Cheated (Phan)

Chapter 10

"Phil!" I heard my mother yell from downstairs, startling me out of my daydream.

I heaved myself out of my desk chair and leaned over the banister to look at her upside down, for once not having stray strands of hair from my fringe obstructing my view.

"Yes?"

She looked up from her handbag and chuckled when she saw me, shaking her head a little.

"And they say they stop acting like children once they get to their teenage years," she sighed. "I'm off to work now, so you have the house to yourself till tomorrow morning and you'll need to make yourself dinner. Feel free to invite a few people over but I want the house whole when I get back, ok?"

I smiled to myself at the idea of me throwing a party, but nodded and sent her a little upside down wave. "Have fun at work!"

She grimaced at that and left the house after blowing a kiss in my direction. I wished she didn't have to work so hard, half the time she looked exhausted so I knew how tough some days at the hospital were, though she rarely complained properly. She did like her job, it just tired her out and the patients weren't always very nice to her.

I went back to my room and threw myself back down into my chair, looking down at the undone maths homework spread out in front of me. I'd been just staring at it for close to an hour now, so I decided it wasn't going to happen and gathered all the sheets back into my notebook, snapping it shut and shoving it into the drawer under my desk. I'd panic about it at the very last minute like I usually did, but for now I was going to spend time doing a far more enjoyable kind of nothing.

I grabbed my phone from my nightstand, settling myself in bed to spend several hours scrolling down my tumblr dashboard, but was sidetracked when I saw a new message from Jack at the top of my notifications.

Philly I miss you, come spend time with me :( x

I rolled my eyes at the message but couldn't help grinning stupidly at the sight too. How he still had this effect on me after so much time of knowing each other, I had no idea.

You saw me yesterday you numpty, what do you mean you miss me? :P x

I didn't even get the chance to click on the tumblr app before his reply came through.

Idk I just do, Monday is too far away :( x

I looked at the time and figured it wasn't too late to ask yet, so I crossed my fingers and sent it.

In that case would it be a good time to mention that my mom is on the night shift and that you're welcome to stay over? :) x

He said he'd be there in thirty minutes at most and after a quick glance around my room to confirm the mess was too much to even clear a corner in the next half hour, I happily continued with my original plan of scrolling down tumblr and being generally unproductive.

Twenty minutes later the bell rang and I raced down the stairs to open the door for him, kissing him hello enthusiastically and informing him that he was the only person I'd ever run to the door for, which obviously proved just how committed I was to this whole kind of engagement thing. Jack just rolled his eyes and poked me in the side, reminding me that I'd probably have run twice as fast had it been the pizza delivery guy. He had a point.

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"So when are we cooking dinner?" Jack asked, pausing the film and rolling over onto his stomach to look at me expectantly.

"Look I know that we're technically engaged and all, but are you seriously trying to get me to play house with you?"

He smiled at me widely and asked what I thought of wraps, crawling over and tickling me until I finally gave in and clambered to my feet to head to the kitchen, grumbling loudly about manipulative boyfriends as I went. I changed my mind on the idea of cooking dinner with him quite quickly however, and found it was a great deal more enjoyable when I had someone to wrap their arms around me from behind and place butterfly kisses all over my neck as I stirred the onion into the oil.