Oliver’s thoughts.

I overheard some parts of the conversation the girls had, and while I wish I could’ve joined them, I was mostly glad I didn’t. I mean, their discomfort at ‘meddling’ in the plans for what was, legally speaking, my house was obvious. It made me remember the times when Mila, Grace and I started dating and they buy me stuff or pay for everything. They kept saying it was fine because they had the money, but I never stopped being uncomfortable. After all, I believed I couldn’t pay them back in the same way. Well, now the turns have tabled and I actually CAN pay them back with interests included. Now they could feel what I felt back then, and while letting my sister experience my past pain was fun, I wasn’t really a fan of doing it to my girlfriends.

Really, they were the reason I was getting a house at all. It was to be with them. Plus, they were already making sacrifices and compromises to stay here with me, so they had nothing to feel guilty for. Or… maybe that was part of it?

No, no. Stop, Oliver. Talk it out with them later. Don’t jump to your own conclusions. That just leads to dumb misunderstandings, and Grace always complains about those in the novels she reads.

But anyway, I’m glad I didn’t participate because I could tell that little planning session of theirs helped them come to terms with the fact that this would be their home, too. Planned by them and with places they wanted for themselves.

I overheard that part about the bedrooms, and I was just as disappointed as them. Still, they were totally right. I mean, imagine we all slept on the same bed, regardless of size. Imagine I’m in the middle and I need to get up to pee in the middle of the night. Just like that, I wake up everyone else in my struggle to get off the bed. We can’t have every night be like that, so individual rooms seem like the most logical idea.

I saw Alice’s notebook and have no complaints at all. One last thing I’d like to add is see if it would be possible to have a basement. If I could have my music room there, it would be great. Not sure if having that big pond nearby would make that a problem, though.

And about the things the girls wanted…

A garage was something we’d need, so making it bigger for Alice wouldn’t be a problem. I’d need to ask Alex if we should add something more to it. She was trying to expand her horizons, but cars were and would always be her passion. She needed her tinkering space.

A pool wasn’t necessary, but would be very welcome. I’d never had a pool of my own. Only been to a few in my life, even, so the idea of just jumping in whenever I wanted was exciting. Having a pool deck as well as tables and a grill would make for fun weekends.

I almost wanted to tell Noelle to pick something other than a game room because I was already planning on having something like that, but she’d need it to stream, too, and she had far more consoles and games than I did. Maybe we could buy some arcade cabinets at some point, too.

A library fit Grace to a T, and I agreed that having a quiet place to study would be nice. I could see Sarah, Alice and Noelle making use of it, too. Oh, that made me realize I didn’t know if Diana was a big reader or not. I’d have to ask her.

And speaking of Diana, I always knew she’d want her own house bar. Much like a cook loves seeing people clean their plates, Diana enjoys serving drinks to them and watching everyone have a good time. She also takes care that we don’t go overboard.

And finally, Mila’s ‘party room’.

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I wanted it. It was a really good idea, and since the people building our house would be the same that built Pleasure Lake Hotel, we could be sure it would turn out amazing. There was one single issue, though.

We would most definitely receive guests at our house. Friends, my family, their families … Their little brothers, sisters and cousins included.

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Okay, then the sex room goes in the basement. Behind a secret door. With an inconspicuous storage room right before it. Yep, that sounded good. Hopefully the construction agency would be able to accommodate us, but Luke was confident they’d be able to pull anything off.

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There was… one more thing I overheard. Something Sarah said in passing.

Really, it had only been a few days since the girls decided to hold off on sex until prom. We’d done a lot that day I pulled off that silly ‘promposal’ thing, and of course we did more at school, but… Yeah, knowing that we couldn’t have sex made me want it more.

Honestly, I was starting to feel it. I didn’t know if it was me or if I was feeling Frey’s restlessness. I was feeling hornier than usual, which is why hearing Grace talk about a library made me think of her in a sexy turtleneck, tight jeans and wearing glasses. Mila’s sex room also stimulated the imagination.

It was that fire Luke and I talked about. Maybe this feeling would creep up on me every so often, when I couldn’t get what I wanted for one reason or another. It felt uncomfortable, but at least not in an unbearable way. Not yet, at least.

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Next day would be Sunday.

We had already tested the effects of the Normality runes and confirmed they worked.

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We had yet to take a stress test, though.

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