Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

It was a sunny day in Chicago as Camilla stepped outside of the airport. Here she was for the first time in America and on her own. All she had was an address of the family she was suppose to work for. She pulled out the carefully folded paper from her pocket as she got into the closest cab. As she handed the little pice of paper to the cab driver a young man opened the door next to her. Camilla turned as she said "sorry but this cab is taken" "oh I'm sorry I didn't see that" the young man said as he smiled to her. The cab driver turned around and said "Milwaukee Avenue it is then miss" as I was about to close the door the young man once more popped his head in as he said "wait you are going to Milwaukee Avenue? Me too? Can I tag along?" Camilla smiled at this handsome young man as she said "as long as you aren't planing to kill me it's fine with me" she heard the young man laugh a bit as he went to the back of the cab and putted his luggage in the trunk. As he sat down next to Camilla he said "by the way I'm Andrew but people call me AJ by the way" he gave Camilla his hand as he waited for her reply. Camilla took his hand in hers and shook it as she said "hi I'm Camilla but people call me Cam because I don't like my name" AJ smiled at Camilla as they shook hands 'what a handsome young man' she thought to herself as she almost got lost in his pretty brown eyes. She was pulled out of her thoughts as AJ said "wow I like your accent, you aren't from around here are you?" Camilla could feel her cheeks blush as bit as he continued to smile at her "I'm not I'm from Denmark actually" "really? I always wanted to go to Denmark I've heard it's a beautiful country" AJ said as his smile on his face grew bigger and bigger "it is, you should go visit one day" "I'm sure I will" he said with a flirty look in his eyes "so what are you doing here in Chicago then?" He asked as the cab parked next to this glorious old house. Right when Camilla was about to answer the cab driver turned around and said "this is it!" "Right, right" Camilla mumbled as she paid the driver and stepped outside. As she opened the trunk to take out her luggage she saw a hand grab her back and lifted it out and she could hear AJ say "there you go" "thank you" Camilla mumbled as she took the handle of her luggage and stepped onto the sidewalk. Camilla saw AJ do the same, as he walked up next to her he said "you know what you never actually answered my question tho" "right I'm here for the next year babysitting some kids and stuff for this family" she answered as she started walking closer to the house, "hold up a second there..." AJ said as he handed her a pice of paper with what looked like a phone number, "if you need a friend or someone to talk to just give me a call" and by that he walked away.

As Camilla carefully knocked at the door on this beautiful house her mind kept on repeating what had just happened on the short ride from the airport to here. How she had only been here for 30 minutes but already made what looked like a friend. As the door opened a young boy became visible behind the door. Camilla bent down on the same level as the boy and said "hi is your mom or dad home?" The boy suddenly ran back inside as Camilla her a woman asking "who is it?" Camilla saw a woman with chocolate brown hair becoming visible. When she reached the door she smiled and said "can I help you with something?" "I hope so, I'm Camilla your new nanny" "yes yes come on in, mister Rannells will be home any minute now" Camilla walked inside behind the woman into this beautiful living room with a fire and the biggest collections of book she had ever seen "would you like something to drink, I know you have had a long flight here" the Mrs. Rannells asked as Camilla sat down on the couch "just a bit of water please" Camilla said as Mrs Rannells walked out if the living room and into what Camilla assumed was the kitchen. As Camilla sat there waiting for Mrs Rannells to return she decided to text the boy from earlier

Cam: hi! This is Camilla I don't know if you remember me but we just shared a cap. I just wanted to give you my number an to thank you for welcoming me.

As Camilla put her phone back in her pocket she heard the front door open, she saw the little boy from earlier running towards the door as he screamed "daaaaaady's home!" Camilla smiled a bit of the little boy as she saw a good looking man walking into the living room, "oh where's my manners, you must be Camilla right?" "Yeah I am hi" Camilla said as she stood up and gave the man a hand shake "welcome I'm Mr. Rannells but some people call me Ronald, and this is my son Charlie and I guess you already met my wife Charlotte" he said as the boy walked over to Camilla and handed her his hand as he said "hello my name is Elder Rannells and I would like to share with you this book of Jesus Christ" the little boy started laughing as he ran away. Camilla got up and smiled as Charlotte returned to the living room she handed Camilla the water and walked over to give her husband a hug "hi darling I see you already met Camilla but where's Charlie?" "Oh he sang a bit for Camilla and then ran off" "oh no not The Book Of Mormon again?" "I'm afraid so" Charlotte said as they both walked over and joined Camilla on the couch. Ronald turned around so he was facing Camilla as he said "I'm sorry about Charlie it's just one of his big brothers was in Book Of Mormon and have brought him the soundtrack and I'm afraid that's how Charlie greets new people now a days" "it's fine, I thought it was sweet, actually it's one of my favourite musicals so I don't mind" Camilla said remembering back to when she first saw the show and trying to remember everyone from the show trying to figure out who this big brother could be, "really? They are actually in Chicago this month maybe we should go see it then?" "Oh I would love that" Camilla answered as she started to feel more and more at home here at this family a long way from her own family.

Charlotte looked at the clock as she said "that late already, well Ronald why don't you go give Camilla the tour of the house and show her to her room I need to get ready to go to work, and Charlie needs to get ready for school" all Ronald did was nod at her. Camilla and Ronald got up and he started showing her the house, the last room they came across was hers. It was a not so small room with a big bed, a small TV, own bathroom and a closet bigger than her room at home "I'll just leave you to get settle in, dinner will be ready in an hour or so. So if you want to go see the area or stay here reading a book or something you can do that" by that Ronald turned around and left the room. Camilla left her bags in the middle of the room and threw herself into the bed, as she laid there she could feel her phone vibrate

AJ: hi! Of course I remember you? I never forgets a pretty face. So is the family nice?

Camilla could once more feel her cheeks blushing as she read the words a pretty face, 'he thinks I'm pretty?' She thought to herself before answering him

Cam: they are! Apparently their oldest son was on Broadway some time ago in my favourite musical!

Not long after she had pressed sent she got a respond from him, 'wow he's fast' she thought to her self as she opened the text from him

AJ: wait you like musicals? It's just keeps getting better and better! But I got to go back to work, talks to you later

'Keeps getting better?' Camilla thought to herself as she stared at the words on her screen, she started to smile from ear to ear 'maybe this was the start of a summer romance' she thought as she placed her phone back into her pocket. She started to stare into the celling. She knew it was a beautiful house she was so curious to see what the area had to offer so she decided to go for a walk around the block. She changed into something a little more appropriate for the waiter outside and walked downstairs, as she walked by the living room she saw Ronald and Charlie sitting in the couch watching some cartoons on TV, she popped her head in and said "I'll just go for a walk around the block" none of them really seemed like they heard her so she turned around and started heading toward the door. Right before she walked out of the door she heard Ronald say "hold up a second here's the number for my phone, call me if you get lost okay?" Camilla just nodded at him and took the pice of paper before leaving.

As she walked around outside and enjoyed the American sun she still couldn't believe she was actually here, that the family was so nice to her and that within the first hour of her arrival she had made what looked like a friend. This was almost to good to be true. She turned another corner and saw this little grocery shop and decided to go look for something candy like for later. As she was about to open the door she got a text from her mom asking her if she was there yet and if the flight was fine, as Camilla texted her back the suddenly felt something hitting her in the face. She tumbled back a couple of steps and could feel how on her forehead started a dent started to appear. As she looked up she looked starlight into a couple of perfect brown eyes, " I'm so so sorry" she heard a voice saying as she felt a hand on her shoulder "are you okay?" The voice continued "yeah I think so" Camilla said.

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