"Hello um yes, um..." I struggle to get any words out due to my nervousness, Phil then grips around the phone and nods to me, gesturing that he will do the talking since I'm just incapable at the moment.
"Hello sorry for that, um yes we would like to report a robbery, yes of course..." Phil walks away and his voice gets fainter as he starts giving the address for my apartment. Butterflies are swarming through my stomach and I think the worry shows on my face as Dan sympathetically walks over and hugs me with a warm and friendly hug.
"Phil will probably have to give you the phone for you to answer questions because it was your apartment, but if you get scared or nervous, just breath, they will be patient with you, just try and collect your thoughts into a jar in your mind" Dan says with his hands gripped tight on my shoulders, his advice is bold in my mind and the thoughts are now in a imaginary glass jar.
"Thanks for the advice, really" I say with a hopefully kind smile and he loosens his hands off my shoulders and his arms fall back to his side.
I turn and sump into the black sofa and try to figure out what to do next. I notice im starting to feel hot so i look at the brown hair band fitted on my wrist and take it off and pull my blonde messy curls into a rough pony tail, this immediately releases a lot of heat cased at the back of my neck by my hair. Next thing, I decide to face the part I've dreaded the most, calling my parents. I take a deep sigh and take my phone out of my pocket and slide the unlock button. I start walking to the bathroom and I search through the contacts and find 'Home', they will definitely be home I remember as I try to find an excuse not to call them at this specific time, but I can't find any. I sit on the toilet seat and press 'call'.
*2 HOURS LATER*
The call to my mum and dad was a struggle, tears were shed and angry voices boomed down the phone. After explaining all that had happened, even about Phil after me, it gave them relief when I told them about the new arrangements Phil and Dan had proposed to me. They kept throwing questions at me after a minute of calling them, 'Why didn't you lock the door?!' and 'Who do you think we are, millionaires? We can't get the money for all the stuff back!" and that was just after giving the brief storyline.
In the end they were calm and we agreed that I would stay with Phil and try and find a job as soon as possible so I can pay Dan and Phil rent and for food, even though they said not to bother, it wouldn't be fair, letting me stay is enough, im not letting them let me eat their food and use their water for free as well.
After the phone call I had to talk to a police officer on the phone and they are coming over for a proper interview in an hour, luckily I didn't have to speak to much as Phil had already given most of the information.
After all the major priorities are done, I relax my tense shoulders as Phil brings me a cup of steaming tea with a bright smile and we sit on the sofa, legs and arms touching.
"See everything's going to be fine, after the police arrive, you...we will give as much information as we can and we let them do their thing and find the asshole that did it, everything can go back to normal." Phil says convincingly nudging my shoulder with his. I smile back blushing a little bit just by seeing his beautiful grin.
"Yeah, i hope." I look at him smiling back hoping what he said is true, we hold a uninterrupted stare for what seems like forever until a hard knock makes us jump, for some unexpected reason the police has turned up early.
"Remember Alex, breath" Phil says to me as he shuffles to the door.
"AND COLLECT THE THOUGHTS IN A JAR" I hear Dan shout from behind his closed bedroom door, it makes me giggle and i push myself out of the sofa and pull my jumper down that has risen a little bit.
"Hello madam" a tall muscular police officer in his uniform says with his hand out as he walks into the living room with his co-worker and Phil trailing in behind him.
"Hi" I say nervously shaking his hand with a kind smile.
"Would you like to sit down?" Phil says innocently gesturing towards the breakfast bar with two seats either side. The police officer and his co-worker sit on side and I and Phil sit the opposite side.
"So, we must get right to it, we have a lot of cases to get to today, so im just going to ask you a series of questions while my co-worker writes the down, please me as honest and give as much details as possible, it makes out job of finding the criminal easier. Oh and im John and my co-worker here is David."
"Im Phil and this is Alex" Phil says for us and we both smile.
"Ok so when did you first know about this incident, if you could give us a specific time frame". I suddenly feel anxious with the 2 pair of eyes staring at me and Phil turned to me, all my thoughts have flew out of the jar, but suddenly Phil tightly but re-assumingly grabs my wrist, and my words, he right words begin to flow out.
*HALF AN HOUR LATER*
"Ok thank you guys, we appreciate both of your co-operation, we just have one more question before we can start the investigation fully, do you know anyone that might be worth questioning, you know, someone who might have it in for you, dont worry we won't mention you saying anything about them" With Phil's hand now gripped in mine, I think about this question thoroughly, the other questions were easy to answer, but this one could be the difference between justice or not.
I haven't lived in London that long, and while I've been here, i haven't had much time to socialize...well apart from on Tumblr but no one knows anything about where I live, apart from that I live in England, I haven't talked to anyone much, and anyone i have it was a brief friendly conversation. Now i think about it, Phil and Dan are about my only friends here, I have a view close friends where I used to live, but they dont keep in contact much anymore, and even if they did want to wreck my apartment, between the time period that i left the apartment alone, they wouldn't have got there.
"No, I have a few close friends back where I used to live, but I haven't talked to them in ages and even if they did want to wreck my apartment, between the time period I left the apartment alone hey wouldn't have got here. The last time i talked to them we left in a really good note, so they wouldn't do that, and apart from that, no one."
The police officers looked at me as if I was hiding something even though i wasn't.
"Are you sure no one around here would, anyone ...close" at this point his eyes wonder to Phil and then towards the door of Dans room.
"No, I dont have any friends here, and I've only just made friends with these guys, I've been with Phil the whole time and even though Dan definitely wouldn't anyway, he doesn't know me well enough for him to have a motive, im sure i can think of no one".
I turn to Phil and he seemed a little bit angry at the police officers suggestions.
"Ok, thank you for your time, we will need to take hold of your apartment, we will contact the owner of the apartment block and take care of it all, but you cannot access any of it for any circumstances, anything still in pieces and that isn't evidence, we will give to you, we will let you know of any updates. Take care." The police officer got up putting on his hat and his co-worker doing the same will tucking his notepad and pencil into his pocket and they walked to the door while Phil rushed ahead and opened it for them.
"Thank you so much" Phil politely said, they waved with a smile and as soon as the door clicked when it closed, we let out a huge deep breath we held in.
"Wow that was tense, haha, Im really tired, do you want to go to sleep?" Phil questions me, now i think about it; I do feel like I should call it a night, it's been an eventful day.
"Yeah i could do with some sleep...Can i use your bathroom?" I ask.
"Yeah of course, just use the one in my room, I'll pick out some clothes for you to where and a duvet and pillow...Is the sofa ok?" Phil said this slightly awkwardly.
"Yeah that's fine" I said with a smile to know I dont feel awkward.
I went into his white bathroom and looked in the clear mirror and I didn't like the view. The under of my eyes were a horrible grey, my makeup had smudged a little and you could probably make a birds nest out of my hair.
I take out my hair and brush it thoroughly so it was easy to run through with a brush of Phil's laying on the sink, and i washed my make up off with water.
I open the door and I see some clothes laid out on the bed, some Muppet PJ bottoms and a black Muse top.
"I hope those are ok, they are probably a bit big but..."
"No, they are really nice, thanks, I really appreciate it" I walk up to Phil and pull him into a tight hug; he wraps his arms back around me and pulls me as close as he can.
"I'll be back in a minute" Phil says muffling into my shoulder as he walks out into the hallway closing the door behind him.
I get changed and look into the long mirror on the front of his wooden wardrobe. The t-shirt is a little baggy and the bottom of the bottoms are probably going to make me trip over, but I didn't care because it's like a permanent hug from Phil, they smelt of him, I prefer that smell over anything.
"I walk into the living room and Phil shoots around and starts giggling.
"Awww you look so cute" this makes me blush and as I walk towards him to playfully hit him on the shoulder, I trip over, but I expect the hard wooden floor hitting me and a few bruises at the end, but instead it's a warm embrace and the smell of Phil as he catches me.
"Careful" I hear as i look up directly as him leaning over me his eyes glassy and glistening.
I get up and he smoothly strokes the duvet out and plumps the white pillow.
"Your bed waits" Phil says in an old English accent.
"Thank you Phillip, kind regards" I say back doing the same making a snobby face. We both laugh and he holds up the duvet for me, I jump in and hes lay the duvet on me slowly, looking into my eyes the whole time, and I do the same.
"Good night cutie" Phil says cheekily winking at me, I know im now a deep shade of red.
"Dont let the bed bugs bite" I say playfully back.
*AUTHORS NOTE" Hey I hope you enjoy this chapter, sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes, ages ago I accidently but 'i' into add dictionary so it doesnt change to 'I', so sometimes it wont say 'I'. I kind of rushed this one because I needed to get it done, but I will take more time with the next chapter. :D I hope you enjoy it! :D Once again comments appreciated, no hate but I dont mind constructive critisism. :D