Once the girls are both clean and their hair is free from bubbles, Andrea and Miranda each got a twin out of the bath before gently wrapping them each in their own hooded towels.
Andrea dressed Cassidy whilst Miranda dressed Caroline in her pyjamas. Once the girls were both in their pyjamas, Andrea reached out and started to tickle them both.
The girls were rolling around on the floor, screeching with laughter and Miranda couldn't help but smile at the sound of her two daughters joy.
Whilst Andrea had the girls distracted, Miranda went and got their warm milks that they liked to have before bed.
Once Miranda returned to the girls' bedroom, Miranda sat on a very large beanbag with the girls in her lap.
"Andeee!" The girls called out to Andrea, hitting the side of the beanbag to encourage the woman to join them for storytime.
Andrea smiled brightly and moved closer to sit down on the beanbag with the three of them.
Cassidy clambered into the dark-haired woman's lap with a huge grin and the teat of the bottle of milk in between her teeth.
Their mother's assistant wrapped her arms around the youngest twin and held her close, kissing the top of her head in a natural and instinctive action.
Miranda smiled, she loved how the woman interacted with the girls and how much the girls seemed to like the young woman. She picked up the storybook from where she had put it on the small book shelf and started to read their story, choosing the next one in the large compilation story book.
As she finished the story, she glanced at the girls to find them fast asleep and she looked over to Andrea to find that she was the only one listening to the story. Miranda smiled, "I think it's time to move them into their crib."
Originally, when the girls were first born, they each had their own cribs, however, Miranda soon discovered that they slept better when they were together so she had a purpose built crib built for the two of them which was a larger version of their original cribs. It allowed them both to safely sleep in the crib together.
Carefully, Andrea transferred Cassidy into the crib whilst Miranda moved Caroline. They both had their comfort blankets in the crib with them and their favourite stuffed toys were in the corner of the crib ready for the girls if they were to wake up in the night.
Once the girls were safely inside their crib and the only light left on in the bedroom was the night light, both of the women made their way out of the bedroom and down the stairs.
"Would you like a glass of wine?" Miranda offered as she glanced back towards the other woman.
Andrea nodded, "Please." She replied softly with a small smile.
When they were both sitting together in the living room, each with a glass of wine, "I would like to know what you think about my offer." Miranda said after a moment of sipping her favourite wine, "But before that I just wanted to make sure that you know what it would involve."
Andrea nodded, "Okay." She agreed, ready to listen to what Miranda had to say about the new job offer.
"It is a live-in position, mostly because, as you already know, my schedule isn't the basic 9 till 5 and sometimes there are trips or events involved which I would obviously need you to be here to look after the girls," Miranda explained, "The role would be just to concentrate on the girls, cleaning is done by the housekeeper and you don't have to cook either unless you want to as the housekeeper often cooks the dinner so the only meals that you would need to prepare are breakfast and lunch for the girls and yourself. A driver service is available for you to use but if you would rather drive yourself then I will happily put you on the insurance so that you can drive the cars that are in the garage." Miranda took a moment before she continued, "It means that it will be your job to focus on the girls and ensure that they are doing appropriate activities to help their development and education as well as to make sure that they are healthy and that their wellbeing is taken care of. Is that acceptable so far?"
Andrea nodded, "Yes, that sounds fine."
Continuing with a brief nod, Miranda continued, "It does mean that you will be working around the clock at times, however, the girls have a good sleep schedule so your time is your own whilst they are sleeping or napping. You will also have some time to yourself at the weekend whilst I am spending time with the girls, unless of course you would like to join us which you are welcome to do. I will also require that you travel with us on trips both for work trips and vacations, however, I will pay all of your expenses on such trips."
Andrea listened closely to everything that Miranda was telling her, so far the job was sounding quite good.
"The wage is higher than what I am able to give a second assistant at Runway, it will be approximately 20% higher than what your current salary is. That is because I believe it to be an increase in responsibility. In addition to this, as it is a live-in position all the bills are included and there will be no rent either. I would also like to add you to my phone plan if you are to accept the role as that would enable me to ensure that you always have a working phone, which I believe is very important when looking after the girls and also it will enable you to have an upgraded phone so that you will be able to take better photos of the girls whilst I can't be with them. I know you did that today and I am very appreciative of that."
Andrea tried to hide her surprise at everything that was included in the role and she wondered, briefly, if they were things that the previous nanny had been offered and it made her wonder why on Earth the woman would leave without notice, especially abandoning the girls at Runway.
"Whilst your looking after the girls, all meals will be provided as you will be eating with them, and then all travel and expenses will be included too so that you can take the girls on day trips or on outings," Miranda explained calmly, "That means that you will be given a card on my account in order to use for any trips that you intend to take the girls on to parks or museums or anything else you that you deem to be appropriate. It can also be used for anything that you believe the girls may need or may benefit from having and it can used for any shopping that you need to do too."
Andrea nodded as she listened to what she was being told.
"I am aware that your Runway contract includes health and travel insurance which I would of course provide, I would put you on the family plan for both which would improve your coverage as I am sure you are aware. The other benefits that are included as a Runway employee such as holiday will also be replicated in the contract for the position of live-in nanny. You won't have the ease of the access to the closet at Runway like you do now, however, I will be providing some items to add to your closet."
Miranda took a sip of her wine and then looked over at Andrea, "Now that I've gone over the role and benefits involved, I would like to know what you think. Personally I believe it would be a great role for you as you would have the chance to work on your freelance articles as well and if you wanted to do that then Runway does have opportunities for freelancers."
"I think I would be crazy to say no, Miranda." Andrea replied honestly.
