Our Complicated Love

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

"Are we there yet?" Paige asked for the fifty billionth time! I rolled my eyes and held my IPhone tighter over the dashboard so that my GPS would work. "I don't know do you see a fucking house and a beach yet?! You were the one who wanted to move in with me!" It was safe to say that after 28 hours of driving across the country with Paige and driving a big ass U-Haul that I was certainly not a happy camper.

"Do you want me to drive?" I looked at her like she had two heads. "The last time you drove you almost ran us off the road just because a song you liked was on the radio and you decided to dance to it while you were driving! So the answer is no, I don't want you to drive." She rolled her eyes and turned the radio up.

Cups by Anna Kendrick came on and she jumped up to throw her soda from her White Castle cup out of the window and started doing cups singing along. I smiled softly since I was the one who taught her to do cups. I drove for about four more hours until the scenery changed from hills and grass to the ocean and palm trees. After 20 more minutes we reached civilization.

"Welcome to Bluewater. Population 307 people." Paige read off the sign that we passed. She turned and gave me a 'You have got to be kidding me' look. "309 now that we're here." I said cheerfully. To say I was happy to be finally there was an understatement.

I was fucking ecstatic that I could finally stop driving and finally be at the new house.

As we drove down the street people we passed waved and smiled. Probably delighted to find something new in this town. I would never say it out loud but I've always wanted to live in a small town where everyone knew everyone, it just seemed more peaceful.

After about another 20 minutes my GPS said to turn left and we would arrive at our destination. I turned only to be met by a long road that had palm trees acting as a canopy over the street. When we reached the end a beautiful house came into view. It had a staircase leading up to the front doors that were glass and a wrap around porch with lots and lots of windows. I think it was safe to say that we would definitely be comfortable here.

"Holy shit! Iris I never knew your grandma had money like this!" Paige said with her face pressed against the glass window. I shrugged and parked the truck. "Me neither. I mean we've always lived comfortably but I didn't know she owned a house like this."

We jumped out of the truck and raced up the stairs. I took the key to the house off of my key ring and stuck it in the lock and turned.

If I thought the outside was gorgeous the inside of the house was completely breathtaking! It was all dark wood floors and so many windows! For some reason I've always liked windows because I loved watching the sun rise and sink over the horizon. To the left was the large living with columns in the entryways, white furniture, and a flat screen TV above a fireplace. To the right was the dining room with lacy white curtains a long glass table with white chairs surrounding it.

I walked through the dining room until I reached the kitchen with more hardwood floors and an island stove in the middle of the room with barstools surrounding it and pots and pans hanging on a rack above it. Paige ran into the kitchen and looked around, "Whoa! I might actually like cooking in a kitchen like this! Anyways I came to tell you the movers are here, and I have the room on the left." I nodded as she went to join the movers and direct them where to put the furniture we brought.

I ran up the stairs to see what my room looked like. I walked to the door on the right and walked into a room with walls the color of the sky on a summer morning, but on the bottom of the wallpaper you could see little white seashells and starfish. Unlike the rest of the house I had carpet that was the color of sea foam. "Iris get down here!" I rolled my eyes but turned around and ran down the stairs.