After a good year at college, Ashleigh had invited Zara to spend the summer with her and her family...they had a gorgeous house on a lake where the two could wile away the summer in luxury. Zara, being an orphan and having no real home to go back to, accepted the invitation and moved in with her best friend for the summer.
They had been roommates at college and had hit it off immediately, becoming fast friends within days. Ashleigh was a bubbly and adventurous brunette with devilish green eyes, a great sense of humor and an easygoing attitude. Zara was more shy, but occasionally she came out of her shell...although rarely around people other than her close friends. She had wild black hair that she supressed in a bun, and grey eyes in an expressive face. Her nose was severe in such a soft and expressive face, but she never bothered with appearances so it didn't matter to her.
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"Oh Ash, it's beautiful" Zara gasped as the beach house came in view. They'd loaded all their luggage in a U-Haul and Ash's convertible and driven the five hours to Ash's mansion at the beach.
"Babe wait till you get inside..."
They parked in front of the house and Zara followed Ash into the house who was saying "I'll just show you around, show you your room and all that stuff and then you can get settled." Ash was staring around, struck silent in awe: the house was simple but gorgeous...not ostentatious at all.
"Sorry but the spare's just next to my brother's room" and with that Ash opened a door only to stop short, giving Zara no choice but to bump into her. Zara craned her head around Ash to see what the problem was and saw an at-home-gym in her supposed bedroom with two boys using the machines.
The first boy looked to be Ash's twin, Jake, but the other was a surprise. Tall with dark brown hair cut short and expressive chestnut eyes, he took Zara's breath away. Both were sweating but stood up when they saw the girls.
"Jake, what's all this?" Ash asked her twin who replied
"mom and dad decided they needed to work out more".
Ash turned to Zara "Sorry, I guess you get the pool house, but really it's..."
She was interupted by Jake who extended his hand "Hi I'm Jake, Ash's twin, and this is my buddy Alex" introducing the tall guy next to him. To Ash he said "your manners suck, and I guess she's gonna be sharing the house with Alex since he's also staying the summer".
"Ok bro, whatever you say...let's get your stuff Zara" Ash replied and they walked back out to the car.
"This is the poolhouse...seeing as Alex has already moved in here, your room will be across the hall. The bathroom's over there, there's a kitchen and a family room and a porch. Looks like the boys have already stocked up the kitchen, so I guess you're all good to go." Ash kept up a steady stream of chatter while Zara unpacked her stuff. The poolhouse was luxurious especially compared with the mouse infested rat-hole she rented as a home.
