Monday
"Bye mom!" I shouted as I closed the front door.
I am babysitting 3 children for a week while their parents are away at a wedding in Hawaii. I am quite excited but I hope I will be able to handle them by myself.
I hop into the cab and tell the driver the family's address. It only took about 15 minutes to get there which is quite helpful. I thank the driver and give him the money.
'Wow' I think to myself as I look at the house. It was massive.
Nervously, I walked towards the front door and rung the bell. It only took a few seconds until a young beautiful blonde haired girl opened the door. She had the most amazing blue eyes. She looked about 12 years old.
"Hi sweetie, is your mom home?" I asked.
"Yes, i'll go get her."
She ran down the hallway shouting, "Mom! Someone is at the door."
Then a middle aged woman with curled blonde hair, came rushing down the hall.
"Hi, you must be Laurie?" she asked me.
"Yes, and you are Mrs Taylor?"
"Yes, come on in darling."
I stepped inside their vast home.
"Sorry, me and my husband are in a bit of a rush." she told me, "we don't want to miss our flight."
She was rushing about like crazy.
"Are you ready Paul?" she shouted to her husband.
"Yes, just coming." Paul said running down the stairs, "the cab is outside honey."
"Ok, can you go load the cab with the suitcases and i'll be out in a minute?"
He nodded at her. Then she came up to me.
"Ok Laurie, the kids are in the back garden playing. I have already said my goodbyes to them and I let them know that you are here. I've left money on the counter in the kitchen for food and day outs etc. Your room is upstairs, the first door to the right. Oh and by the way, my nephew is here, he is in the garden playing with the kids. What age are you again?"
"16" I reply.
"Yeah he is around that age, he's really good with the kids and I told him to stick around to help you out, because my lot are a handful." she laughed, "I better go, thank you so much for this."
She pulled me into a hug.
"Bye Mrs Taylor."
"Call me Carly and have fun!" she said as she shut the front door.
I see the stairs and decide to go up to the room that I will be staying in to dump my bag in there. The room is nicely decorated, and I have a double bed all to myself just like how I do normally.
Then I head downstairs to go and introduce myself to the family. I remember that Mrs Taylor said that her nephew was here and I smile. At least I will have someone around who is my age.
I walk out to the back garden, and see the blonde 12 year old girl again. A brown haired, brown eyed boy who looked about 9. And the cutest 4 year old girl i've ever seen, she looks exactly like the oldest girl. Then I see a tall boy chasing the youngest girl as she giggles. I can't see his face at first.
"Hiya." I say awkwardly.
The tall boy, who I think is the cousin, looks up. And damn, he is good looking.
"Oh hi, you must be the babysitter." he says walking towards me.
"Yeah, I'm Laurie."
"I'm Ethan." he smiles, "this is Alissa." he points to the oldest girl.
She waves.
The youngest girl runs up to me and says, "IM GRACIE."
I smile at her. She is so cute!
"And this is Aaron" Ethan says pointing to the 9 year old boy.
"Hi." Aaron said.
"You guys keep playing, and i'll go speak to Laurie inside. I'll be back out soon monkeys!" Ethan grinned.
Alissa, Aaron and Gracie started running and playing. Ethan gestured me to go inside.
I walked into the kitchen and sat at the breakfast bar.
"So..the money for food and stuff is there." Ethan pointed, "And have you seen your room?"
"Yeah."
"Ok cool, do you want me to stay the whole week or will you be fine?" he asked me.
"I could do with some company."
He laughed.
I checked the time, 17:46.
"Shall I make some dinner?" I ask.
"If you want, I mean I would but I'm not the best chef."
I giggle, "Ok, i'll make something nice."
"Thanks Laurie."
"Now go play." I joke.
He laughs then goes outside.
I make a pasta with a creamy sauce. I wasn't sure if the kids would want that though so I made a small portion of macaroni just in case. I called everyone in for dinner. We all sat round the table and ate our meal.
After dinner Alissa and Gracie asked me to go outside and play with them.
"My big sister can do flips." Gracie told me.
"That's cool, can you show me Alissa." I said.
Alissa tied her hair up then she ran on the grass and done a round off back tuck.
"That was amazing!" I said.
"Thanks, I do gymnastics. Gracie started my gym last week."
"What can you do Gracie?" I asked.
"Not much."
Gracie then started rolling on the floor attempting all sorts of flips.
"Well done!" Alissa and I clapped laughing.
"Do you guys have gymnastics this week?"
"Yes, tomorrow and Thursday" Alissa replied.
"Ok, let's go inside its getting dark." I said.
I walked into the house with the two girls trailing behind me. I went into the living room to find the boys watching a movie.
"Can we join?" I asked.
"Of course." Aaron said.
We all sat down, snuggled up on the couch watching 'Despicable Me'.
When the movie ended, I got Gracie changed into her PJ's and put her to bed. Aaron said he was tired and went to sleep too. Alissa went in her bedroom and went on her laptop. So it was just me and Ethan.
"Why don't we get to know each other a bit better since we are going to be living together for a week?" he suggested.
"Ok."
"What age are you?" he asked.
"16, what age are you?"
"16 too."
"Got any siblings?" I asked.
"I've got a twin brother called Grayson and an older sister called Cameron, do you?"
"I have one younger brother called Evan."
We kept asking questions for a while however then they started to get deeper.
"Are you single?" he asked me.
"Yeah, are you?"
"Yep." he smirked.
We ended up sitting on the couch watching random TV channels.
"I'm getting tired, i'm gonna go to bed." I told him.
"Yeah same."
We walked upstairs together and checked if all the kids were asleep and they were.
"Where are you sleeping Ethan?"
"I guess I'll sleep in my auntie and uncles bed."
I laughed, "Ok goodnight."
"See you tomorrow Laurie."