Counting To Fifteen [Grey's Anatomy]

chapter nine - a sleepover

(hiiii. new book cover & title;))

Daisy always felt more at ease when she was familiar with something, so it made sense that she had grown more comfortable with her home life after two months of living with Mark.

September had come and gone, and October had somehow crept in silently. The air had grown colder than usual, and the trees were brilliant shades of orange and red.

Fall was Daisy's favorite time of year. Everything always felt so cozy and relaxed, the weather wasn't too hot or too cold. Everything was just perfect, Daisy was right in her element when fall rolled around.

As usual, Daisy's school bell rang at 3:00, and she made it her mission to get out of that place as quickly as she could.

A month into the school year and Daisy still hadn't made any friends. Calypso always had funny stories to share about her friends at the dinner table, it embarrassed Daisy that she didn't have any funny stories to share.

Though...in order to make friends, you did actually have to start a conversation, something that Daisy was positive would kill her. Her social anxiety was the ultimate party pooper, always there to ruin any chances of starting up a new friendship.

Daisy sighed, pushing open the double doors that led out to the parking lot. She made her way over to the small sedan parked at the end of the line, the same way it always was.

Some days Mark picked her up, some days Naomi did. It all really depended on his schedule.

Today it was Naomi, and the girl's nanny immediately smiled when the car door opened. "How was today?"

"Good." Daisy shrugged. "I had a math test."

"Yuck." Naomi scrunched her nose as she began to pull out, which pretty much summed up the way Daisy had felt about the test too.

Daisy felt just as comfortable with Naomi as she did Mark. The nanny was nice, and she didn't yell, which automatically made her a saint in Daisy's eyes.

They had gone through their fair share of nannies in the past two months. There had been the lady who didn't know how to cook anything, so much as boil water. Mark had come home to two very hungry girls who hadn't eaten all day; the nanny had lasted twelve hours.

And then the lady who actually left the girls alone in the apartment because she had separation anxiety from her dogs. Mollie Bushner, she hadn't even lasted two hours.

And then of course, the college student.

"Mark?" Calypso had spoken up that night at the dinner table after a very bizarre day with the new nanny. "Is it normal for people to carry sugar around?"

Mark scrunched his face in confusion. "Sugar?"

"The new nanny. She carries sugar around in a baggie." Calypso shrugged. "I didn't even know it smelled good either, she kept smelling it a lot."

Daisy had been just as confused as Calypso, but Mark had immediately choked on his food, firing the nanny not even a minute later.

From that point on, the nanny screenings were very thorough.

And Naomi was everything they had been looking for. She was CPR certified too, which Mark figured was a good thing in case one of the girls magically went into cardiac arrest.

The two drove as they normally did, heading towards Calypso's school to pick the girl up.

Daisy felt relaxed as she let her eyes wander on the passing scenery. Today was a good day.