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43
the babysitters
"Excitement in your eyes
that I rarely get to see,
but it’s ever so present now,
in the middle of a casual conversation."
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“Are you sure you’re fine with looking after Theo?” Aurora asked for probably the umpteenth time as she looked at her red-headed friend with slight worry dancing in her eyes.
In response to her query, Alicia laughed. “Don’t worry too much, Aur. It’s fine, really. I like looking after Theo, not to mention that he’s a very good boy so handling him wouldn’t necessarily be much work.”
“And we’re here as well, so Aly will have a lot of help.” Kent chorused as he leaned back on the couch with an amused smile slipping on his lips. “We’ll be fine.”
“Yeah, I’m not exactly worried about h