"Nice!"

"Is it? Joanna picked out the colors, since I have no idea what a ‘color’ is anyway."

Joanna had gone with blacks and grays, which actually seemed to fit the whole “bat cave" motif. Her music players and gear were laid out along one wall on cheap but practical black track shelving. Near the closet was a small dresser, sans a mirror, and next to that was a mini-fridge.

“Sweet !"

"I splurged," Madison said.

"I don't have any payments for a year, but I want to put in a little every month and then I'LL pay them off completely with student loans in January. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be."

"Nice bed," Heda said approvingly. It was a full size bed with a wrought-iron frame and a gauzy canopy hanging from a single spot on the ceiling.

"Is it? I've pretty much slept on dorm mattress or something like them pretty much forever. I took a nap on it earlier, so I guess it's okay." Actually, it had been the most wonderful thing ever, but she was not going to sound Like a spaz.

“I'UL bet. Hey, why aren't you up partying with the rest? Damn, I just noticed how quiet it was down here."

“Yeah, hence how I was able to nap. They've been at it since we got the keys. I don't think anyone unpacked yet."

“You could've waited."

“I'UL go up in a bit, but -—"

“But what?"

"It sounds stupid."

"What?"

Madison sighed.

“I figured once I was set, it would be real. You know? It's my space now. I'm actually here."

Heda smiled, drawing Madison close and kissing her.

“You certainly are. I'm surprised you managed to get everything over so fast."[]

“I packed everything in advance. A lot of the vinyl is kinda hard to replace, so I needed to make sure it was done right."

"Have they gotten the sound system up yet?"

"No, but they think they'll have it by next weekend. They got the priorities first. There's like eight televisions in this house, three of which are HD. Yippy skip," she muttered.

"They have two Xbox 360s linked together in one room, and a Playstation 3, a Wii, and a Nintendo 64 in another."

"An N64?"

"It's Sasha's. She's addicted to Mario Cart."