DAY ONE [declan rice]

TWO

Anna's POV

I can't believe that he would lie to me after being his sons nanny for over a year.

I truly don't care if he wants to go on dates but if he wants to lie to me then I'll leave because I don't associate with people who lie.

I'm on my way home in my Nissan note that I've had since I passed my drivers test and bought myself.

As I go home tears come to my eyes as I remember why I had to start being a nanny in the first place.

My mum became very sick after I did my GCSE's so I dropped out of college to look after her since my dad died when I was younger and I'm an only child.

I had to learn how to provide for me and my mum without any a-levels which means that I'd never have a good job which is one of the reasons I became a nanny, because you don't need to have qualifications to get paid a good wage.

When I walk into my house, I put my bag on the table and keys on a key holder we have on the wall.

I make my mum a cup of tea that I put in a cup with a straw since she can't drink out mugs by herself and she refuses to have help with drinking a drink.

I take it up to her room to find her asleep in bed. I walk over and out the cup of tea next to her bed and lie down next to her knowing that it will bring me comfort.

As soon as I lie down next to her, she eyes flutter open and she looks at me and smiles.

"Hi lovey." I look up at her and smile so she doesn't know I'm upset.
"Hi mama." I rest my head on her chest and she looks at me like I've done something wrong. "What?"

"What's wrong?" How does she know that I'm not ok?
"Nothing, I'm fine." I don't tell her because what happened to me isn't even a fraction of what's happening to her.
"I know your lyin-" She gets cut off by her own coughing. This happens pretty regularly because she's sick and it's a symptom and it's only going to get worse.

I move off my mum and get her the bottle of water that is always on the table next to her.

Once she's stopped coughing she lies back down but I stay sat up.

"Tell me what's wrong." I sigh in defeat to her. My mum always knows what's wrong.

"Dec asked if I could stay longer tonight because he had late training but he didn't." She gives me a confused look and wipes the tears off my face that I didn't realise that have fell down my face. "He went out on a date instead and lied to me." Tears are falling uncontrollably now.

My mum strokes my cheek and wipes my tears away once again.

"Do you like him?" My mum asks weird questions sometimes.
"Of course not, he's my boss." She gives me a look like I've said something wrong.

"Then why are you bothered that he lied?" I guess she has a point but I don't get why he had to lie to me to go on a date.

"Because," I cut myself off since I don't know what to say next and sigh in defeat.

"You like him don't you?"
"I don't think so it's just that Theo called me Mama today and I obviously see him as my son but he doesn't know what happened to his actual mum so it makes me feel guilty that he's calling me that." She gives me a pitiful look and sighs.

"You don't need to feel guilty about something you can't control." I guess she's right but still.

My mum has always been wise and she always knows what to do in certain situations.

I don't know what I'm going to do without her when she goes.

I know it's only a matter of time until she sees her mum and dad again but I don't know how I'm going to survive.

I can see my mums eyes getting heavier so I tell her to relax and close them.

I'm fully aware that she's going to close her eyes to sleep soon and never wake up but I always pretend that it won't happen because the thought of losing my best friend is heartbreaking.

I lie down next to my mum and cuddle into her like I did when I was younger.

I'm going to miss this when she's gone.

a/n- sorry for the boring chapter but it's needed for the book.