Estelle was given some money and was asked to get groceries for her parents. She couldn't help but overhear a woman who sounded in distress.
"What do you mean you can't make it tonight?" the woman asked on her cell phone. "We need a babysitter for the week! You can't cancel... *sigh* No, it's okay, I understand... Family does come first... Thank you anyway..." she then hung up and muttered something in Spanish.
"This could be my chance to earn some money without getting money from Mom or Dad." Estelle whispered to herself.
The woman then pushed her cart and sighed. "Looks like we'll have to cancel..."
"Um, excuse me, ma'am?" Estelle came to the woman's side. "You seem upset about something..."
The woman sighed. "I'm sorry, young lady... It's just that my husband and I planned to go on a second honeymoon for the week, but our babysitter cancelled, now we have no one to watch the kids..."
"Maybe I could do it?" Estelle suggested. "I love little kids."
"Then you can start right away." The woman smiled.
Estelle smiled back. "I don't think I've seen you around town before..."
"Oh, we don't get out much..." the woman smiled. "I'm a stay-at-home mom, my children don't cause too much trouble, they usually just stay up in their playroom all day."
"That's good to know, I think." Estelle said.
"May I have your number?" the woman asked.
"Sure." Estelle said before giving the house number.
"Gracias," the woman sounded grateful. "I will call you when we're ready."
"No problem, ma'am." Estelle smiled.
"You're a lifesaver." the woman nodded and walked off to continue grocery shopping.
"You have no idea..." Estelle said to herself about the last part.
Estelle then rushed into the grocery store to get the grocery shopping done, unknown to her, this babysitting job would be more than it seemed. She then came home and put away the groceries, having a good feeling about this so far. Dot walked in and pounced into Estelle's lap once she came on the couch.
"Hey!" Estelle called with a laugh.
"I missed you..." Dot nuzzled against her.
"I missed you too, Dot." Estelle giggled.
Dot nuzzled her.
Estelle laughed still. "Your fur, it tickles so much, waaah!"
"I know." Dot smiled, tickling her mistress even more.
"Quit it!" Estelle laughed.
Dot did it anyway, never stopping.
Later on, Estelle decided to video chat with Kelly, as she was on the way, the telephone rang.
"Hello?" Mo answered the phone.
"Hola, I'm calling for a little girl with dark brown hair." The woman said on the other line.
"Oh, that's Estelle." Mo smiled.
"Could I speak with her, please?" the woman requested.
"Just a moment," Mo said, then put the phone down and called upstairs. "Estelle, someone's on the phone for you!"
"Coming, Mom!" Estelle called back.
"She'll be right down." Mo said then with a smile.
"Muchos gracias." the woman sounded delighted.
Estelle came downstairs and got over to the phone. Mo handed the phone.
"Thanks, Mom," Estelle smiled, then picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hola," the woman greeted. "We're just about ready, if you want, you can bring a friend with you to babysit..."
"Tell me about your kids." Estelle requested.
"We have two children," the woman said. "A six-year-old girl named Emmy and a four-year-old boy named Max."
"What fitting names for such sweet children." Estelle smiled.
"Max can be a little bit of a ruffian, but he's a good boy..." the woman replied. "I'm sure you'll get along with them though."
"Uh, could I maybe bring my boyfriend...?" Estelle asked, slightly blushing. "F-F-For your son's sake, I mean, ma'am."
"By all means." The woman smiled.
"Thanks..." Estelle smiled, then took out a pad and pencil. "Okay, now, what's your address and what time should we come over?"
The woman told her the address and when to be at the house with Lee.
"Uh-huh... Uh-huh..." Estelle nodded and copied that down. "Thank you, ma'am!"
"Now the kids like to pretend with dragons a lot," the woman then added. "They talk about dragons a lot. Funny thing too, when we moved into this house, there were dragons all over the wallpaper."
"That is strange." Estelle said.
"I suppose so, thank you so much... Estrella?" the woman said.
"Estelle." the brown-haired girl corrected.
"Oh, right, well, anyway, thank you." The woman smiled.
After that, they both hung up and Estelle went to go over to Lee and tell him the news. Lee was finishing up some homework, he kind of slacked off on doing it, even though there was a week break off of school, he decided to just do it so he wouldn't have pain and agony on the last Sunday evening. Estelle knocked at the door and put her hands behind her back.
"I'll get it, Mom!" Lee called, then opened the door and smiled once he saw who was there. "Estelle!"
"Hey, Lee! Guess what?" Estelle asked.
"What?" Lee smiled at her excitement.
"We're going to be babysitting." Estelle told him.
Lee then frowned a little. "Babysitting...? Um... I'm not good with babies, especially with their diapers..."
"We're not going to be babysitting babies, we're just going to be babysitting two kids." Estelle said.
"Hmm... How old?" Lee asked.
"Six-year-old girl and four-year-old boy named Max and Emmy," Estelle replied. "I just love looking after little kids... I remember when Akito and I met our little cousin Bonnie when she was about to go to Aunt Jessica's Day Care, she was really scared and shy about making new friends."
"And did she make any new friends?" Lee asked.
"Oh, yeah," Estelle smiled proudly. "She's a lot more social these days, especially when Aunt Jessica's old friend had her son come by with his old toys before he went to college."
"Cool." Lee smiled. "So when do we leave?"
"Around 4:30, I was thinking we could get them dinner and get to know each other around then, and their mother told me that they like to go in their playroom, so we'll go in there, maybe tomorrow or the day after we'll go to the park." Estelle replied.
"That sounds good." Lee agreed.
"Great." Estelle said before kissing him.
Lee held her back, blushing from the kiss of course.
"See you soon, meet me on the front porch." Estelle said before taking her leave to go in her room and collect a few things.
"I'll meet you there!" Lee called back as he went back inside his own house.
Estelle then went into her bedroom and looked through some of her old things that she could probably let Emmy play with or keep from when she was a little girl.
"I'm sure Emmy will love these." Estelle smiled.