[A/N:
Dedicated to krysta3434 for the story idea ^^
~Demara]
Malinda Rider waved goodbye to the parents of the two boys, Liam, and Daniel, she was babysitting. Daniel was hugging her leg, while Liam was just standing in the doorway with them.
"Have a nice night out!" She called, and waves and smiles were returned by the young couple. Malinda shut the door, and walked to the family room to hang out with the boys.
"Malinda, play with me?" The younger, Daniel, said.
"Alright." Malinda smiled at him, and took the five-year-old's hand. Liam trotted after them.
"I want to play too!" He called.
"We'll all play together," Malida suggested, making the two boys smile.
"Legos!" They said together. Malinda seated herself on the couch.
"Alright. You two go get them, kay?" She said. The boys raced each other to see which one would get the legos. When they came back, they were out of breath.
"We got them!" Liam announced.
"And so you did," Malinda smiled at them. All through the night, the configured shapes, and destroyed their buildings, and made new ones. The brothers never got in a fight once. These boys were Malinda's favorite children to babysit.
"Why does Mommy go out with Daddy?" Daniel spoke up.
"Because your parents want to share some special time together. Just the two of them," Malinda explained.
"Oh...Are we sharing special time together? The three of us?" He asked. Malinda giggled.
"Yes we are," She answered. Daniel gave a huge grin.
"Yay! Special time with Malinda!" Malinda smiled at them some more. They were so cute! Especially the blonde Daniel. His hair hadn't faded to brown yet, and she thought blonde haired kids were the cutest.
"Malinda, I'm hungry..." Liam said.
"Huh? But didn't your parents say you just ate?" Malinda questioned.
"But I'm hungry!" Liam complained.
"Me too!" Daniel piped in. The looked at her with pleading green eyes, and Malinda had no choice but to cave in.
"Alright, just this once," She said, getting up to make something for them to eat.
"Color while I'm cooking mac n' cheese."
"MAC N' CHEESE!" The boys cried. It was their favorite food. Malinda made her way to the kitchen, and got out the box of mac n' cheese. She pushed back a strand of hair behind her ear before washing her hands. She grabbed a pot out of a cabinet, and poured water inside. She watched the boys color while she was waiting for the water to come to a boil.
Malinda sat down in a chair, waiting the hear the little pop of boiling water. After a few minutes, she heard that pop, and got up to put in the noodles. When the noodles were not too soggy, but not too hard, she mixed in the cheese, and served it into three plates.
"Your dinner's ready," Malinda called to them. Daniel and Liam scrambled up from the floor, and rushed to the kitchen table. They were about to dig in, but Malinda stopped them.
"Say your prayers first," She said. The boys giggled.
"Thank you God for this food, amen!" Liam prayed for all of them. Malinda rolled her eyes.
"Silly boys. After dinner, go to bed," She instructed.
"Okay Malinda!" They said, digging in.
After reading them a story to put them to bed, Malinda decided to go a flip through channels.
"Ugh, Disney's a bore these days," She complained, and flipped to adult swim. It was Saturday, and so Bleach was on this time around. Too bad it's only fillers. Malinda thought.
This Bleach episode was about this girl who was somewhat possessed by a Zanpakuto, blah, blah, blah, Orihime befriends her, the girl likes Orihime, but the Zanpakuto keep saying Orihime'll betray her. The possessed girl chases after her friend who betrayed her, Orihime shows up, can't really do anything, Rukia, and Ichigo show up and defeat the Zanpakuto with Orihime's help, and all is well because the other girl's memories were erased. Yup, that about sums it up.
Malinda struggled to keep her eyes open. She had to stay awake. What if the couple came back early and saw her asleep? But she couldn't resist the tantalizing sleep that was coming upon her.
Malinda woke up to screams. It was pitch black in the house, and she couldn't find a light switch for her life.
"Daniel, Liam?!" She called. She flew off the couch, and rushed upstairs to the boy's room.
"Daniel, Liam, are you okay?! She called at their door.
"Daniel, Liam! This isn't funny! Don't play this joke on me!" She grabbed the cold door handle.
It's alright Malinda, you can do this. The boys are just playing a joke on you. Stop being a scaredy cat.
Malinda slowly opened the door. It was even darker in there. She fumbled for the light switch, and at last found it. She switched the lights on, and screamed.
Liam was on the bed with a knife in his chest, and Daniel had a hanger running through his neck, and he was hanging in the closet.
