Here his sister was, wanting to join the military when she graduates, giving up after hauling in boxes that didn't weigh any more than twenty pounds for an hour and a half. Not that he could say anything as his arms weren't too happy either but, he knew that she was going to be in for a rude awakening if she went into training with the same sort of giving up attitude once she'd reached her limit. Ethan decided to not push her, she wasn't in the sort of mood to handle playful jabs being thrown in her direction. It would be taken too seriously due to both of their mindsets. That and they [i]were[/i] going up two half flights of stairs. 

"Fine, fine." Ethan said, passing by her on the stairs once more. He had barely noticed that his roommate had just arrived home from work. It wasn't until he heard his voice did he realize that it was Steve. The guy was a good friend and a godsend. Honestly, if Steve would've been just any other friend or roommate, he would've really struggled with dealing with the apartment and working on preparing for Olivia to move in with them. Steve had done a lot for him this past month, he really didn't know how to thank him, except for maybe taking on more bills so Steve could go see his folks at some point. After everything that has happened with Ethan's family, he felt more obligated to push others into spending as much time with their family as they could and to not take a minute for granted. 

Hearing the sound of footsteps other than her brother's coming toward her made Livie bring her head up. She looked at the man approaching, immediately knowing that it was her brother's college friend and roommate. They'd met before when their family would visit Ethan at college and then again at her brother's college graduation. God, her friends back home would fall out in the floor if they knew she was living with a recently graduated college guy along with her brother. It appeared that it took him a moment to realize who she was. Curious, she tilted her head at him wondering if she looked different now that she was older since she'd last saw him. 

Pouty pink lips returned his smile as she then decided to stand, finding it improper to stay seated in a rather sprawled out state as she had been. "Hi Steve, been a minute." She shook her head no at his offer. "No way, you've done so much already. Besides, there's only one more trip left with Ethan and I." It was as if she suddenly wasn't exhausted anymore. 

Footsteps came down the stairs behind her and she knew it was Ethan who followed with the sound of them. "Hey Steve, long day at work?" Living together with someone after a while you come to know their body language fairly well. Which was why Ethan asked, as he did he went to grab two more boxes from the back of his truck. 

Ethan questioning the other man made Livie give Steve another once over. Perhaps she hadn't noticed when he first walked over to her but, now that her brother asked he did look like he could've had a long day at work.  Then again she didn't know him all that well so he didn't look too much different than what she considered as normal. 

"Livie, come grab these." Her brother had paused in his conversation with his roommate to regain her focus on the task at hand. Without a word she had left her new housemate's side to collect the two boxes on the tailgate Ethan had set out for her. They were heavier than the last few but it wasn't anything she couldn't handle. Despite her complaining about noodle arms, she wasn't the type of girl that was lithe with no muscle as most were her at her age. 

No, Livie was the type of curvy that a woman in her twenties would be. It was due to her time in weight training at school and diet she'd been able to mold herself into her desired figure quiet early. However, she did it because she was preparing herself for her life after high school so she could actually pass a physical training test for the military without having to scrape by like some girls who went into training would.