My short story - recent events

Social Distancing & Me

The rain was heavy, the thunder seamed particularly angry still the heavy drops of rain I found comforting, I pulled the covers more tightly around my lonely body as I allowed thoughts of my beloved to gently sooth me to sleep.
The alarm went off and for some reason I could not go back to sleep so I turned the television on. ...The number of infected persons are increasing rapidly..., the state government encourages all residents to remain in their homes and to observe social distancing in a bid to contain the spread of the virus...  lately the news was filled with so much pain I thought as I drifted back to sleep.
Was I dreaming? I thought I heard a knock, my sleepy eyes sluggishly pulled open as I reluctantly raised my still sleepy body into a sitting position, I could tell I had slept a bit longer than usual, wow! I thought to myself its past noon, I blamed the rain or perhaps the late night news? Quickly brushing that aside I was brought back to reality as I got a glimpse of the tons of work piled up on my desk, the to do list resting on my bedside table and the craziness I called my room, it was a whole lot of mess. slowly I danced my eyes over the disheveled clothes from three days back carelessly thrown across the coffee table, my favorite pair of shoes left carelessly by the door and the dinner plate from last night by the lamp stand, with a lazy sigh I finally got out of bed wondering how to deal with my untidy mess. I wish I could ask Mercy my ever efficient house keeper to come in just for a few hours, I desperately needed the help. It had been three weeks since the mandatory "stay at home and social distancing" directive which I was obviously not okay with, not only could I not conclude new business deals, I was also losing money with each day I stayed in instead of visiting my clients, though good for my health  it was fatal for my income not to mention the stress of doing all my house chores myself which felt like going up Mount Kilimanjaro, hard!
Looking around me it was inevitable that there was no immediate solution to the mess I was standing in, I had to do the dreaded cleaning, reluctantly I reconciled myself to it but only for a few seconds as the thought was met by a bright idea, a hot cup of freshly brewed dark roast coffee I found was more appealing.
Staying safe at home was not so bad I thought as I found a comfortable spot on my really old recliner gently sipping on my fresh brew, so about social distancing, where is my phone? hello social media!
It's a new day and I am so excited to step out of my home after so long, yeah! my house keeper came in earlier, I had forgotten she had a spare key else I wouldn't have been so alarmed at the loud thud that awakened me, lately there has been so many incidents of burglary that left me on edge. Does social distancing include house keepers? I found my thoughts drifting back to self preservation. What do I do? She was already going about her chores,
Good morning ma, Mercy greeted resting the duster on the table, I thought to come in and clean since the ban on movement has been lifted. She offered softly holding a warm smile as she always does.
Morning Mercy, I answered as calmly as I could but inside it felt like I was in a speed race, the kind that has no breaks with my heart far ahead and the rest of me panting fruitlessly to catch up, I couldn't stop myself from the speed and craziness of my thoughts. Was she infected? Did she sanitize her hands before touching my things? Is it safe to have her in my home? Do I need to go for the test? Should I ask  her to leave? Is she carrying the virus on her clothes? The trauma of my thoughts was too much to bare turning swiftly I found myself on my terrace I needed to breath.
My home was amazingly refreshing once I got back in, the magic of cleaning, For a second there standing in my kitchen, I harbored the thought of wiping everything down with sanitizer just in case but then just as it came the thought left speedily the same way. I loved that my home was as clean as I liked it but I had to ask Mercy to stay at her home till further notice, I needed time to sort my fears.
It's now a week since movement ban was lifted even though social distancing was still in play, it was particularly good news today because my boo was arriving from overseas, I am so excited and filled with ideas of all the things we could do together for the few weeks he'd be here, it's been more than a year now since we planned to meet, one of the snags of long distance relationships, I hear the door bell, wow! This is it! I think excitedly to myself as I hurriedly put finishing touches to my makeup and hair with a generous dose of my very sexy perfume, I am holding nothing back, I can't wait to be in his arms. There is a second ring and I know I have to get going I would hate for him to think I'm not home, the worst that could happen would be for him to leave without seeing me. I have known Ayo for three years but only online, few months later we had graduated to phone calls and since then we have grown digitally close so this was big for us, our very first meeting and hopefully first real kiss, the thought warmed my cheeks as I rushed to let him in.
It felt like the movies, for a second I was excited and rushing to open the door and the next I was in slow motion not so hasty in opening the door. I couldn't get myself to rush into his arms as I had imagined in my head a million times before though he stood in front of me as handsome as I expected him to be, unexpectedly the crazy thoughts of social distancing stole my moment I was transfixed and my lips froze with the words hello pending to be let out. I'm here finally I heard Ayo say in his rich baritone voice but all I could think of was, is he positive?