Chapter 2
My first week went quite well & I was a hit with hte children which pleased me emmensly as I'd had visions of them hating me passionately! I spoke to Mick almost every day & everytime it got harder & harder to hang up the phone - I hated saying goodbye to him knowing he was so far away & not knowing when I'd see him next. This was the longest we'd been apart in all the time we'd been a couple & it was heartbreaking! On more than one occasion I'd cried myself to sleep I missed him so much!
One morning I'd just finished breakfast & I was heading into the kitchen to make a cup of tea when Steve stopped me in the doorway.
"A little birdie tells me you have a day off today!" he grinned.
"Yeah well little birds have very large beaks around here!"
"Well how about I take you out for the day.....y'know, show you the wonderful sights of Cameron?!"
"Hmm....no I don't think so....erm...I really have too much to do, letters to write home n stuff...but thanks for the offer!"
"Aww come on....I don't bite honestly!!"
"Really no I couldn't!"
"Yeah yeah I know....your mother told you to watch out for strange American men! I mean who knows...I could be a psycho mass murderer!"
"Oh so that's what happened to the last nanny!"
"Yeah...and if you're very good I'll take you & show you where I burried the body!!"
"Maybe some other time....I'm sure I've seen you on America's most wanted!" I laughed & opened the kitchen door.
"Please?" he said from behind me. "The Jays won't be back for hours & this place can get really boring if you're on your own! Keep me occupied for the day....keep me out of trouble!"
My first instinct was to refuse him again but then I thought what the hell!
"Ok! Ok! But a couple of hours tops ok?!"
"You wont regret it!" he beamed!
Half an hour later I found myself walking along the rinver bank with this total stranger! He'd turned out to be an ok guy though & he made me laugh a lot! I was actually enjoying myself for the first time since I'd arrived in America!
"This is the spot!" Steve said, bounding into the woods.
"What spot?"
"Where I burried the body!"
"Idiot!" I laughed & followed him. "Seriously what did happen to the last nanny? Was she fired or what?"
"She mysteriously vanished one full moon!" Steve said in his best 'Transylvanian' accent! I laughed & nudged him in the ribs! "Ok so she quit!"
"How come?"
"Homesick I guess! She was from Austria & as far as I know that's where she is now!"
We carried on walking as we talked, the woods were beautiful & I tried to take it all in! "So, how are we liking it so far?"
"Pretty good....well I mean I do miss everyone back home, but I guess it'll get easier with time!"
"Does 'everybody back home' include a boyfriend by any chance?!"
"WOAH! You don't mess around do you?!" I laughed.
"Well, my mother always said you never know until you ask!"
"Well since you asked so tactfully.....haha....yeah actually it does include a boyfriend!"
Steve sighed, "Aahhhh lucked out again! Well you can't blame a guy for trying!"
I wasn't listening though, I was distracted by a figure sitting by the river bank. "Errrm....who's that guy?" I asked nudging Steve in the ribs & pointing in the guy's direction. He had purple hair & weird looking clothes and he seemed to be writing something down, in a world of his own.
"Oh that's Jeff! A little on the 'way out' side, but he's a nice guy! Come on I'll introduce you!" Steve grabbed my hand & pulled me forwards. "HEY JEFF!" he shouted as we got nearer to the guy on the river bank. Jeff looked up & smiled when he saw Steve, he got to his feet & brushed the lose grass from his backside.
"Hey Steve! My man! Hows it goin dude?" They shook hands.
"Oh ya know, same old same old! You?"
"Yeah pretty good! Just havin' some chill out time here!" Jeff smiled then he noticed me & looked me up & down.
"Oh yeah sorry, this is Bec, the Jameson's new nanny! Bec this is Jeff....local freak!" Jeff playfully slapped Steve's arm.
"Pay no attention to 'Jeeves' here!" he held out his hand & I shook it. "Nice to meet you Bec!"
"You too!" I smiled nervousy.
"Oooh nice accent...."Jeff grinned at me.
"Forget it fly boy! There's a boyfriend back home!" Steve laughed.
"Hmm...but back home sounds like such a long way away judging by that accent!" he smirked.
I suddenly felt very uncomfortable. "Wow well is that the time already? We should go Steve!" I started to walk away.
"Um...see ya around.....I hope!" Jeff shouted as I walked away rather quickly.
"Give it a rest dude!" Steve laughed! "See ya later!" He caught up to me a little breathless, "What's the hurry?"
"No hurry....I just want to go home that's all!"
"Is there something wrong?"
"No....well....I just....I dunno, he made me feel....uncomfortable I guess!"
"JEFF DID?!" Steve asked surprised. I nodded. "No no no! You just need to get to know him, he's cool!"
"Yeah I guess! I'm sorry! I'm just being paranoid I suppose!"
"Hmm well...Jeff's one of the good guys....remember that!"
'Yeah....sure.....I'll try to remeber that!"
*****
Later that night as I sat alone in my room writing my letters to everyone in England my mind kept wandering, thinking about my meeting with Jeff earlier that day. There was something about him I didn't like. I didn't know what it was but it bothered me! Maybe it was the way he looked at me....or simply the way he looked! But I'd always considdered myself open minded when it came to people's appearances so it couldn't be that! On the other hand maybe it was just me...a strange place, home sick....being TOTALLY PARANOID!! I smiled to myself & went back to my letters., but I still couldn't shake that uneasy feeling.
It was about an hour later & I was just sealing up the letter I'd written to my friend, Louise, when I heard a sound from outside. I ignored it but then something cracked off my window.
I jumped up & pushed the window open.
"Who's there?" I whispered, but there was no answer. "Whoever you are you'd better stop pissing about, I'm not in the mood!"
"Sarah?" said a voice from below.
"Who is that?!"
"Oh shit!"
"Who's there?!" I was starting to get scared.
"It's erm.....look I'm sorry, wrong room! Wrong window!"
"Who are you looking for?" I leaned further out of the window & could just make out a figure below in the dark.
"Erm....hi! Errrrm...I was looking for sarah's room...I didn't mean to disturb you!"
"Is that the guy that knocked me on my ass the other day?!"
"Oh erm....yeah...sorry about that! I'm.....listen this is crazy! Can you come down here maybe?"
"I don't think so!!"
"Ok....just we're gonna wake the house up if we carry on talking like this!"
I thought about it for a second & decided it would be better to wake up the house! The way I'd been feeling lately I wasn't about to go out in the dark to talk to a guy I didn't even know!!
"No I'd rather not! And Sarah's room is two windows across! Goodnight!"
"WAIT!"
I shut the window & pulled the curtains closed quickly. My heart was racing & I was sweating! I sat down on the edge of my bed to try & calm down.
"Girl you need to get a grip!" I said to myself. I'd been so jumpy these past couple of days & it wasn't like me at all! I'd put it down to being home sick and missing Mick....but I didn't get much sleep that night!
My first week went quite well & I was a hit with hte children which pleased me emmensly as I'd had visions of them hating me passionately! I spoke to Mick almost every day & everytime it got harder & harder to hang up the phone - I hated saying goodbye to him knowing he was so far away & not knowing when I'd see him next. This was the longest we'd been apart in all the time we'd been a couple & it was heartbreaking! On more than one occasion I'd cried myself to sleep I missed him so much!
One morning I'd just finished breakfast & I was heading into the kitchen to make a cup of tea when Steve stopped me in the doorway.
"A little birdie tells me you have a day off today!" he grinned.
"Yeah well little birds have very large beaks around here!"
"Well how about I take you out for the day.....y'know, show you the wonderful sights of Cameron?!"
"Hmm....no I don't think so....erm...I really have too much to do, letters to write home n stuff...but thanks for the offer!"
"Aww come on....I don't bite honestly!!"
"Really no I couldn't!"
"Yeah yeah I know....your mother told you to watch out for strange American men! I mean who knows...I could be a psycho mass murderer!"
"Oh so that's what happened to the last nanny!"
"Yeah...and if you're very good I'll take you & show you where I burried the body!!"
"Maybe some other time....I'm sure I've seen you on America's most wanted!" I laughed & opened the kitchen door.
"Please?" he said from behind me. "The Jays won't be back for hours & this place can get really boring if you're on your own! Keep me occupied for the day....keep me out of trouble!"
My first instinct was to refuse him again but then I thought what the hell!
"Ok! Ok! But a couple of hours tops ok?!"
"You wont regret it!" he beamed!
Half an hour later I found myself walking along the rinver bank with this total stranger! He'd turned out to be an ok guy though & he made me laugh a lot! I was actually enjoying myself for the first time since I'd arrived in America!
"This is the spot!" Steve said, bounding into the woods.
"What spot?"
"Where I burried the body!"
"Idiot!" I laughed & followed him. "Seriously what did happen to the last nanny? Was she fired or what?"
"She mysteriously vanished one full moon!" Steve said in his best 'Transylvanian' accent! I laughed & nudged him in the ribs! "Ok so she quit!"
"How come?"
"Homesick I guess! She was from Austria & as far as I know that's where she is now!"
We carried on walking as we talked, the woods were beautiful & I tried to take it all in! "So, how are we liking it so far?"
"Pretty good....well I mean I do miss everyone back home, but I guess it'll get easier with time!"
"Does 'everybody back home' include a boyfriend by any chance?!"
"WOAH! You don't mess around do you?!" I laughed.
"Well, my mother always said you never know until you ask!"
"Well since you asked so tactfully.....haha....yeah actually it does include a boyfriend!"
Steve sighed, "Aahhhh lucked out again! Well you can't blame a guy for trying!"
I wasn't listening though, I was distracted by a figure sitting by the river bank. "Errrm....who's that guy?" I asked nudging Steve in the ribs & pointing in the guy's direction. He had purple hair & weird looking clothes and he seemed to be writing something down, in a world of his own.
"Oh that's Jeff! A little on the 'way out' side, but he's a nice guy! Come on I'll introduce you!" Steve grabbed my hand & pulled me forwards. "HEY JEFF!" he shouted as we got nearer to the guy on the river bank. Jeff looked up & smiled when he saw Steve, he got to his feet & brushed the lose grass from his backside.
"Hey Steve! My man! Hows it goin dude?" They shook hands.
"Oh ya know, same old same old! You?"
"Yeah pretty good! Just havin' some chill out time here!" Jeff smiled then he noticed me & looked me up & down.
"Oh yeah sorry, this is Bec, the Jameson's new nanny! Bec this is Jeff....local freak!" Jeff playfully slapped Steve's arm.
"Pay no attention to 'Jeeves' here!" he held out his hand & I shook it. "Nice to meet you Bec!"
"You too!" I smiled nervousy.
"Oooh nice accent...."Jeff grinned at me.
"Forget it fly boy! There's a boyfriend back home!" Steve laughed.
"Hmm...but back home sounds like such a long way away judging by that accent!" he smirked.
I suddenly felt very uncomfortable. "Wow well is that the time already? We should go Steve!" I started to walk away.
"Um...see ya around.....I hope!" Jeff shouted as I walked away rather quickly.
"Give it a rest dude!" Steve laughed! "See ya later!" He caught up to me a little breathless, "What's the hurry?"
"No hurry....I just want to go home that's all!"
"Is there something wrong?"
"No....well....I just....I dunno, he made me feel....uncomfortable I guess!"
"JEFF DID?!" Steve asked surprised. I nodded. "No no no! You just need to get to know him, he's cool!"
"Yeah I guess! I'm sorry! I'm just being paranoid I suppose!"
"Hmm well...Jeff's one of the good guys....remember that!"
'Yeah....sure.....I'll try to remeber that!"
*****
Later that night as I sat alone in my room writing my letters to everyone in England my mind kept wandering, thinking about my meeting with Jeff earlier that day. There was something about him I didn't like. I didn't know what it was but it bothered me! Maybe it was the way he looked at me....or simply the way he looked! But I'd always considdered myself open minded when it came to people's appearances so it couldn't be that! On the other hand maybe it was just me...a strange place, home sick....being TOTALLY PARANOID!! I smiled to myself & went back to my letters., but I still couldn't shake that uneasy feeling.
It was about an hour later & I was just sealing up the letter I'd written to my friend, Louise, when I heard a sound from outside. I ignored it but then something cracked off my window.
I jumped up & pushed the window open.
"Who's there?" I whispered, but there was no answer. "Whoever you are you'd better stop pissing about, I'm not in the mood!"
"Sarah?" said a voice from below.
"Who is that?!"
"Oh shit!"
"Who's there?!" I was starting to get scared.
"It's erm.....look I'm sorry, wrong room! Wrong window!"
"Who are you looking for?" I leaned further out of the window & could just make out a figure below in the dark.
"Erm....hi! Errrrm...I was looking for sarah's room...I didn't mean to disturb you!"
"Is that the guy that knocked me on my ass the other day?!"
"Oh erm....yeah...sorry about that! I'm.....listen this is crazy! Can you come down here maybe?"
"I don't think so!!"
"Ok....just we're gonna wake the house up if we carry on talking like this!"
I thought about it for a second & decided it would be better to wake up the house! The way I'd been feeling lately I wasn't about to go out in the dark to talk to a guy I didn't even know!!
"No I'd rather not! And Sarah's room is two windows across! Goodnight!"
"WAIT!"
I shut the window & pulled the curtains closed quickly. My heart was racing & I was sweating! I sat down on the edge of my bed to try & calm down.
"Girl you need to get a grip!" I said to myself. I'd been so jumpy these past couple of days & it wasn't like me at all! I'd put it down to being home sick and missing Mick....but I didn't get much sleep that night!