Inseparable

I finished picking up the last pair of pants off the ground and threw it in the washing machine, kicking the door shut with my foot. The machine rattled and creaked as it started spinning, and I turned the light off in the laundry room.

Over the past week, I've busied myself by cleaning around the apartment. Leah would be returning home soon from her parents and she was a stickler for a clean house. Anything that was on the ground was either thrown away or stuffed into the washing machine. The only thing that took my mind off of him was cleaning so I indulged in it.

I plopped down on the couch and scrolled through the TV channels as a distraction. Since it was 2 weeks before Christmas, they were showing sappy romantic movies that my family and I used to watch every night. I stopped on A Christmas Carol and settled back in the couch, taking a swig of peppermint schnapps to get festive.

Somehow, I managed to get a job downtown at a coffee shop part time in between classes. I also enrolled in college online so I could have more free time since I was skipping class almost every day. It's also easier since I don't have to leave the house.

My phone buzzed on the table, a text from Harry. I clicked in the pass code and smiled at his message.

From: Harry :)
Okay, I have a knock knock joke for you.

To: Harry :)
Shoot.

From: Harry :)
Knock Knock

To: Harry :)
Who's there?

From: Harry :)
Yaw

To: Harry :)
Yaw-who?

From: Harry :)
Sorry I only use Google.

I stared at his text for five seconds before it hit me.

To: Harry :)
I'm breaking up with you.

From: Harry :)
What? Why?

To: Harry :)
I need someone who has good knock knock jokes.

From: Harry :)
Well I can't help that you don't have a sense of humor.

I shook my head at him and set my phone down. A few seconds later, it started ringing and Harry's picture popped up on the screen.

"Hey, babe." I could hear him smiling.

"Hey."

"What time is it there?" I craned my neck and looked at the clock.

"Almost midnight." I was tired but I would stay up all night to talk to him.

"Why don't you go to bed?"

"Because I'm talking to you."

"Well then stop talking to me and go to bed." Before I could say anything, the call ended. He hung up on me! I went to angrily dial his number but he stopped me with a text.

From: Harry :)
Stop being mad. Go to sleep, love <3

To: Harry :)
Goodnight.

Notes

Sorry it's been so long :/ More updates to follow sometime this week.