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A/N: Currently in the car omw to Mississippi. I'm ready for all the dope foooooodddd 😁

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**Wednesday, June 13th**

Dahlia's outfit:

Kit's outfit:

Dahlia's POV

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"I am so fucking excited for tonight! I've been waiting to see your house since you guys got it! I can't believe you made me wait so long to visit." Billie pouted, making me laugh. I spun around in my desk chair before looking at my computer once again. I really wish she was here instead of just on my screen, but I'm glad I'm getting to see her beautiful ass face either way.

"Sorry, Bil. You know we wanted to get it decorated and shit before anyone saw, though. You're gonna love it when you see it. I can't wait either, honestly." I grinned.

Denny and I are having a housewarming party tonight. Our very own fucking housewarming party! I could literally die I'm so happy.

We got the house a week and two days ago and we've been working for hours on end every single day to get it decorated and everything and it's not finished yet but it looks really good! It's a pretty nice sized house with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and dining room, a living room and den, and a basement. We've decorated our bedrooms, my bathroom, the kitchen, the dining room and what's gonna be the baby's nursery so far.

Everything's coming together really well and I'm proud of us. We're both exhausted as fuck and beyond tired from all the moving, but it's totally worth it. Plus, we've been having a lot of fun with the decorating and we've been working together a lot and getting along great. I think living here with my brother is gonna be really fun.

"Did you film the before and after of the house?" Billie questioned. I nodded quickly. "Yeah, I've been filming everything nonstop. It's gonna be a lot to edit, but I'll get to it eventually. I'm not posting the videos until this whole house is done anyway, so I've got plenty of time."

"Look at you!" She squealed. "My baby is gonna be a real-life Youtuber!"

I rolled my eyes and let out a loud laugh. "I don't know if I'd consider myself a Youtuber. It's just one video idea."

"One video idea which will be the start of your YouTube career!" She encouraged.

A house tour and decor video series type of thing. My first posts on YouTube. I don't know, I've always kinda wanted a YouTube channel and I figured that now is the time to start it since I've got some pretty nice video ideas.

A lot of the decor in this house are DIYs that I did and I filmed myself while I did them. I'm gonna post those videos along with videos of us decorating the house and all that shit. It's a good start.

Speaking of YouTube, I've still been editing aunt Josephine's videos and she's been posting like crazy so I've been making a good amount of money from that. And speaking of DIYs, my Etsy shop is doing really, really good! I literally can't keep up with all the orders which is an amazing problem to have if I do say so myself. My social media following is growing a little so more people are finding the shop and nothing I put up seems to stay in stock for more than a day.

Not to toot my own horn, but...Toot toot bitch. I've been pretty much useless all my life and now I'm not. Now I'm out here being a successful hoe and I'm fucking proud. I stan myself.

"I hope so," I smiled before letting out a small sigh. "Okay, Denny and my dad are down there cooking for the party tonight and I need to finish packing for our trip—"

"Let me watch you pack!" She pouted. "I don't want to stop Skyping with you!"

"I would let you watch, but I'm pretty sure you need to finish packing too...Or at least get started?" I raised a brow, sending her a knowing look. She let out a loud groan before pretending to hang herself with her chain. "But I don't want to!" She whined.

"Pack your shit or we're not taking you with us." I ordered.

"You have to take me with you," She smirked. "I'm the one providing the transportation."

"Yeah, about that...What did you do? Did you rent a van or something? You still haven't told anyone—"

"You'll see on Friday when I come pick you up. You're gonna love it!" Her smirk widened and I sighed.

"You better not be up to no good."

"I always am! Bye, baby!" She waved.

"Bye!" I chuckled before hanging up.

Me and my lovely, bitch ass group of friends are leaving in two days and we'll be gone until July 30th. We've got a really fun summer planned. We're gonna take a road trip, go camping, go to a festival, get into all types of fun shit. I'm so anxious, I literally cannot wait!

I hate that I have to leave Denny here all by himself, though. Julia is almost eight months pregnant so him and her are staying put even though they aren't expecting the baby until some time in early August. Plus, Denny is expecting to start college in the fall so he's gonna stay here and take care of all his college shit and try to prepare himself for it, and he's also gonna be working a lot to get up all the money he can before the baby gets here.

Julia can't really start working right now, but she's working on some college shit too. They're both getting their shit together and I'm really proud.

Convincing my dad to let me go on this trip with my friends was kinda hard. He's used to Denny at least being with me whenever I go off somewhere, and this time is obviously different. Finneas and Claudia aren't going either because they've got their own Summer plans, so there are no adults coming along with us and that made him really iffy, but after a while of begging he decided to let me go.

He's even letting Cora come with...That's mostly because he wants her to snitch on me if I do anything wrong. And also because he wanted her out of the house so that he and Josephine could have their own fun.

I let out a small yawn as I stood up from my rolling chair and then turned to look at the rest of my room, a large smile coming onto my face as I did.

My room is, like, perfect. In my opinion.

I've got black marble floors because I always wanted those, and my walls are painted black as well, except for the one across from my bed where my TV is hanging. That one is neon green. Of course.

I have my computer desk, a dresser, a nightstand, a vanity, and a bookshelf in here and they're all sleek black and very shiny with silver handles and outlines. I have bowl cut dude's dumbass dad to thank for my room decor.

I've even got a pretty nice sized walk-in closet which also has black marble floors, but I left the walls white in there. It's not huge but it's way bigger than my old closet and it's so fucking organized which is my favorite thing ever.

There's a rack for my shoes that goes all the way around the closet, and then all my clothes are hanging up and they're organized by color, although I'm not expecting that shit to last for more than a few weeks. There's a large wall mirror in my closet too, along with a full-body mirror hanging on the door.

It's really damn nice, for lack of better words.

My favorite part of my room is my bed, though.

I got a new bed and it's quite possibly the most comfortable bed I've ever slept in and will ever sleep in. I'm in love with it.

Denny's room is nowhere near as cool as mine—although he'd definitely argue that it is—but it's really nice too! It's pretty simplistic but it's really nice.

He's got his two guitars in there, which I happen to think are his best decorations, and nice bookshelves too. His bed is really weird looking to me, but it's pretty cool too.

My bathroom is a lot cooler than the main bathroom—which he claims as his—is, though. it's decorated with black marble, of course, and I've got a shower and a bath. And they're, like...Separate!

The nursery is one of my favorite rooms in the house, though. I mean...Well, all the rooms are my favorite rooms, but still. The nursery is adorable!

Since we don't know the gender of the baby yet, we made sure to not focus on any blue or pink colors, instead opting to make it really bright and colorful and unisex. I think it turned out great.

Then, of course, we have the beautiful living room and the cute little den and the love of my whole damn life...The kitchen.

The whole house is just a dream and we're really lucky we got it for such a great price.

***

"She'll be pregnant before long." Nana tapped my leg and pointed toward dad and Josephine. They were just about to finish cooking the last bit of food, and they were giggling and joking around with one another as they did. They're so damn cute together! I'm so happy for them. I'm glad my dad is finally really moving on from Valerie, and I'm glad he's moving on with Josephine! She's a sweetheart and I don't think he could've met a better woman!

"Nana!" I whisper yelled.

"Well, Hell, look at them! They're both glowing. You can tell they've been having good sex." She grunted before taking a sip from her coffee cup, which I'm fairly sure is filled with whiskey since she doesn't even like coffee. "You know, I'm thinking about marrying Rosemary Harmon's husband and moving down here myself."

"But you just started seeing Mr. Harmon a few months ago, Nana!" I laughed.

"Yeah, but we've known each other for over fifty years and maybe even loved each other for just as long! Every time we finish having—" I quickly shot her a look and she held her hands up in defense. "—our fun he talks about asking my hand in marriage, and you know what? I think he's serious, I think he's going to ask me soon, and I think I'll say yes when he does! Mhm." She grinned. "Long as the rock is big, I'll sure let him put it on my finger."

"Well, I hope everything works out for you two." I smiled. "Do you really think you'll end up moving closer soon?"

"Oh, yes, I've been wanting to for a long time now. Years, really. It's hard being nosy when you live an hour away. It's just that I refuse to sell my house or my beach house even if I do move here. I had to wait until I was in a financial situation where I'd be able to buy another house and still afford them. I basically am now."

"Why won't you sell that house?" I tilted my head.

"Rosemary Harmon has always been jealous of my house. She's always said that she'd move in the second I moved out. Hell no. I don't want that woman anywhere near my home!"

I shook my head at her. "Nana, you could get great money for it if you'd stop being petty."

"I'll never stop being petty, honey," She chuckled. "Besides, I don't need a dime from Rosemary. Especially not when her husband is richer than rich. He's a businessman! A retired businessman! All he does is sit on his ass and guess what? He's still making money!"

"You're not marrying him for the money, right?" I made sure.

"Of course not. Don't you tell his ass, but I love him!" She gulped down the rest of what was in her cup before slowly getting off of her stool. "I'm going to run out to my car and get a refill of coffee."

"We have coffee in here, Nana." I smirked.

"Not the kind of coffee I like." She said before walking off.

I got off of my own stool and walked into the living room, only to see Cora and Denny arguing over the TV.

"—You watch the same fucking thing all the time—"

"This is literally my house! You don't pay bills here, bitch! Begone!"

"You're so annoying!"

"Get out!"

I walked over to them and snatched the remote out of Denny's hand before turning the TV off and placing my hand on my hips. "You two need to stop it! Everybody's gonna be showing up in a few minutes anyway. It's not like you've got time to watch TV. Cora, you're supposed to up in my room feeding Prince Styles—"

"He already ate, drank, and played, and now he's on your bed sleeping just as he always is." She grumbled. "And for the record, I can't believe you're leaving him with Denver of all people. He can't even take care of himself properly."

"Prince Styles and I are gonna have a great time together, for your information. He won't remember either of you guys when you come back. He'll be too attached to me to care about either of you." He smirked.

"Don't play like that," I grumbled before shoving his feet off the coffee table. "Get your asses up and be productive. People are gonna be here soon and—"

"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah." Cora rolled her eyes as she stood up and started walking toward the kitchen.

"You two better be on your best behavior tonight, or you're getting a whooping when everyone leaves." I warned him.

***

"I feel like I haven't seen you in twenty-five years!" Billie screamed in my ear as she hugged me for the thousandth time since she's been here. I snickered as I patted her back gently.

"We saw each other three days ago—"

"Shut up and let me love you!" She yelled again before pulling away from me. "Okay, my Jeep is loaded with gifts, and before you say anything, shut the fuck up! I wanted to get you guys some shit and you were totally right! Shopping for a new house is fun and you know I told you a long time ago that I'm obsessed with buying people gifts and I didn't mean to get so much, I really didn't! It's just that I kept finding all this new, shiny, adorable shit that I knew you'd like and it—it got out of hand!" She explained quickly before taking a deep breath.

"Holy fuck, I'm standing in your living room right now. Wow, you actually live here. Holy fuck, this is nice." She mumbled as she looked around for the first time since she'd stepped into the house.

"Thank you!" I grinned, letting out a small squeal. "I'm so ready to show you around!"

"Before you do that, do you think I could borrow my sister for a moment so I can beat her ass?" Finneas interrupted as he came in with a handful of gifts. Maggie, Patrick, and Claudia weren't too far behind with their hands full of gifts as well. "She didn't even offer to help us get all this stuff out." Finneas grumbled.

"Well, what's the point of having a brother if he doesn't do anything useful?" She rolled her eyes.

"We're gonna put all the gifts in the den. Follow me!" I smiled as I grabbed her hand and led them all into the den.

When they finished putting everything down, I gave them all a big hug and thanked them for coming before leading them to the kitchen.

Maggie and Patrick immediately went to greet my dad and Josephine and Finneas and Claudia went to talk to Denny.

"I want to see your room!" Billie gave me her best puppy dog eyes and I could feel my heart melting.

I was gonna object, but I decided against it. She'd just beg me to take her up there until I finally broke anyway.

"No funny business!" I told her sternly.

"No promises." She muttered.

The bedrooms were all upstairs and Billie and I fangirled over the fancy-looking stairs the whole time we were walking. They're black marble too, but fake marble. I wanted them to look fancy but our budget said no to that, so I just got some marble contact paper and glued it onto the stairs. Then I got fake glass and glued that onto the stairs as well, so we won't be stepping all over the paper and hopefully it'll last for a long while.

"Okay, okay, close your eyes!" I grinned as I stood in front of my bedroom door. Billie threw her hands over her eyes quickly and then I opened the door and led her inside before closing it behind us. "Alright, you can open."

She opened her eyes and excitedly looked around, gasping as she did. "What the fuck? This is so cool!" She yelled.

"Don't hype me up." I warned.

"I'm serious, your room looks really good!"

I showed her my bathroom and then my closet and she screamed about how cool it was the whole time.

"Oh, and I got some really cool lights too!" I grinned as I grabbed the remote that controls my lights. I have a lamp by my bed which has two modes on it, both of which cover my room in stars.

Then my ceiling fan has a light bulb in it that changes colors.

Billie was really in love with my lamp, though. I left it on the first setting which made my room look blue. She pulled me over to my bed after I was done showing her everything and pushed me onto it before hovering over me, grinning as she pushed some of my hair out of my face. "I'm really proud of you, Doe."

"Thanks, Billie." I blushed, trying to avoid holding eye contact. She's really fucking gorgeous and even though it's just been three days since I saw her last, I feel like I'm looking at her for the first time again.

Ew. That's gross and cheesy and shit but whatever.

She turned my face and forced me to look at her, making my blush deepen. "You're so beautiful, Dahlia." She whispered before kissing my cheek. "Look at me with those pretty Doe eyes of yours."

"Stop making me blush, I hate you." I mumbled.

"I hate you too." She whispered before kissing my lips softly. She pulled away after giving me a small peck, stared at me for a few moments and then leaned down once again, giving me a slow kiss.

I wanted to pull away but that wasn't happening. It'd been three days too long! I couldn't break the kiss if I tried.

I slowly sat up and pushed my jacket off of my shoulders, not breaking the kiss as I did. I was already kicking my shoes off when she reached down to unbuckle my belt.

Her lips left mine and she kissed my cheek again before kissing my neck.

"I thought I said no funny business." I mumbled as her hand found its way into my shorts.

"Is that what you said?" She whispered. "I don't remember that."

***

We left my room an hour later, both disheveled and sweaty and wearing large smiles. I tried my best to look like I didn't just fuck my girlfriend, but I don't think we were fooling anybody. Nobody said anything, though, which I was grateful for.

When we walked into the living room, we noticed that the house was a lot fuller than it was an hour ago. It seemed like everybody we invited was already here.

Jules and Madi were the first ones to notice us and greet us. They both gave us big hugs and Madi handed me a beautifully wrapped gift. "I know I was supposed to put it in the den but I would not have felt good unless I gave it to you." He explained.

"Thank you so much, Madi! Did you wrap it?" I asked.

"Yes, it took me two hours because it had to be perfect for you!" He grinned.

"Oh my god, I don't wanna unwrap it now!" I placed my hand over my heart as I pouted.

"If you don't unwrap it you won't see your gift! And your gift is really nice so you should see it." He told me.

"Okay, well, can this be the last one I unwrap? We can open it together." I smiled.

"Madi would...I would like that!" He told me.

"Howdy, neighbor," Jules smirked after I was done talking to Madi. "Ugh, I'm really happy for you getting the house and everything, and it's so gorgeous! But I do not wanna be seen anywhere near you for too long." She chuckled.

"What? Why?" I asked.

"Caden's ten-minute speech really got to me." She sent me a look. "He explained that he and Cadence will never be replaced as the best next-door neighbors and best friends in the world and that if anyone tries he'll have no problem murdering them. I hate to think about what he said to Mr. Watson. You know, your other neighbor? Except he's 68 years old and has a gun, so maybe Caden should watch himself..."

"Jesus Christ." I sighed.

"Yeah, the whole thing was super weird, especially considering he spent another ten minutes telling me how much he liked my skirt and all the details in it afterward."

I looked down and nodded. "It is a nice skirt."

"Thanks." She laughed.

We talked for a few more minutes before I excused myself and headed toward the kitchen, which is where Billie and Madi had wandered off to during our conversation.

When I got in there, I noticed that Madi was snacking happily on the pineapple I'd made sure to get for him. Billie was standing beside him, talking away about her music. Finneas was nodding along with her and adding to the conversation every once in a while and they both seemed excited.

Madi likes hearing song lyrics and breaking them all down. He's also really interested in instruments and he likes knowing how songs are produced period, so they have a lot to talk about.

Billie won't admit that she has a soft spot for Madi, but she totally does and it's adorable. I'm really happy she's found herself another friend.

"Hey, you!" Kit ran up to me with a plate full of cheese dip. "You guy's really made this house look dope! Congrats."

"Thank you!" I smiled. "Um...How'd you manage to get past Caden with that?" I know for a fact he's holding anybody with cheese dip hostage somewhere. He told me a few days ago that if anybody touches his dip, he'll start a war.

"He thinks I'm hot so he let it slide." She shrugged.

"Ah." I nodded. "Well, thanks for coming! Are you and Julia gonna have a housewarming?"

"Nah. Julia said she's too pregnant to throw a party and this isn't really my thing." She shrugged.

"Well, I'll still get you guys a gift!" I offered.

"Don't worry about it, Doe." She smiled. "I do need a favor, though."

"Yeah, what is it?"

"That girl with the white hair, who is she?" She questioned, leaning against the counter. I looked over at Bea who happened to be standing on the other side of the kitchen, talking to my brother and Ori who looked pretty damn cozy together, but I'll overanalyze that later.

"Her name is Bea." I shrugged.

"She's really fucking cute and she doesn't seem to be into me at all." Kit stared at her with a permanent smirk on her face. "I mean, I bumped into her and she said 'Damn, you're hot.' But she just left it at that. She just walked away like nothing even happened after that!"

"And now you're into her?" I raised my brows. She nodded quickly. "Yeah, she's real sexy." She licked her lips.

"She's with someone right now," I told her, letting out a small laugh as I noticed her disappointed facial expression. "Sorry, dude."

"She's coming on that trip too, right?" She questioned.

"Mhm. But no messing with her! She's got a girlfriend!" I told her sternly.

She held her hands up in defense. "Aye, I'm not messing with no bitch that already has a bitch." She chuckled. "Doesn't mean I can't stare at her all the time, though."

***

"—I never seen an uglier face before in my life! You better be damn glad that I never got the glasses I needed when I was younger! That's the only reason I ever married your ass! That's the real reason our marriage ended! Cause I got that laser surgery!" Nana shouted.

"Now, Justine, I have just about had it with you talking to John that way!" Genevieve huffed as she stood up and started defending my grandpa. "He is a good man and he doesn't deserve to be treated the way that you treat him! He ain't done nothing to nobody!"

"Oh, please, tell me you don't have your whore speaking for you now!" Nana scoffed.

"She isn't a whore, Justine!" Grandpa yelled. "You spread your legs far more than she does, I'll tell you that!"

"Well, of course I do! I'm prettier than she is and I have more men!" Nana shouted.

"Well, then why are you standing here calling her a whore when that's what you are?!"

"Well, Hell, I know what I am! But I'll tell you, there's nothing worse than a whore who's a whore but doesn't know it! Your whore is the worst type of whore!"

"Okay, let's stop calling people whores. Nobody is a whore." Dad tried to calm them down, but Nana shooed him away.

"Justine, you are the most insufferable bitch I've ever met!" Genevieve screamed, causing us all to gasp. Genevieve is a church lady. Like...a church church lady. She usually doesn't cuss.

"And you're the ugliest little bitty that I've ever met!" Nana yelled back. "And you think John is so great?! Y'all must not be too far along in your relationship, you clearly ain't fucked him yet."

"Man, damn!" Kit drew the word out before shoving some chips into her mouth. "This is some good shit. Are they always like this?"

"Yeah, and it's great!" Billie clapped as Nana started trying to take a swing at Genevieve. Dad quickly grabbed her and held her back and Genevieve cowered behind grandpa.

"Alright, ugh, it's getting late, so dad, Genevieve. Maybe it's time for you two to head home?" Dad raised his brows at them and they quickly headed toward the door.

"Next time I see you, Justine, I will not hesitate to hurt you!" Genevieve screamed before quickly running out the door as Nana came closer to her.

"Go to hell, Justine!" Grandpa yelled.

"Suck my left titty, John!" She screamed right back.

"Well, this housewarming party was a total success." I smiled as I wrapped an arm around Billie.

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A/N: Dahlia and Denny are out here living lavish af. I can't relate 😞🤧

Anywhom I am totally picturing Jules as the Jules from Euphoria now. You don't have to but I definitely am. I can't help it! Euphoria Jules is literally so gorgeous I could die!!