It was summer vacation and I was ready for three months of nothing but kicking back and relaxing, with an Xbox One controller in my hand that is. But my mom had other ideas: she wanted me to get a job. She said that this rich man by the name of Filthy Rich was going out of town and needed a babysitter. Ok first of all I’m a dude and not many boys my age babysit. But my mom insisted that I do it anyway. She marched me down to his house. About ten seconds after she rang the doorbell a tall older gentleman answered. It was his butler.
“Yes can I help you?” he asked with a formal tone in his voice which sounded pretty professional.
“Uh yes my son is going to apply for the babysitting job Mr Rich advertised.” my mom replied.
“Yes come in.” was his next words. He stood aside to let us in. When we entered the main room,we were greeted by he and his wife. They signaled us to take seats in front of them.
“So you wish to babysit our daughter?” asked Mrs Rich as she took a sip of tea.
“No, but my mom wants me to.” I said with a groan.
“Well her friend is coming over so I hope you can deal with two.” said Mr Rich.
“Forget it, I don’t want to deal with this shit!” I said as I stood up to leave. But then Mrs Rich said something that got my attention.
“We will pay you 2000 bits.” she said.
“On second thought how hard can it be?” I said as I returned to my seat. They laughed.
“So are you in?” asked Mrs Rich.
“Yes Ma’am, when do I start?” I asked with anticipation.
“Tomorrow morning, they need to be in bed by ten o’clock, and Diamond Tiara was a bed wetter so we made her wear diapers to bed.” pointed Mrs Rich.
“OK, does she take any medications I need to be aware of?” I asked.
“Yes she takes an ADD med known as Adderall once every morning.” was her reply.
“I heard she was going out with Snails.” I said.
“you know him?” asked Mrs Rich.
“Yeah he goes to my church.” was my reply.
“Oh how nice,wait how did this come up?.” she said.
“Well I was surprised when he told me he was going out her, but now I see why.” I replied.
“Yes I was off guard too.” she said. We shared a laughed.
The next day I showed up at their door. But before I could knock, I heard arguments like: “Mom I don’t need a babysitter, I’m thirteen!”
Then I heard Mrs Rich say: “You are too young to be home alone young lady!” I couldn’t help but snicker at that. Then I knocked. As soon as I did it got quiet.
Then I heard Mr Rich say: “He’s here, be on your best behavior and don't give him hell.”
Then I heard Diamond Tiara say: “HIM!” It was as if she was caught of guard that her babysitter was a man.
Then Mrs Rich said: “Yes we hired a boy.” and she opened the door herself which I was surprised to see. “Oh hello come in, Diamond Tiara meet uh….”
“Sterling Night.” I said.
“Silver Spoon has crush on you.” Diamond Tiara blurted.
“I do not!” Silver Spoon shouted. She then jumped on top of Diamond Tiara and began hitting her. I had to laugh. Mrs Rich had her hands over her mouth. It took both me and Mr Rich to get her off of Diamond Tiara. After ten minutes of Mr Rich scolding them, He and Mrs Rich were stressed and I could tell they were ready to go.
As soon as Mr and Mrs Rich said their goodbyes they started back up. “I was just joking.” said Diamond Tiara.
“I don't want to date boys that are that much older than me, besides he probably already has a girlfriend.” said Silver Spoon.
“I do, Sonata Dusk.” I said. “Now guys calm down, and go to separate rooms for a little while.”
Silver Spoon left the room, but Diamond Tiara stayed. “She'll get over it soon.” She said.
“Well until then what do you want to do?” I asked trying to find her some entertainment.
She eyed my Xbox One that I had brought to entertain myself. “We could play that.” she suggested.
I knew that I didn’t have very many T games just M games. “Well let’s see your mother said no mature content just T below so let’s see we have Halo 5 or we have sports like NFl-” she cut me off.
“What about Grand Theft Auto?” she asked.
“No thats mature content.” I said sternly.
“So?” she asked.
“Your mom said no mature content,, see this this is an M.” I said showing her the case.
“Ugh fine we can play NFL.” she said.
“Good I’m glad you understand.” I said with a professional tone.
We played for what seemed like hours before Silver Spoon returned to apologize.
“I’m sorry for how I acted.” she said to Diamond Tiara.
She sat down the controller and stood up to hug her best friend. It brought a few tears to my eyes, I’ll admit.
It was quite a sight. But then my eyes rolled to the clock hanging on the wall. That’s when my smile faded. “Oh shoot, it’s lunch time, what would you guys like?” I asked.
They wasted no time replying but boy they wanted a lot. Diamond Tiara wanted a burger and fries and I’ll be damned Silver Spoon wanted to order a pizza. “Ok girls uh we seem to have a bit of an issue.” I said. I was assuming they knew what I was getting at but call me a dumbass because they didn’t.
“What’s that?” asked Silver Spoon. “Yeah.” piped in Diamond Tiara.
I almost lost it. “Uh well it’s gonna be hard ordering a pizza and making hamburgers.” I replied.
“It’s cheeseburger.” said Diamond Tiara. I was confused as to why she even said that.
“What?” I asked.
“I prefer to call them ‘cheeseburgers.” she replied.
“And just what in the hell does that have to do with this situation?” I asked.
“I don’t know.” she replied. I had no other alternative but to face palm.
“Ok, no prob, here’s the plan, Silver Spoon do you know how to order a pizza?” I asked.
She nodded yes. “Ok good, while she does that, why don’t you and I get started on that burger?” I asked. So we got started and right off the bat I knew this was going to be a difficult time. First off she didn’t even know where to start. I told her that we need to get a skillet and the fryer out first. When she did so. She didn’t even get a skillet instead pulled out a pot. Was this kid stupid? I wanted so badly to yank that pot out of her hand and hit her with it. But I restrained myself and said.
“That’s a pot Diamond Tiara did you not know that?” I asked. Just then what thought wouldn’t happen, happened.
“Uh Sterling, we have a problem.” said Silver Spoon. That idiot called the wrong number and it wasn’t even a pizza place rather a fried chicken joint, and to make it worse. She lost her temper and said some “choice” words so they called the cops.
“God Dammit!” I muttered under my breath. I never usually talk like that but I did. So now I’m gonna have the cops to deal with. I don’t even know how I’m gonna explain this to Mr and Mrs Rich once they get home. I was just about to let her have it but then I smelled something burning badly.
“OH SHIT!” I shouted as I ran back to the kitchen. Luckily I got back in time or that idiot would’ve burned the house down. Diamond Tiara had a clump of meat on the skillet and it was pretty much black. I grabbed a cup of water from the sink and splashed it on the burning black pile.
“Diamond Tiara sit your ass down!” I shouted. Then I returned to the living room and pulled the telephone out of Silver Spoon’s hand and spoke. “I am terribly sorry for what she did.” I apologized.
The person on the other end spoke and it was a man. “Well we just wanted to inform you that we called the police and they are on their way.” he said.
Damn it to hell “Uh ok sir thanks for informing me.” I said politely.
Then we hung up. My smile turned into serious anger as I turned to a nervously smiling Silver Spoon. “I hope you know that you will be doing all the talking to the police when they arrive and you will acknowledge that I had nothing to do with this and you take full responsibility.” I said trying to keep myself from saying things I shouldn’t.
“Yes sir.” was her reply.
“For lunch you two just have sandwiches.” I said. “Which is something we should’ve done to begin with, and we wouldn’t have had this mass chaos.” I thought.
I’d say about twenty minutes later we had a knock at the door. Sure enough it was the cops. When I invited them in I called Silver Spoon who was in the middle of eating. She sat her sandwich down and came this way. “Would you please explain to these nice gentleman what you did?” I said to her.
“I’m sorry I said those ugly words.” she said as she twiddled her thumbs and was just about to cry.
“When we spoke to the manager of KFC, he told us what you had said and said that he wanted to ban you from that establishment, but I told him that since you were a little girl and that this was your first offense it would be unnecessary .” said the Cop. When he said “The manager” I choked on the sandwich I was eating. Once I was done, I restored my composure and didn’t say a word until he finished.
“What do you say to the nice gentleman for bailing you out?” I asked.
She spoke. “Thank you.” she said.
“No prob, but after closing which is around 11:30, we need you to report for apologizing to the manager.” he said.
“What do you say?” I asked her.
“Yes sir.” was her reply. Right then I noticed Diamond Tiara poking her head around the corner. I signaled her to go back in the kitchen. Luckily she listened or the cop would’ve looked at me funny.
“Well if there isn’t anymore business I need to take care for here, I best be on my way.” said the cop as he stood up to leave. I showed him the way out and as soon as I closed the door, I turned to Silver Spoon.
“You are really freaking lucky, stand up.” I commanded her.
“Why?” she asked.
“Diamond Tiara’s parents spoke with your parents and said that I could give you corporal punishment.” I replied.
“What’s corporal punishment?” she asked.
“This.” I said as I grabbed her hand yanked my belt off and whipped her five times. After the second time she screamed and cried. “Don’t ever do that again!” I shouted.
“Y-’yes s-sir,” she said.
“Now sit your ass down, before I beat it again.” I commanded. She wasted no time doing so.
It hurt me to see her in pain, but she needed to learn that that could’ve went further than it did. I left the room to the kitchen and sat in a seat next to Diamond Tiara. She has a surprised look on her face.
“Hey I had to and if you have a problem with it, I’ll do you the same.” I said to her. She didn’t say a word, but went back to eating. Ok so now at 11:30 I have to take Silver Spoon to KFC, and have her apologize to the manager. This is just day one and this weekend as already been chaos. What else could be in store for me?
