Rin stood outside of a beautiful mansion, occasionally glancing around to make sure she had arrived at the right place. She was at the doorstep, but she couldn't help wonder if this was really where she was going to stay. She looked at the directions and map, and sure enough, it described the very place. A large house surrounded by a fence, large steel gates, and a lovely forest. The place reminded her of a fortress…But she gulped down her worries and rang the doorbell, putting her "you can trust me" look on. She could hear a distressed voice of a woman rushing towards the door,

"Just a minute!" It said. Then, "Oh, where is he!"

The door abruptly opened to a nice, welcoming woman with a blue dress on and apron.

"Oh!" she squealed, "You must be the babysitter! Please, come on in and make yourself at home."

She gestured towards the kitchen, but Rin couldn't help notice the size of the place. It was HUGE, and everywhere she looked there would be some kinda rich nick-knack on a table or shelf. She followed the woman into the…very large kitchen, and sat herself down at the table.

"So," the woman said opening an oven. "I hope you had no trouble finding our house."

Rin nodded.

The woman smiled and removed a tray from the oven and set it on a counter. She noticed the girl was eyeing the cookies in it and winked.

"You came just in time. Go ahead."

"Oh, uh…I couldn't" Rin muttered. But the woman took a cookie and placed it on a plate in front of her with some milk.

"But…"

"Don't worry. You deserve it. After all, you're the one who's going to look after the place…and my dear lil Jacky Wacky Poodikens."

Rin shuddered. "Oh yeah," she perked up. "Where is the lil tyke?"

"Hm. Lil tyke? Well, I wouldn't go that far."

'Why? ' She wondered. 'Nothing can be worse than calling a little kid…"Poodikens"'

The woman pressed a red button and spoke into a little speaker that had been built into it. Rin guessed it was an intercom.

"Oh, Jack. I made some yummy cookies. Come up here and get them while they're hot."

Immediately, a voice came back from the speaker. But…it wasn't that of a little kid's.

"But mom!" it whined.

The woman became angry and showed a side Rin had never seen before.

"Don't make me come and get you myself!" she yelled. Rin only sat there and munched on her cookie in confusion.

'What's the deal with this family?'

The woman regained her composure and sat down next to her, fluffing up her own hair. She sighed and gave her a "nothing-to-worry-about" look.

"So," she said. "What's your name?"

"Oh…um, it's Rin Hizuka. Sorry, but I never caught your name, mam."

The woman smiled that familiar smile. "Oh…well, that's not important, is it? Besides, the only thing you should be worrying about is this…"

She took out a piece of paper from her pocket and set it in front of Rin. She skimmed over it and knew it was the task list she needed to do over the time this woman and her husband would be gone.

"Yes mam. I can do all of this for sure."

"Good." The woman pulled off yet another warm smile.

Just then, someone entered the room. But man…did he look weird. He had on strange black clothes, spiky-ish red hair, goggles with swirls on them, and to top it all off…lots of eyeliner. He even had a weird streak of the stuff coming off from under his left eye. Rin stared at him and wondered if her mind was playing tricks on her. But the red-head just looked at her and scowled.

"What are you looking at?"

Rin shook her head and apologized. And all the while the woman just smiled…as always.

"This," she finally said. "Is my son, Jack."

Rin blinked. 'I can't believe this! When I put my add up in the paper, I said I took care of children…not teenagers!'

"Well," she stammered. "Where's the kid that I'll be babysitting?"

The woman laughed.

"You're looking at him."