She nodded, taking note of the other name - Chris. They had to be some of the younger members Matt and Jaden mentioned.
"This is a cool place - I've been here for a couple three months now. Can't imagine being anywhere else." A little smile lit up her light brown eyes before she knew it.
"I had something I wanted to run past him about security is all. He must be way busy being the President."
"Only a couple of months? I was raised here." He nods and watches as Dirk passes through the kitchen. "That's Chris' older brother." He nods and then watches as some other brothers walk through.
"Yea, Jay's been keeping pretty busy with the new job. But I think he likes it. He's pretty cool."
"I've never met anyone who was actually raised here - that's so cool!" She waved as Dirk strolled past. "Yeah - I've met Dirk before, over at the Outback - now that was fun!" Eddie grinned as she remembered the match.
"Jaden sure does seem cool - takes his job seriously." He was cute too - but Eddie wasn't going to mention that!
He nods, listening, sipping his pop. "Dirk's alright. Just don't make him mad. He's got a heck of a temper." he'd been smacked more than a few times by Dirk and it was never fun.
"Well, are you ready to see the rest of the place?"
"I'll keep that in mind, though he's been pretty cool with me." She decided not to mention that she had beaten Dirk pretty good in the Outback, though she was still grinning remembering it. She finished her Coke and nodded.
"Sure am - I can't wait to see the rest - thanks again for the food - it was awesome!"
"Sure thing!" he grins and hops off of the stool. He leads her around the bottom floor of the house, showing her the different rooms, study, library, sitting room, another smaller living room and the family room. Of course the sacred book room was off limits. "But I especially like this room." he grins as he opens up the room with the hot tubs in it. "oops!" he laughs and closes the door quickly as Evi throws her towel across the room at him. "She likes her privacy." he laughs.
Eddie followed where Doug led, his enthusiasm catching. The house was much bigger than it appeared on the outside, and she was very impressed. She laughed as Doug got biffed with the towel. "I didn't know girls lived here too!"
He laughs and tosses the towel into the hamper for dirty towels. "yea, Evi and Xander's sister, Chloe live here." He had a crush on Chloe, but hell who didn't?
He led her outside so that she could see more of the grounds and the guest houses. "Each of the houses has bros living in them, except that one." He points out a nice sized ranch style home. "That was Jaden's but he's moved into the house since becoming Pres." He points out Xander's place and Dirk's too. "Dirk, Cole and Gage live there." he nods.
Taking her along the hiking/running trail it leads into the woods. "This place is so cool in the mornings."
She had an idea how big the property was from her patrols of the perimeter, but seeing it from the inside was amazing to Eddie. She memorized each detail Doug shared with her - who lived where, and with who. She also found she was enjoying Doug's company. All the brothers were cool, but Doug was really, really sweet. She brushed her strawberry bangs from her eyes as she smiled up at him.
"I can just imagine this in the morning when the sun first rises - I bet it's awesome.? She paused a little. "Thanks again for showing me everything. I'm really having a great time."
He laughs when she mentions the sunrise. Only person he knew of that got up before the sun did was Dirk and that's because he ran every morning. "Oh, not a problem. Did you want to head back and find Jaden or maybe get a smoothie by the pool or something?"
She joined in his laughter - she didn't sleep much and was usually awake at sunrise, now more than ever with her new Priestess duties. She thought for a minute.
"A smoothie sounds really nice - does it matter that I'm not exactly dressed for swimming? Maybe we'll run into Jaden at the pool."
He shrugs and nods at the same time. "You don't have to swim to sit by the pool." he laughs giving her a nudge with his elbow. "And maybe he'll be there? I'm not sure." He starts back down the path towards the house and the pool area.
She giggled at the nudge - yes, Eddie was ticklish! "OK - just checking! It'll be nice to sit - this place is huge!" She followed Doug back towards the house, smiling - she was having a great time.
A little bit later they're sitting by the pool, sipping their smoothies. No sign of Jaden there either. "You know, he's probably in his office." He looks at her with a grin. Yea, it took him all day to figure out that's where he'd be.
The smoothie was as good as the burger, and she relaxed by the pool, careful not to get her blades wet. When Doug mentioned Jaden had an office, she started laughing. "Were you saving that for last?" She was smiling then, sipping that smoothie. "I did still want to talk to him - you think he's still there?"
"Of course I saved that for last. How could I give you the tour if you're going to be stuck in his office all day?" He shakes his head and laughs. The smoothie was finished and he slides out of his chair. "Come on, I'll take you to him."
He leads her back into the house and into a hallway they hadn't been into before. The offices and the sacred room were all in this hall. He looks reverently to the sacred book room. Soon enough, he'd be allowed to go in there and write his name. He couldn't wait. "Here we are." He smiles and knocks on the office door.
