The babysitter.

I've Been Playing A Fool

“Samantha can you come down a little bit?” it was my mom who was calling me from downstairs

“Coming!” I shouted standing up to go downstairs “What’s up?” I asked smiling, but once I saw my parents sitting in the table, I start to get a little scared as they were sitting there not exactly for eating.

“Samantha, we have to talk” my dad said scaring me more

“I didn’t do anything!” I defend myself immediately making both of my parents laugh

“It’s not about any of that Sammy” my mom said

“So?” I asked relieve, being that it wasn’t to scold me, I didn’t knew for what it was

“Look…” my mom sighs “… we have to get out of the country” she said serious

“Summer break?” I asked again without understand while I sit on the table in front of them “Cool! Where’re we going?”

“No, this isn’t a summer break” she said

“So?” I said

“Your father and I need to get out for company issues” she explain “We are going to take Ana… but you’re going to stay here” okay this isn’t going well, they’re leaving the country taking my little sister but they aren’t taking me?

“So just like that, you’re gonna leave!” I said upset

“No, we aren’t leaving you!” they laugh “Your classes are starting tomorrow and I don’t want you to be backwards from your classmates and specially, I don’t want troubles!” my dad pointed

Troubles? Me? Ja! I thought

“So you’re calling me a troublemaker! Besides the fact that you’re leaving me out of nowhere!” I try to play the victim

“C’mon don’t play yourself the victim and forget that guess list” she knew me too well, or she read minds, ‘cause he knew that I was making the guess list for a party

“Hey you have to trust me” I said laughing

“That ‘trust’…” she said “…earn it”

“You’re gonna see when you come back that everything is beyond perfect” I smiled wide

“Oh I know” my dad said

“You see, we’re making progress. You’re trusting me the house” I smiled victoriously

“Not you” my mom laughs

“Wh-what do you mean not me?” I asked confused

“We hire a babysitter” they both said unison.

I laugh dumbly pretending cleaning my ears “What did you say?” I may imagine what they say

“We hire a babysitter, that’s gonna come and look after you so you don’t destroy the house and don’t get expelled from school”

Not that I was a troublemaker, just a little restless and a little bit of attitude but that was it

“Dad! Don’t you realize how stupid this whole thing is!” now I was really upset “I’m Seventeen, Not Four!”

“But we can’t let the house free for you! So we hire a babysitter” it was impossible change his mind

“Okay, no problem…” I laughed angry “I get rid of him” I whispered and cross my arms

“I don’t think so…” my dad heard me “… he’ll have a good pay, so anything you do will make him run away, besides he’s gonna be in charge of the money, so if you need money all you have to do is ask him and if you don’t behave he won’t give anything, also he have the permission to take off your car, cellphone, laptop, iPod and all those things that make you upset if you don’t have them”