Thank you for reading my story, I hope that you enjoy it. Love Mica xx, Yorkshire England.
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I apologise for any typo errors in my story - I edit these myself, and I'm not perfect...
I was going to university in Birmingham to read catering with a minor in hospitality. Mum and Dad were not sure about me being so far from home, but I wasn't worried, I was over 18, I knew about life, and life in Brum could be good. But no, they were worried.
Mum's Dad lived in Birmingham in a place called Kings Heath, they spoke on the phone and it was all arranged. Rather than live in digs or student accommodation, I would stay at Grandpa's as he had a spare room. Mum and Dad would give him some money to cover the extra food costs, and they would be happy that I would be safe.
I was unsure, would he cramp things? I didn't know. I had intended to have a degree of freedom and enjoy life whilst I was at Uni, I had no idea how much freedom gramps would give me.
We drove down, that was a four hour drive, time taken from my life that I wouldn't get back. The M62, the M1, the M42, all boring motorways interspersed with road works that didn't have any workers but caused miles of delay. Perhaps I should have studied civil infrastructure instead.
At Gramps, Mum hugged him and Dad shook his hand and gave him an awkward man hug. I just gave him a cuddle and in we went. I took all my stuff in from the car and then Dad said he would go to the chippie and get our lunch. Gramps showed me my room and he gave me a front door key on a chain that I could hang around my neck. How quaint.
Mum helped me carry my stuff up into my new home for the next three years, apart from out of term time when I would go back home to Yorkshire. Dad returned and we all gathered around the table and divvied up fish, chips, peas and curry sauce and bread cakes onto plates. Gramps got salt and vinegar from the cupboard and forks from the drawer.
God, they had left the skin on the fish, and they hadn't been cooked in beef dripping. I was going to struggle with these strange brummie fish and chips. The curry sauce was good though. I wasn't sure about the mushy peas, they looked almost fluorescent green, bizarre. After we had eaten and Gramps had gathered up the wrapping paper and tidied it into the wheelie bin outside, Mum and Dad gave hugs and said farewell and they were gone.
"Well, that was a flying visit," Gramps said.
"Er yes, the traffic was awful coming here, and they hate driving in the dark." I said.
"So, it wasn't something I said, or didn't say then?"
"Ha ha, goodness no."
"I did expect them to stay a bit longer, your Mum and I used to be really close, today she felt a bit distant."
I put my arms around him and gave him a cuddle. "Well, I am here now Gramps, let's not worry about those that aren't." He smiled.
"I'm going to go and unpack my stuff Gramps if that is okay."
"Of course it is Ashley. Come and go as you want, as you need. Let me know when you will be in for food, and if you are staying out, just so I don't waste food, and can lock the door when I go to bed. That's all."
"Thanks Gramps. I probably won't be staying out for a while yet, I don't know anyone, I only got here today, and food the same, assume I am here, unless I say not."
"I tend to get most of my shopping delivered once a week from Waitrose, so, when you're ready, we'll do a home shop and you can select stuff that you like, okay?"
"Yes Gramps."
I went upstairs to my room and started to unpack my clothes and get them put away. I would need to find out what Gramps did about laundry. I wasn't bothered about him seeing my underwear, but I needed to know that he knew how to wash it and things like that.
After my clothes were away and my other bits and pieces sorted, then moved, then moved again, then finagled to where they actually would work for me, I decided on grabbing a shower. I stripped, put my robe on and then went to the bathroom to decipher the shower. It turned out to be easy, it was electric and it was either soft rain or blast your wig off power, and at either bloody hot or tepid in terms of temperature.
I had it on bloody hot and power and pretty much scalded and blasted away any dirt that may have dared to reside on my body. Pink and tingling I got out of the shower and patted myself dry and wandered back to my room, wet towel on the towel rail. I would talk to Gramps later about how he wanted to deal with towels.
At home we pretty much left towels to dry on the towel rail and Mum washed them every couple of weeks or so. The theory being that all they did was get wet after we had cleaned ourselves. Be interesting to see Gramps take on it.
I lay on my bed and scrolled through some reels and was just almost in a world of my own, I vaguely heard a tap on my door. Then my door opened a little and Gramps poked his head through.
"Oh goodness Ashley, sorry, I just wanted to know what you wanted to do about tea."
"Oh yes, sorry Gramps," I realised I was naked and Gramps had just had a bit of an eyeful. Well, it is going to happen, I know dad had an eyeful more than once at home. "Let me get dressed and I will pop down."
"Okay sweetheart,' Gramps said from behind my bedroom door.
I threw some knickers on, and then a long shirt and went down to the kitchen where Gramps was pottering around.
"I am so sorry Ashley," Gramps said, "I knocked and didn't get an answer."
I went over and gave him a cuddle. "Gramps, don't worry, things like that are going to happen whilst we live under the same roof. It's no biggy, you knocked first, you did nothing wrong," I gave him a kiss on his cheek then stepped back.
"Now, what did you want to see me about?"
"Tea what are we going to do for tea?"
"Well we had a biggish lunch compliments of Dad, so, I don't really need another big tea. Soup perhaps?"