House Rules

Chapter Four

   Daniella couldn't believe her eyes. Was she dreaming? Because this was one heck of a nightmare. How in the world, did she leave her house completely furnished to come home to nothing but walls?

  A sudden noise was heard outside the front door and Daniella was curious as to what made that sound. When she opened the door she spotted a big moving truck that just pulled over and 4 guys getting out all dressed in working uniforms.

   "Excuse me, but what are you doing here?"asked Daniella one of the nearest guys while looking at the other three that just opened the back door if the vehicle.

   "We are bringing the ordered furniture. Now where do you want it miss?"informed the guy while briskly walking to the truck and helping his friends pick up a huge sofa. Furniture? But she didn't order any. Why would anyone order new furniture for her? That's weird. Maybe some kind of surprise from Martin and Andrea?

   Deciding not to dwell on it anymore, Daniella moved over so they could bring it all in. Who was she to reject something like this right? Besides, that sofa they just brought in looked so comfortable.

   "Where should we put this?"one of the guys asked her and she snapped out of her thoughts immediately while running inside and coordinating the guys about where to put what. All the things looked so expensive and nicer than her old furniture. There were even two new beds. Deciding to put the queen size bed in her room and the king size bed in the guest room, she helped with everything for the next 3 hours while completely forgetting that she was tired and jet lagged from the flight.

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  As soon as Ian stepped outside the LAX, he was immediately surrounded by flashing cameras and people yelling questions at him left and right. He was jet-lagged and the fact that people were all surrounding him so tightly didn't help much either. He was getting claustrophobic and he could also feel a headache coming.

  Tracy had promised him that his new house would be ready for him to move in immediately. All the new furniture was there and the only thing he had to do was settle in. He couldn't wait till he got to his new home and could just collapse on his bed and sleep till tomorrow afternoon.

   Ian ignored all the questions and people and made his way to the awaiting SUV that took him to his new home.

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  Daniella got out of the bathroom after a long hot bubbly bath that she missed so much. With a towel wrapped around her body, she made her way towards her "new" closet and was about to open it when she heard the front door slam shut. This alarmed her greatly as there shouldn't be anyone slamming her door shut. She didn't have a boyfriend or a husband and her best friends never did that either.
Was it a thief?

  Completely forgetting she had nothing but a towel on, she cautiously made her way downstairs. As she got down the spiral staircase, she quietly stepped towards the front door but when she got there she saw no one. Was she hallucinating? No, she clearly heard the door slam shut.

   Daniella decided that she might be hallucinating after all and sharply turned around only to collide with something hard. The collision was strong which almost made her fall back but she managed to step back quickly and gain her balance. That's weird, from what she remembered, there was no wall.

   "What the fuck?!"and wall clearly couldn't talk. Slowly looking up, Daniella came face to face with electrifying blue eyes that she thought she would never see again. She didn't know what to do, but the surprise made her start screaming. This caused the other person to scream too.
 
  If someone was to walk into the room, they would come face to face with two people standing opposite of each other screaming their heads off. One wearing nothing but a towel, with long damp hair and wide eyes and the other person person fully clothed in jeans and a button up shirt, holding a snickers bar. The screaming carried on for whole 5 minutes until Ian decided it was hurting his throat and stopped. This made Daniella stopped too, but her eyes were still wide in shock and her mind was still screaming.