Home for the Unwanted

Chapter 16

Rose was just kicking around some garbage with her hands stuffed inside her pockets. In no way did she look fucked about finding a new chair. Sometimes she would spot a shiny object on the ground, pick it up, inspect it a bit, then most likely put in her massive jacket pockets. I found that display rather amusing, to be honest. Of all people, the cold hearted Rose is attracted to shiny objects. I was almost going to go over and ask her about it but in that moment I heard a,

"Hey guys we found it! We found it! Get your asses over here!" And recognised it as the voice of Bella since I was at a low octive.

"Yo! Where are you?!" I called back,

"We're over by that disgusting, mouldy bathtubbbb." Called back Peter in his general cooed voice.

Rose was already running over. I grabbed Lauren's and ran as her face went into a deeper shade of red. I chuckled to myself as I saw her look to the ground. So shy.

When we got there...well, it was fair to say it wasn't what I expected. Bella and Peter presented it to us with a little 'Ta da!', so it must've been the new chair. No one was complaining, in fact I liked it, maybe even a tiny bit more than the old chair. And I knew that we weren't just going to walk into the dump and find an exact replica of the old chair.
We all knew it was time for a proper change this morning.

And what stood before us was the opposite.

Well, first of all it wasn't a chair, it was a sofa.  My heart sunk a little when I looked at it. It made me think of my old house. To this day my parents still made me sad that they thought of me like that.

The sofa was made of black and magenta fabric, which adorned it with wide spots. It was like one of those sofas you see at a receptionists office. The shape was neat and it looked barely worn.

 We all thought the same thing:
"It's perfect! Sturdy, looks brand new, it'll provide a touch of class to the room which is something I always wanted and on top of that it also looks comfy." Inspected Lauren. We all agreed with her. Peter volunteered that he'd be the first to sleep in it in his loud volume as usual.

"Well what are we waiting for?" Boomed Bella, leaning over and beginning to hoist the sofa on her shoulders all by herself. Rose said she was being stupid and helped her. I was going to help as well but Rose just said that her and Bella had it.

Granted, we did get some odd looks from people as we carried it though the city. But that was a general give and take. With Bella's vast frame, Peter's carrying voice, Lauren's mousey aura, Rose's normal scowl and my gender morphed appearance in general, how could you not stare?

Alec had just woken up from the night before so he was there to help us at the bar since it was hard getting the sofa up the flights of stairs and passed doorways. It went to our room, and we put it in the same place the old chair had been.

I remember we had all been so happy and excited that day. Bella was laughing along with everyone else and cracking her large back. Peter was sprawling out on the couch, keeping it all to himself. I laughed as Rose came up and shoved him off. Then I remember Lauren leaving to go get her comics so she could read them on the new couch all afternoon. And as for me. Well, I just sat on the bed, that I shared with Peter, and watched.

I watched as if it were a program on TV or a theatre performance. Interested and entranced. Remembering every minute as if I would forget in seconds. I wanted to keep this moment, savour it, because I never could go back to it. It'll always just be in the bank of my memories. Nothing more and a distant smile in the future. Of all days in my life, this was my favourite, because it made me realise.

This was really my life.

And I wouldn't trade it for anything.

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I smiled as I looked down at the hilarious picture in front of me. They're like children sometimes. After an exciting day, they're all tuckered out and sleeping soundly on our new couch.
 
A.N
Sorry the ending was a bit abrupt. It's cus this is the bit in the book where some shit gets real so I'd thought I'd save that for the next chapter. I also think I'm gonna talk more about their sexuality since I haven't really covered that in the book so much.
Til then...

Nelly Xx