The House That Built Us

chapter 1: Home Away From Home

On the outskirts of a big city, sits a vacant house. It was just one of many owned my a wealthy family. The family in question had never seen the house. In fact, they had never even been to the country the house could be found in. The family was a large one, consisting of many aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, cousins and in-laws. Why was this house important? Because one of the in-laws was on her way to this very as we speak. 

Ashton sat in the back of a small town car, staring out the window at the city before her. She had graduated from high-school earlier in the year. After coming up with a college plan, she applied, and got excepted into her dream school. There was a few problems with her plan, first she needed a job to pay for college second, she needed somewhere to live near school. She managed to land a decent paying job in the same town that was willing to work around her school hours. But, as for a place to live, she didn't have any options. The school she wanted didn't have any dorms. she went through the options but all hope seemed lost, until she got a call from her brother. Her brother had left home and moved to a different country for work. while he was there he managed marry the niece of a very wealthy family. After she explained everything to her brother, he managed to pull some strings with his new in-laws and found her a place to live. There was one problem, she had to pay rent. She didn't expect to get the place for free, and she didn't mind working for what she had. But with the price being nearly $1000 a month she couldn't afford that and college. Ashton was a strong-willed and stubborn girl though, she would come up with a solution. She didn't have a choice. 

Ashton snapped out of her daze as the town car pulled up the driveway of a large house. She stepped out of the car and grabbed one of her bags. The driver grabbed a few more bags from the trunk and headed to the porch. Ashton took a moment to get a good look at where she would be living. The house was not a mansion but not too small, if she had to guess it was around a four bedroom. the outside was simple, no fancy trim or expensive decor. The yard was well kept and the edge of the house was lined with small shrubs. It was the model for standard suburban living. Ashton walked up the small brick walkway to the porch. She thanked the driver and had a seat on the steps. She was a few minutes early and she had to wait for someone to bring her a key. Pulling out her phone, she a message to her brother, telling him she had made it safely. Ashton started scrolling through her pictures, stopping on one of her at the at the beach before graduation. She was standing in front of the ocean, wearing a dark blue bikini. Her long, curly, black hair flowing behind her. She admired her body, she was a good looking girl and she had no shame about it. Her body was slim and firm, making her soft C-cup breast her second most noticed feature. The first being her eyes, a deep sapphire blue. Ashton swiped and laughed at the next picture. Her brother was standing next to her and had his arm on top of her head. She didn't really think she was that short until she saw the picture, but at 6'3", her brother made anyone look short. Judging from the picture she guessed she was around 5'6", she hadn't checked in a while. Ashton felt a strange feeling, like someone was watching her. She looked up from her phone to find a short little blonde girl staring at her from the road. She threw her hand up and gave a small wave but the girl didn't seem fazed, she just kept staring. it might have been the light or something, but Ashton could have swore the girl had piercing red eyes. Before she could get up and investigate, the girl just walked away. Ashton didn't really get a chance to follow her because the person bring her the key pulled up the driveway. smiling, she greeted the man and followed him inside. 

It wasn't going to be easy moving across the country, starting a new job, paying for a house, and going to college. But Ashton knew she would find some way to make it work. She had to.