11 || Babysitters Club

I don't know how it happened but I somehow ended up babysitting with Carter.

Let me start from the beginning.

On Saturday morning my dad came in with a husky.

"So cute!" I squealed rubbing her ears. She barked happily and started licking me.

My mom was less than pleased.

"Why is there a dog in my house?" She crossed her arms.

"Her name is Sheila," my dad grinned proudly. "Isn't she a beauty?"

"Oh yeah, she's a real beauty. Now get her out."

"Mom!" I whined. "Look how adorbs she is. Can't we keep her?" Sheila and I looked at mom with puppy dog eyes.

"No."

Just then Jason stumbled in rubbing the sleep from his eyes. He spotted Sheila and did a double take.

"Woah. Is that a dog? Is it a he? It's a he huh? We should name him Killer, I've always wanted a dog name Killer."

I rolled my eyes. "It's a girl idiot and her name is Sheila."

Sheila yapped and wagged her tail happily.

"Ok am I invisible here?" My mom spoke. "We are not keeping the dog."

"Why not?" I pouted.

"Because I said so!"

I picked up Sheila and shoved her in moms face. "How can you say no to this? Sheila make sad puppy face!"

Sheila whimpered and gave mom her saddest look.

Mom stood firm. "Dog out. Now." Them she spun on her heel and disappeared down the hall.

"Don't worry I'll convince her," dad winked and followed after her.

Jason shrugged. "You heard mom. Get rid of the dog."

"Sheila," I corrected him. "Her name is Sheila."

"Uh no fucks given," then he plopped down on the living room couch and flipped on the tv.

I lived with such soulless people.

"Come on Sheila let's go for a walk," I clipped on the leash my dad had brought.

It was a nice day, but then again it was always a nice day, this day just felt nicer than most. We ended up at the park. Sheila started tugging on her leash.

"What is it girl?"

She kept tugging so I stopped and that's when she lifted up her legs to pee.

Oh.

As I was waiting for her to finish her buissnes two identical little girls ran up to me. Both had brown hair plaited back and hazel eyes. They looked eerily familiar.

"Your dog is so cute," one exclaimed excitedly.

"Can we pet it?" The other one asked.

"Sure." Sheila loved the attention and was lapping it up. I smiled down at the girls. They were so adorable.

"Oi! What did mum say about you two running off?"

Oh shit.

Carter strolled over with a frown on his face. I don't think he realized I was there yet.

"We just wanted to pet the cute dog!" The one in the butterfly jean skirt pouted. That was the only way I could tell them apart. The other one wore a striped dress.

That when Carter looked up and saw me.

"Hi," I said awkwardly.

He pursed his lips but didn't say a word.

Well screw you too then.

The girls continued to fawn over Sheila and I was starting to get uncomfortable just standing there. My mind worked to make up a way to excuse myself.

"We need to go," Carter said impatiently.

"I don't wanna leave," striped dress whined. "I wanna stay with the doggy!"

"This very nice lady probably has important things to do." I didn't miss the ways Carter's voice was dry when he called me nice. I glared at him.

Jean skirt tugged on my arm. "Are you busy?"

"Uhhh," my brain wasn't working fast enough. "Not really."

"You should come over and play with us then!" She chirped. "And bring the dog!"

I was horrified. Go with them? With Carter?

I opened my mouth to politely refuse when Carter beat me to it.

"Absolutely not."

"But why?" They asked at the same time.

"You can't just invite random people over."

"Hey!" I said indignantly. "I am not just some random person. We go to the same school!"

"Oh now you want to acknowledge me?"

"Shutup!"

The twins suddenly stared wailing and when I say wailing I mean wailing.

"What is wrong with them?" I looked at them panicked.

"This is what they do when they don't get what they want," Carter rolled his eyes.

"Well make them stop!" People were staring to stare and my entire body heated up in embarrassment.

"They won't stop until they get what they want," he rubbed his temples. "I guess you'll have to come over."

My eyes widened.

"You're joking right?" But I came to realize he wasn't joking because their screaming only got louder and an old couple even shot us a nasty look.

"Ok ok!" I held up my hands in surrender. "I'll come over!"

They stopped and smiled angelically at me.

"Yay!"

Nooooooo, I groaned in my head.

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Carter lived in a nice one story house painted blue with a brown roof and porch swing.

Very homey.

The twins skipped inside while I dragged myself over the thresh hold. Inside there was flat screen tv, a very worn looking couch, as well as crayons, paper, and dolls scattered around. I stepped on a barbie heel and cursed under my breath.

Sheila was sniffing around her new environment and I left her to follow Carter into the kitchen.

There was a woman at the stove with her hair tied up in a messy bun, strands falling around her face. She had on a flower blouse and white capris.

"Hi," she turned to me with a warm small. "I'm Charlotte. And you are?"

"Aubrey Powers," I reached out to shake her hand but she pulled me in for a hug. Ok this woman was obviously very friendly. What the hell went wrong with her son?

"It's nice to meet you Ms.King."

"Please call me Charlotte. So are you a friend of Carter's?"

I froze. I couldn't tell her that I hated her son. But I didn't want to lie and say we were friends either.

Luckily Carter came to the the rescue.

"We're classmates," he got an apple from the fridge and bit into it. "The twins wanted her to come over so they could play with her dog."

"Aww that's so sweet of you to come," she patted my hand. "I'm making grilled cheese sandwiches and chocolate chip cookies. Would you like some?"

I opened my mouth to say no but my stomach growled loudly. I blushed.

Charlotte laughed. "I guess that's a yes then."

His mom was so nice it was unreal. But I wondered where his dad was. Plus Charlotte hadn't corrected me on my use of Ms.

The twins played with Sheila while Carter's mom made lunch. I sat down at the kitchen table and pulled out my phone to text Ivy.

Me: guess where I am?

Poison Ivy: Victoria's Secret?

Me: good guess but no. I'm @ Carter Kings house!!!!!!

Poison Ivy: NO

Me: YES

Poison Ivy: OMG how?

Me: long story but basically we got a dog and I took her for a walk and happened to bump into his little twin sisters. They wanted me to come over and started screaming in public so I had no choice but to say yes

Poison Ivy: that's cray!

Me: Ikr. His mom is such a sweetheart! She's making me lunch! How did she give birth to the spawn of satan?

Poison Ivy: he's not that bad

Me: yes he is. I gotta go lunch is almost ready

Poison Ivy: ok text me ALL the deets later. Luv ya bitch

Me: luv ya too whore

I slipped my phone back into my pocket just as Charlotte shouted for the twins.

"Olivia, Sophia! Lunch is ready!"

They both trooped in, one holding Sheila upright so her hind legs dangled. I'm pretty sure the dog was far too heavy for her.

Charlotte set down a doggy bowl for Sheila and filled it with food. When she caught my surprised face she laughed.

"We used to have a dog in England but we had to give him away when we moved here."

She set down three plates with grilled cheese and mouth watering cookies. I almost salivated. She cut the crusts off for the twins and I smiled remembering how my mom used to do that for me when I was younger.

"Carter are you going to eat?" She asked. He had been sitting quietly at the counter on his phone the entire time.

"No," he got up and went down the hall. I heard a door slam loudly and I flinched on instinct. Charlotte sighed.

"He's still mad at me," she looked sad.

"Why?" It was probably rude of me to ask but my curiosity got the better of me.

"He wasn't happy when I told him we were leaving England. It was for the best though. Carter was expelled from his old school."

So the rumors weren't completely false after all.

I was itching to ask why he was expelled but bit my tongue. From the look on her face it seemed like a sore subject to talk about.

The twins chatted about random things while I ate my lunch silently mulling over my thoughts. Why was Carter expelled? Fighting? Drugs? Both?

"Thank you for the lunch Ms- I mean Charlotte. It was delicious. I should probably get going."

"Nooooooo!" The twins latched onto me. "Stay!"

"I couldn't possibly."

I tried to stand but they clutched my legs and wouldn't let go.

"I'm so sorry," their mom looked embarrassed.

"It's fine." Truthfully I thought the twins were cute besides their little tantrum earlier. There was a wide eyed innocence about them.

"I feel bad for asking but do you mind staying a bit late to babysit? Carter's in one of his moods and probably won't come out of his room for a while and I have some errands to run. I can pay you and you can help yourself to anything in our cupboards."

I bit my lip. Charlotte had been so welcoming to me, I felt like I owed her.

"Of course," I smiled. "I'll just let my parents know."

"Thank you so much!" She looked relieved. "You're an angel."

That I am.

After letting my parents know Charlotte gave me some simple instructions before leaving. No dessert before dinner. Be in bed by eight. Brush teeth before bed.

"So first things first, who is who?" I looked at them expectantly.

"I'm Sophia," said jean skirt.

"And I'm Olivia," said striped dress.

"No I'm Olivia," Sophia who was not Sophia said.

"And I'm Sophia," Olivia who was not Olivia replied.

Then they giggled.

I resisted the urge to slam my head against a wall.

They wanted to play with Sheila so I browsed through their movies. I was pleasantly surprised to see they owned Pretty in Pink, one of my favorite movies.

I rummaged through their cupboards and found a package of popcorn. After I dumped it into a large bowl I sat down in front of the tv to watch my movie.

I'm not sure how much time had passed before I felt the couch dip beside me. I turned to see Carter frowning at me.

"What?" I narrowed my eyes at him.

"You're still here?"

"Yeah I'm babysitting the twins. Your mom had to go run some errands."

He grunted but didn't say anything else. What crawled up his ass and died?

The credits were just starting to roll when Olivia and Sofia ran in, Sheila barking right behind them.

"We wanna play house!" I think it was Olivia who said this.

"Carter play house with us!" Sophia climbed on his lap and started pulling on his shirt.

"Pleaseeeeeeeee?" Olivia joined her.

A tiny smile broke out on his face. "Fine I'll play house."

"Yay!" They squished him in a hug. "You play too!" They scampered over to me.

Sophia scrunched her nose. "Uh what's your name?"

"Aubrey," I smiled.

"Aubrey will play with us too!" Olivia pumped her fist in the air. Sophia went on to explain how it would work.

"Sheila is our dog, Carter will be the daddy and Aubrey will be the mommy!"

"Can't I be the nanny or something?" I protested weakly. I did not want to be Carter's wife, even if we were pretending.

"You don't want to be my wife?" Carter grinned at me. He was back to his teasing mood.

"Aubrey has to be the wife, that's how house works!" Olivia exclaimed.

It was set in stone. I was destined to be Carter's wife.

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First we took the girls and Sheila out for another walk, this time as a family. Sophia gave me and Carter plastic gold rings and we had to hold hands. My palms were so sweaty I was sure he was grossed out. I tried to be civil for the sake of the twins.

"How old are they?" I asked him.

"Five."

"And how old are you?"

He looked at me evenly. "Guess."

"Thirty."

"Oh ha ha. And what are you, forty?"

"I'm seventeen," I corrected him.

"Eighteen."

"Really?" I gaped at him.

"Yep."

"When's your birthday?"

"Guess."

"This isn't jeopardy!"

"I know, I just like seeing you get all pissed off," he grinned.

"You're a sadist. Why am I married to a sadist?"

He suddenly stopped causing me to stop and leaned down to whisper to me.

"Because you like when I handcuff you to the bed and do bad things to you."

My entire face turned pink. He did not just say that.

There was a glint in his eye and I knew he had said that just to get this reaction out of me.

"I hate you."

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Back at his house we played hide and seek and tag. It was almost eight o clock so I got the girls ready for bed. I tucked them in and kissed each of their cheeks.

"Goodnight Aubrey!" They said in union.

"Goodnight Olivia. Goodnight Sophia," I was closing the door when I heard them say something sleepily.

"Come back and play with us again."

My heart was touched. They were so darn cute!

Carter was in the living room flipping through tv channels.

"Anything good on?" I plopped down next to him.

"Nah," he switched off the tv. He swiped his tongue across his lip and I gasped.

"Open your mouth," I demanded. He raised a brow at me.

"Just do it!"

"Bossy." But he obeyed and I gasped again.

"You have a tongue piercing?!"

"Oh yeah I do," he said as if he'd forgotten he had it.

"But but-" how had I not seen it the entire day?

"But what?"

"But when we kissed I didn't feel it!"

He shrugged. "I had it off." Then he smirked at me. "But we can always kiss again with it on."

I started to feel warm it places that should not be warm.

Carter with a tongue piercing was just...not okay.

I wanted to kiss him with it. Badly.

Then I remembered I said I wouldn't kiss him again if my life depended on it.

So I scoffed at him.

"No thanks," I said flippantly.

He didn't say anything, just gave me a knowing smile.

QOTD: favorite movie?

AOTD: Titanic

ILL NEVER LET GO JACK😭🌊

MY HEART WILL GO ON💔

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