Good for you

Chapter one: Mariia

      "Mariia wake up! We're late!". Sarah's feathery voice was so loud that Mariia sat up go before her brain could comprehend what Sarah had just said.

Mariia jumped up looking for her phone to check the time. "What time is it?"

"It's after 9" Sarah responded while running back to her room which was directly across from Mariia's.

Sarah brushed her tangled dirty blonde hair and pulled a pink high-waisted pleated skirt and a white tank with a pink floral print out of her drawer and a white cardigan —So she doesn't get dress-coded— out of her closet.

The girls school had a strict dress code. It was total bullshit but they learned to work around it enough to dress 'appropriately' and still look cute.

Mariia gave up on looking for her phone and stumbled to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face, making sure she still looked halfway decent. Unlike Sarah, Mariia never wears makeup to school because she doesn't like having to rush or wake up earlier to do it. Mariia pulled her messy natural curls into a bun before going to change into different—more appropriate —clothes for school.

She grabs a flattering spaghetti strapped white dress with small cherries printed all over it that stops just above her knee.

Mariia and Sarah are similar in that they both hate wearing pants, but for different reasons. Sarah hates it because she doesn't like the feeling of something touching her legs all day and Mariia just hates the way she looks in them considering her thighs are on the thicker side.

Just as the girls were leaving Sarah turned and looked at Mariia "Are you trying to be late and get sent home on the same day?". Mariia already knew what Sarah meant so she ran to her room and grabbed the first jacket she saw.

"Better?"

"Better."

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"I cannot wait for Friday so we can get drunk Marii!" Sarah said excitingly as she flopped onto their couch.

"Maybe we should have waited until Friday instead of starting early last night, maybe then we would have gotten to school on time," Mariia says heading to her bathroom. The girls each had their own bathroom thankfully but Mariia's was in her bedroom. When the girls first moved in they decided not to argue so they played rock-paper-scissors to see who would get the bigger room with the bathroom. They did that a lot when they couldn't come to a mutual decision.

Once Mariia got into the shower she noticed her phone on the floor of the shower, but she didn't even remember taking a shower last night. She examined her phone to make sure it had no cracks or water damage. After seeing it was still in great condition she check her notifications.

      3 missed calls from mom

      3 text messages from mom

      2 missed calls from Sarah

      1 text message from Angela

Sarah's calls were from this morning when they were trying to find Mariia's phone so she skipped over those.

Mariia decides to call her mom after she got out of the shower. Her mom was one of those people who liked to stay on the phone and talk for hours if you let her. Mariia loved her mom and the conversations they have but she just had to at least shower BEFORE.

Mariia opened Angela's message.

Hey Mariia, did you want to come by today at 4:00 pm to finish the official paperwork to transition you to our nanny position? Of course, you would also be paid for this time.