They skip up the steps like rambunctious teens. Keys jingling in Hazel's hands, she slips the house key into the keyhole. They just stand there, door open, as if they're waiting for something to happen. A moments silence breaks by ear-puncturing screams.
A chuckle escapes my throat, setting Gia into yet another series of questions. "What's so funny?" asks she. I take a moment to shove the picture of my screeching sisters out of my head the say to her, "I was just thinking how my sisters will react when they open the door of the building."
"So you finally bought one," I turned my head to look, pushed my head back to face the mirror. Not that it would matter if I sat before a mirror or not, since I can hardly see without my glasses.
"So what's it like?" The way she said it was like how a BFF would ask about a boyfriend. I knew how she liked detailed answered to her questions so I stated simply, "Big, brown, and boring." She scowled. She paused her snipping and turned my chair and looked me in the eye.
"Don't play with me Avé Lorine Pfleegor," said Gia in mock seriousness, pausing between each part of my full name. She spun the chair around and stopped it with a sudden jerk. My head bounced to the side and some of my unfinished hair covered my face.
"So," Gia said as if she didn't try to unseat me. "What's it really like?" So I told her how I loved not only the fact that my dream was coming true, but also because of its' charm. It wasn't only 'big, brown, and boring.' In fact it wasn't boring at all. Two willows weeped out front, another two on either side of the S shaped driveway. Beyond those trees is the house itself. A three story building wrapped by a veranda that opened up into a gazebo-like structure on one corner. I knew when I first saw it, it was the one for us.
"Ok, just about done," said Gia under her breath. She snipped a few more strands. I noticed that the top the my hair was getting dangerously short. "That's it!" I put my glasses on as she took the cover off me. The elegant hairstyle was a very short cut on back with bangs sliding over my right side.
"Awesome! What do I owe you?"
"Check it out with Electra."
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