"Really? Are you being serious right now?" Kirstie asks as she begins to smile.

"I am totally being serious. I would love for you two to move in." Esther nods with a grin.

"Whoa, wait a minute. Before we start getting all excited, don't you think we might need to throw the idea to Tim and AvI?" Kirstie asks.

"That's probably not a bad idea." Esther laughs. "Hopefully though, they'll go for it."

"You wanna go out and watch them work for awhile. Maybe fix them a cooler of cold water?" Kirstie asks.

"I imagine it's getting pretty hot out there. Sounds good." Esther says as she goes to the laundry room where she had put the cooler. They fill the cooler with ice and bottled water then head outside.

Esther is shocked to see both men on the roof of the shed.

"Oh my God! What are yall doing up there!?" She calls up in a panic.

Tim and Avi stop hammering and look at each other. They then avert their eyes to Esther.

"Uh, playing checkers?" Tim says with a smirk on his face. Sweat was dripping from their faces.

"But one of you could fall." Esther says.

"Honey, the roof is damaged. We have to get on the roof to repair it." Tim chuckles at his overprotective girlfriend.

"Oh, yeah, I guess you do." Esther laughs and shakes her head.

"We brought you some cold water. From the looks of both of you, you could use it." Kirstie calls up to her boyfriend and brother.

"Breaktime?" Tim asks.

"I could use some water." Avi nods.

"You go first and please be careful. I'd hate for you to fall right in front of your sister. She'd never forgive me." Tim smiles.

"I'll be careful." Avi chuckles as he starts down the ladder.

Avi gets to the bottom of the ladder and notices Esther let go of the breath she had been holding.

"Really, Sis?" Avi shakes his head and rolls his eyes.

Tim climbs down from the roof.

"Tadaaaa!" He laughs as he reaches the bottom.

"Smart ass." Esther laughs and slaps him on the arm.

Kirstie laughs as she hands the two men some water.

"How much do yall like?" Kirstie asks as they sit down on the grass in the shade of a large tree.

"Not really that much. It's just so freaking hot." Tim says, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Esther goes inside the house and gets two towels and wets them with cold water. She brings them out and hands them to Tim and Avi before sitting down next to Tim.

"Uh, Sweetie." She starts as she gives Kirstie a quick glance. "Uh, I brought up an idea I had to Kirstie and she thought it was a great idea. So I thought I'd tell you and Avi about it to get your thoughts."

"Okay?" Tim says as he lays the towel around his neck.

"What is it?" Avi asks as he wipes his face with the towel his sister had given.

"I thought it would be a great idea..." She reaches and takes her boyfriends hand. "If you and Kirstie moved in here with me and Avi."

"OH, MY GOD!! THAT'S AN AWESOME IDEA!!" Avi shouts with excitement.

"Now, hold up, Avi." Tim chuckles and turns to Esther. "Baby, as much as I would love to move in with you, the house is awfully small for four people."

"We'll make room." Avi answers for his sister.

"Avi, Buddy, you don't have a closet and have you seen how many clothes my sister has?" Tim asks with a smile.

"I'll build a closet with your help, that is." Avi chuckles.

"And what about the bathroom? It's pretty small." Tim comments.

"We'll make it work. Come on, Baby. Please." Esther says leaning over and kissing Tim on the cheek then whispers in his ear. "You and I can take our showers together."

"You're playing dirty." Tim laughs and shakes his head.

"I know." Esther giggles as she seductively runs her hand up his leg.

"PLEASE!!!" Avi and Kirstie beg, seeing that Esther was breaking Tim's defenses.

Tim sighs as he looks at the pouting faces.

"Okay. But two things." Tim says holding up two fingers. "One, if the cramp quarters start to put a strain on our relationships, Kirstie and I will go back to her house. And two, no comments about noises coming from our bedroom."

"Deal." The other three answer in unison.

"Now that that is settled, we need to get back to work." Tim says.

"Esther and I will go to my house and get a few things." Kirstie says as they all begin to stand up. "Do you need me to get you anything?"

"Sis, all that I own is already here. Remember?" Tim laughs. "All I have left is some clothes and a few pictures. Just take it easy on your clothes. Just bring what you really need."

"Gotcha." Kirstie smiles and gives him a thumbs-up.

"Come on, Avi. Let's get this finished so we can relax." Tim says as they head back to the shed.

The girls get in Kirstie's car and head to her house just down the road.

"Anything that's here that you think we'll need, grab it." Kirstie says as she goes to her closet.

"Like?" Esther asks, looking around.

"Well, like plates, pots and pans, toaster? I just bought a box of laundry detergent. Grab it, we'll need it." Kirstie tells her as she goes through her clothes trying to only pick out what she really needs the most.

"I think I have enough cooking utensils. Could use some more bath towels though. Since there will be four taking showers now." Esther laughs.

"Look in the closet in the bathroom." Kirstie calls out from her bedroom.

"Wow. You sure have a lot of towels to be the only one living here." Esther laughs as she stuffs the towels and washcloths into a garbage bag.

"It's an addiction." Kirstie giggles as she comes into the bathroom to pack her personal items.

By the time they were through, they had Kirstie's Mustang loaded down.

"Well, that's about all we're going to be able to get. If we think of anything else we can always come get it." Kirstie says as they get back into the car.

As they pull back into the drive way, they see a completed roof on the storage shed.

"That looks amazing." Esther says as they get out of the car.

"My brother is a man of many talents." Kirstie smiles.

"You telling me." Esther laughs.

"I meant at building things." Kirstie says, rolling her eyes.

They walk into the house to hear voices coming from the loft.

"We're back." Esther calls out.

"We're up here." Avi calls out.

The girls climb the ladder to find the guys standing in the middle of the room discussing where they were going to build the closet.

"What's up?" Kirstie asks as she slides an arm around her boyfriend's waist.

"I'm thinking if we put the closet here." Tim says as he walks over to one of the walls with a tape measure. "We could probably get you a pretty decent size closet. Just won't be no walk-in closet."

Kirstie nods as she observes the situation.

"That's fine." She nods. "I just got what I really needed."

Tim looks over his shoulder at his sister with a raised brow. He knew she had an obsession with shoes.

"I only brought a couple pairs of shoes." She laughs as she could almost read his mind. 

"Kirstie, your bed and dresser would really make this loaf very cozy." Esther says as she was imagining what it would look like fully furnished.

"A real bed?" Avi smiles. "That would be totally awesome."

"We could put the bed there." Kirstie says pointing to one side of the loaf. "And the dresser over here."

"Well, that's all fine and dandy but just how in the hell do you plan on getting it up here?" Tim asks, crossing his arms across his chest.

"You'll think of something, Brother Dear." Kirstie giggles as she tips toe to kiss her brother's cheek.

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