Chapter two
The morning went by pretty quickly. I was unpacking the kitchen boxes and singing at the top of my lungs with my headphones on. At one point I thought I heard someone knocking on the door but after I took my headphones off I couldn't hear anyone there so I continued unpacking. Around lunchtime I decided to crank up the stereo instead, figuring the household next door would be awake by now. I set the play list to random and turned up the volume.
Half way through a Green Day song I distinctly heard a knock on the front door. Turning down the music and wiping the sweat from my forehead I head to the front door and open it. Shit. Andy Clemmensen was standing on my doorstep. I was covered in grime and sweat. Not my best moment.
"Hi there. What can I do for you?" I asked him, trying with all my might to sound relaxed and casual.
"Hi I'm Andy and I live next door. I think you met my Mum and Dad and brothers this morning?"
"Yeah I did. Your brother is such a cutie," I say to him with a smile.
"I hope you're talking about Chris," replies Andy, smirking at me.
"Oh yeah, him too" I say. "My name's Elle. What can I help you with?"
"Oh, yeah, well my baby brother is going to have his nap pretty shortly and I was wondering if you could turn your music down perhaps?"
How cute. Andy is looking out for his baby bro! "No problems, I can do that. Does he normally nap around lunchtime?"
"Yeah he does actually. Why is that?"
"I remember how hard it was to try to get a toddler to sleep. I'll make sure that I'm not making much noise around his nap time."
"Wow, thanks so much for that. Mum is heading out soon and everyone else is already gone so I'm left baby-sitting for the afternoon. I was going to try to catch up on some computer work if I could get Chris to have a long nap," said Andy.
"That's no dramas at all. I was actually going to ask your mum this morning if she wanted to bring Chris over to play with my two kids when they get home from school today. They're only six and adore little kids. They had to leave behind their two cousins when we moved so I'm sure they would just love Chris."
"That sounds like a great idea Elle. How about we come over at around four o'clock?"
Smiling I say, "That would be great. If you haven't finished your work you can always leave him here to play, if you like. Or you could bring your work with you. I don't mind at all."
"I'll see how much I get done whilst he has his nap. But I will definitely see you after four okay? I have to go, mum will be waiting on me so she can go."
"Nice meeting you Andy, I'll see you this afternoon then."
"Bye Elle", says Andy with a wave as he heads back to his house.
Crap. I have a play date with Andy Clemmensen this afternoon. Get to cleaning girl!
