Chapter 7

Almost 2 weeks had past since the whole 'Hey-Marissa-guess-what-I-have-a-son-and-my-secret-is…' fiasco. Marissa had been completely understanding and supporting, so much to the point where Alex couldn't help but wonder why she was helping her so much. But then all she had to do was watch Marissa with Nathan; the little boy loved her as much as she loved him. It was adorable seeing them together and how much Nathan seemed to attach to Marissa so quickly.

That didn't mean this wasn't hard for Alex however. Marissa had school, so she couldn't possibly watch little Nathan; Alex had work, and she couldn't take Nathan to the club; it would attract too much unwanted attention. So what would they do with Nathan?

"I could hire a baby-sitter…" Marissa suggested.

"No…I don't trust babysitters….it's a thing…" Alex said.

"Ok…how about I drop it off at…well…I don't know anyone who would baby-sit a baby…and I don't think they'd baby-sit the kid without asking me where the hell I got him from…"

"Hm…I can't bring him to the club…and I highly doubt you'd bring him to school…"

"I could drop-out…home schooling IS very popular these days."

"No! You can't do that…besides…someone here has to stay in school."

"Then…what can we do?"

Silence…once again… (They were getting tired of all the silence TT) enveloped the room with its chilling calm. However, it was soon broken when a knock on the door interrupted the silence, causing both Marissa and Alex to jump practically a foot off the floor.

"Who is it?" Alex warily called out, aware that if caught, there would be some serious commotion around town.

"Baby-sitter!"

"What!" Both Alex and Marissa exclaimed, opening the door. There stood in front of them a very professional looking Nanny; she looked British too.

"Ms. Kelly? My name is Sarah Forestier, and your father hired me. He suspected that since you work and your…girlfriend still goes to school, you'd need my help and services." Both girls noticed the hesitation at mentioning the fact that Alex and Marissa were dating.

"Um…that's really nice of you Ms. Forestier…"

"Please Ms. Kelly, call me Sarah."

"Ok…Sarah…this is really kind of you…but actually we can manage…so…tell my father thank you, but we won't be needing your services."

"Oh…Well, thank you Ms. Kelly….I'll tell your father…" Sarah Forestier looked at both of them for a moment, then at Nathan who was hiding behind Marissa's leg's, looking at her in fear. She then curtly turned around, walked to her car, and drove away.

"No offense or anything…but I seriously don't trust her…" Marissa spoke as soon as Ms. Forestier drove away in a cloud of dust.

"Then you have good instincts…that's the same old crone that used to watch over me when I was younger…one of the many reasons I broke away from my family…even if they are filthy rich…"

"Hey, I never did find out what your parents do…I mean, Caleb…well...that's obvious…but what about your folks?"

"Hm, they're co-presidents of a certain store with this other lady…"

"Really? What store? I mean, your parent's seem loaded."

"Some place called Gucci or whatever…" Alex answered as she walked towards the bathroom, most likely to change her shirt as Nathan, who was playing with his food, flung a goop of bananas on her shirt. Marissa's eyes were wide open and her mouth agape as Nathan, with his hands still full of food, flung a glop of meshed bananas right on to the side of her face, finally snapping her out of her trance.

"Hey Alex…is there any chance I could get a discount if I tell them I'm dating you?" Marissa called out, jogging after her girlfriend.