The Alien Next Door

15 - A Panic Clean And a Half

POV: Phoenix
I have only ever heard him mention Morgan a few times before but I didn't realise just how close they were, which reminds me how little Jake refuses to open up to anyone. Damn boy.

I'm missing him so much but I know this'll be good for him. He needs this break, and he'll be back. He can't resist me. Plus there's only three days to go until he's home.

Work has been super busy this week but I'm guessing that's just because I've spent more time here... but I'm also never taking on this much work again if I can help it. It's been hard work that's for sure.

Because I've been at work so much my apartment is lacking in the cleaning department for once in it's life and it's grim. If Jake was here he'd be very surprised at how bad I've left it. I've only just got back from work and it's now 10pm, I need to eat and I need to clean otherwise I'm going to loose my marbles over this.

I'm cleaning the sofa currently and I'm absolutely exhausted and incredibly sweaty. I hear my music cut out and my phone start ringing. Here I was thinking the Spotify lady was going to talk to me again. It wasn't a number I recognised but I picked it up anyway in case it was something important but I am half expecting it to be a cold caller. "Hello?" I hear a voice say, "Hey, who's this?" I reply. "It's Morgan, is this Phoenix?"

This is a weird surprise.

"I was wondering if you want to take the train up here and I'll pick you up from the station and you can surprise Jake? It'll be on Friday when it's his last full day here because I know he wanted some alone time to think things through but I've seen how much he's missing you Phoenix. What do you say?" I think for a while, weighing up the pros and cons, before replying "It's a plan."

In two days I'm going to be making my way to go see him again. It's been five days without him and I can't wait to get to hold him close again. Let's hope I don't blab to him about this accidentally. Speaking of the devil, my phone pings and it's a text from him. 'I miss you, three days to go x.' I feel my cheeks heat up and I reply quickly before putting my music on again and getting back to work with a heavy sigh. Remind me never to let my place get this messy ever again please.

I'm finally finished cleaning and it's now time for me to go to work. By chance I'm not working on Saturday or Sunday so I can go and see Jake and Morgan either way but I'm working the late shift tonight so as much as exhaustion wants to take over right now, it can't. And that is a sad time.

Work was hard as always, I either need to find a new job or just suck it up at this point. Oh how I wish to live in the countryside worry free with my lover living our best life. But this is the twenty first century and for me to be able to afford a cottage in the countryside and a decent retirement fund, I'm going to have to work until I'm eighty which doesn't leave me with much time to relax and enjoy my life.

Jake texted me a few times when I was at work and it took every muscle in my body to not tell him I'm going to come see him. I'm still on the fence about this whole thing, he went back home to think things through and to decide what he was going to do for his future. I just hope he's worked some stuff out but I know this time away from him has made me realise I'd love for him to be in my future, but it depends on his plans because it takes two to want a relationship of any kind.

I don't know if I'm more exhausted from working or from worrying about Jake and thinking things through myself. But either way, as soon as I got home from work I hit the hay after eating a small dinner.