Sweet Talker || Taylor Hawkins Fanfiction ||

Chapter 2 - Nanny

"are you sure though?" Tessa said, staring at 'blondie' aka Jordyn, that was drinking a beer while eating a portion of french fries "you sound coco'.

It had been over 3 weeks since Tessa's mother passed away and Jordyn went to the bar. The two of them got closer with time and were pretty good friends, especially after one day, two weeks ago, when Jordyn got really drunk and puked all over the place, Tessa took care of her, of course, then drove her home with Jordyn's fancy mini van. She had never touched an automatic car before, felt "pretty good" as she described it to Lisa the night after.

Jordyn told enough for Tessa to understand the situation. Traveling husband, raising 3 kids, bad nannies, wanting to go back to work, feeling dead inside. Tessa would always try to cheer up miss Jordyn but sometimes her silly jokes weren't enough, then the drinking fixed it.

Tessa didn't like to talk about herself, which did bother Jordyn enough to make her annoy the living shit of her new friend. She found out that: dead mother with cancer, huge bills, good at drawing, good with kids, needs a hair cut. She also found out that Tessa was great with kids, after talking a while about her nephews and listening her say 'I've changed a lot of diapers for someone who always had or an empty womb or a bloody one'.

Now the mother of 3 was craving for only one thing, a for god sake good nanny and she thought Tessa would be perfect for the job.

"you're perfect, good with kids, funny, we pay very well" Jordyn was pulling all her cards, praying to god Tessa would accept "I mostly need you there on mornings and afternoons, at night I'm home and you can keep working at the bar! Double pay girl! We also give bonus..." she opened a charming smile "pleaaaaaase Tessieeeee! I need to go back to work or I'll go crazy I swear to god, if I sing baby shark one more time I will blow my brains off" she begged.

It was so tempting, finally getting to do something she enjoyed, even if just a little bit, getting a good pay. It had been a while since Tessa worked 2 jobs, but well, the bills won't pay itself, she thought, already getting tired just from thinking about it.

"What time do you want me in and out" she cave in, stealing a bit of Jordyn's food, that had opened one hell of a big, victorious smile. "I have to be at the bar at 9pm".

"Violet and Harper have class from 8am to 4pm, Ophelia is almost 3 so she's still not at school, but she has daycare from 8am to 2pm, so maybe from 2pm until 7? maybe 8?" Jordyn sounded so excited, pratically bouncing on the chair. "you can take a bath there, eat, everything you need, no worries about that!" she held Tessa's hand "are you really in?".

Tessa took a deep breath and then opened a big smile "yes, blondie" they laughed and Jordyn hugged her over the table.

"Can you start on monday?" Jordyn politely asked.

"Sure!".

"See you on monday then! Gotta go get the kids, they are on a playdate haha" Jordyn stood up, handed Tessa one hell of a good tip, gave her one more hug and walked out, all sappy.

"See you!".

***

Tessa's feet hurt so bad she was afraid to take her shoes off and see them swell up right in front of her. Her hands had white thin stripes, where the grocery bags were, and all around was just red, including her face. She closed the door of her flat right behind her, feeling the sweat crawl down her spine. It was one hell of a hot day and it was her only day off this week, after she was working extra shifts for over two weeks. "Sunday is the day god rested, so rest too, you dumb dumb" Lisa said to her the night before, joking, but also meaning it.