The day had finally come. Tabitha and her younger sister Sam had finally decided to get out of their home and move into an apartment of their very own in the city, closer to their work and the college nearby. They had considered moving in with friends, but the two girls had known each other far longer. Twenty years now to be exact; ever since Sam had been born. Their friends were all good folks, but they didn't know without question that those friends could be relied upon. Not like one another. Tabitha had been more than ready to get out of the house as well, now at the age of twenty-two. Their mother was quite sad to see the girls go as her husband, their father, had passed only the year before and she was not quite ready to have the house all to her lonesome, even if she still had her son Miles. After all, he was only fifteen and she was not sure she could handle it on her own, but the girls assured their mother that all would be well, and that they would be only ten minutes away if they were needed, and a phone call at that.

After giving their mother a hug each, the girls took the last of their boxes out to Tabitha's car and loaded them into the trunk, barely able to stuff the trunk door shut from the load. They had already made a couple trips to the new apartment, but wanted to get all of the boxes their before un-packing. As the girls got situated in the car, they waved back to their mother and were on their way, happy to finally be on their own. It was not as though they disliked their mother that they wished to be gone, but it was something they needed to do. They could not live at home forever, and it already felt like it had been far too long. Sam had been eager to get out of the house right after high school, but she had had no job at the time, and the girls just didn't have the money. Now, however, they had saved up a nice bit from their respective jobs and were prepared.

As the car pulled out of the driveway, the elder fox, silver-haired Tabitha let out a sigh of relief, "Man... it's good to finally be free! I knew it'd feel liberating, but this? Damn!" She couldn't help but laugh a bit in delight.

Sam watched as the house disappeared from view with a bit of longing in her eyes. It was not as though she felt differently from her sister, she was just anxious was all. This would, honestly, be something entirely new for her. She had never spent more time from their home in her youth than the ocasional weekend stay with friends or the like, and they didn't plan to return for a visit for at least a week, perhaps two, according to Tabitha. The chestnut-haired fox let out a sad sigh as she already felt a bit sad, but Tabitha heard it and peered over at her little sister, "What's wrong? I thought you wanted to get out of there as badly as I did...?" She asked.

"Oh, don't get me wrong... I'm glad we're out too. Just... worried for Mom, ya know? It's just her and Miles there now."

Tabitha's eyes were on the road ahead as they made their way to town, but she did frown a bit and nodded. "Yea, I suppose you have a point there. But... they'll get on just fine without us. You just wait and see." She said, perking back up with a smile. "Just look forward to tonight! The first night in our new place! It's gonna be awesome." Tabitha had bounced right back, and Sam looked over to her, offering up a small smile of her own, "True. And we've got that cake from Mom back at the apartment too. So we can have our own little mini celebration." She replied a bit more exhuberently, ears even perking back up again.

"Yup, but we've gotta get our bedroom stuff unpacked first. Then we can reward ourselves with a bit of cake... deal?" Asked Tabitha with a glance and smallish grin.

"Works for me" Sam felt a bit more at ease with all this talk, almost as if snapped back to reality. Their new reality, that was.

The girls had been friends ever since they were young and almost always got along. It was surprising how much so. Even their friends would get a bit jealous from time to time at how much fun the girls had without them. They simply felt more comfortable around one another than with others, often helping one another decide on outfits for going out, or giving one another advice on difficult situations (Most of which came from Tabitha). It took almost no time at all and the girls had arrived at the apartment. Theirs was on the third floor of their building, and this older place had not incorporated an elevator. It was such a pain hauling everything up the stairs only to return to the car for more things to bring up. The worst of it had been moving their beds up the stairs, but fortunately they had one another to help with that. The last few boxes they had collected from home took a couple trips to get up into the apartment, but finally they had made it.

Sam pushed the door shut with her footpaw and took a few steps inside before placing the box on the floor, panting a bit from it's weight and the trip and wiping her brow of sweat that had dampened much of her fur. Tabitha was shaking out the front of her own shirt, leaned against the counter with a leg up against it and panting a bit as well, "Gods... I'm glad that's over. That. Sucked." She said simply, to which Sam completely agreed, offering a hearty nod to her sister, "Yea... after that... I'm not sure I even have the energy to un-pack." Tabitha looked over to her and offered a small smile, "That's fine... I think we need a break." She then pushed from the counter to the fridge nearby, pulling out a pitcher of lemonade and grabbing a couple glasses, "Care for a drink?" She asked her sister. To which Sam picked herself up and made for the counter, leaning on it with her forearms, "Sure! Tall a glass as we've got!" She responded eagerly. To which Tabitha poured them both glasses and they drank up. The angle of Sam had caught Tabitha's eye, however, and she found herself glancing at her sister's chest, partially exposed from the top of her sweaty shirt. By the time it registered what she was looking at, however, she stopped herself, eyes shooting to the ceiling instead as she drank, downing the whole glass in one go and letting out a contented sigh as she set the glass down on the counter where her sister drank a bit more slowly. "You know what? I think I'm gonna take a shower... get some of this sweat off..." She said, passing by Sam who watched her go as she sipped, calling out after Tabitha passed her by, "Just don't take too long! I could use one too!" Tabitha made straight for the bathroom, calling back as she slipped off her damp shirt, "No worries! See ya in a bit!" Meanwhile, Sam finished her drink in peace, looking about the new home and getting an idea fo how things might look in the near future, listening as the shower water ran, and her own mind lingering a bit to her sister bathing. A blush soon found it's way to her cheeks and she shook the thought from her mind, instead thinking of what to unpack first.

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Not so erotic yet, I get that, but I will be continuing this either later today or tonight. Unfortunately, my Wii is lagging my typing, causing me to have to go back and re-type a lot, so it needs a small break. Hope you guys are enjoying thus far. x3