Wow, I haven't updated in such a long time! Sorry about that, I was really busy with starting school, homework, and all that jazz.

Chapter 18- Babysitters Club of Doom, Part 1 of 2

It was the day after Christmas, and Hermione and Lexi were bubble wrapping the edges of any sharp objects or furniture for fear that Dean's son would hurt himself.

Lexi and Sadie had "agreed" to babysit for Jacob Thomas and were not looking forward to it. Skyler was out playing Quidditch with some of Lexi's neighborhood friends that had sort of accepted him into their group for the time being.

"Alright hunnie, I'm going to go get ready, you finish with this and wait for Sadie." Lexi nodded solemnly and went back to work.

As Lexi attached the last piece of padding to one of the corners of the couch-end table, Sadie appeared out of the fireplace.

Lexi looked up and waved while she plopped down on the couch.

"Hey, remind me why I'm helping you with this again?" Sadie laughed as Lexi rolled her eyes.

"Because you love me and I'm the coolest person you know." Lexi grinned.

"Yeah, I doubt that. How long is Jacob going to be here?" Sadie loafed herself down on the couch next to Lexi and closed her eyes.

"Until Mr. Thomas' Christmas party is over, which I'm guessing is about midnight." Sadie nodded and leaned over the edge of the couch to the Christmas tree and started examining the decorations.

"Your parents are going to be out too, right?" Lexi nodded "Where are they going?" Sadie continued.

"I think their going to visit your aunt, and then out to dinner. You know mom and Harry picked a wedding date today? They're getting married on Christmas of next year. Isn't that spectacular?" Lexi finished just as Hermione ran down the stairs while putting in her right earring.

Lexi and Sadie hopped up and stood back. They crossed their arms in an identical manner.

Hermione stopped at the bottom of the stairs and spun around. Her dark green velvet dress fit her like a glove.

"What do you think?" Hermione looked skeptical of her dress.

"Wow, mom, you look fantastic!" Lexi grinned just as Harry appeared in the living room. All three of their heads whipped towards the spearing body.

Lexi held her arm out to her mom in a Vanna White manner and looked at her dad.

"Oh, hey Harry, I was just commenting on how gorgeous mom looked." Harry nodded dumbly and trotted up to his fiancée.

"She's right you know." He whispered in her ear.

"Oh shove it." Hermione giggled and shoved him by the shoulder.

Lexi turned to Sadie and made a gagging gesture with her tongue. Sadie fought to keep in a laugh just as Dean and his son appeared from the fireplace.

Hermione looked up and around Harry's figure to see him.

"Oh, hey Dean! You look snazzy" Dean nodded in thanks and looked down at his suit.

"I can't thank you again for, well, offering you daughter to babysit. I really wasn't looking forward to leaving him with mom again. I usually find her tied to a chair and gagged when I come to pick him up." Lexi and Sadie shot each other a look.

"Oh but don't worry girls, I'm sure you and Jacob here will get along just fine." Lexi forced a smile as Dean handed her a bag full of things to keep his son busy.

"I'm a giant! Argggg!" Jacob growled at the girls, making them jump back in surprise, Lexi almost dropping the bag.

"Well" Dean laughed nervously and rubbed his hands together, "I better get going."

"We better get going too. I bought you guys some snacks for you and Jacob to share. There are some extra crayons and coloring books in the closet with the board games if you need them."

"I'll be here to pick him up midnight. If you can, get him into bed around 9 at the latest." Dean waved and dissaparated with a loud pop, followed by Harry and Hermione.

Sadie and Lexi stood completely still, staring at the spaces where the adults had just disappeared from.

"This is going to be the longest night of my life." Lexi whispered, now watching Jacob jump around acting like a muggle animal called a gorilla.

"Well, at least Skyler will be home in about an hour and he can help us stay sane." Sadie tried to make the situation less challenging, but it wasn't working. At the mention of Skyler, Lexi's stomach did a huge flip. After Skyler had asked her to be his girlfriend two days ago, he was all she could think about.

"I wanna cookie!" Lexi was snapped out of her stupor as Sadie scrambled to the pantry while battling the two year old who hanging onto her leg.

"I'm getting you a cookie, just let go of my leg!" Sadie was now practically on the floor, her bright red hair tangled and wrapped around her face, and one of her shoes had fallen off.

Lexi immediately came to her rescue, grabbing a cookie and tossing it across the room. Jacob jumped off Sadie and dived to the cookie.

Sadie, who was now lying on her back on the kitchen floor, groaned. "I guarantee you this is going to suck."

Lexi laughed and pulled a coloring book and some crayons out of the bag Mr. Thomas had left them.

"Jacob, do you want to color? I have special glow in the dark markers." Lexi shook the box of glowing crayons and waved the coloring book in the air.

"Color!" Jacob shrieked and grabbed the items out of Lexi's had.

Situating him on the floor, Sadie and Lexi skeptically sat with him.

After a few minutes, Jacob chucked the crayons he was using at Lexi's face.

"Ow, bugger!" She cried, putting her hand over her eye. "That's going to leave a mark!" Jacob laughed.

"Glow! Glow! Glow!" He bounced up and down, holding the half colored picture out in the air.

"Ok Jacob, lets make the book glow." Lexi turned off the light so that the little boy could see how the picture glowed.

"See, Jacob? Isn't that cool?" Sadie asked in the complete darkness as Lexi held out the book to where she could only assume the toddler was.

"Jacob?" No answer.

"Jacob?" Lexi ran back over to the wall and turned the switch back on. She looked over to see…Sadie. And only Sadie.

"Where's Jacob?" Lexi cried.

"I don't know!" Sadie ran into the kitchen, only to find it empty.

"Hey, Sade?" Lexi asked shakily.

"Yes?" The red head walked carefully back into the living room. She saw Lexi holding out an empty box of crayons.

"Where are all the crayons?" Lexi and Sadie gave each other a look and bolted up the stairs.

"Jacob? Jacob?" Sadie called out. Lexi ran down to the other end of the hall. No one was there.

They suddenly heard a joyous laugh from the downstairs. Without a second thought they bolted down the stairs, and screamed…very loudly…at the same time.

Jacob had five crayons in each hand, his little fists flying furiously all over the walls.

"Color color color! Glow glow glow!" The little boy laughed again.

"Anybody home?" Skyler, Chris Eng, Patrick Wade, and Steve Bruns (three guys from the neighborhood Lexi knew) came in through the front door, only to find two shell shocked girls, watching motionless as Jacob colored all over the walls.

"What the freaking hell…" One of the boys, Chris Eng (a/n: you know it Stephanie) said.

Skyler dropped his broom and ran over to the girls, waving a hand in front of their faces. "Lexi! Sadie!"

Coming out of their shock, they both ran over to the boy. Lexi picked him up by the waist and pulled the crayons out of his hand. Sadie examined the wall, trying to get the color off.

"What is going on here?" Steve dropped his gear at the door and picked the crayons that Lexi had dropped up off the floor.

"Well, as you can see, were babysitting for this little monster called a toddler." Sadie explained, handing the boys dry towels from the closet to dry off, considering they were playing quidditch in the snow.

"Guys, this is Sadie Weasley by the way." Lexi mentioned over her shoulder as she set the boy down the couch with a pop up book.

All three boys shook her hand and thanked her for the towels. As they all began to talk, Skyler headed over to Lexi and gave her a little peck on the cheek.

"How are you holding up? You need the guys to stick around and help too?" Lexi and gave him a relieved look.

"If they would, that would be awesome." She smiled as he rubbed his thumb across her cheek.

"Alright guys, guess what? You're staying to help." All they guys waved him off and continued to be absorbed in what Sadie was saying.

"Doesn't she have a boyfriend?" He laughed, motioning to their red headed friend.

"Actually, they just broke up. Don't you remember?" Skyler nodded and smacked himself playfully on the forehead.

"How could I forget?" He gave her one of his famous smiles, but she scrunched her nose.

"Ew, you need to take a shower. So do they I bet." She motioned to the rest of the guys. Skyler rolled his eyes.

"We can cover for now. Why don't you shower, and I'll send them home to take one too." Skyler nodded, obliging.

::20 minutes later::

Jacob snickered as he pushed open the door carefully and quietly. Steam from the shower escaped the doorway. The toddler padded across the floor and over to the toilet. He saw a pile of folded clothes and a towel. Grinning, he grabbed everything and ran out of the bathroom door.

Running down the hall to the nearest bedroom, he round an open hamper and dumped the pile in. He took the other towel, leaving only two hand towels.

::5 minutes later::

Skyler turned off the shower water and flung open the shower curtain. He reached out for his towel, and found that there wasn't one. There weren't any clothes either.

"What the bloody hell…" He mumbled to himself, looking around. He stopped the hand towels and shook his head.

"Bugger." Skyler poked his head out of the bathroom door. His first thought was to make a run for it, but that wouldn't work. For all he knew, as soon as he was almost in his room someone would come upstairs, like Lexi. That's would really suck.

His next idea was to cover himself dismally with the hand towels. That wouldn't work either. His only shot was to call for Lexi and see if she could hear him.

"Lexi!" He shouted out of the bathroom door.

"Yes?" came a shout from downstairs. His stomach did a turn. Just hearing her voice made his stomach jump.

"Can-can you come here for a second?" He asked, very embarrassed.

"Sure thing, one moment!" In a second he heard footsteps coming towards him from down the hall.

"Were are you?" She asked.

"In- in the bathroom." He sighed as she came to face with his upper body that was sticking out of the doorway.

"What's wrong?" She moved to open the door but he stopped her very quickly.

"No…no. My clothes seem to have been taken…and so have the towels…and now I have nothing to-well-cover myself with." He stuttered, his face turning very pink.

She let out a shriek of laughter. "Poor dear, ill be right back with a towel." She continued to laugh as she went to the hall closet to get another towel.

Handing it through the doorway, he went behind the door for a few moments, then emerged, wearing a towel around his waist.

"Oh dear…" Lexi let out a nervous laugh, turning very pink herself.

"Thanks a million." He gave her a quick peck on the forehead and went to his room.

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Next up: Chapter 19, Babysitters Club of Doom, Part 2 of 2