Babysitting

"I'm your new babysitter!"

Alex's stomach knotted as a wave of humiliation washed over her. Her mother had threatened to hire a sitter, but Alex assumed she had been joking.

Claire pushed past Alex, looking around. "You have a cute room, runt." Alex's walls were covered in posters for cartoons, comic books, and wrestlers. She had cute Mario bedsheets. She cringed, knowing how childish it looked from an outside perspective.

"So! First things first!" Claire turned to her with a wicked grin.