The nanny

Chapter 2

It was 7:15 in the morning. Kara only had fifteen minutes until she needed to leave for work and yet, she wasn't ready at all. Not even close. She hadn't even had the time to brush her hair, or get out of her pajamas yet. Because, for the past forty five minutes she had been holding her screaming baby girl, trying to calm her down and stop her from crying. She had tried everything she knew and yet so far nothing had worked. "Why won't you stop crying? I'm gonna be late for my first day back at work... There is no way I'm gonna be ready in time." She said as she continued to walk around with Kelsey in her arms, still trying to stop her daughter from crying. She leaned her head backwards and let out a sigh when suddenly she heard a knock on the door. Kara rushed over and opened the door to see Mike standing there smiling at her. "Morning." He said as she let out a sigh of relief while he walked inside. "Oh thank God you're early!" "Well... I like to be early. Especially on my first day. So what's wrong with Kelsey?" Kara just shrugged her shoulders a little as she let out another exasperated sigh. "I don't know! I've fed her, burped her, changed her, I've even tried singing to her and walking around with her but nothings worked. I have to leave in less than fifteen minutes for work... and as you can tell I'm nowhere near being ready." He chuckled at her. "Oh come on now... I think your purple polka dot pajamas, and your messy bed hair, are not only cute but also the perfect combination for your first day back at CatCo." She rolled her eyes at him. "Haha very funny." She replied and let out another sigh as she looked down at the crying baby in her arms. Mike smiled sympathetically at her. "Well I guess it's a good thing I'm early then huh?" "Yeah." She smiled a little as Mike reached for the baby. "Here why don't I take her and see what I can do while you go get ready for work?" "Sounds good." Kara nodded as Mike took Kelsey and cradled her up against him, gently placing her in between his shoulder and chest. He then started walking around while bouncing slightly with each step as he talked to her. "It's alright little princess. I've got you. Shh... it's okay sweetie I'm here don't cry." Kara was on her way to her room to get ready for work, but when she heard Mike talking to Kelsey like that she just couldn't help but to stop and watch them. The way he talked to the baby was just so adorable and Kara couldn't help but smile. And as she stood there watching him with her daughter, Kara knew for sure that despite all of Alex's doubts, she had definitely hired the right person to take care of her baby girl. Mike was completely unaware that Kara was still in the room as he continued to talk to little Kelsey while bouncing her when suddenly the baby stopped crying and Kara gasped making him turn around. Mike looked at Kara, her eyes were wide and her mouth hung open slightly. She was completely amazed. "That didn't even take you one minute. How? How did you do that?" Mike just smiled and shrugged his shoulders as he continued to bounce the baby and Kara shook her head in disbelief. "Wow. You are amazing!" She exclaimed looking from him to the baby and back again. Her blue eyes were wide and sparkling with amazement which made him laugh. "Well... I'm just doing my job. Speaking of jobs... shouldn't you be getting ready to go to yours?" "Oh!" She gasped as her hands flew up and covered her mouth for a second. "Right! Yeah I um... I'm gonna go get ready now." She giggled and then ran quickly into her room.

Kelsey had fallen asleep within a couple of minutes after Kara had left the room to get ready for work. So Mike sat on the couch while the tiny blonde haired baby girl slept contently on his chest. As he sat there, he studied little Kelsey's facial features. Well as best as he could from that angle anyway... and he couldn't help but think about how she was the most beautiful baby he'd ever seen. Which wasn't surprising really because she already looked just like her mother and Kara was easily the most breathtakingly beautiful woman he'd ever seen. Which was the reason why he almost didn't take this job. And if he didn't need the money so badly he wouldn't have. Because like his friend James had told him last night, he was Kara's employee. And no matter how much Mike might be attracted to her, nothing could happen between them. Mike sighed as he tried to stifle his thoughts about Kara when he heard someone clear their throat. He jumped slightly and looked up to see Kara standing in front of him. She was wearing a bright yellow knee length dress, with white high heels. And her hair was curled half of it was pulled up, and the other half was left down cascading around her shoulders. "Well..." she held her arms out on each side and did a little spin around. "What do you think?" She looked at him nervously and bit her bottom lip waiting for his response. "Hmm..." he stroked his chin with his index finger and thumb as he looked her up and down. She was so beautiful. There was no denying that but he couldn't exactly tell her that since they just met, and she was also his boss. "I like it. You look nice. Although I still like the purple polka dot pajamas." He winked at her making her laugh. "Okay well I better get going. Um... there's plenty of breast milk in the fridge for her just heat it up in a pan of water on the stove and not in the microwave cause that kills a lot of the nutrients in it..." "Kara I know how to heat up breast milk I've done it plenty of times." "Right. Okay. um... you already know where her diapers and stuff are and where to change her oh and her clothes are in the dresser in her room because you'll probably have to change her clothes at least once and... "Kara.." "You have my number so if anything happens or if you need anything just call me and if you can't get me my bosses number and my sisters number along with my moms number are all on a the note pad on the counter and..." "Kara hey!" "What?" She looked at him while she stopped to catch a breath from all of her nervous rambling. "I know that you're nervous about leaving her for the first time, which is totally normal but relax. She'll be fine. Trust me okay?" Kara nodded as she took a deep breath trying to calm down her nerves. "You're right. And I do trust you it's just... it's hard for me to leave her." She frowned as she looked down at her baby girl. "I know. But you'll be back in a few hours and I'll take good care of her. I promise." Mike smiled sympathetically at her. "Yeah I know you will. I honestly don't think I could leave her at all if it wasn't for you." She sighed as she walked over to the couch. "I better get going." She said as she leaned down and softly kissed her sleeping daughters head. "Bye baby girl. I'll be back soon okay?" She whispered to Kelsey and than walked to the door and left for work.