Roommates & Soulmates

Ch139: Magnus's Heebie-Jeebies

Magnus was used to their houseguest by now, though he wasn't quite used to how clean his house was because of her. Once Paige's truck was as clean as humanly possible, she'd moved onto the apartment. It was almost like when Alec had still had a maid, though to be perfectly honest, Paige was a little better at it than the hired help.

"Are you sure you're a guest," Magnus chuckled one afternoon. "Seems to me like you are rather too useful to be considered a guest."

"I told you, I clean when I'm upset," Paige said defensively. "And it's been an upsetting couple weeks so everything is spotless. Deal with it."

"Yes ma'am," Magnus laughed.

"If you'd like," Paige offered. "I can make a mess then clean it up so everything stays the same."

"No," Alec said. "Don't do that." He then turned to Magnus and snapped, "Don't give her ideas! If she wants to clean, let her clean."

"Thank you, Alec," Paige smiled.

"Don't listen to him," Magnus laughed. "He just misses his maid."

"You make me sound so horrible," Alec whined.

"Would I have married you if you were horrible?" Magnus inquired, turning to face his husband with a smile.

"I don't know maybe," Alec shrugged. "They say 'love is blind' after all."

"Oh, I don't think I'm blind to your faults," Magnus chuckled. "I think on some level, I always knew you were a spoiled rich boy."

Alec groaned. "I don't know what I'd rather be doing," he began. "Being teased by my husband, or studying for my exams. At the moment both seem equally depressing."

"Oh, don't say that," Magnus added, moving forward to kiss Alec sweetly to make up for being mean.

"Hmmm," Alec smiled. "That. I prefer that to both being teased and studying."

"Well tough," Magnus grinned. "No more of that till you know your stuff."

"What stuff in particular would that be," Alec grinned mischievously.

"Oh hush," Magnus scoffed. "Get your mind outta the gutter. We have company."

"I thought we already agreed that company doesn't clean this much," Alec replied.

"Well aren't you two just an old married couple," Paige said.

"We are not old," Magnus huffed. Growing old was not something Magnus had ever liked to think about. He had a great fear of bifocals and all things senior. The idea of looking into a mirror and seeing wrinkles on his own face gave him the heebie-jeebies.

"Hey, it was meant as a compliment," Paige replied, her arms up in surrender. "Colour me every shade of green while still thinking you two are adorable."

"We are aren't we," Alec beamed.

"What's really adorable is how badly you are going to fail your exams if you don't study," Magnus threw back at his husband and was rewarded with a dirty look. "I must say I don't miss exams one bit," Magnus continued with a sigh. "Worst part of university if you ask me."

"Amen to that," Paige agreed. "Though speaking of exams, I should really be at the library studying."

"You could study here?" Magnus offered selfishly. "There's lots of room at the table."

"I know," Paige began. "But I never seem to get any work done if I'm not at the school. And besides, a few other kids in my class are doing some kind of study group, which has always been my best way to absorb lots of pointless information."