Just The Two Of Us

1. Busy Days

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

You groan as you reach for your alarm clock. "Its 6 am already??" You mumble to yourself and yawn as you attempt to not wake your boyfriend up. You turn over to give him a kiss only to realize that he is not next to you. "Matt??" you spoke, wondering where he went.

You hear his voice in the bathroom, so you step out of bed and make your way over to him. "I miss you, don't worry it'll all work out." You furrowed your eyebrows at that, pondering over who he can be speaking to at six in the morning. Before you are able to question any further, Matt walks out of the bathroom only to find you standing in front of the door.

"Hey babe, Good Morning." he says with a smile, pressing a kiss on your cheek.

"Hey who was that on the phone?" You ask.

"What do you mean??" He adds, a confused expression on his face.

"You were on the phone, I heard you talking to someone." Taking a moment to respond to your statement.

"Oh!" He exclaims. "Sorry, I was just talking to my mom, might go visit her soon."

"Ah, got it, tell her hi for me next time she calls. We should definitely visit, it's been a while." You tell him.

He nods as you walk past him into the bathroom.

-

You hadn't seen Matt's mother in over a year, you thought, brushing your teeth over the sink. You have always gotten along well with her and it would be nice to go see her some time.

You and Matt have been together for five years, and have been living together for two.  You've known Matt practically your whole life, you grew up in the same neighborhood, played at each others houses, went to school together. He was your best friend and you were his. Eventually, you both couldn't fight the connection you both shared and started dating senior year of high school and have been with each other ever since.

"Okay.. and perfect!" you cried, getting your eyeliner on point and looking sharp. "Today is gonna be a good day." You smile, proclaiming your daily mantra to yourself as you gaze into the mirror. Although you do tell yourself it everyday, you had a gut feeling that today was truly going to be a good day.

Usually, you enjoy walking on your way to work. You appreciated the beautiful scenery, the crisp air and overall, it was a very soothing way to start your day. In an unfortunate turn of events that morning, you lost track of time getting yourself ready and to make matters worse, it was raining.

"Babe, do you mind if I borrow your car to go to work today?" You ask him with pleading eyes, hoping he would say yes.

"Not today baby, i'm gonna be needing the car." he responded with a blank look on his face.

You stepped closer to him as he poured his coffee into the mug. "Well if I cant borrow the car, can you at least do me the favor of dropping me of? Come on, it's pouring and I don't want to step in a puddle and ruin my shoes."

"Sorry babe, I cant. You know I've got a busy day today." He says, taking a sip out of his cup. He sizes you up and down "Why don't you wear a different pair of shoes? Boom problem solved."

You pursed your lips. "You seem to be having an awful lot of busy days lately Matt." you scoffed with an attitude.

You grabbed the umbrella and your coat and as you're making your way to the door you hear Matt say "Aw come on baby, don't be like that. You kno-" you cut him off by shutting the door behind you not wanting to hear his bullshit excuse.

Just as you power walk through puddles you cant help but think, when did your relationship with Matt start to shift. Lately he's been distant and quiet. You cant even remember when was the last time you guys had went out on a date where you didn't argue with each other.  It's been a little over three months since you've guys had sex. Your mind starts to wonder off assuming the worse. You immediately stop those negative thoughts. "Theres no way he would be a dog and cheat on me. He wouldn't just throw away a five year relationship. Right?" you mumble to yourself feeling your nose sting from the tears prickling onto your eyes.

You take a deep breath and remember that today will be a good day. Except your morning has been kinda shit so far. But there's still hope you tell yourself.

"WHAT??" you yelled into your telephone answering whoever was calling.

"Well shit, what the hell is up your ass this morning?" Your brother responds with a chuckle.

"Mikey? Why are you calling me this early? Hell, why are you even calling me at all?" You ask him with a perplexed expression on your face.

Your brother rarely ever calls. You and Mikey don't have a tight bond, so you're curious as to why he's calling you. You both usually see each other over the holidays, briefly catch up, then go your separate ways.

"Little sister Im not surprised you're not aware, you cant ever keep up. Anyhoo, you have to come pick me up at the airport tomorrow." Mikey said nonchalant as if you knew exactly what he was talking about.

"Airport? Is there a holiday coming up or something?" You ask him having no idea what's going on.

"Um no... Mom said she called you three times. Did you not check your phone? Or?" Mikey responds.

You pull the phone away from your ear to look at your notifications. Yup you've got a couple of missed calls from your mom. You did hear your phone ring a couple times but you weren't in the mood to answer any phone calls at the moment. Thank God Mikey was the one who was calling when you picked up the phone. Just imagine it had been your mother who heard you pick up the way you did with Mikey. You would never hear the end of it.

"Oh shit, she did call. I was just so focused trying to avoid puddles trying to make it to work on time. Give me the run down." You tell him preparing for what he's about to say.

"Do you remember the Altman family? They lived a couple houses down from us." Mikey said while he's stuffing food in his face.

"Yeah, I remember them. What about them?" You ask curiously wondering where this phone call is going.

"Sadly, Mr. Altman passed away. Mom would like for us to attend the funeral because she feels Mrs. Altman and her children could really use the support. Also, it would be cool to see my boy Phillip." He says smiling knowing the name would make you cringe, and it indeed made you cringe.

"That's horrible, I guess the Altman's could use our support. They were there for us when.. d-dad passed." You stuttered with a frown.

"Yeah I guess." Mikey responds.

You could hear him let out a long exhale, then awkward silence creeping up.

Breaking the silence "So t-tomorrow around 1-1:30 I'll be landing." Mikey says.

"Oh ok yeah, just send me a text with the info. I'm walking into work right now and I seem to be running late. Bye!" You hang up the phone before letting your brother respond.

PHEW.

You let out a long breath. "Phillip Altman! NOO!" you thought to yourself.

"A good day huh? Not so sure about that anymore." you whispered to yourself.