The Favor

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I stare out the window as Noah drives to who knows where. I don't know why I'm in the car with Noah Night at 10:00pm, yet here I am. We stop in front of a beautiful mansion. I stare at it in awe.
"You coming or are you just gonna stand there, catching flies?" He snickered.
"Where are we? Why did you take me here of all places for a favor?" I ask, still in awe.
"Stop asking questions, I'll explain when we go inside." He asked, annoyed.
"We get to go inside?!" I exclaim. I can't believe we're here. What could he want me to do here? Is this his house!?!!
"No, we're just here to stand here and admire the view." He says sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
We walk into the mansion and the inside is even more beautiful than the outside, if that's even possible. Standing there is the cutest little girl I've ever seen. She looks about 5 or 6 and has gorgeous green eyes just like Noah's and light brown hair in cute pigtail braids.
     "Noey!!!! You're back! Where were you? You left me alone!" The little girl says running into Noah's arms. I smirk at the nickname 'Noey'. Noah notices and glares at me, then gives his attention back to the little girl.
     "I didn't leave you alone, Amelia is here." He says, picking her up and giving her a hug. He looks so happy, his tough guy act comes down and he looks at her like she's his world.
     "I guess, but she's just our maid, you were suppose to watch me." She whines.
     She looks at me and smiles then looks back to her brother who starts tickling her. She giggles and squeals.
      "Stop! Noey stop! That tickles" she screams and giggles. I smile at the scene and Noah finally stops tickling her and puts her down.
     "Who's she?" She asks pointing to me. I wave and she hides behind her I assume brother and shyly waves back.
     "Evelyn, meet Audrey, my little sister. Audrey, meet Evelyn, your new babysitter." He says smirking. My smile immediately drops. I look at him shocked.
     "Babysitter? Why me? You barely know me." I say in a hushed tone because Audrey's still right there.
     "Because, I'm supposed to watch her but I'm going out to hang with Grayson tonight. Plus, you owe me a favor. It's a win win." He says, smirking. Gosh I hate that smirk.
     "Fine. I'll watch her, then I won't owe you anything after this right?" I ask.
      "Yup, you're free after tonight. Since it's Friday, her bedtime is 11. Grayson is gonna pick me up any minute now. We'll be back around, I don't know, midnight? You'll just watch her and she knows what she's suppose to do so it'll be easy." He explains. I'm fine with babysitting, especially if it means I don't owe Noah anymore.
"Deal." I say easily. Audrey looks up at Noah and smiles. She has the cutest smile and it looks like she's always happy. Audrey is the sweetest little girl, this should be easy, plus I've babysat in the past. And I get to spend a few hours in this beautiful house.
Just then a teenage boy with black hair, hazel eyes and tattoos walks in and I'm guessing that's Grayson.
"Hey! What's up man!" Grayson comes waltzing in like he owns the place and gives Noah the weird man-hug thing that guys always do. I roll my eyes and cross my arms. Audrey comes over to me and I smile at her.
"Hey, you're Evelyn right!" Grayson says, realizing my presence. I wave and he turns his attention to Audrey. Crouching down to her size.
"Hey Audrey! What's up girl!" He says to her happily.
"Gray! I missed you!" She says hugging him tightly.
"You missed me did you?" He asks, smirking evilly. He starts tickling her and she squeals and giggles loudly. They look super close.
"Not again!" She yells. I smile and Grayson stops. He turns to Noah.
"You ready to go man?" He asks, he definitely looks ready. Wherever they're going, it must be fun.
"Yeah, lets go." They leave, and I turn to Audrey.
"What do you want to do first?" I ask sweetly. She looks at me and gives me the same smirk her brother gives me.
"Can we make a fort!" She asks excitedly. I smile and nod.
"Well I am an expert fort maker." I say and she smiles at me, her green eyes glow with excitement. She grabs my finger and pulls me through their amazing house. We end up in what looks like a living room but it doesn't look like they use it often. There's a flat screen TV and a huge couch with lots of pillows and an ottoman. There is a TV stand with bins that look like they're full of blankets.
"Are you ready?" I ask with a huge smile. She nods enthusiastically.
We make an amazing fort in front of the TV so we can watch a movie. It's around 10:25, and we're laying on our bellies in the fort with a bowl of popcorn.
"I think this is the best fort I've ever made, what movie do you want to watch?" I say to her while I turn on their Netflix.
"This is amazing! Can we watch 'Equestria Girls'" she asks eating some popcorn.
"Of course!" I say, putting on 'Equestria Girls'.
Audrey falls asleep around 10:45-11 so I turn off the movie and carefully pick her up. She's super light so I do it with ease. I stand up and go upstairs. I look through the rooms until I find I room with pink walls, toys everywhere, and a castle bed with 'Equestria Girls' bedding.
I carefully lay her down in bed and she already had pjs on when I got here so I don't need to change her. I realize she never brushed her teeth, but I shrug. What's one night without brushing her teeth?
I go back downstairs and clean up the fort and sit down on the couch and grab the remote and popcorn. I put on a show and watch it and eat popcorn until about midnight when I get bored. I get up and grab the empty popcorn bowl and put it in the kitchen.
I decide to explore until Noah gets back. The house is huge and absolutely gorgeous in every room. The downstairs has 3 kitchens, 2 dining rooms, 5 living rooms, 4 bathrooms, a mud room, and a game room. It's a two floor house so I go up the beautiful grand staircase. Upstairs there is 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, and a playroom.
     At around 12:30 I finish exploring and go back to the living room we made the fort in. I put on a show and sit down. I'm super tired so I can feel my eyes slowly close. When I'm about to fall asleep I hear Noah and Grayson loudly come in. I go to the front entry way to find two drunk teens.
     "You're a hour and a half late and you come home drunk, great." I say sarcastically, looking at the clock realizing it's 1:30.
     "Whatever!" He growls. I back up thinking he's probably aggressive when he's drunk.
     "Calm down man." Grayson says. Then he turns to me.
     "Thanks for watching Audrey, you're amazing, and thanks for staying and being cool with us being late." Grayson says sincerely.
     That's when I realize I don't have a ride home. Noah drove me here and he clearly isn't capable of driving. I curse under my breath.
     "What's the matter?" Grayson asks.
     "Noah drove me here and you guys clearly aren't capable of driving. And it's way too late for me to call someone for a ride." I say annoyed.
     "You can just spend the night, I'll drive you home in the morning." Grayson says understandingly. I smile at his concern. I wonder how he and Noah can be friends, Grayson is kind and considerate and gentle, Noah is aggressive, mean, and doesn't care.
     "If that's okay with Noah, I'm fine with that." I say, it would be amazing to spend the night in this beautiful house.
     "Yeah whatever." Noah says as he starts up the stairs to his room. Grayson smirks.
     "So it's settled then. Here, let me show you where you can stay." Grayson says holding out his hand.
    I take it and follow him upstairs. He takes me into one of the guest rooms . I take in the scenery, it's amazing, a queen size four poster bed sits in the middle, a bureau and desk are on the opposite side. There's a door to a bathroom in the corner. And a big window that shows into the backyard. 
     "Do you wanna change?" He asks pointing to my high waisted ripped jeans and mint blue long sleeved crop top.
"If it wouldn't be any trouble, yeah." I say. I really don't want to sleep in jeans and I don't want to sleep pants-less in a strangers house.
"Hold on a minute." He says holding up a finger and leaving the room.
He comes back 5 minutes later with a men's t-shirt and women's sweatpants. I look at the pants and assume they're Noah's moms. I grab them out of his hand and nod.
"Thanks." I say. He nods and leaves the room, going  into a different guest room. I close the door and change, then lay down in the comfiest bed I have every slept in. It doesn't take long for me to fall asleep.
I can't believe I'm sleeping in Noah Night's mansion.

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