The reflection in his eyes

"I left you some money if you want to go for an ice cream or something. There should be enough food so you can handle it for the weekend." - Elena kept going with her introductions like you were for the first time babysitting little Cassie. But Elena was always like that, worrying too much.

"El, c'mon, this is not my first time with her, remember?" - you tried to calm her down while swinging the three-year-old Cassie in your arms.

"Yeah, yeah. Fine." - Elena sighed, and smoother her daughter's golden hair. - "Be nice to aunt Y/N, okay?"

Cassie nodded with a huge smile on her face.

Nathan was becoming impatient next to the car. - "For Christ Sake Elena, she can handle it, come on or we'll be late!"

Elena hugged you and gave a kiss to her daughter's forehead before she turned to walk to the car. Cassie waved to her parents, yelling at them goodbyes, as you and that little princess watched how the car left, and soon disappeared around the corner.

You turned to look at Cassie, smiling.

"So princess, what do you want to do?" - you gently touched her nose, making her giggle and waving her hands to push your hand away.

"I want to bake cookies!" - she screamed, reaching her hands into the air and arching her back so you needed to hold her tighter so she does not fall.

"Okay, calm down you little tiger, or you will fall." - you chuckled while stepping back inside, closing the door behind you after putting Cassie down. She started to run with her little feets toward the kitchen, and you walked behind here, finding her already on the chair next to the counter.

You and Cassie made some sweet cookies, eating them as a supper, after making 'pinkie promise' that neither of you won't tell her parents you had cookies as a supper. Soon you noticed that Cassie started to become tired. She yawned amply and rubbed her sleepy eyes to keep herself awake.

"Okay princess, time to bed." - you said while getting up from the chair, walking to her and taking her little hand and started to lead her to upstairs.

After helping her to change her clothes to pajamas, Cassie crawled to her little bed and you walked next to cover her with the blanket.

Cassie looked at you her eyes barely open, a tired smile on her face.

"You gonna tell me a bedtime story?" - she asked with her tiny voice, and you leaned your elbow to the edge of her bed, leaning your hand to your palm.

"What kind of story you want to hear?" - you asked even you knew well what kind of story she wanted to hear.

"Princess story!" - she reached her hands toward the ceiling and you laughed softly and started to tell her the story.

But not many sentences later Cassie interrupted you.

"Why you don't have any prince?"

You smiled gently, smoothing her hair.

"I just haven't found my prince yet." - you whispered, seeing how she struggled with keeping her eyes open.

"What about Uncle Sam?" - her words made your heart jump up into your throat.

You had known Sam since he suddenly appeared back to Nathan's life, and because you were good friends with Elena and Nathan, you became friends with him too. But for the last year, you noticed you started to have a crush on him. You hoped those feelings will go pass by during time, but you were wrong - they only grew.

It didn't help that he was unbelievably good looking, funny and kind. And the way he always teased you and flirted with you, made the butterflies fly in your stomach so hard it made you feel nauseous, that hard he made you feel.