DarkofNight
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- Joined
- Dec 17, 2016
His phone pinged with a message. Rob put the mop to one side and reached for the phone left sitting on the kitchen counter, playing music to try and keep him motivated and moving. "We're on our way with Riley!" the message from his mother said. That meant he was running out of time.
He was three years older than his little sister. He went to college right away, and was considering grad school now that he was getting set to graduate next year. His little sister Riley had just finished high school and had applied to the same school he went to. Their parents of course were elated, as that meant their kids were only a little over an hour away when it came time to visit and moreover, they could visit both of them at once. And then came the reason he was spending his Saturday morning cleaning fervently and with exacting effort. His parents had been helping him out with rent for the last couple of years. His father offered to sweeten the deal, pay his rent and utilities outright, as long as he let Riley live with him.
And yeah, Rob saw his point. She was his little sister, so 'protect' mode was default. She was going to be infinitely safer living with her older brother than she would be even in an all-girl dormitory. Realistically, in another year or so if Riley wanted to move out of the dorms and get an apartment, it was still cheaper than helping both of them with rent on separate apartments. It made sense, in a lot of different ways. Rob couldn't say no. The arrangement was going to make his life much easier in some respects and more complicated in others. He could cut back on the hours he was working for one, spend more time focusing on studying and enjoying himself.
On the other hand, he could hardly bring home a one-night stand with his own little sister living in the same apartment, could he? Not that that kind of thing happened very often. Maybe twice in the last three years, but a guy could hope right? On a similar front, there was an additional plus to moving up to college when he did. Riley had been growing up. She had always been pretty as a child, but around the time Rob was headed off to college, she was getting into high school and really growing up. "Cute" and "pretty" started getting replaced with "gorgeous" and "hot" and more than one of Rob's friends got a quick jab on the chin as a warning, but it wasn't as if Rob hadn't noticed too. At least at college, he didn't have the daily reminders about how attractive his sister was, even though when they did see each other every couple of months, he was inevitably astonished that she kept getting better and better looking. Now he had signed himself up for daily exclusive reminders of that fact.
That was a distant worry of course. Getting Riley moved into the apartment was the mission today. Their father had sent Rob money ahead of time to get her some furniture. Rob had bought a set secondhand from someone who was graduating and moving out of town, he figured he would give Riley what was left over in case she had any surprise expenses. Now their mother and father were on their way up with Riley and a car full of her stuff. And that was the source of worry for Rob, and what motivated him to be up at the crack of dawn making sure the apartment was spotless.
He hated to admit it but the last thing he wanted was to deal with his mother giving him the business for not keeping his household absolutely pristine and spotless, and that happened every time she came for a visit and he didn't go into absolutely exacting detail to make sure everything was perfectly cleaned the way she did at her own house. He returned to mopping, less than an hour now before Riley and their parents got here.
He was three years older than his little sister. He went to college right away, and was considering grad school now that he was getting set to graduate next year. His little sister Riley had just finished high school and had applied to the same school he went to. Their parents of course were elated, as that meant their kids were only a little over an hour away when it came time to visit and moreover, they could visit both of them at once. And then came the reason he was spending his Saturday morning cleaning fervently and with exacting effort. His parents had been helping him out with rent for the last couple of years. His father offered to sweeten the deal, pay his rent and utilities outright, as long as he let Riley live with him.
And yeah, Rob saw his point. She was his little sister, so 'protect' mode was default. She was going to be infinitely safer living with her older brother than she would be even in an all-girl dormitory. Realistically, in another year or so if Riley wanted to move out of the dorms and get an apartment, it was still cheaper than helping both of them with rent on separate apartments. It made sense, in a lot of different ways. Rob couldn't say no. The arrangement was going to make his life much easier in some respects and more complicated in others. He could cut back on the hours he was working for one, spend more time focusing on studying and enjoying himself.
On the other hand, he could hardly bring home a one-night stand with his own little sister living in the same apartment, could he? Not that that kind of thing happened very often. Maybe twice in the last three years, but a guy could hope right? On a similar front, there was an additional plus to moving up to college when he did. Riley had been growing up. She had always been pretty as a child, but around the time Rob was headed off to college, she was getting into high school and really growing up. "Cute" and "pretty" started getting replaced with "gorgeous" and "hot" and more than one of Rob's friends got a quick jab on the chin as a warning, but it wasn't as if Rob hadn't noticed too. At least at college, he didn't have the daily reminders about how attractive his sister was, even though when they did see each other every couple of months, he was inevitably astonished that she kept getting better and better looking. Now he had signed himself up for daily exclusive reminders of that fact.
That was a distant worry of course. Getting Riley moved into the apartment was the mission today. Their father had sent Rob money ahead of time to get her some furniture. Rob had bought a set secondhand from someone who was graduating and moving out of town, he figured he would give Riley what was left over in case she had any surprise expenses. Now their mother and father were on their way up with Riley and a car full of her stuff. And that was the source of worry for Rob, and what motivated him to be up at the crack of dawn making sure the apartment was spotless.
He hated to admit it but the last thing he wanted was to deal with his mother giving him the business for not keeping his household absolutely pristine and spotless, and that happened every time she came for a visit and he didn't go into absolutely exacting detail to make sure everything was perfectly cleaned the way she did at her own house. He returned to mopping, less than an hour now before Riley and their parents got here.