Opposite Attracts - Lynn Loud Jr

Chapter 4 - I need a job

Estella's POV :

If there was one thing I hated , it was being left alone with my own thoughts or with nothing to do . I overthink alot so I try to avoid having too much free time at all costs and when that does happen , I tend to play music on the loudest volume possible and find anything - , chores , walking , painting just so that I don't have to stay without anything to do .

Because I did multiple sports growing up , I didin't have to worry about that a lot since I was always busy with practice and with my random childhood shenanigans in general .

But ever since I moved to Royal Woods , it was getting hard to keep myself busy because I hadn't found any teams to join or hounor classes to attend yet and it was getting annoying . My dad promised to do something about it soon but he hasn't been home at all this past week and I don't think that's changing .

So I decided to take matters into my own hands . I was gonna look for a part time job as soon as possible . The problem is , I didin't have any experience - I couldn't work in customer service because my social skills were close to being non existant and no other jobs accepted a 14 year old . Well , there was a job with basically no rules that I was ridiculously good at - Babysitting .

Growing up as an only child with a lot of cousins did give you a bit of experience with children . Even tho I moved away from my family at 8 , I had already done my fair share of babysitting by then - although I did it for free which was understandable because they were my family and were never outside the house while said babysitting

Just because we moved , doesn't mean our relatives just forgot about us . They would come and visit every now and then and so would we . All my younger cousins liked me and some even looked up to me .

I remember leaving the "grown ups" table and going to sit with the kids at family gatherings when I got bored of discussing politics and switched to talking about Bluey and what new twinkies flavor should be added .

My whole family wasn't as emotionally absent as my parents . My second cousins were my favorite . Dominic , Alessandra , Daisy , Elijah , Luca and Veronica . They were like the family I never had . Their parents , Katelyn and Frank , always welcomed me into their family and considered me one of their own .

Due to the fact that their 3 youngests , Elijah , Luca and and Veronica were all still little children , I often babysat them and earned a little extra cash but that wasn't why I started babysitting in the first place .

Being around kids just made me really happy and it made me think of a childhood I never had .

Beach day ? I was there .

Amusement park ? I was there .

Family road trip ? You guessed it .

Just normally hanging around at their place ? I was always there .

I had never felt like a part of my family . My parents always made it clear that work was their top one priority and never seemed to give two shits about my feelings .

When we moved , they were the ones that visited us the most . They never just let me go and I was so grateful for them .

Back to the point , as soon as I got the idea of babysitting , my thoughts immediately snapped to the house full of kids right next door .

Now all I had to do was go over to their place and ask for a job - how the fuck was I gonna casually go knock on their door and do that ?

One thing led to another and I found myself getting ready to babysit the 5 youngest Louds - If I remember correctly , Lucy , Lola , Lana , Lisa and Lily . Easy right ? Their parents had a date and , apparently , all their other older , more responsible kids had their own stuff . I would be surprised on how none of the 6 eldest kids were free but atleast I got the job and I wasn't complaining .

I put on some sweats and a dark colored cotton T- shirt , based off of my previous experiences , you had to get all the comfort you could have because chasing around kids in fancy clothes was kinda hard and you should drop any kind of light tops because you never know what they will randomly throw at you .

I took out my biggest bag and put a water bottle , my wallet , my keys , some toys to distract the kids , some earphones and a book incase they fell asleep , some chapstick and my phone .

Their parents were leaving at 7 so I had to be there atleast 10 minutes in advance . They told me they'd be back by midnight and I didin't mind since my sleep schedule wasn't gonna magically fix itself in one night and it was the weekend so there was no way I was gonna sleep before 2 AM no matter the events .

I headed to the house at 6:45 to make a good first impression - I didin't wanna be late on my first time babysitting for this family , if they liked me , it was likely they would contact me again but it I fumbled they would probably refuse to talk to me in the future .

I pulled myself together and knocked on the door barely a minute after I had left , hence the fact that their house was right across the road . I was met with a girl in a red jersey with a huge number 1 on it - I assumed it was Lynn Loud from english class and most of my classes in general . "Hi , I'm here to babysit the little kids while their parents are gone , I'm assuming you're their sister , right ?"

Lynn's POV :

My parents were going on a date so they hired a babysitter because , surprisingly , none of my older siblings were available . Lori was out with Bobby , Leni was shopping with her friends , Luna was at band practice , Luan was at drama class and Lincoln was sleeping over at Clyde's place for a change - not that he was responsible enough anyways . And I had to train for my upcoming soccer tournament .

I know that training alone for a game in 3 weeks when it's pitch black outside wasn't the best idea but if I'm being honest , I was just using it as an excuse because I was too tired to take care of 5 kids - I would probably end up watching some show in my room with the door closed .

Soneone knocked on our door and soon enough , my mom said "Lynn , honey , could you please get the door , I'm dressing up ." All the way from her bedroom . I ran downstairs , not wanting to make a bad first impression for the babysitter and opened the door .

I was stunned to see none other than Estella Woodsen standing outside with a warm smile on her face . Before I could speak , she said : "Hi , I'm here to babysit the little kids while their parents are gone , I'm assuming you're their sister , right ?" "Yeah , you're right , I'm Lynn Loud Jr and I'm pretty sure you're in my classes ."

Estella Estella Estella , why was she everywhere I was and why was it annoying me so much ?

I didin't want to seem rude or pissed at her because , to be fair , she hadn't done anything wrong . Quite the opposite actually , she always smiled at me in class and in the halls and helped me with the answers in class when the teacher picked on me while I wasn't paying attention .

I don't know why I disliked her to be honest , she was just too ?? I don't know but she felt off , like she was hiding something . I didin't wanna be a bitch so I kept these thoughts to myself and ran to get my mom "I'll call my mom and be right back , you can sit down on the couch , make yourself at home ."

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A/N : CAN U SPOT THE KING OF GREED REFERENCE ? I WAS OUT OF NAMES
ALSO SORRY FOR CUTTING THE CHAPTER SHORT I WAS SO BUSY TODAY BUT I WANTED TO UPDATE
I MIGHT START UPDATING EVERY 2 DAYS ? IDK