4.) Prepping to Move

"Hey punkin, I thought you weren't coming home until tomorrow." My mom's eyes glaze up in tears when she looks at me seeing the excitement written on my face. "Mom, I got it. I have the job. I start next Monday so I didn't stay the second night. I came straight back so I could get ready to move." She nods chocking back her sobs I put my arms around her to soothe her still soaring in the air. "It's going to be ok mom, I want you to pack a bag and come with me while the realtor and I look at a few places and stay with me my first week of work. We leave in two days." She nods at me "I'll call work and let them know I need those vacation days." I smiled at her happy I should be exhausted but all I can think about is all the things I need to do and all the people I need to call. I run up to my room grabbing my old camera running back down taking pictures of my little Nissan Versa. Dad bought her for me new on my 16 birthday, the last thing he ever bought me before he ripped our family apart. 6 years later and she's in great shape, I want a quick sell so when I'm done taking pics and writing down how many miles Valerie has I go post her for only $2,500 cash FCFS on every sell site I can think of. Mom comes in as I finish up "Selling Val already?" I nod "I have to, not much time and I can't take her with me and I figure you don't want her." She nods thinking "What about all the furniture in your room what do you plan to do with it?" Hadn't thought that far. "I don't know if I just leave it you'll have a spare room. More cost effective than me shipping it." "No I plan to turn your room into a Yoga studio, I have no need for a spare, if you come to visit you can have the fold out." I smile at her as I grab my camera off to take pics of my stuff and hock it off. I'm glad she's been thinking it over.

When I wake up I'm not sure I heard the knock until it comes again. Who the hell is in the house knocking on my bedroom door when mom's at work. "Come on Y/N open up why is the door blocked?" My heart sinks "Dad?" Did mom call him? "Yeah kiddo it's dad, can I come in please?" I get up grabbing a pair of pajama pants from a drawer putting them on before I slide my desk out of the way so I can open the door, I left it there after I moved stuff taking pics to sell. "Hey dad, what's up?" He laughs as he pats down my bed head "Sleeping so late? Come have lunch with your old man just you and me kiddo like the old days." I narrow my eyes at him, what the hell why is he here? "Let me put some clothes on." He nods as I close the door turning to find a pair of white jean shorts and a light blue shirt. May as well wear pastels while I still can. "So what do you want for lunch huh? Something American, you'll have plenty of time for Jap food after your move." I sigh starting to get the picture now that I'm moving away and starting my career he suddenly wants to be dad of the year. "I don't have a lot of time for lunch so something quick, how about we grab some burgers from somewhere?" He nods opening the passenger side to his car for me "Whataburger it is" We eat lunch not really talking about much of anything when we pull back up in front of the house I'm eager to get back to what I need to. "Wait kiddo. I know I haven't been around much since I met Stephanie, I'm sorry there's no excuse. As you know I started a college fund for you as a baby, but after all your scholarships we didn't touch nearly as much of it as I thought we would. There's about 7 grand in there and I want you to have it for your big move. I hate the idea of you not being able to get the things you need when you move. You've worked hard for this you deserve it." I nod grateful "Thank you dad" I hug him as he tells me he'll transfer the funds to my savings as I give him the account info.

The next day and a half go by in a blur constant calls from buyers, Amanda coming and staying the night. In the end I was able to sell everything but my old computer desk, mom says she'll drop it off at Goodwill and not to worry about it. Laying on the pull out looking up at the celling I go over everything in my head. I sold most of my clothes as lot for $30. The girl who bought them seemed happy with them especially my sexier items. I kept all of my pajamas and other lounge wear, 2 casual outfits, and one black pants suit. All of my clothes are packed away in my bag, The only thing I'm taking with me to my new life to the one I've lived before it. We'll arrive in Musutafu with 10 hours to rest, eat, and clean up before meeting with Best Jeanist Realtor Yui. She says she found two places we can go look at that would be available immediately and fit the criteria we discussed over the phone. Mom's bag is packed and right next to mine by the door, Amanda is all set to house sit, Now I just need these next two hours to hurry up so we can head to the airport, I'm dying to get there. Not that sitting on a plane for twelve hours will be any better, but at least I'll be on my way to my destination. I wonder about DynaMight. I've tried to google him a few times but haven't gotten much of anything a few snaps of a leg or an arm. I did find one picture where his hand is in front of the camera so much that all you can see is palm and what looked like ash blonde hair behind it. I'll have to work with him about allowing his picture to be taken that's for sure. The few articles I found he seems to be responsible for some pretty heroic acts but next to nothing is known about him other than being cited as a childhood friend to Deku, not a quote from either of them either but a third party, so who knows. When the alarm goes off to get up I practically fly out of bed.