Spring Cleaning
"Goddammit!" I growled, throwing down my pen angrily. "Home alone for the whole weekend and stuck doing fricken' homework!"
It wasn't fair. My parents and sister had gone to a convention for the whole weekend and left me at home. Normally, I would be fine with that, but this time I wasn't. I had been working my butt off to get my assignments in and I still wasn't finished. Out of four, I had done two, was almost finished one and halfway through the other.
But that wasn't all. As well as finishing my assignments, I had to clean the entire house. That included windows, floors, washing and mowing. Just say it was my punishment for being allowed to stay home. I mean, I did have a life!
I rubbed my eyes slowly and picked up my pen, refocusing on the booklet I was filling out. There was still so much to do... and it was the Sunday afternoon. My parents would be back in six hours and I couldn't have the house clean by then.
I felt him moving up behind me before he spoke.
"Stressed again?" Todd asked, spinning my chair around so I faced him. "It's clear you need me."
"Are you kidding?" I raised an eyebrow. "I can't survive without you."
He sniggered and rolled his shoulders back, turning as he surveyed my room.
"It's a pigsty in here," he declared.
"I know," I sighed, "and there's nothing I can do about it because I have to finish this."
Todd leaned forward and kissed my forehead. Immediately I began to feel tired.
"Just leave it to me, darling," he whispered.
I woke up with a yawn and checked the time. Oh dear. I had been asleep for an hour and my family would be back in a few hours. Now, thanks to my nap, there was absolutely no time to do both things.
"Ahem."
I looked up and saw that my room was perfectly clean. Standing up, I walked through the house, gaping at how shiny and new everything looked.
"You did this, didn't you, Todd," I grinned. I couldn't see him, but I knew that he had cleaned the house for me, leaving me free to do my assignments until my family came home.
"Spring cleaning, darling," he whispered into my ear, "early spring cleaning."
