Unexpected Love

4

Skeet gets ready to have this little babysitting date with Mädchen. He's a little nervous since he's never babysat before and also because he doesn't want to screw things up with her. He decides to wear black jeans and a grey long-sleeved shirt. Mädchen is also getting ready but not without having Nathalie, another good friend of her, by her side to help her. She gets a light makeup done and has trouble picking her out her outfit.

"Nat, do you think this would look good together?" She asks desperately.

"You look great in everything. And you know that yourself." She answers trying to make her less nervous, which doesn't work, though.

"Why am I so nervous about this? We're just babysitting Ava." Mädchen tells herself to calm down at least a little. Nat picks out an outfit that she thinks represents Mädchen good but also isn't too casual nor too dressed up.

"Here, wear this. I think it's perfect."

"I love it! Thank you so much, Nat." Short after Mädchen got dressed, the doorbell rings. "Oh, my God. He's here." Mädchen and Nat go downstairs together to get the door. In front of the door stands Skeet holding a bouquet of roses in his hands smiling as he sees Mädchen.

"I'm gonna go now. Have fun!" Nat says winking at Mädchen.

"Thanks again, Nat!" They smile at each other and as soon as Nat left, Mädchen gives her full attention to Skeet.

"Here I uh- I bought you these." He says handing her the bouquet.

"Why, thank you." A huge smile spreads across her face and Skeet likes to be the reason. She puts them into a vase and before they can say anything else, the doorbell rings again. This time it's Marisol dropping off Ava.

"Hi, cutie." Mädchen bends down to Ava hugging her tight.

"Hi, Auntie Mädch." Ava greets her happily.

"I'll pick her up later. I can't tell you when, though." Marisol says.

"It's no problem. We'll have a lot of fun, right honey?"

"Yessss!!" Ava says excitedly.

Skeet has to smile as he hears Mädchen talking to the little girl. She uses a higher voice as usual and it's just too precious to him.

"Is Skeet already here?" Marisol asks quiet enough for only Mädchen to her.

"Yes, he's waiting in the living room, I guess." She has to smile at the mention of him. They say their goodbyes and Mädchen takes Ava into the living room where, just as she thought, Skeet is sitting on the couch.

"Honey, I would like you to meet someone." She says to Ava. "This is my friend Skeet." She points at him.

"Hi, Skeet!" Ava says waving at him as they walk over to sit down next to him on the couch.

"Hello, Ava." Skeet greets her using a higher voice just like Mädchen did. She smiles at that.

At first, they play with the dollies she brought with her. After almost an hour they are getting hungry.

"Would it be okay if I started on dinner and you two continue playing with your dollies?"

"Sure go ahead. We get along, right Ava?" Skeet smiles at her.

"Yessss!!" She answers as she hugs him. Mädchen smiles at that and then heads into the kitchen to start cooking. She decided to make a lasagna since she knew it was Ava's favorite. She puts the lasagna into the oven and then goes back int the living room. She stops at the doorframe watching them play dollies together. It makes her heart swell. After a little while, Skeet sees her standing in the doorway.

"How long have you been standing there already?" He chuckles.

"A few minutes. Not that long." They all continue playing until it's time for dinner. Mädchen and Skeet sit across from each other and Ava sits next to her.

"Mhmmm.. The lasagna tastes reaallllyyyy yummyy!" Ava claims.

"Gotta agree to that." Skeet says with a little smirk on his face.

Mädchen and Skeet talk a little about their work since they finally have a scene together on Monday and then Ava interrupts them.

"Auntie, are you two a couple? Like Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip?" She asks innocently.

Mädchen's eyes widen and she blushes. "No, we're not sweetheart. What makes you think that?"

"Well, you looks like Princess Aurora." She states. Then she whispers: "You're even more beautifuller than her, but don't tell her I said that." Mädchen has to chuckle. Her pronunciation and grammar are just the cutest. "Anddd Skeetie is your Prince Phillip."

Skeet smiles at his new nickname, Mädchen does, too. After they ate up, they decide to watch a movie. Ava chooses her all-time favorite - the sleeping beauty. Mädchen and Skeet sit next to each other, with Ava in Mädchen's lap. While they watch the movie Skeet pretends to yawn so that he can put his arm around Mädchen and she has to stifle a laugh. She thinks it's cute though. In the middle of the movie, Mädchen notices that Ava is asleep. They watch the movie until the end but as the credits roll, Mädchen and Skeet fall asleep to in each other's arms. In the meanwhile tries Marisol to call them to tell them she was going to pick up Ava now. Since none of them answers she decides to let herself in with Mädchen's spare key. As she closes the door and walks into the living room, she has to smile. They look so adorable when they sleep. She carefully wakes them up.

"Hey sweetie, it's mommy. I came to pick you up." Marisol tells Ava as she rubs her eyes.

"Oh, Marisol. You're already here?" Mädchen asks a little sleepy.

"Yeah. I called you two several times." She laughs.

"Skeetie, wake up. We fell asleep." Mädchen says trying to get him to wake up.

"So, had you fun with Auntie Mädch and Skeetie?" Marisol smirks at Mädchen while saying 'Skeetie'.

"Yes! I wanna visit them oftener, mommy." Ava says.

They talk a little and after that they say their goodbyes, leaving Mädchen and Skeet alone.

"You're really good with kids, you know?" She tells him.

"Am I?"

"Uh-huh. The way you talked to her and played dollies with her..."

"What about it?" He wonders since she didn't finish that sentence.

"It- It was wonderful to watch." She admits looking into his eyes. "You'd definitely be a great dad." She smiles tearing up a little.

"I know for sure you'd be a great mom:" He answers catching her off guard.

"You think?"

"Of course."

They hug each other goodbye and once he's gone, Mädchen spots a post-it on the kitchen counter. Skeet scribbled his phone number on there and added:

𝐻𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝓃𝓃𝒶 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝑒. 

𝒪𝓇 𝒶𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝓂𝑒? 

𝒮𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓉 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈. 

 -𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒, 𝒮𝓀𝑒𝑒𝓉 𝓍𝓍

This night, she sleeps well. She can't get this note and especially him out of her mind. She smiles like a fool as she slowly begins to fall asleep.