The House-Guest pt. 2

“What!?” yelled Jenny in shock and surprise. “This is my apartment, you can’t just move in here. I live on my own!”
For a few seconds they both just stood there. Even after Jenny had said this, Phil still stood there smiling.

“…and anyway,” continued Jenny, “you live with mom and dad.”
“HA!” laughed Phil. “Not anymore they kicked me out. So i need to move in here. Please! I am your brother!"
"Very well then," sighed Jenny
They walked into the house, and Phil looked around at the decorations.
“I have some very strict rules that you will follow, unless you want to end up in the street.”
Phil turned around, “look I don’t want to be here any more than you want me to.”
Jenny ignored him and continued talking.
“Rule one; you are a guest, which means you get the guest room. I won’t go in there, if you won’t go in my room.”
She pointed him in the direction of the two rooms. Phil rolled his eyes as he saw how much smaller the guest room was compared to Jenny’s room.

“Rule two; I go shopping once a week, no more. If you want food to last the whole week, then have as few snacks as possible. If we run out before the end of the week, I’m not buying you any food.”
“Rule three;"

"I insist that you get a job. You will be paying me rent because I can’t afford to keep two people in a small house. I don’t earn as much as you’d think in one week.”
“Rule four; I won’t be like dad, but don’t play your guitar too loud or too late.”
But with this Jenny had crossed the line.

“Now hold on a minute! You can’t stop me from playing my guitar. It’s my only outlet. It’s my only way to truly express myself!”
Jenny looked confused at how much Phil seemed to be obsessed with his instrument. Phil noticed this, so tried to explain some more.
“It’s like the best friend you can have; it helps you when you’re stressed out.”
“You have a girlfriend!” Jennifer reminded him. “Girlfriends and boyfriends are for getting you through rough times and talking to you!”
“Yeah, but do guitars stab you in the back, cheat on you or go too far?” asked Phil angrily.
At this Jenny was shocked.
“Are you saying that your girlfriend cheated on you?”
Phil was taken aback.
“What? No! She…” he ran out of anything to say.
There was a silence which was eventually broken by Jenny. She knew not to butt too far into Phil’s private life.
“So do you understand the rules?”
“Yeah… I’m going into my room. I wanna get a bit of practice.”
Jenny sighed. She never expected to have a house-mate. Especially her brother! She fell onto the sofa and put on the cooking channel. She needed a distraction. And at the moment the cooking channel was the only thing.