Chapter 1: A Helping Hand

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It was a few weeks before school started back from summer break and Alicia was ready to go back to working as an english professor at KCU (Kensington College University). She had been on maternity leave for a while since she had her youngest child Roman who is now one.
But Alicia didn't want to go back to work without another sitter for the two youngest children that way her mother in law didn't have to watch them all of the time like she used to, Charlotte(3) and Roman(1). Alicia's mother in law(Jane Howe) watched the youngest everyday while Nate and Alicia went to work and they didn't want Jane to have to do it again so that's why they decided to hire another babysitter so Jane can have some time to herself so Jane and Sophie will be taking turns throughout the week watching the kids.
So Nate and her decided to sit down at the counter and look on babysitting sites and make flyers to hang up around their town...


"This seems like a good site" said Alicia. Nate clicked on the site and different names with pictures attached popped up with a description about each person. "What about her?" Nate asked. "No way, she has been fired three times" said Alicia. "How about her?" Nate asked. "I don't like her way of disciplining" said Alicia. They kept looking through the people on the babysitting site but weren't having any luck.

   "What if I created flyers and hand them out to girls at the university" said Alicia. "That sounds like a great idea" said Nate. "Great, I'll make some now" said Alicia. She started creating the flyers to hand out at the university.

2 weeks later...

  
   It was the morning of the first day back to school and Alicia was making breakfast for the kids. "Mama where's daddy?" Maura asked. "He's still sleeping sweetie, why don't you all finish up eating breakfast and go wake him up" said Alicia. The kids finished eating breakfast and ran upstairs to wake up Nate.

   They opened the door and ran over to the bed. They got on the bed and started jumping up and down yelling Daddy wake up!! Nate finally woke up laughing and then bringing them all in for a hug.

   "Okay kids and Nate we gotta go or we're gonna be late!" Alicia yelled up the stairs. Nate got up and got ready while Alicia helped the kids put on their shoes and put their lunch boxes in their backpacks. Jane had just arrived to watch Charlotte and Roman. Soon after they got the kids in the car and they went on their way.

Alicia arrived at the university and walked to her classroom. It feels good to be back, she thought to herself. She sat down her bag and started getting everything ready. She then went to the teachers lounge to warm up her coffee. "Good morning" said Cassy Schilling(one of her best friends). "Hey!" Alicia shouted as they hugged each other. "It's so good to see you" said Cassy. "It's good to see you too" said Alicia.

They continued to catch up, a few minutes later Valerie Carter(another best friend) walked in. "Alicia you're back" said Valerie hugging Alicia. Valerie was catching up with them as the bell rang for the first classes. "See you guys later" said Valerie. "It was good to see you again Alicia" said Cassy. "It was good to see you guys too" said Alicia.
  
   They all walked back to their classrooms. As Alicia was walking back to her classroom she bumped into her bestest friend, Jess Isles. "Jess" Alicia said. "Alicia hey!" Jess shouted back. They hugged extra tight. "How are you?" Alicia asked her. "I'm great, how are you? I've missed you" said Jess. "That's great, I'm great too, I've missed you too" said Alicia.
  
   Alicia and Jess have been friends forever and have quite the past which is why they're super close. "Well I don't want to be late my first day back" said Alicia. "Right, we'll catch up later" said Jess. "See you later" said Alicia. They smiled at each other and went their separate ways.

   Alicia got back to her classroom. "Good morning everyone, I apologize for being late. my name is Professor Howe, I'm sure some of you remember me from previous years if not then you have the joy of having me as your professor for the first time" said Alicia.
 
   "If anyone is looking for a job, I am looking for a babysitter for my two youngest children but girls only no offense boys" Alicia said. Everyone laughed. "And there will be flyers on my desk after class" said Alicia. She then went on to start teaching the class and etc.

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