The First Times

First Time Babysitting

~Fast forward a couple of years.~

"You do know that there's no need for you to yell at me?" Will talked with someone over the phone when Ana stepped out of her room. She had been doing her homework and hopefully had finished everything before a headache arrived. When she saw Will's exasperated look, she had three ideas on who he was talking to. "Put Chris on the phone!"

Yep, it was Aunt Clarisse.

"And here I thought we would lose you to your homework." Nico teased her when he saw her. Ana rolled her eyes, but that only increased her headache. "Since when school make their students work until exhaustion?" He offered her some water that she drank.

"It's school..." Ana replied, as if it was obvious. "I knew it would get harder as I got older, but this is ridiculous, Papà!" She complained softly, plopping down on the couch. "I missed lunch with Benny because of that stupid English project..." She was practically growling at the end and Nico sighed, shaking his head. He still refused to see Ana was growing up.

"And what got you so sour?" Nico spoke to Will who just finished his phonecall. He sat next to Ana and hugged her, wrapping his arm around his shoulders.

"Apparently, Clarisse demanded of us to look after Silena while she and Chris go to this dinner honoring some guy in the army..." Will explained, sighing deeply. "Now, I have no problems to look after her, but it also coincide with the lecture we planned on going last month-"

"Can't they call someone else?" Nico could see how their plans were crashing down because of bossy-demanding Clarisse. Will shook his head.

"I spoke to Chris later and he said we're their last option." That was a polite way to say that everyone else had fought the assignment with flesh and nails. Ana shared a look between their defeated parents and shrugged her shoulders.

"I can look after her." Both Will and Nico blinked fast and stared at her. "You were planning on leaving me here with Mrs. Fraiser anyway, so why don't I go look after Silena instead? She likes me and it'll only be a couple of hours, right?" She checked with them. Nico nodded, but Will wasn't that sure.

"Are you sure you want to do it, Principessa?" He asked her. "This is not like watching after triplets, we won't be there to help you..." Ana rolled her eyes and smiled at him.

"Dad, I know is not like the triplets and I know you won't be there, but I want to." She assured them, smiling. "Plus, Aunt Clarisse will pay me." She winked at them, making them chuckle. A bit more reassured, they made the arrangements for it.

The following weekend, the small family traveled to the Rodriguez' apartment, to be greeted by Chris.

"Hello, guys! Come on in..." He invited them inside. After a small greeting to his Uncle, Ana went straight to Silena, who jumped in delight upon seeing her.

"Ana is here! Ana is here!" The little three-year-old announced, rushing to greet her with a hug. Ana didn't disappoint her and picked her up, kissing her face and making her squirm gently, laughing. The three fathers watched, smiling. "Daddy, is Ana staying with me?" Silena used her puppy eyes on her father thinking Ana was just visiting and not staying to play. To no one's surprise, Chris chuckled and nodded. "Yay!"

"Ready to go, punk?" Clarisse made her entrance, all dressed in her full-dress uniform. It was obvious to the present ones that she was uncomfortable with the skirt she had to wear. Chris, wearing a simple suit, nodded.

"Now, Sil..." Chris turned to his daughter, a bit serious. "Ana is in charge, so I want to hear you were a good girl with her, alright?" Silena nodded sternly, making Nico and Will chuckle. "Ana, our numbers are on the fridge and you can call us any time, alright?"

"Yes, Uncle Chris."

"She already had dinner, so she's only missing a bath, and since it's Friday she can stay up a little later, but no more than 10 pm, OK?"

"Yes, Uncle Chris." Chris smiled at her and kissed his daughter on her forehead.

"We will come before you guys, to check on them." Nico promised them, before turning to Ana for some last advice. "If you need us, we're one phone call away."

"Yes, Papà. Have fun!" Ana practically was dragging the grown-ups outside the apartment with Silena's help. Both girls were giggling while doing so, which meant they would be fine. As soon as the door was closed, Ana turned to Silena. "So, Sil... what you wanna do before taking a bath?" Silena looked thoughtful for a moment before smiling.

"Can you do my make-up...?" She asked, all innocent. Ana smiled and nodded, taking Silena to Clarisse's bureau and sitting her on her legs. Though she didn't have much, Ana remembered how Aunt Drew had bought Aunt Clarisse some make-up for 'especial occassions'.

She doubted that she would miss it.

Gently and carefully, Ana put make-up on Silena before letting her do the same. Afterward, the cousins took pictures of themselves and cleaned everything before taking Silena to have a bath. As soon as Silena was dry and wrapped in her pajama, she began yawning and Ana took her to bed, humming a song her Papà sung when she was little until she fell asleep.

After making sure Silena was asleep, Ana printed the pictures and placed them on the fridge, before going to the couch and wait for the adults to show up. Her Dad and Papà appeared not long afterward and she showed them what they had done and admitted she had no problems whatsoever. Both Nico and Will were impressed and let her know so.

Maybe when Aunt Clarisse and Uncle Chris saw how much fun they had, they would let her do it more often...

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Good morning/afternoon/evening, guys...

Let's start by saying that this past week, for me, has been exhausting!! Last night, I celebrated my grandmother's 87 birthday and (the majority of) the family, aka my aunts, uncles and cousins were home, so we partied till very late...

I kind of saw this one coming, because I couldn't write the past week, with all the preparations for it. I DID wrote the previous one, which I'm happy to post today. However, I won't post Saving Time - A Caleo Story, as I said before, didn't have time to write. Same with my Valentine's Day special for my SO, babe, I'm still sorry I couldn't finish it... *sob sob*

Which brings me to another important point. In three weeks from now, I'll be leaving on holidays, so my question is the following... should I post a bunch of chapters before leaving? Or after coming back? Is either way with me...

The last point before going into our updates is that The First Times is coming to an end... I, sadly, run out of ideas for first times and I already drafted the last chapters... I'm welcome to proposals, but I believe the story has run its course and that's how it should be with everything. It's sad, but it's the truth.

Although! I have the draft for my next Solangelo fiction planned! It will probably be a collab, I'm working on it, but I'll try to post it on April...

Anyway! The updates!

The First Times: 1 chapter!

I will see you guys next week!
xoxo, SilverHuntresses