"Troy I can't thank you enough." I say as my front door opens to reveal my neighbor holding Ezra.
"No need to thank me, I enjoy hanging out with the kid, he's pretty cool." Troy says.
Troy West is my wonderful neighbor who moved in 2 months after Ezra and I. The first time we met was when I was unlocking the door while balancing groceries, and Ezra was crying in his carseat. Troy showed was walking to his apartment, and noticed my distress, so he offered to help. After that he's been Ezra's main baby sitter and one of my closest friends. He knows everything, except the bionics.
Ezra happily pulls on Troy's ponytail as I shut the door behind me.
Troy sets Ezra on the ground and Ezra walks over to his toys and begins to play with them. Troy fixes his hair before he starts to speak.
"Bree I can't babysit for you on Friday, Lexi's dad is coming into town and I can't get out of it. I'm really sorry." Troy apologizes; I can see the guilt in his eyes.
Lexi Krane has been Troy's girlfriend for more then 2 years, and her dad is unforgiving. Troy has been trying to get on his good side for their whole relationship.
"Its fine, you've done more than enough already." I say, but now I don't know what I'm going to do. I have midterms on Friday, and can't get out of them. I highly doubt my teachers would let me bring my son.
"What about your dad?" Troy says like he just had an ah ha moment.
"I don't know, we've only recently reconnected and Ezra might not be comfortable enough with him and –"I argue, but Troy cuts me off.
"Bree you said it yourself that him and Ezra hit it off well, heck the kid didn't even like me that much when I first started hanging around here. Plus he told you to call him if you need anything." Troy argues.
"Everyone says that, it's just a polite thing to say." I retort.
Troy rolls his eyes, "Now your just making excuses."
"No I'm not." I counter, with a slight whine in my voice.
"Just call him." Troy says.
I begin to push Troy out the door, "Thanks again!"
"By little man." Troy says as he grabs his jacket and wallet as I push him out.
Ezra looks over his shoulder and grins at Troy while waving.
"Good luck with Victor." I say as I shut the door. I lock the dead bolt and lean against the door.
"Call him!" Troy yells from the other side of the door.
"Ugh!" I say very loudly.
I hear Troy chuckling as he walks away.
I sigh in defeat before walking over to Ezra and ruffling his hair, which causes him to giggle. "Hey bud, how would you feel if my dad watched you on Saturday?" I ask, knowing he wont respond.
He just grins at me before going back to the toy in front of him.
I sigh as I walk over to my phone and dial the number I know by heart.
It rings twice before I hear his cheerful voice, "Hello Bree!"
"Hey." I greet back, suddenly getting cold feet.
"What's going on?" He asks, his voice light with elation.
"Not much, I have mid terms on Friday." I respond.
"Adam and Leo start midterms next week and Chase just finished with his." He says.
"Ok." I say, trying to get myself to spit it out.
"Is everything ok Bree?" He asks, his words full of concern.
"Um no actually. My babysitter has a last minute engagement on Friday and I need a babysitter. I was wondering if you had some free time?" I ask.
"Of course I have time, I can just take the day off. What time do you need me to be there?" He asks.
"I need to be at school by 9 am, so 8 if you can make it." I say timidly.
"8 it is." He says.
I let out a small sigh of relief, "Thank you, I really appreciate it."
"Its no problem sweetie. I got to go now, but I'll see you on Friday at 8." He says.
"Okay, and thanks again." I reply.
"I love you." He says.
"Love you too." I reply.
I hear him hang up before I place my phone in the receiver.
I sit next to Ezra and watch him play with his toys, "Hey Ez, Troy can't watch you on Friday, so my dad will be."
A/N Sorry if this chapter seems choppy and rushed, I'm really busy but I wanted to update.
Please let me know what you think.