Forest Pack Community Book One

chapter 7

Ben chuckled and said to Mick, “Of course, she labeled everything! It’s what she does!”

Mick also laughed and said, “My Joy loves her lists.” They both laughed, shaking their heads. They left three of the men to paint the walls that needed the pale purple, first sending pictures of a lavender color and a lilac color. Felicia chose lilac for the bedroom and lavender for the bathroom, just so there was a slight difference. The men got to painting. Turned out they only needed three of them to paint. While the rest took a few pickup trucks and started to break down the furniture, they could and loaded the rest. When they got to the desk, they looked at each other, and Mick said, “That’s one heavy desk we’re going to need everyone, I think, to lift it out of here. Plus, I don’t remember how we got it in,” as he scratched his head, trying to remember.

Meanwhile, the girls decided to head to the local store in Forestville to see if they could find what they needed. Joy had made them a list. Creamy gold or just gold, whichever they could find that she liked for the bathroom accessories, lavender towels, lilac sheets, quilt, and pillowcases that matched the carpet to tie it all together. They also needed a desk chair, bean bag cover, or fabric to have the omega that was amazing at sewing. To sew one for her. Joy wanted to get her some new dresses as a welcome home gift, and Lissa got her some hair things. They also found a vanity that would be perfect for her hair products and other personal items that weren’t going in the bathroom. The furniture was delivered, but they could load the remaining items into the vehicle themselves. They headed back to check on the progress and start organizing everything, making sure they weren’t missing anything.. When Lissa suddenly exclaimed, “We didn’t get tables to go by your bed!’

Joy then reminded her that they didn’t know if they were going to need one or two. So they went back.

What they found was a troop of men moving things in. The women just stood there, open-mouthed, surprised that there was that much stuff. As they didn’t think there was so much. When the last man had gone up the stairs with a bookcase, they followed him. First was the desk, seeing as how that was one of the largest items and needed to be placed first before the bed, which was the next big thing. Felicia saw the window and asked, “Can the desk go in front of the window so that I can look out while I do homework and other things?”

Mick responded, “That is a great idea, my dear. I had a feeling that was going to happen; your mom loved the outdoors, too.” So, they centered the desk in front of the window, which had a creamy gold color on the wall. Next was the bed; four men stood shoulder to shoulder to imitate the bed so that they could find the proper placement. Originally, they tried centered and straight out into the room on the lilac wall, but it was a tad too close to the desk. So, they shifted the bed a little more off center, still having it just out into the room. The other men stood in for various pieces of furniture so they could get a visual. Felicia decided that she wanted the bookshelf to back up to the desk and face the corner, and her beanbag made it into a little reading nook. Which meant she needed a floor lamp. Joy started a new list. So that man sat down on the floor, signifying that part was decided on. There was also a vanity, and a TV that was going to need a small table under it, as they could mount the TV on the wall. Mick ran down to where the spare furniture was and found the perfect thing, a small bookcase that the DVD player could sit on top of, and the movies could sit on the shelves. The TV hung in the corner so that she could see it from the bean bag and her bed. And the bookshelf went underneath. The vanity had to go on the other side of the closet, which was perfect. So, in Joy’s new list of things to get, there were two bedside tables, a dresser to match the desk or vanity, three lamps, one tall and two short, and finally a toy box to go at the end of her bed. The three women took off, and the men got to work. Once the furniture had been moved in, two men put the bed together all the way up to mattresses so that all that was left was making it. The maid came and made the bed. Mick put the books on the shelf himself, curious as to which books she had picked out. Just then, the vanity arrived in three pieces. Four men carried the pieces up and put them in their spots. Ben and Jonah mounted the TV and placed the bookshelf, DVD player, and movies all in one corner. Like her books, some were cartoons and Disney movies, but others weren’t. They noticed she had a wide range of interests. They left the boxes of knick-knacks and pictures to let her decide where she wanted them. Ben had a couple of maids come in and arrange the closet and shoes. After that, the men all went down to take a break until the ladies came back with their last purchases. They could get a bite to eat and water.

Just as they were all finishing up, Joy, Lissa, and Felicia came back. Mick, seeing they hadn’t carried in a darn thing, said lovingly, “What? You couldn’t carry anything in?”

Joy laughed and responded, “No, dear, we left that for you. Didn’t want you to feel left out. We’re going to go check on the progress.” Ben just rolled his eyes and shook his head. The men got up and went out.

There really wasn’t that much; it was just too heavy for them. In under an hour, the men had everything upstairs, with the dresser at the back of the closet. It was a smallish walk-in closet. A maid came in and put the things that didn’t get hung in the dresser. Her mother’s jewelry box went on top of the dresser, which turned out to be the perfect spot for it. Everything but Felicia’s pictures was put away. Once the tall lamp was ready, it moved to the reading nook. Both lamps went onto her bedside table. It was then that she noticed she didn’t have a desk lamp. Mick ran out of the room and down to the new office. He noticed the three desktop lamps. He brought all three down to her room,, saying, “Pick one.” Felicia decided on the glass one; the built in night light made it her favorite.

A few days later, they had the special ceremony for her parents. The entire pack showed up. Felicia knew she’d be in the spotlight again. So, she was anxious and panicky on the day of the ceremony. Joy walked into her room to check on her. Noticing that Felicia had still not got dressed and was sitting at her vanity. Joy walked up behind her and put her hands on Felicia’s shoulders. Seeing the emotions running across her face and through her eyes. She squatted down and asked, “Felicia, what’s wrong?”

Felicia turned toward her aunt, frustrated that the feelings she’d tried so hard to hide were suddenly out in the open. So, she told her the truth. “I’m feeling anxious, and I think I’m panicking. Knowing I’m going to be in the spotlight again, I don’t know if I can. Bad things happen when I am.”