[M]y high-school sweetheart[F] ‘came’ home for the holidays [mf] (Part 2)

Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/gonewildstories/comments/r90zqf/my_highschool_sweetheartf_came_home_for_the/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Emily and I were jolted suddenly awake by my phone slamming on the floor. Apparently it had vibrated itself off the nightstand while ringing. I sat bolt upright, one arm around Emily and my body covering hers from the entrance,  my other hand instinctively clenched in a fist and my eyes locked on the door.

Briefly panicked I realised it was just my phone, I climbed out of bed to pick it up from the floor, and sat back down next to Emily. She smiled at me and said hoarsely “you’re so overprotective”. I grinned back at her before checking my phone, it was work.

“Why the fuck are they ringing me on my day off” I grumbled, Emily suddenly stirred fully awake, obviously not wanting me to be called in today. After a few minutes of conversation on the phone I discovered that work was calling me in, but, in return for a 12 hour shift today, I would get Christmas day off (I’m a chef by trade, and my work is open 365 days a year).

[M]y high-school sweetheart[F] ‘came’ home for the holidays [mf]

It was a cold night in December, my high school sweetheart had come back from College, she was staying the week with me, leaving boxing day night. She had arrived that morning, so eager to spend time together but she had to go and see family, and I had work, so we kissed goodbye and then met back up at home, I drew her a nice hot bath, add in some bubbles, a rose soap, and a bottle of her favourite wine- and then I got to the real work.

Half an hour later I had everything I needed laid out.

And then it all went wrong. I’d turned on the radiator, only to realise it wasn’t working. Fast forward five minutes and there I was with a spanner, checking every valve and every inch of the pipe to make sure it wasn’t cracked or rusting, I was just contemplating checking the boiler so I could bleed the entire system when the door slid open, Emily was out of her bath faster than usual.