Chapter 1

Penny stared at the hours sheet in the back of the cheesecake factory. For the next two weeks she had 30 hours TOTAL. Penny was worried; she was already behind in the rent, she also had a few too many lonely drunken nights, which translated into a bill from eBay totalling $750.

Penny grabbed a tray figuring that the best thing she could do was to work hard and hope her manager gave her more hours. The majority of her customers where laughing and talking cheerfully, this made penny jealous; how nice it must be to have something to laugh about like that.

She noticed however that two women in the back of the dining area were talking rather grimly. They were an older and younger women, likely sisters penny thought. As penny approached the table the conversation grew louder.

"I just don't know what to do! This science conference this weekend is important to me and no one will babysit Jerry!" The younger women said

"I am sure you can find someone!" the older women replied

"Please; you can't even stand to be around him!" the younger women mumbled.

Penny started thinking to herself. Talk about being in the right place at the right time, she needed money and this woman needed someone to babysit. She had baby sat a lot in high school and had all kinds of kids. Even if Jerry was a a problem child she figured he would be no issue to her

at all. She stood in front the women's table.

"We are doing fine thank you!" said the older women.

Penny smiled "Actually I might be able to help you out! I have a lot of experience babysitting"

The younger women introduced herself as Emma and the other women as Kate.

I am not sure if you can handle it, Jerry is not your typical problem child. he behaves, he just has a...unique personality" Emma said darting a look at Kate

"Thats a way of putting it! The thing is with Jerry he is not afraid to speak his mind, he has an attitude that he is smarter then most adults ...which drives people

away!" Kate said.

Am image of Sheldon appeared in Penny's mind she shook her head and smiled

" I would love to watch your son, I have experience dealing with difficult people!"

Emma smiled and quickly gave Penny some basic info, Jerry was almost 6, she was baby sitting for the entire weekend and Emma would pay her $600. She was shocked at how much she was going to get paid, but Emma and Kate looked like wealthy people. She was eager to start her babysitting adventure.

It was Friday. Penny stood in front of Emma's door. She was eager but slightly nervous. She rang the door bell. Emma answered thanking penny yet again. This made her worried. Talking to her friends across the hall had just made the situation worse. Lenard had said that the kid must have been hard to manage if Emma was paying her that much, and Sheldon went on a rant about the term 'Babysitting'

because you "never sit and anyone over three is not a baby."

Penny began to relax as she saw Emma's house. She seemed to be rich, $600 was likely not that much to her.