HOUSEKEEPER ↬ [RM + MH]

0.2 ↬ rules

On her first day Riley laid out some rules.

1. Don't tell anyone who she works for
2. Never reveal the location of Riley's home.
3. She must start her work at 9 am and is off at 7pm or anytime she finishes her work before that
4. She's allowed 2 days off a week in which she could choose to visit her family or stay in.
5. She must always alert Dove or anyone else in the house when she wants to leave so they could get a car for her.
6. She has full access to all amenities.

Seems simple enough, Maya thought to herself.

She was still slightly nervous and was taking everything in. It's like her life did a complete 180 and it's going to take her awhile to adjust.

Maya sat on her bed and looked around her new room. The design was just simply flawless.

Her bedroom at home couldn't even compare to what surrounds her. She wasn't used to all of this plushy and comfortable stuff.

"Nothing like you imagined huh?"

Maya heard a voice behind her and she turned in the direction of her door to see dove standing in the doorway.

"No, I feel like I'm in some kind of movie. I've never experienced something like this before." Maya said with awe in her voice.

She smiled as she ran her hand down her soft linen sheets.

Dove smiled as she saw how excited Maya seemed. "Well I came in here to check in on you to see if you're settling in nicely."

"Yeah, I'm fine. I never thought that I would ever meet the Riley Matthews though." Maya looked on at Dove as she sat beside her on her bed. She had all her makeup off but still looked flawless, she wore a shirt from a tv show Maya had never heard off and some long dark green pajama pants.

She was just so stunning to Maya and she couldn't take her eyes off her.

"Crazy isn't it? It's nice to finally have another girl around the house though. Riley is good company but she's always drawing up some new designs in her study and she's locked up in there for hours sometimes, it gets kinda lonely." Dove said looking down as she said the final line.

"How long have you been her assistant?" Maya asked.

"About a year."

"And you live here as well?"

"Yup."

Maya nodded and she paused and she thought, then later asked, "What about your family?"

Dove's usually cheerful expression dropped at the mention of her relatives. Her rosy cheeks and bright attitude suddenly turn into a cold one that read many things, but at the same time nothing.

"Oh I'm sorry, so I hit a ner-" Dove cut Maya off before she finished. "They don't live over here, I'm originally from London so I don't see them very often, that's all."

Maya studied Dove's face and could tell she was lying but she decided not to pry any further than she already had. "Oh, well living here is gonna be a bit hard for me because of my grandmother. I really didn't want to leave her because I'm just so protective over her, but she insisted I go. She knew it would be for the best."

"So it's only you and her?" Dove asked.

"Yes."

"What about your parents?"

"Drug addict mom, absent dad. You know the typical damaged childhood." Maya shrugged it off as the topic was so casual to her. She's lived with it all her life and never had a true attachment with either parent for her to feel great remorse over her situation.

"Seems like family just isn't our thing." Dove said and let out a chuckle.

Maya smiled and nodded. "We could always make our own families. Friends are like a family."

"I agree, we can make our own families."

Maya let out a yawn as she felt the feeling of tiredness soon consume her body.

"Seems like you had a long day, I'll get out your hair." Dove said as she moved over and out of the bed.

"Okay then, goodnight." Maya said as she laid herself out on the bed and let out a groan of satisfaction as the warmth and softness of the bed surrounded her body.

Dove let out a giggle, "goodnight darling."

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Maya let out a sound of annoyance as the sound of a alarm blared in her ears. It was 8am and she had to get ready for her first day of work.

She went about her daily morning routine but couldn't help but to be mesmerized by the whole experience. Her bathroom was almost the size of her bedroom and the shower was big enough to fit 3 people inside of it. Everything was just so luxurious.

She quickly took a shower as she wanted to start her day off on time to give her new employer the right impression.

When she came back into her room, what looked like a uniform was laid out on the bed for her. It was a simple white button up shirt with black dress pants. She assumed that she could wear any kind of shoes with it so she paired it with dirty black converse.

She sighed looking into the full body mirror. Everything here was so nice and here she was with her worn out shoes and dirty blonde hair.

Clearly she didn't belong among such high class people, and her position in their home only assured that further. A housekeeper.