A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN......... [On Hold]

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" Oh hey. Mom didn't say anything about us having guests." he says " I'm Asher by the way." he says stretching out his hand. Well that's awkward because I'm already seated and I sure as hell am not going to stand up to shake his hand.
His mom walks in and he drops his hand and gives her his attention " Asher baby this is umm.....Vanessa she's going to be Angela's new babysitter."
I fight the urge but it comes out before I can think straight " It's Veronica actually." She looks kind of embarrassed as to have forgotten my name and I almost feel sorry for her. Almost. I'm sure if you ask her what my last name is she'd answer it immediately like she's the one called Quinn.
There's an awkward silence which happens after Asher snickers at my comment.
I decide that the silence makes me uncomfortable so I break it " umm.... Am I allowed to take a peek at the.... Princess I'm going to be babysitting?"
I don't think dirt ball is acceptable by parents.
" Actually you are. Thank you for asking." Mrs. Scott leaves I and Asher alone and goes to look for Angela.
" So Veronica.....?" he looks at me like he's trying to figure out something then he grins. " Since you already know that I'm Asher and I know you're Veronica can you tell me more about yourself?"
" Nope." I hope I don't have to babysit this one too though.
" Hi." I hear a cute, annoying as squeak voice say in front of me
" I'm Angela. I hope you're going to be my nanny. I don't want Miss Evans babysitting me she's old and wrinkly and she's not fun one bit.....but you look like you're gonna be fun. Asher over there, he's my big brother he's going to be in the highschool I know he looks old but looks can be awfully deceiving . He's barely 17 he just turned 17 some weeks ago. About three weeks. Ash is it three weeks? "
You'd think that's where the dirt ball would stop but no..... She only paused to catch her breath and reduce her volume like she's indulging me in a little girl gossip
" You could like give Asher a tour sometime. You guys can be best of friends. I like you. You could be Asher's first friend that I actually like. All his other friends were assh......."
She's interrupted by her brother noisily clearing his throat
" Ok I guess that's enough for today you don't want to scare the pretty lady away."
I kind of enjoyed the little girl's company. " So hey can I ask you something?"
"yeah sure ."
" Ok you're Quinn's daughter right?"
" Don't you already know that?"
"yeah but that's not my question. Actually I wanted to ask,why babysitting? Can't you just get money like from your parents or something?"
" I won't answer that but I will tell you that unless I'm babysitting you too then we don't need to talk. Civil conversation or not. I'm just here to do my job not fraternize."
" If and when the job becomes yours." the idiot had the audacity to add with a smirk
Just as I'm about to reply to that his mom walks in and smiles at me
" I'm sure you've met Angela so I'm just going to interview you a little if that's ok with you." she smiles like I'm her long lost friend
" Sure. No problem."
" Ok you can start by introducing yourself."
" K. So my name is Veronica Quinn as you already know, I'm turning seventeen pretty soon and I'm from here, born and raised. Ummm. I go to AshCreek High. I have a lot of work experience but not babysitting. It still counts as work experience though right?" I don't let her answer and continue " I do fairly well in school so I'll definitely bag helping with assignments. I have babysat once though. Helped my aunt to look after her kid for two nights," worst two nights of my life. " And I think I'll be perfect for your daughter. I think we've established a bond already." Can't believe I'm doing this
" Ok." she says and smiles
" I'll email you her schedule. You follow it to the word, I'll add a list of her allergies and stuff she's not allowed to eat and do but for now you can work with this, you start tomorrow." She hands me a 'rough sketch' of Angela's schedule ( if rough sketches are three pages long) and I get up to leave.
I heard it's polite to say thank you so.........
I don't say it but instead walk towards the front door.
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When I get home the first thing I hear is an argument. It's definitely not Tracy cause the voice is way too deep to be hers plus she's too cheery to get in a argument. To be honest sometimes her cheeriness irritates me. I walk into the kitchen and see Joe running his hand through his hair, obviously a sign of frustration, and if it's frustration which it is, it's definitely my parents. They are literally the only ones that can ever get that reaction out of my irritatingly cheery siblings.
I walk past Joe and take a pack of M n M I see on the counter. He was definitely planning on eating that. I smile at him and pop a few M n Ms in my mouth. He gives me a death glare and tells the person over the phone that they'd continue later.
" Hey kiddo. Asides from stealing my lunch what else have you been up to today?"
" Well........ I took your advice and went looking for a job babysitting at the Scott's and........"
I stalled a little to build the suspense
" I Veronica Leila Quinn am officially a babysitter."
I pump my fists in the air to increase the enthusiasm but Joe looks everything but enthusiastic and surprised
" Can't say I'm surprised." he says stealing his M n Ms back " Cause I'm not." It's not like I don't like my brother a little. He can be amazing at times. Honestly, I just want to be alone. But since that's not happening anytime soon.....
" Oh really? I thought I gave off the impression that I thought you were?"
" What gave it away? The look or the fact that I know you're willing to do anything for cash. Including babysit."
He says smiling like he wasn't just planning someone's murder less than a minute ago
" I'm going to go with the look."
We stay quiet still smiling- but not an awkward silence like you just told your crush you like him, the comfortable kind like right after he says it back-
" You have school tomorrow. Get some rest. Your journey awaits you" such a geek *cue eye roll*
" Yeah yeah and I'm honored to be of service to this country." I mock salute
" May the force be with you."
Oh my God! My inner mind is probably literally rolling on the floor laughing her ass off.
Joe is the first to speak up and he looks nervous as he scratches a spot behind his head
" I ummmm think we errr....."
" Yup. We managed to mix up three totally unrelated movies together."
" So talented. So talented was what I was going to say." he says laughing
" I know right? We are definitely diamond in the rough material." I say snorting a little
" Come on get to bed," he says ruffling my hair " Big day tomorrow. First day of school. Junior year. I can almost see you jetting off to college."
" Good night Joe. Don't bite the bed bugs. They didn't do anything to you."
"Night little sis."
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I'm sorry if this chapter is way too short. I promise the following ones will be a lot better than this.............. hopefully. Anyways drop comments, vote, share, follow, go crazy. If there's anything you're hoping to get from this book let me know until then
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