Jeremy and Abigail’s lives hadn’t changed too much since Tom had moved in, but both were happy to see him become more himself every day - not afraid to be dating an Alien boy, although no one had any intention of letting Tommy Foxman know about it.
“Dude, did you know?” Tom asked Mars.
“What, that Apollo was going to make a move? Well, yeah. Why do you think I took off? Had to give you space.” Mars’ smirk was all knowing.
“I really appreciate it,” Tom said as he hugged his friend.
“Just, look, you two have to be cool okay. Like we can still hang out like normal, and you can date each other, got it?” Mars insisted.
“For sure,” Tom assured him.
Abigail ran into her brother, Felix, while out grocery shopping.
“What do you need at this hour,” Felix asked, surprised to see her at the shop so late.
“I ran out of rosewater. I was sure I had another bottle, but I don’t. Can’t bake Jeremy’s favourite cookies without it.”
“No. So how’s the job search going?”
“Not well. You’d think someone would give an old woman a chance, but no.”
Felix knew that Abigail wasn’t one to take handouts, so he had no intention of telling her he was going to help. “Email me your resume. I’ll drop it off at a few places in Nickelton that might be interested, okay?”
“Thanks, Felix.” Felix had always looked out for his baby sister, even if he was only an hour older than her.
The next day, while Abigail was making breakfast, she received a phone call. She had no idea that Felix had used his connections to get her immediately hired - she wouldn’t have been happy, but Felix would have pointed out that the would be lucky to have her, so it didn’t matter why they gave her a shot.
Abigail was excited to go out to her first day of work. She hadn’t actually had a proper job since before she got married the first time, right out of high school. It made her feel young.
Felix was absolutely right. The restaurant that hired Abigail, as a favour to Felix, were so impressed with her that she immediately earned a promotion.
Tom, on the other hand, continued to enjoy the fact that he didn’t have a job, which gave him the freedom to go out whenever he wanted.
“I hear you’re dating Apollo Goldsun,” Surreal teased Tom.
“I am,” he replied proudly, “When are you going to ask out Venus?”
Surreal blushed rather deeply in response.
“Are you heading to university once you graduate?” Gabriella asked, trying to change the conversation from dating since she and Nathan had once gone on a pretty awkward date.
“Not right away. I want to get my grades up, maybe work a bit so I’m not fully relying on my grandparents, even if they do want to pay my way. I want to make sure I’m ready.” Tom hadn’t fully decided yet, but this seemed the most likely course of action.
Soon, he did get a job - arranging flowers. He loved it. It was SO different from fixing a car engine. A couple more years, a degree in business management and a little flower shop started to fill in a picture of a future Tom wanted to share with a certain blue-haired boy.
And so, the rotation comes to an end for Household 6.
