conditioner. It came out of the wall in little one time use containers. I stepped out of the shower and air forcefully hit me and dryed me in a matter of seconds. On the counter I found, new clothes, a brush and a comb, a small amount of makeup, and a hair color packet. My clothes were nothing special, but the note on them was. It read,

Mrs.Elizabeth, we regret to inform you but you have not been fitted or interviewed about what clothes you would like to wear, what makeup you use or anything during your stay here. Use these items until you schedule an appointment.

Huh. This was all very strange, it was so high-tec. I decided that I liked it. I shook out the clothes, it was a plain gray dress shirt with a light pink pleated shirt. It had matching gray socks, tan undergarments and black shoes. I picked up the hair color, expecting it to be pink, but in fact, it was brown. I frowned and looked around for a remote, I found one and tapped on it to wake it up.

"Yes?" It said expectantly.

"I would like to make a call for pink hair color please?"

"Sorry, we regret to inform you that only natural hair colors are allowed in this community." It turned off. I tapped it again.

"Yes?" It said again.

"I would like to make a call for some strawberry blonde hair color please?"

"Ok, your request will be arriving shortly."

A new hair color packet appeared next to the mirror, which was strangely covered. I opened it. I jumped at the sight of my own face, I was covered in scratches and bruises and my hair was half brown and half pink, I frowned and got to work.

After a long 2 hours my hair was all brown with a strawberry blond ombre. I started work on my makeup, in the bag there was: Foundation, concealer, blush, liquid eyeliner, light pink eyeshadow and light pink lipgloss. I quickly applied the makeup and brushed my hair back and tied it in a side ponytail. I walked out of the bathroom.