August Booth

I'm done running from my poor choices. I'm making it up to Emma. -Veteran Disc/Lit RPer -#AU #OUAT

I flash my usual smirk. "Consider me yours. I can be spared for a night."

nearly nonexistent. If you want it to be done before summers end, I would suggest yes, stay in his home since you have the option. Especially with Bailey. We'd love to have her visit, but as she's not grown up around construction, she might get herself or someone else hurt."

I look at the blueprint and point to things as I speak. "Well, we will be attaching along your current bedroom here, plumping and electrical will be in and out frequently, the kitchen will be a complete mess since we are tearing out a wall to expand it, so cooking will be +

I smirk and nod. "My pleasure. I'll get you some proper mock ups of what will work and what can be edited. See where we are then. It'll be a few days. I'll call to schedule time to come out when I have everything ready."

and warm, and my eyes move over her eagerly as I move to her with a small smirk. "I was beginning to think you were too busy to bother with me."

I have my head inside a large grandfather clock when I hear footsteps. "Hang on a second." I finish securing a part I'd been working on for the last several minutes then lean back to turn to face the visitor. "Thank you for waiti— Rhonda." My tone goes from polite... to soft +

opens to a full deck for full summer."

I think for a moment then start sketching again. "OK, there are few options. But this seems most fitting for your current and possibly future needs. We can add in an office here and then give it two separate entries, one into the house, the other to an enclosed porch that then +

"And the other request? You said one for him and one for you both. Having all your wants is important to know while planning in case one can be worked together with another or needs to be adjusted because they clash."

Well, you are funny. But no, I'm certain she chose right.

Keith. I'm not the one she was already in love with and I told her to follow her heart about.

Oh no, leave me out of it.

for Bailey. A room that's easy to wash down her... or if you're feeling ornery, any dirty critters on two legs." I smirk.

bonus when there are kids, and add you a large master bath connected to the master bedroom. Privacy. That wall then can be continued to open up the kitchen and add a lot of square feet. Enough for the dining area to be roomier for kids as well. And... Dorian mentioned a mudroom +

lean over it making notes on what she had said. Then I lay tracing paper over it, thin enough to see through, and start lightly sketching. "I'll do this more clearly at the shop but, if we expand here we can actually make it where you have the small bathroom you have now, a +

"My papa built an entire two story cabin for me off the plans we made together while I was gone for an extended time... with us both here, this doesn't sound like a lot at all." I pull out a large print, the floorplan for this house, and move to the table to lay it out and +

"Of course. So tell me the top things that are priorities. Things that have to happen. We'll start there and see what happens to be done to make them happen. Then we will work in the things that aren't deal breakers."

so you can visualize it and make sure we are on the same page."

for the occasional larger project, which Papa and I enjoy doing. Dorian was just going over some of the changes he's sure you both agree on here in the kitchen and right now I'm just taking notes. Then I'll leave and in a few days I'll have worked up some options and blueprints +

I smile at the display, even I can tell she wanted to do more, and while it wouldn't have bothered me in the slightest, it does mean we can get focused on the work to be done. "Of course. We don't get very many calls like this, but we are doing well enough we can hire hands +