The Love Alphabet :)

A - The AGE Gap

LILY EVANS POV

This sucks! Lily muttered on her breath. She had been up for about three hours now and was looking every now and then at her window sill if "his" car was still at the parking lot.

Jesus. She was worse than a stalker! What the hell had she been thinking?? She would be late at her work if she delay it any longer. She grabbed her office bag resignedly and locked her apartment door. She run for the stairs, nearly tripping herself in her haste.

"Hey! Careful Miss. Woke up late??" he greeted.

She looked up and saw him. The reason for her lateness. Nataniel. When did he started to look good? I mean he used to be so small now he towered over her.

"Going for work? I can drop you Miss Lily," he grinned tipping his head. He looked dashing when he does that.

"No it's okay. I can commute. Thanks," she answered, lying through her teeth. It was exactly the very reason why she woke up hours earlier always, to catch him at the same time when he was going out too. And yet she couldn't just jumped on his offer right away? And she knows he was just too gentlemanly to leave her behind.

"How could I let you when I know you're already running late," he joked. What he said was mostly true.

Nataniel went to reach for her bag, to which Lily grabbed on.

"Come on, it's the least I can do for all the favors I've always asked you." He smiled again this time showing his dimples. Her heart skipped a beat. Get a grip Lily she said to herself. You always forgot who was older between the two of you. You act like a kid in love when you were with him she scolded herself.

Lily Evans used to baby sit little Nataniel Dawson during his childhood years. His mom, Lily's landlady works the night shift and left Nataniel with her during the night. It was a good set up. Lily accidentally met his mother when she applied as part time promo girl where his mom works as store supervisor to support her studies. Nathan's mom had offered her a room, with half the rent if she would be willing to babysit his son who was 5 years old that time. She moved in with them when she was 15 years old. She rented the room next to them at the three floor apartment which Ms. Danica Dawson owned. Lily often wondered where Nate's dad was and get the message that Mrs Dawson doesn't want to talk about him.

Five year old Nataniel was a good child to babysit. No trantrums and such and Lily haven't had a hard time getting attached to him. During the nights when she had to babysit him they would watch some movies tgether when he wasn't sleepy yet and she would prepare his milk. They would sit down at her sofa and she would wait till his eyes closed down. When they watched horror movies, Nate would clung to her like glue and would cover his eyes with his hands.

"It's okay baby. It's not true. And Nana's here. Nobody's gonna hurt you," Lily would crooned and would embrace him.

"I'm scared Nana." He would mumble and Lily would just hugged him a little tighter. Nataniel have grown accustomed to calling her Nana.

When Nataniel's mother shift ended she would pick up her son at Lily's room and carry him to the other room. Aside from babysitting, Lily was also the one who collected the rents from the tenants. It was that that helped her finish her studies. Lily had been orphaned at a young age. She was maltreated at her relatives house and decided to go independent and timely enough met Danica Dawson at just the right time.

When Nataniel started going to school, Lily was the one who dropped and picked him up at his school.

"Hey Nana. Look I got a letter from an admirer." He said one time. Too proud. Lily showed him how impressed she was.