princess leia | hemmings

03 - punishment

"what happed to you?" daisy asked, wide eyes as i got in my car.

"i dont even wanna talk about it. and no, i didnt get his number or anything." i angrily jammed my key into the car and drove her home.

"im sorry leia." she said quietly. "ill buy you a new shirt."

"yeah whatever." i said and turned up the music. thankfully, her house wasn't far. when we arrived, i said a quick bye and she got out if my car.

once she got out, i headed home. majority of the time, my mom was gone working all day. my dad? well, him and my mother split up a little after grey was born. out of the three of us, im the only one who really knew who our dad was compared to the little ones.

and since my mom is either working late nights or traveling, i took care of matty and grey. however, today was rarity when she was home early enough to pick up them.

"mom im home." i called as i shut the door behind me.

grey and matty look up from the tv. "what happened?" grey asked.

"long story." i sighed. my mom walked in, walking over and pressed a kiss to my forehead.

"what happened to you?" she asked too, seeing the ice cream stains splattered over me.

"i slipped." i shrugged. my mom laughed softly and hugged me.

"aw my poor baby. go take a shower. ill start dinner kay?" she said as i walked up the stairs.

"alright."

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"one of the ladies at firm asked me if you would babysit her her niece tomorrow." my mom said as i twirled my fork to collect as many noodles as i could before stabbing the end with a meatball.

"is there pay?" i asked with an eyebrow raised.

"of course theres pay. she said shes pay you 10 dollars an hour." my mom was wiping grey's sauce covered face as she spoke.

"can you?" she asked and i nodded. i wasn't planning on doing anything anyways.

the next day after school, i drove to pick up the brats and then we headed to the address that my mom gave me. the house wasn't that far from home, it was only a 5 minuet drive. when i pulled up to the house, it looked very cute and homey looking.

"before we get out. we DONT make a mess alright? and if you do, youre cleaning it and im not. you do your homework first before playing. am i understood?" i asked and looked at grey and matty.

"okay" they both said in unison. i got out of the car and waiting for them to get out too. we walk up to the house and i knocked on it.

a small lady with blonde wavy hair and blue eyes opened the door. "youre leia?" she smiled.

"yep. and these are my siblings. you dont mind if theyre here right?" i asked biting my lip nervously.

"oh not at all! im liz by the way. thank you so much leia! youre a lifesaver. i have a huge meeting i cant miss." liz hugged me and waved my siblings.

"no problem. im glad to help." i smiled back. after, she let us in. once entered, i saw the little baby sitting in a play pen, chewing on a toy.

"this is kira. i asked my son if he could watch her but of course he said he didnt want to." she sighed.

"oh, how old is your son?" i asked, sitting my things down. the brats hiding behind my legs next to me.

"oh hes probably a few years older than you. he comes and goes here sometimes so dont be bothered if someone comes here. usually he comes to do his laundry." she said.