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“Ready?” Jamie asked while punching in the code to his front door.
“Yup.” Jenny nodded, and hiked her duffle bag over her shoulder before stepping into the massive house behind her big brother. She looked around and nodded to herself. It was exactly how she pictured Jamie’s house: clean, but masculine.
“I’ll show you to your room.” Jamie hummed, and led her upstairs. It was the first door off the staircase that Jamie opened, and stepped aside to allow Jenny to walk in first.
“This will be your room. It has a full bathroom connected to it, and everything else I thought you’d need.”
Jenny walked around the room, slightly taken back by it all. She felt like she had suddenly been sucked into a Pottery Barn Teen Magazine or something. The walls were painted light pink, her favorite color. New, white furniture was placed throughout the room, and there were even canvas paintings hung up on the walls. This room was better than her room back home!
“Did you decorate this all on your own?” Jenny asked knowingly while setting her bag down on the full-sized bed.
“I may have had a little help.” Jamie chuckled while rubbing the back of his neck.
“Jordie’s girlfriend?”
“Yup.” Jamie smiled and flipped his hat backwards.
“Well, I love it. It’s so perfect.” Jenny smiled. “Thanks, Jame.”
“No need to thank me.” Jamie smiled. “I’m glad you like it though.”
“Speaking of Jordie, when is he coming over to see me?”
“He’s coming over for dinner with Sarah in an hour, so I need to get started on that. Get unpacked, and make yourself at home.”
“Kay.” Jenny nodded while unzipping her bag.
She opened the closet and started hanging her clothes up one by one, organizing it just how she wanted it. Neatness ran in the Benn family, as you could probably tell. After getting her things organized, Jenny sat on her bay window and looked out into the front yard. Dallas was much different than Victoria. She knew it was going to take a while to adapt to the new environment, but this was what she wanted, so she didn’t mind. She’d much rather spend every day with her brothers instead of a couple times a year, even if that meant moving to a different country to do so. She was just happy Jamie agreed to it.
“Jenny!” Jamie called to her from downstairs, pulling her from her thoughts.
“Yeah?” She called back.
“Help me set the table!”
“Kay!” Jenny hopped off the window, and made her way downstairs.
She was hit by the delicious smell of spaghetti and meatballs as soon as she entered the kitchen. She was glad to see that her brothers carried on their Sunday night dinner tradition away from home. Even though she was going to miss her Dad’s cooking, Jamie was the second best cook in the family, so that would suffice.
“Silverware’s in here.” Jamie hummed, and tapped the drawer with his cooking spoon.
Jenny nodded and grabbed the silverware from the drawer before she started putting them around the table in everyone’s places. Suddenly, her head snapped towards the door when the sound of the doorbell rang through the house.
“I got it!” Jenny smiled and jogged to the door excitedly.
“Check the peep hole first!” Jamie called to her. Jenny scoffed and rolled her eyes at her over-protective big brother before opening the door.
“Look who’s in D-Town finally!” Jordie smiled and hugged his kid sister tight. “What’s going on JJ?”
“Nothing much, just hanging out!” Jenny smiled and pulled back from the hug. “Hey, Sarah. It’s nice to see you again.”
“It’s so nice to see you too! I’m so happy you’re here!” Sarah smiled and hugged her as well.
“Thank you. I’m excited to be here. Oh, and thanks for helping with my room. I love it.” Jenny smiled.
“It was no problem at all. It’s my job actually.” Sarah chuckled sweetly. She’s been working as an interior designer for a couple years now, and she actually helped Jamie design his entire house.
“Jamie’s in the kitchen finishing up.” Jenny hummed, and led them to the table.
Jamie greeted his brother and Sarah, and sat down with everyone else at the table before they began eating. The Benn boys wasted no time when it came to eating, it was like their stomachs were stuck in the teenage boy phase. They could still eat five meals a day and not gain a single pound. Obviously all the working out they do helps with that, but still. It was just flat out unfair, because it never worked that way for girls.
“So, Jenny. You start school a week from tomorrow?” Jordie asked while twirling his fork in his spaghetti.
“Yup.” Jenny nodded.
“I can’t believe you’re going to be a Freshman.” Jordie said in disbelief.
“Feels like forever ago since we were that age.” Jamie hummed.
“Because it was.” Jenny teased.
“Watch it.” Jamie smirked and shook his head.
“Are you nervous at all?” Sarah asked.
“A little, yeah. I just don’t know what to expect. Everything’s so different here.” Jenny admitted honestly.
“Everything will be just fine. I think you’ll adjust quicker than you think.” Jamie said.
“We’ll see.” Jenny said, earning a look from her second oldest brother.
“You’ll be fine.” Jamie hummed. “When you make the softball team you’ll have a ton of friends right off the bat.”
“If I make the team.” Jenny corrected him. “I don’t know how these Dallas chicks compare to Victoria players.”
Jordie chuckled and shook his head. “We’re Benn’s, Jenny. Don’t forget that. Have some confidence in yourself.”
“I know, I know.” Jenny smiled and shoved another forkful of spaghetti in her mouth.
“So tomorrow Jordie and I have a pre-season game. You can hang out with us, and I’ll introduce you to everyone before-hand, but when the game starts you’ll sit with Sarah, and meet us afterwards. Sound good?” Jamie asked.
“Yup.” Jenny nodded with her mouth full.
After everyone finished their dinner, the boys took the plates to the sink and started washing up.
“Tomorrow should be fun. Have you ever been to a game in Dallas?” Sarah asked Jenny while handing a small piece of chocolate to her.
“Thanks.” Jenny smiled and unwrapped it. “I’ve only been to a couple here, but I remember how fun they were. I’m excited to get to go all the time now.” She said before popping the chocolate into her mouth.
“It’s honestly my favorite thing to do. Even before I met your brother my girlfriends and I went to as many games as we could.”
“Really? That’s so cool.” Jenny smiled. She was glad she was having some bonding time with Sarah. Because Jordie lived in Dallas, he’d only been able to bring her to Victoria to meet the family one time. They’ve been dating for a year now, and just moved in together, which is part of the reason why Jenny moved in with Jamie. Jordie seems to really like her. He’s never had many girlfriends, but when he does they usually didn’t last much longer than a couple months. Another Benn boy tradition. This was the first girl that he’s kept around this long. No one in the family would be surprised if he proposed soon. Sarah was sweet, and she and Jordie worked well together.
“Alright, babe. Ready to head out?” Jordie asked Sarah while helping her up from her chair.
“Ready, Freddy.” Sarah smiled and held his hand.
“Thanks for having us, man. See you both tomorrow.” Jordie said while walking to the front door.
“See ya. Thanks for coming.” Jamie smiled.
Jamie and Jenny watched the couple walk out to their car, and gave them one last wave while they drove off. Jamie shut and locked the door before turning on the alarm.
“Paranoid much?” Jenny teased.
“This is to catch you sneaking out at night.” Jamie shot back.
“Oh please. Only you and Jordie were ever smart enough to do that.” Jenny smiled and rolled her eyes.
“All his idea.” Jamie chuckled and shook his head.
Jenny let out a big yawn and rubbed her eyes with her fists. “Doubt it.” She hummed.
“You need to get some sleep.”
“It’s still early.” Jenny whined softly.
“Doesn’t matter, you’re exhausted. You had a long day of travelling today, and your body’s gonna shut down whether you like it or not, so you should probably get in bed before you drop right here.” Jamie hummed before turning her towards the staircase.
“Kay, night.” Jenny sighed in defeat, and started making her way up the stairs slowly.
“Jenny.” Jamie said, stopping her midway up the staircase.
“Yeah?”
“It’s good to have you here.”
Jenny smiled at him sweetly and nodded. “It’s good to be here.”
“Night, kiddo.” Jamie smiled.
“Night, Jame.” Jenny hummed before continuing up the stairs.