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The next day Cassandra spent most of the morning working on the house. In the living room she was putting pictures up. She put the bookshelf together and put her books on it. She worked on her bedroom. By the time she had finished it was nearly noon. She decided to take the guys offer and go over and watch them practice. But she decided to take a shower. She had to take a shower at her house since she didn't have any water yet. She grabbed a duffle bag and put all her clothes and toiletries in the bag. She walked next door. She knocked at the door. Micky came to the door and opened it.
"Hey Cassie, moving in or cleaning our pad?" Micky asked.
"Can I use your guys' shower? I don't have any water at my place yet." Cassie said.
"Yeah, sure. Come on in. I'll show you were it's at," Micky said.
"Micky, you can say it. I look like crap. I know it. I can tell by the expression on your face," Cassie said.
"Is it that obvious?"
"For me it is, even though I don't know you. I know how to interpret people's action when I am observing them. It's something I do since I am quiet and reserved. Somewhat."
"Oh well here's the bathroom. It's to your disposal. I tell the guys you're in here."
"That would be great, Micky. I don't need anybody walking in on me."
"Do you need any towels or something?"
"No. I have everything in here."
Cassie walked into the bathroom.
"Hey guys," Micky said.
All the guys went to living room to meet Micky.
"What do you want?" the guys said.
"Cassie's here. She's taking a shower. No one go in the bathroom, especially you Davy," said Micky.
All the guys laughed and Davy asked, "Why are you signaling me out?"
"I know you too well, Davy. We all know you like her and you'll do anything to get her attention," Micky said.
While she was in the shower she sang her favorite Beatles songs "Love Me Do" and "Please, Please Me" over and over again. While she was in the shower, the guys were listening to her sing as best they could through the door. They walked back to the living room just as she turned off the water to the shower. Now Cassie was thinking I need to use their phone to call Aunt Vicki, the water company, and the power company. I'll take my stuff back to my place first. She dressed, brushed her teeth, brushed her hair, and put all of her stuff back in the duffel bag. She walked out of the bathroom and walked down the stairs.
"Hey guys," she said in a cheery voice.
"Hey, Cassie," Micky said.
"Hey," Mike said.
"Hey," Peter said.
"Hey, Cassandra," Davy said.
"I'll be back in a few minutes. I am going to take my bag back to my place." Cassie said.
She walked over to her place went inside set her stuff down. She decided to take Jasmine for a short walk. Then she went back to her pad and put Jasmine inside. She walked back to The Monkees' pad. She knocked on the door. Mike let her in.
"Guys I don't want to ask for a lot of things from you guys, but do you mind if I use the phone?" Cassie asked.
"Yeah, sure. Just don't act like other girls and talk a long time," Micky joked.
"I don't think I won't to talk to people at the Water Company, Power Company, or Phone Company a long time anyways," Cassie said.
She called all the companies and told them where she lived. All of them had made an appointment the next day. Then she called her Aunt Vicki.
"Hey, Aunt Vicki," Cassie said, "How is everything?"
"Hey, Cassie. I'm great, have you called your mom or dad yet?" Vicki asked.
No. I decided to call you first since you let me stay at your place and tell you how I am doing."
"Oh. So Babbitt let you have a place."
"Yeah. He let me have a place."
"Do you need any help unpacking or anything around your house?"
"No. It's all done besides you don't need to be lifting lots of things because of your back."
"You're done packing. In one day."
"I had help from my neighbors and finished it up today. They're total gentlemen."
"I would think they would be. How else do you mean that?"
"I had to take a shower here at their place since I don't have water yet."
"Oh. They didn't try anything?"
"Not that I'm aware of."
"Well I can't wait to see your place and meet your nice neighbors."
"I can't wait for you to come over here either. Take care of yourself."
"You, too. Call your mom and dad."
"I will. Love you. Bye."
"Love you. Bye."
She set the phone into the base.
"Thanks guys for everything," she said.
"Awe, no problem. You were talking to you're aunt was she the one you talked about yesterday?" Mike asked.
"Yeah. She's my mom older sister," Cassie said
"Oh. So everything straightened out?" Mike asked.
"Oh yeah, they'll be here tomorrow." Cassie said.
"That's great," Micky said.
"When do you guys usually practice?"
"We could practice now. If you want to watch, besides we really need to practice," Micky said.
They started practice with "Last Train to Clarksville." They also played "Take a Giant Step", "Sweet Young Thing", "I Wanna Be Free" both versions, "Saturday's Child", "The Monkees", "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day", "Let's Dance On", and "Papa Gene's Blues." During practice she was thinking how great they were. Mike was a great guitarist and Peter was a great Bassist. Micky and Davy were great singers. Micky was a great drummer. During the practice she would occasionally watch Davy dance during one of the fast songs and thought he was a really great dancer. She couldn't really keep her eyes off Davy. When they finished "Papa Gene's Blues" they said, "So what do you think?"
"You guys are awesome. Pretty groovy. It's refreshing to actually see guys want to perform music." Cassie said.
"Thanks. What do you mean it's refreshing?" Peter said.
"Guys in the part of the south were I come from which is WV, think perform music vocally is a waste of their time. Basically," she said.
"Oh," Peter said.
"I know what she's talkin' about. It's kind of the same in Texas," Mike said.
Cassie looked at her watch and said, "Well I better go. It's getting late and I have a long day tomorrow."
She walked toward the door and Davy ran to her.
"Do you need any company?" Davy asked.
"That would be nice but it's not necessary." Cassie said.
He walked with her to her house. When they reached the door he asked, "Would you like to go on a date with me?"
"Yes, but how about Friday. Um, I have orientation, schedule classes, and buy books for those classes, besides getting everything turned on here," Cassie said.
"Friday works. So we probably won't see you at all tomorrow, Sandra?" Davy asked.
What did he just call me? she thought. Then she said, "Probably not, Davy. I'll be really busy. But I'll try to come over if I not too tired."
"Well, see you Friday then," Davy said.
She walked in the door. Fixed her a sandwich for dinner and she took Jasmine for a walk. She couldn't believe Davy asked her out. She liked him and wanted him to ask her out, but she was still surprised. Usually boys didn't ask her out on a date. I gonna have to find something nice to where she thought and I should pick it out tomorrow. She went back into her house. Davy was in total bliss walking back to the pad. He was glad she said yes. He walked in to the house and didn't notice the guys looking at him. They knew what was going on, but he was oblivious to everything around him. Both of them couldn't wait until Friday.
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