The Babysitting Job

Chapter 18

I was upstairs in my room, in my pajamas reading my favorite book of all time, "The Book Thief". Its about a 10 year old girl named Liesel who lives in Germany and parents and brother died so she is sent to live in a Foster home. It is during the time of World War ll and the Nazi attack. Her foster parents  help hide a Jewish man named Max in their house. Hans, her foster dad, teaches her to read in secret and Liesel discovered the power of writing and she begins to steal books the Nazi party is looking to destroy and begins writing her own stories which she shares with Max. 
I know some people think its lame to read but I like it. I feel like it transports me to a whole another world. I'm not saying I'm a HUGE reader, but I do like to enjoy a good book every now and then.
I was in the middle of reading that book when I heard the doorbell ring. I didn't get it immediately because I figured my uncle would get it since he was down stairs.  But the door bell rang again, "Danielle can you get that? I'm in the shower!" I heard my uncle yell from the bathroom. "Yeah I got it!" I yelled back and put my book down and got up from my bed. As I was walking down stairs the door bell rang again for a third time, "I'm coming!" I said. Jesus, they needed to calm down, who could it be anyway? Its like 10pm . I opened the door and infront of my was Nash holding up Hayes and Tez, "what the-" I began to say.
"I need your help" Nash said giving me a desperate look.
"what?" I asked confused.
"yoo, what up little Danielle!" Tez said. Oh god he was high as hell. His eyes were blood red.
"Tez took Hayes to a party and he got drunk and I'm pretty sure he's high too" Nash said. I looked at Hayes, his eyes were as red as Tez's. Hayes however looked lost, he just kept staring at me.
"what does this have to do with me?" I asked crossing my arms.
"When I saw him drinking at the party I took him out of there as soon as possible. I don't like him doing this sort of stuff. I can't have him show up tp my moms house like this, especially with Skylynn in the house. I don't what her to see him like this and as much as I would like Hayes to get a breathing out of doing this from my mom and Johnnie, their hearts would be broken and I don't want to do that to him." He said.
"why don't you take him to Luke's house?" I asked confused. I didn't want to see Hayes at all, let alone have him in the house right now when he's drunk/high.
"because the party was at Luke's house. I'll take care of Tez but I really need Hayes to stay here for the night. Please Danielle, I know its none of your responsibility and I have no right to ask you for such a big favor but understand that I can't have him show up to my mom's house like this and i cant just leave him at Luke's" he said with a desperate look on him face.
I looked up stairs and remembered that my uncle was in the shower, "i don't think my uncle would like me hiding a toxic Hayes in the house."
"please Danielle" Nash said pleading. I closed my eyes and sighed. I didn't want little Skylynn seeing her big brother like this, she thinks the world of him and she is just too young to see her brother this intoxicated. "fine" I said and opened my eyes. "help me get him up stairs quietly so my uncle doesn't notice. hes in the shower right now."
"oh my lord thank you so much Danielle" Nash said in gratitude. They all came inside. Tez sat in the living room couch while Nash and I helped Hayes walk up the stairs. Do you know how hard it is to help a drunk person walk up stairs? Well I didn't until now. He kept stumbling and tripping. He crashed into the wall and made a big thump. "Danielle what was that?" my uncle yelled from the bathroom.
"oh nothing I just crashed into the wall because I tripped. I'm only wearing socks and I slid into the wall." I yelled back.
"ok be careful. Who was it at the door anyways" he asked.
"oh it was just Nash. They wanted me to babysit Sky tomorrow" I said. I'm pretty sure he said ok but I'm not sure because we were now in my room.
"ok I'm gonna get Tez out of here. Thank you so much" Nash whispered.
"what do I do with him tomorrow morning?" I asked.
"Ill come get him. what time does your uncle leave?"
"9 in the morning but he comes back at noon" I said.
"great, ill be here as soon as he leaves"
"ok. Now get out and get Tez out before he gets out of the shower" I whispered. soon they were gone. I turned around and saw Hayes laying in my bed. what do I do know?
I sat next to him. "Hi Danielle" he said smiling. eww his breath smells like liquor and smoke. I don't get why people do stuff like this, nothing good ever comes out of it. He laid down and out his head in my lap which took my by surprise. I'm not sure what to do now, how long does this last? I ran my fingers throw his hair. Gross his hair was sweaty. I let go of his hair immediately.
"Danielle" Hayes mumbled.
"Yeah Hayes" I said in an annoyed tone.
"i need to tell you something" he said
"what" I said flatly.
"Your not like the other girls I have met." He said looking up at me
"umm, thank you?" I questioned.
"your nothing like the girls that go to my parties" OK where is he going with his?
"Yes im not a whore that sits on your lap hayes whats your point?" I said.
"I wanted tot tell you, that.........." he said not finishing his sentence.
"that what?" I asked
"that I think I.............." and then he threw up on my lap.
"Danielle" my uncle said knocking the door.
"no don't come in here!" I said pushing hayes to get up and lock the door
"whats going on, are you ok?" he said through the door.
"no yeah I'm fine" I said.
"can I come in?" he asked
"what, no!" I said automatically, "I'm...", I need an excuse whats a good enough. An excuse for him not to come in the room, think Danielle think quickly. "I'm naked" I said super fast with my eyes closed. I cant believe I just said that.. "I'm changing. I'm not dressed don't come in" I added.
"oh" my uncle said. This was so awkward and uncomfortable. "hahah your naked" hayes said laughing but I covered his mouth with one of my pillows. "I'm getting ready for bed. I'm tired," I said.
"ok then. I just wanted to tell you that some friends and I were going to town and I wanted to know if you didn't mind staying here alone.
"no not at all.  Go ahead and have fun!" I said.
"OK ill be home really late so don't stay up. " he said through the door. "goodnight"
"goodnight uncle bert" I said back. Wow now that was super awkward.
I got up and got a different set of pajamas. Hayes also had some puke on him shirt. Ew this is so gross. Nash owes me big time. He cant stay with that shirt on so I went into my uncles bedroom across the hall and took out a clean shirt. I took hayes to my bathroom to wash his face. "here put this on" I told him, 'take off your shirt"
"ooh someone wants to see me shirtless" he cooed. I rolled my eyes. Drunk people have no idea what they say. He did as I told him but threw up again, this time in the toilet. He washed his face and I took a damp wash cloth to help him out. We were sitting on the bathroom floor as I cleaned his face
"how is is that your drunk at 10:30?" I asked.
"the party started at 3" he said.
"huh, well I guess you party hard" I said
"oh yeah" Hayes said. I wiped his face gentle with the damp wash cloth. I looked at his eyes, they were different. His nice blue eyes were gone, they were dark now. He didn't look like himself. I noticed his 3 freckels that create a little triangle on his right cheek.
"Dude" Hayes said, "do you ever stop and think, 'if your life ended tomorrow, would you be proud of what you left behind?'
what is this kid saying? "um, ive never really thought about it that way"
"I don't know what I'm doing with my life Danielle" Hayes said turning his head towards me.
"well I can't really help you out there" I said.
"you don't know what its like Danny, having people always tell you what to do" I couldn't help but roll my eyes. "no one tells you what to do with your life Hayes. You literally do what ever you want"
"i stopped listening a long time ago. I don't know what I'm doing with my life."
"well you seem to have it all figured out" I said.
"one second I'm having the time of my life at a party and the next I'm sitting on the bathroom floor with my little sister's babysitter" he said looking up at the ceiling, "and all because Nash says 'I'm too young'