"Okay" I said "Thanks, I’ll cook dinner tonight, okay? You need to stop eating so much fast food"
"Now I can’t wait for dinner"
I laughed "See you later Pat" I closed the door behind me and sighed, this was going to be hard. I locked my apartment and headed to the cafe Patrick suggested and several others but none of them had jobs available and by the time I gave up and sat down on a bench at the side of the road. I was devastated, what in the world was I going to do?
"Hey...Are you okay?" A familiar voice asked me. I looked up and saw the girl from the grocery store, Lily, looking at me worriedly
"I’m fine" I said sitting up straight
"You look exhausted" she said sitting down next to me"How’s the apartment? Have you given up on it yet?"
"It’s not that bad" I said but she gave me a look and I added "Okay it was bad but once I cleaned it it was...good. Now I just need to fix the washing machine, the oven, the cabinets..." I took a deep breath "if only I could find a job"
"So it’s a job you want" Lily said "Well what all can you do?"
"Anything" I said "I can cook, clean, serve, but I’m mostly good at taking care of others" I remembered Gabriel, taking care of him taught me a lot of things "But I couldn’t find a single job"
Lily didn’t answer and she seemed deep in thought "A job, huh?" She said and then she beamed at me "I have the perfect job for you"
"Really" I asked, looking at her in shock "What?"
"In our house, the parents have to go to work and they usually just leave the kids home or take them with them if there’s no one to look after them, so it’s basically a babysitting job. You said you liked taking care of people"
"Are you serious?" I asked suspiciously
"Dead serious" she said "I’ll pay you as much as you want"
"What’s the catch?" I asked, there had to be something she wanted, no one was that nice and I didn’t even know her. "I mean you haven’t interviewed me or anything"
"I guess you’re right" Lily said and then grinned "So...let’s test you" she grabbed my hand and pulled me up.
"Where are we going?"
"Well you said I don’t know if you’re good enough for the job so...why not test that now" she led me to a motorcycle and handed me a helmet "Here you go"
"You drive a motorcycle?"
"Yeah" she smiled and looked at the motorcycle "This is my baby" she looked up at me "Come on"
"We’re going to ride that?"
"Yes, come on. It’s not scary just hold onto me, okay?" I was tempted to say no to her but I really needed the job and she was my only chance so I nodded and put on the helmet and got on the bike.
To say I felt nauseous would be an understatement. She was lucky I didn’t puke on her. I absolutely hated riding the bike but when we stopped I acted normal and took a deep breath to calm myself down.
"The guys aren’t back yet" Lily muttered to herself "Oh well, come on Nate"
The house was huge, even bigger than my parents house, which was saying something. A whole army could fit in there. Lily led me through a living room and a kitchen and took me to a room in the back. When we entered, there were three kids in there
"Okay these are the children here today. This is Lucy" she pointed to a little girl with red hair and a few missing teeth. "Charles" the by looked like Lucy’s brother with his red hair and freckles "And Claire" a little girl with blonde hair and green eyes. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NoveIꜰire.net
Lily left the room while I sat down on the ground and played with the children. They were easy to love and they reminded me of Gabriel when he was their age.
After a while, I was combing Claire’s hair while Lucy combed mine and Charles was playing with dough. I kept talking to the children and asking them about things important to them so they wouldn’t get bored.
"And he flied all the way to the other side of the back yard" Lucy said in amazement as she told me a story about Lily fighting some guy "Aunt Lily never loses"
"Neither does Uncle Adrian" Charles added and I froze. "He always wins"
"Adrian?" I asked, my voice shaking. Come on Nate, I said to myself, it couldn’t be the same Adrian...right? "I’ll be right back guys" I got up, ignoring their protests and walked back to the front door when I stopped at the sound of Lily.
"Finally home" she said "How was patrol"
"The usual" A voice said "No threats near"
"Good" Lily replied and I heard the sound of a kiss.
The front door opened again and the figure that stepped in and made a noise that sounded like a growl.
"What’s wrong?" I heard Lily say "What is it?"
"Where is she?" A voice that sent shivers down my spine said "I know she’s here. I can smell her"
"Anne, Anne Terrance" I took a step back and put a hand over my mouth in shock. It was him, it was
Adrian. No, it couldn’t be.
"Who is that? Lily asked clearly confused. I turned around, determined to find a way out, stumbled on something and ended up falling to the ground with a yelp.
I stood up, about to leave when two strong arms caught me and turned me. I shocked as I saw the familiar features I couldn’t get out of my head for three years. Adrian Morgan.