Gray Strangers

Chapter 4

el's p.o.v: I wake up at 5:21 am it was still dark out it would begin to start showing light at 6:00 am it seemed Allen had already left i could see the note on the table i threw the blankets off me and  got up from the couch and walked into the dining room and picked up the note and read it: dear el I was called into work early this morning  breakfast is in the oven please make sure to finish all your chore today and for the love of God don't call my workplace remember I gave you my cell only use it if there's an emergency . looks like he still didn't fully trust me I guess I couldn't expect a change overnight he only just started talking to me I guess I should be happy that's more then I'm asking for at this point . "alright time to get to work this floor is going to be so clean he'll be able to see his reflection in it!" I go into the hall closet and grab the mop and a bucket and some rubber cleaning gloves, I go back into the kitchen go over to the sink turn on the faucet  and fill the bucket up with hot water and soap then I turn off the water and grab the bucket and set it down carefully on the floor and grab the mop and put it in the bucket the to get it wet and then take it back out , and start mopping the floor the kitchen was big but because it was in more of a circle shape it would be a quick clean, i wish he would let me in the kitchen more often I'd like to be able to help him when he's cooking or maybe have him teach me how  to cook myself so that way we can take turns cooking I think that would be a very fair idea to suggest . *sigh* " I wonder if maybe we could go out and do something I don't like being confined to the house he's being just like mike and hopper were ... it's so unfair no one here knows me so why do I have to stay in here anyway what is his reason for keeping me here I know hopper's reason was to keep me safe from the bad people, I'm not really sure what mike's reason was, now that I'm thinking about mike its really hard to keep up a long-distance relationship I don't know how Dustin did it with his girlfriend I wish I could ask him for some advice right about now.  I finish up the kitchen and move onto the common room which was a little bigger than the kitchen it had 3 chairs a coffee table a nightstand in between the two blue and green chairs, a bookshelf filled with nicknacks the first shelf had a blue vase that was decorated with speckles, there was also a blue plate with a gold star and a brown box with a plant sitting on top of it I was kind of curious to know what was in the box but I might get into trouble if I opened it and the last items on the shelf were four books they were piano books, below the shelf was a painting of an old farmhouse and a nice sitting are within the shelving unit off to the left of the shelving unit was an old brown rustic dresser, a mirror and a little set of Jesus and the last supper . I wiped it down with some Clorox and sprayed the mirror with Windex and wiped  it down I moved over to the other shelving unit the first shelf only had one item on it it was another big blue vase with speckles under the shelf was a big pot of beautiful red flowers and one piano book sitting next to it the title was " Motzart's greatest classics " on the shelf   the flower pot was another shelf full of books. I finished with the common room and went back into the living room, " I wonder if Allen's off work yet it's already getting late maybe I should call him just to be on the safe side" one ring ....two rings ... 3 rings it beeped and went silent, silent I hope he's alright.

allen's p.o.v. : I was working a homicide case today trying to figure out the reason for the killing of this person half my team was already gone in a highspeed chase in pursuit of the killer while the rest of the team and I try to figure out why, when, and what for it was getting late and we were all tired all we could really do is call it a night and head home and pick it up again tomorrow let's just hope the guy's persuing the killer had better luck than we did, I walked over to my car and opened the door sliding into the drivers seat and closing the door I put the key into the ignition and started the car it was now 10:12 pmI checked my phone and noticed I had one missed call from el I guess she must have been wondering were I was I pulled away from the sidewalk and took off down the street a few hours into my drive I finally turned onto 301 Roscoe BLVD, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 32082  I stopped at the gate and pulled the remote out from the center consel and pressed the button to open the gate I pulled into the driveway and parked the car taking the keys out of the ignition and getting out of the car I close the door behind me. I walk up to the stone pathway onto the porch and to the double doors I stand there for a moment thinking about how I used to share this house with my uncle and father I unlock the door and open it up walking  inside I put the keys in a bowl that's sitting next to the door " hey el I'm home what did you want to talk about that you had to call me at work I thought I told you that the cell is used for emergency calls only *sigh*" I walk into the living room and see she was already asleep on  the couch the i***t forgot to put her blanket on though, I walk over and bend down picking up the blanket, getting back up I put the blanket over her so she won't be cold tonight. " i***t girl forgetting to put your blanket on it's supposed to be damn near freezing tonight does she plan on freezing tonight or what?" *I can't stress myself over this I went upstairs and into my bedroom, I didn't feel like stressing over someone I hardly knew and I needed my rest for tomorrow's investigation.*