I finally find her peering out of the windows in the front of the house.

"We have neighbors. Cute neighbors. Which one do you want," she asks, pointing at the strangers and playing innocent.

"Oh my gosh, Clair, stop it," I say, play shoving her.

"Let's go talk to them," she says, finally prying her eyes away from the window to jog outside, where Ashley and Jacqueline are.

Arriving to stand beside them, I come just in time to here Ashley's words of wisdom to Clair.

"Take a picture; it'll last longer." The smirk on her face says it all.

"Oh be quiet," Clair replies, play shoving her.

Taking the lead, Ashley walks over. Hopefully, I won't make a fool of myself.

"Oh, are you guys moving here," Clair asks, playing innocent.

"Yeah. It was just so beautiful, and now we live by beautiful women," one of the guys comments.

"Oh, shut up," I reply, realization dawning on my red face. These guys are Sam, Logan, Nicolas, and Cooper. God bless them, have they grown up.

We continue to talk for a little while, in which there is some additional blushing, but that's perfectly fine.
In the end, we decide to help each other with our houses. It takes quite a while before we finish. We celebrate with lemonade afterwards.

"Well, that was exhausting," I say, sipping on my drink.

"You could say that again." Slyly, Nicolas puts his arm around my shoulders as he talks.

"Hands off or I hit you."

"Easy there, tiger," Nicolas smirks, removing his arm.

"If I may interrupt your lover's quarrel, it's about time we all went to sleep," Jacqueline intervenes, glancing at the clock that reads 10:20

"You're right, Jacqueen. Come on, guys." Sam, using an old childhood nickname, gets up and puts his empty glass in the sink.

"Alright. See you chicks later." Nicolas waves as they leave out the front door.

"Those guys tire me out," Clair exclaims, starting up the stairs.

"Amen, sister." Following her lead, I plod into my own room.

"Good night," Jacqueline calls out from her bed.

"Good night," we all chorus back.

Shutting my eyes, I feel myself start to drift off.