Trevor's first day of school was harder then he thought it would be. He was use to his old school and his old friends.
However his placement test put him into advanced classes.
After school he was picked up by Bert and taken to the youth center to enroll in basketball.
The rest of the week he would take a buss there for activities and his Mother and Olly would pick him up.
Olly loved his preschool but refused to talk to the teacher unless Betty was there.
Rose had to call every night to talk to Olly and it was decided that on the night Lily had the nightshift Rose would stay the night with Olly.
Bert was getting more and more attached to the little girl and decided to give her Bella room as her own.
Rose loved the gift of a room but Lily then had a hard time because Rose wanted to be at Bert's house instead of her own.
"I appreciate your help but she has a home." Lily said.
"Lily please just think about it. Rose loves the boys as her own family. I have plenty of room in the house. Both you and Rose could have your own rooms. This will also help you save money."
"How much rent will I pay?" She asked.
"No need." Bert said.
"No, If and I mean If I agree to this then I will need to pay something. Right now I pay $1000 in rent and about $500 In utility. That does not include food. So what will I pay here.?"
"How about... $500 a month, utility included then you help with the food cost." Bert said.
"Let me think on it." She thought saving $1000 a month would be great. Rose does like being with all of them. She would also get to see Bert more because she was getting really fond of him.
"Ok I agree. But only if you are really sure." She said.
"Lily, if I had my way you would not only be living here but staying in my room. But for now you can have your own room." Bert said as Lily turned a rosey pink.
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Ben had his surgery and a new cast was place on his leg. This time he got to work from home.
Mary Ann gave him an assistant that would bring him the files needed for his job.
Josh then could continue to do his job.
Josh was running errands one day for Zane when he came across an open house.
It was a two story. Five bedrooms one bath upstairs and the master bedroom and bath downstairs. The kitchen was newly remodeled and the yard was fenced in with a built in patio with grill.
He filled out the papers to put in a bid for the house.
A few days later he got a call that his bid was accepted. He filled out all the paperwork and a week later he was given the keys.
So that night he cooked a special dinner.
"What is going on?" Ben asked.
"I have a surprise for you." Josh said.
"What have you done?"
"A few weeks ago, I came across a house and fell in love with it. I put a bid not thinking I would get it but guess what the house is mine, or I should say ours." Josh smiled then as he looked at Ben's face the smile faded.
"What's wrong?" Josh asked.
"I thought... never mind what I thought. Let's finish dinner I have work to do." Ben said.
Josh sat there and watched Ben eat his dinner. "Did I do something wrong? I thought you would be happy. It's big enough to have children to be part of our family. With guest rooms."
"I don't want to talk right now about this." Ben said.
The rest of the meal was in silence. Ben then wheeled himself back to the livingroom to work on some accounts. Josh cleaned up and did the dishes.
When everything was done Josh asked, "Would you like to go see the house, I got the keys today?"
"No, I'm tired We can go tomorrow." Ben said.
"I'll sell the house, I'm sorry I just wanted to have a place to be our own." Josh said tears forming in his eyes. When Ben said nothing he walked away.
Ben sat there, he was upset but did not want to deal with things till he got his emotions under control. But seeing Josh so hurt was killing him.
Josh had changed into his sleeping cloths and crawled into bed. He was looking at his tablet at sights to sell the house on.
Ben rolled in, "I'm sorry, I am upset you did this without even talking to me. I want to be your partner."
"I'm sorry as I said I can sell the house. I got it at a good price. I'm sure I can make a profit on it." Josh said.
"It's not necessarily to sell the house but can we afford it?" Ben asked.
"I may not be an accountant but I do know money. The house payments with insurance will be $800 a month. I pay $1500 here. It is close to your old house so our children will go to the same school you growing up in. Also because I won't be working when we get the kids It means you won't have to work so hard to provide for us. I was only thinking of us." Josh said.
"You really thought this all through. But promise me from now on when it comes to major life decisions we will talk about it before doing it." Ben asked.
"Ok"
"We will go see the house tomorrow morning. If that is all right."
"Yes, and I am really sorry." Josh said.
"Help me get ready for bed." He smiled.
Josh helped him wash up and change cloths. This was the man he loved and her never wanted to lose him but it seemed something was always happening.
"Ben, next time I mess up, please just talk to me about it." Josh said.
"I just needed to clear my head. I wanted to discuss this with you without the feeling of betrayal. So know I will never leave but I do need space sometimes." Ben said pulling him in close to sleep.