23 Griffin Way, Sunday evening

[justlike_a_girl]

If Dani could travel back in time, she would go back to last night to warn herself not to drink all that champagne. Unfortunately, that was not possible. Still feeling the effects of the hangover, Dani stumbled out onto the front porch for some fresh air. "I'm never going to drink champagne again," she vowed to herself.

Too bad she'd break that resolution by the end of the week.

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[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Ohhhhhh," Hayley said, not actually having totally understood that. She paused on her way into the door.

"Okay, I'm gonna come out and ask. How much exactly would it cost a girl to rent one of those rooms?"

If it was too much... Hayley could possibly try and squat in one of them and it might totally escape the notice of this pretty rich lady.

[justlike_a_girl]

"Rent?" asked Dani, struggling to think clearly. She wasn't so far out of it not to recognize an opportunity, but her headache was making the mental calculations difficult."

The monthly rent she finally offered was really pretty reasonable, but it would still give Dani a nice increase in her cash flow. "Would you be interested? You could move in right away."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"I can manage that, absolutely," Hayley said as a bold-faced lie. "You don't need a security deposit though, do ya? I just... came from the sixties, so I don't exactly have a lot of cash on hand right now."

[justlike_a_girl]

"Nope, I can do without as long as you can make the first month's rent," said Dani. "In fact, if you want to do a month-to-month lease instead of a long-term one, I'm fine with that."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Perfect!" Hayley said. "I'm... Hayley, by the way. You know, since you invited me in and all. Probably good for you to know that."

She had no problem with people trusting her that fast, of course.

[justlike_a_girl]

"And I am Danielle Davis," said Dani, struggling to sit up. "Though everyone calls me Dani. The only person who says Danielle is my dad when he gets angry."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"My last name is Fitzpatrick, but everybody just calls me Hayley. It's really nice of you to offer all this, Dani. I never lived anywhere this big before."

She'd had the opportunity, but really hadn't wanted to live under the same roof as Roy.

"I used to go to school here on the island. Decided I really couldn't stay away."

[justlike_a_girl]

"Oh, good. I don't have to warn you about the gremlins, then," said Dani. "I wouldn't have minded going to a school like this. The fact that it's on the other side of the country from my family would have been an advantage."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley chuckled a bit. "So how about I fix you that hangover cure, huh? Then you can show me to my new room..."

She turned to head into the house proper.

[justlike_a_girl]

"While you fix that, I might just take a little nap..."

There was no way to ignore the pain of her headache anymore. Dani shut her eyes and laid down on the front steps. "Ahh, that feels so much better," she mumbled.