Babysitter switch

Chapter 1
Babysitter switch

Babysitter switch

"Where is he?" Diana had been waiting for fifteen minutes and her boyfriend, Josh, had still not arrived. As she waited, she began to think about her life.

She had it great: her parents were rich, she had the cutest guy in school as her boyfriend and she had just become head of the cheerleaders’ squad. Nothing could be better, unless her boyfriend had remembered their 1-year anniversary!

She was just about to grab her cellphone and call him, when the doorbell rang. Quickly leaping off the couch, she ran to the door and opened it, seeing her boyfriend had finally arrived.

"Hey sweetums."

"What kept you! I thought you said you were coming right over!"

"Sorry about that, traffic was murder. But I know something that will cheer you up." He had a small blue box in his hand.

"Oh...you remembered our anniversary!"

"Would I forget? So...can I come in?"

"Oh! Sorry!" Laughing, she let him in and they both took a seat on the couch. Josh then handed her the small blue jewelry box. Diana began to giggle at the thought of what was in the box. Opening the box, she gasped at what she saw.

Inside the box, was the most beautiful pendant necklace she had ever seen. It had a huge emerald in the center of it and the whole thing was covered in a strange inscription.

"Awwwww. It’s beautiful! Where did you get it?"

"I bought it during that class trip to Rome. I asked the merchant what it said and he said something about eternal youth or something. I guess it’s suppose to be a good luck charm."

"I love it! You deserve something too." With that, she leaned over and gave him a huge kiss on the lips. It lasted for several moments and when she was done, he seemed to be in a daze.

’That was...great..." There was a long moment of silence as Diana tried the necklace on. It seemed to glow as she placed it on.

"Well, I better go now..." With that, he left as Diana praised over her new jewelry. She did that for several more minutes, before the phone rang. Leaping up, she grabbed the phone on the second ring.

’Hello?"

"Hello, Diana?"

"Oh, hello Mrs. Anderson!" Mrs. Anderson was her mom’s friend. She had a 1-year-old girl that Diana babysat for every so often. It allowed her to make a quick buck, as her parents had cut off her credit cards months ago.

"Diana, I was wondering if you would baby-sit for me tonight. I’ll be gone all night so I’ll pay extra."

"Alright! When should I come by?" Diana was excited about making even more money.

"Come by around 9. We’ll be leaving around that time"

"Alright, bye!" Slamming the phone back onto the holster, she ran up to her room to begin the two-hour process of going out. She spent half an hour, trying to decide

what to wear, an hour to do her hair and make-up and another half-hour to pick out the right shoes to wear. As you can guess, she is VERY motivated by her looks.

By the time she was finished, it was quarter to nine. Quickly grabbing her keys (and her cellphone) she rushed out the door, hopped into her car, and quickly drove to Mrs. Anderson house. She made it in ten minutes, just as Mrs. Anderson was about to walk out the door.

“Oh. I see you’ve finally arrived. We were worried that we would have to call someone else.”

“Would I disappoint you?” She didn’t give them time to answer as she walked in the door. Mrs. Anderson began to explain what she was to do.

“Now, she’s taking a nap in her pen and I’ve already fed her so you should be good for the rest of the night. Make sure you wake her up early tomorrow for her morning feeding and don’t forget to change her okay?” Mrs. Anderson seemed worried, as this was the first time she was leaving her daughter alone for the full night and Diana could sense this.

“Don’t worry! We’ll be fine! Now shouldn’t you get going?”

“Oh, your right! We’ll be back by noon tomorrow! Goodbye!” with that, she walked out the door and drove off. A smile began to creep across her face as she heard them drive off.

“Yes! They’re gone! Their house is mine!” Quickly running into the kitchen, she grabbed some left over pizza, warmed it up in the microwave, grabbed a beer and slumped down on the couch. Surfing through their 300 channels, she found that her favorite chick flick was on.

She continued to watch that movie for over an hour. She ate 4 pieces of pizza, two bowls of ice cream and several light beers. She had just reached her favorite part of the movie, when she suddenly heard crying coming from the end of the room.

“Looking over, she saw that the little girl, Brittany, had woken up. By the smell in the air, she easily guessed that she was in need for a change.

“Awww. Do you need a new didee? Let aunty D change you.” Picking her up, she grabbed her pacifier from the playpen, shutting her up. As she walked upstairs to change her, she didn’t notice that Brittany was staring intently at her pendant, a green glow in her eyes.