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Summary: Cloud Strife is the new owner of his father's company after his timely death. Not long after his wife gets into a terrible accident taking her life. Leaving him with their two children to take care of. Finding it hard to balance both his kids and his new position as owner of his father's company he seeks a nanny to take care of the children while he is away.
Chapter One
" We will take your offer into consideration Mr. Strife, thank you for your time." The man says standing and extending his hand. Cloud also stands and extends his hand, taking the other mans in his and giving it a few shakes before releasing it. " Please take all the time you need"
Beep, beep
Cloud's secretary's voice fills the speaker on the phone beside him" Excuse me Sir, you have a phone call on line one"
Cloud looks at the phone and presses a button" take a message Yuf-" Yuffie cuts him off" Sorry sir but it sounds urgent, It's from General Mercy Hospital"
Cloud gets a confused look on his face"alright, keep them on the line, I will take it in my office" Cloud looks up at the man standing on the other side of the table.
"Excuse me, I must take this call" he said and quickly left the room and going to his office he picks up his phone" Hello, this is Cloud Strife..."
" Mr. Strife, this is general mercy hospital calling, your wife was in an accident sir. If you could come down to the hospital please...-"
Shocked Cloud cuts him off " I'll be right there!" quickly hanging up the phone Cloud grabs his jacket and pulls it on and rushes out of his office past his secretary" Please show our guest out, I have to go to the hospital right away, Areith has been in an accident." He said quickly before leaving the building and rushing to the hospital.
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Cloud runs over to the emergency room desk" Areith Strife! Where is she?"
The nurse looks up at him startled by his sudden outburst" Are you her Husband?"
Walking over to the distraught blond man the doctor pulls Cloud to the side explain" We tried everything we could, I am.... really sorry" Cloud stumbles back and leans against the wall and covers his face with his hands and cries into them, slowly sinking to the hard, cold hospital floor.
It has been 3 years since then, Cloud tried hard to make things work. He had a babysitter watch Marlene and Denzel while he was at work, but he got little work done, Marlene and/or Denzel would call him up to bug him or the babysitter calling saying she can't take it anymore. Today was the babysitter" I am sorry to be calling you at work sir but, these kids are driving me crazy! They won't listen to anything I say and... Denzel get down from there!" she yelled at the young boy over the phone.
" I'll be there right away" he says as he hangs up the phone and sighs that's the 3rd babysitter this week, if they keep this up there won't be anyone else that will want to watch them! He thought as he grabs his coat and leaves the office.
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Cloud pulls into the driveway of his mansion-like house and gets out of his car. Marlene runs out of the house and over to Cloud and jumps up into his arms " Hi Daddy!"
Cloud holds onto his daughter and walks into the house" Hello Marlene.... where is the babysitter?"
" Hiding in the bathroom I think" she said sliding out of his
arms and runs off to play.
Cloud sighs and walks to the main floor
bathroom and knocks on the door" This is Cloud Strife... you can
come out now" The door clicks and swings open" I am sorry Sir,
but... I cannot watch those children anymore, they are too wild!"
"Please forgive my children, Here is your pay, you can leave now" Cloud pulls out his wallet and takes $100 from it and hands it to the babysitter. She takes it and leaves the house. Cloud sighs " Denzel! Marlene!!" He yelled at his children.
The children in question peek their heads around the corner and look at their father" yes daddy?"
"come in here and sit down!" he says in a stern, not joking around kind of voice and the 2 children obey and sit down on the couch. Sighing Cloud starts pacing the room" Why do you two always have to behave like this?"
" It's your fault for being gone all the time!" the boy says loudly.
" Denzel, I have to go to work, there is just no way around that. If I didn't go to work, we would have no money, which means no big house and no fancy new toys all the time." He was still used to Areith being around, she always stayed at home with them and when she went out she almost always took them with her. However she was gone now, has been for three years... Cloud thought looking at the floor. He couldn't blame them, he missed Areith too. What could he do? They tormented every babysitter he gets for them.
" Go play in your rooms, don't come out until you are called for dinner" Cloud says to the children in front of him who protested but did as he asked.
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As soon as he woke up, Cloud was on the phone with nanny agency's . His last ditch effort. Nanny's live with the client, hopefully this will help his children cope so he could get back to work.
Ring, ring
Speaking of work, Cloud picks up the phone" Hello?"
" Hello Mr. Strife, um... your 10 o'clock meeting his here sir whe-"
" I have personal matters to attend to today. I am taking the day off , get Vincent to fill in for me" He says cutting her off.
" Yes sir" She said as she hangs up the phone.
I have to get this sorted out today. He thought as he starts calling nanny agency's to set up appointments for as soon as possible.
Nanny after Nanny came, some he didn't like and, most his children didn't. This was going to be tuff. A knock sounded on the door and Cloud gets up to answer it This is the last one.
Cloud opened the door to come face to face with a woman he believed in her early 20's, slender with waist long black hair. She's very pretty he thought. Then she spoke" Hello, I am Tifa Lockhart. I am here for the Nanny position."
Cloud nods and opens the door wider so she can enter the house" Welcome, please follow me" he says as he closes the door and walks into the living room and sits down in his favorite chair" Please have a seat."
Tifa obliges and sits down on the couch, adjacent from the chair and pulls out her resume and hands it to Cloud, taking it Cloud reads it over. " Hm, well Miss Lockhart you seem to fit all of the requirements But then again so did all the others would you like to meet the children now?" Tifa smiles and nods.
Cloud takes a deep breath and calls for his children, who emerged from their rooms and ran down the stairs into the living room. Tifa looks at them and smiles. " These are my children Denzel and Marlene"
Marlene looks at Tifa then at Denzel and nods then runs around and jumps on Tifa's back. Tifa looks back at her and smiles. " Well aren't you just the cutest little girl" she says pulling Marlene off her back and placing her on the floor in front of her. Denzel runs over to her with a fake spider and throws it on her. Tifa jumps slightly and looks at the spider then at the boy" oh geez, you scared me. Very nice spider by the way." She says as she hands the fake spider back to the boy.
Cloud, who was observing the whole time smirks" How soon can you start Miss Lockhart?"
Tifa looks up from the children at the man sitting across from her. " As soon as needed."
" Good, how does tomorrow sound? Let's say 7 a.m?" he asked as he stands up.
"Perfect." Tifa said smiling as she grabs her bag and stands up as well and extends her hand. Cloud takes it and shakes it lightly before letting go and showing her to the door.
Denzel looks at Marlene then runs upstairs, the little girl following close behind" We have to find some way to get rid of her" He said as he started to scheme with his little sister.
" Thank you, Mr Strife. I'll see you bright and early tomorrow" Cloud nods and watches her leave and slowly closes the door behind him.
A/N: Well first chapters up! I hope you guys like it so far! Please Review!
