Better than she could of hoped for.

I woke up a bit earlier that normally feel very well rested, yesterday had been a long day but in the end I had met a really nice person and I considered that a win in my book. I was showered down stairs making breakfast by the time Adam had just gotten up and stumbled down from his shower. "Wow baby you seem full of energy so early" he said rubbing his eye and sitting down at our kitchen table, I sat down a plate of eggs, bacon and toast in front of him. "Yeah yesterday was a long and tiring day so I slept pretty hard, but I feel very refreshed today" I said with a smile as I took my own seat at the kitchen table. We ate for a bit and chatted about a few things, Adam had paid to get my car filled up and towed back home, it should be here in the afternoon, we talked about work and how the product was going, with only a few minuets before he left I finally decided to drop the ball on him. "Honey I kind of got a side job" I told him, he got a bit of an odd look on his face before saying, "doing what baby, we have plenty of money". I shook my head slightly, "I wouldn't get paid, the cop who took me home and helped me out has a small son whos home alone, he can't afford a baby sitter so I offered to help him out". There was a lot of reactions I expected from husband at this news, but a big smile certainly was not one of them, "that is such a nice thing to do honey, I am very proud of you" he said bright and beaming and I felt a surge of happiness pass through me. "When do you start" he asked as he finished his food and took his plate and silverware to be cleaned, "I don't know, I am going to contact him and find out" I said as I followed his suit and cleaned my eating ware. We chatted for just a little bit longer before we hugged and he had to leave for work, and like everyday Jessup showed up shortly after for our morning workout, I did as I always did but my mind was elsewhere.

To say I was a little bit excited and scared was an understatement, I had never taken care of a kid before, at least it was not a newborn. I was scared that I could do something wrong or the kid did not like me, at the same time the excitement of getting out and trying something new thrilled me. I also could not deny the small sense of happiness in the back of my mind about this being practice for when Adam and I finally had a child of our very own, and that was something I had been thinking about more and more lately. Once the workout was over, Jessup had left and I had taken my shower, I sent a text message to Markus about when I should start and what I needed to do, but I did not get a reply till early afternoon. I will have a talk with little man after work today, you can come by at 3:30 I will tell him you are coming, just make some food and make sure he is ok and that should be all you need I really appreciate this his message read. There was a bit of a thrill inside of me at the thought of taking of his kid, a little bit of parenting lessons and finally something to do while I was at home while Adam was at work. understood I start tomorrow I asked him to confirm, yes of course, hope its not too much for you he said and I replied back with a laughing emoji. I followed that up with the message of course not, if anything I am excited about it, I want kids of my own one day , he replied pretty quickly with I bet you would make a great mother Sarah and that sentence made me feel extremely happy. I happily carried out what chores I had for the day humming a song as I worked, I even fixed Adam one of his favorite meals steak and peppers, onions and some Cajun rice, it was something his mother had fixed him constantly growing up.

The moment he came home he stopped and smiled, "man this takes me back" he says giving me a big hug, "it smells like when I would come home from school" he added while planting a light kiss on my cheek. Our meal was pretty great, we chatted and him seemed just as excited as I was about being a baby sitter, it felt like maybe some of my stress would finally go away. It would of been a perfect ending if we could of been intimate together but once more Adam was too worn out from work so I just ended up going to sleep wanting as I usually did. Even though I went to sleep unfulfilled, I woke up with a renewed sense of vigor looking forward to my first day babysitting Markus' kid. I fixed a breakfast while humming to myself, once more Adam came down surprised by how energetic I was so early in the morning, "Dang baby you seem pretty happy this morning" he said. I gave a smile and a big hug as walked in, "yes I am looking forward to baby sitting today, I see it as practice at raising kids of our own" I said with a bit of a sly grin as he blushed. Our breakfast was pleasant and I was still sad to see him go to work, Jessup showed up and we did our daily workout but I was too distracted to give 100%. Closer and closer it drew to time for me to leave for my first day of babysitting and my nerves felt jittery and unbalanced, my stomach felt like I had swallowed hundreds of butterfly's and they were all moving around inside of me.

Once the time was only an hour away, I texted Markus and let him know I would be leaving soon, as I gathered up everything I figured I would need and tried to calm down, the minuets seemed to inch by and when there was thirty left, I got into my returned vehicle and set off for the city. My GPS sent me to his apartment quickly, I buzzed the door and a young voice answered, "Hello"? I nervously cleared my throat "It's your babysitter hear to take care of you until your dad gets off of work", there was a short pause before a happy "ok"! The door buzzed and I made my way up the stairs to the apartment I had been in the other night, the young Alligator was sitting on the couch, kicking his legs happily, drinking from a juice pouch and watching cartoons on TV. He turned and waved "Hello Mrs. Sarah I'm Damian, would you like to watch some cartoons with me" he said brightly, I was a little taken aback by how polite he was. "Sure" I replied as I took a seat next to him, the show was a cartoon about a young tiger who had a secret identity as a hero whos power was to make words he says come to life, it was a nice way to slip in some learning. "So have you did your homework, what about food are you hungry" I asked, "Oh I do my homework right when I get home and I have pizza in the fridge, dad orders lot so I always have left overs". I knew that was not the healthy of options, "one day I should cook for you Damian if you would like that" he smiled and nodded but his focus stayed on his cartoons. I was starting to get worried that I was going to be a bad baby sitter, I felt like I should be talking with him more or playing a game with him, just setting here silently felt a bit awkward.

(Sorry for the wait, I was torn between combining this chapter with the next on top of having to deal with serious car troubles. As always thank you for reading, please like and leave a comment I always try to reply to them when I can!)