THE JOY OF BABYSITTING
"and remember Hazel, they're not allowed any more soda" Piper told her for the fifth time
"Yes, Piper. Got it" she told her "Go! You two have fun, explore New Rome, go on a date, do whatever. Go" she said shoving Piper and Jason out the door
Piper, Jason, Josh, and Jess were visiting New Rome and Camp Jupiter for the weekend. Hazel had taken this as an opportunity to practice taking care of children, she offered to babysit and told the couple to go out and have a date. Hazel was already eight months pregnant and was due next month, which really had her excited. They were having a boy! She entered the living room and found Frank, well Frank the dog, who was playing fetch with Josh. While Jess was in front of the TV, watching Tangled. Hazel sat beside the little girl on the couch, and she realized that her hair was a lot longer now than it was a few minutes ago. A few minutes ago her hair just reached her back, now it was up to her knees, almost like Rapunzel. She'd have to ask Piper about this later.
"I'm tired, Uncle Frank" Josh told him and he went back to being Frank and sat next to him on the floor
"Uncle Frank!" Jess screamed and sat next to him
"Yes, Princess?" he asked her and she smiled brightly, the little girl loved being called Princess
"Can you turn into Pascal?" she asked him
"Who?"
"That one!" she said pointing at the screen to a little green animal
"Uhm Hazel, what exactly is that?"
"It's a chameleon. She want's you to turn into a chameleon" she told Frank who looked like he didn't quite like the idea. But he turned into one anyway.
"Yey! Yey! Yey! Thank you!" the little four-year-old cheered "Now I can be Rapunzel, and you will be Pascal, and you shall be my best friend" she cheered smiling as she hugged Frank the chameleon
"Flower gleam and glow; let your power shine; make the clock reverse; bring back what once was mine" Jess sang as she danced on the floor with Frank in her hands. Hazel could've sworn that her hair had grown at least an inch longer. She wondered if she was hallucinating, or if it was an Aphrodite thing. 'Well at least her hair isn't glowing' Hazel thought to herself and looked at Josh who was now drawing on a piece of paper.
"Yey!" the little girl cheered again and went back to sitting on the couch next to Hazel, and placed Frank on the couch as well, who then turned back to his regular self "One day, I will be just like Rapunzel!"
"Is she your favorite princess?" Hazel asked her
"Yes! She's pretty" she told Hazel
"You said that about Sleeping Beauty too" Josh told his sister looking up from his drawing
"She's my favorite too, Joshy" she told him and went back to talking to Hazel "Someday I will find my own Prince, and live in a castle in the woods"
"There's no electricity in the woods" Josh interrupted her, she pouted and threw one of her stuffed toys at her brother. It hit him in the head but he just laughed it off and continued his drawing.
"Frank, why don't you help Josh with his drawing?" she told Frank who then sat down next to Josh and started talking to the little guy
"Tell me more" Hazel told the little girl, she smiled and lied down on Hazel's lap "My prince should have black hair! Like Rapunzels prince. But he will have blue eyes, and he will be tall and handsome like daddy" she giggled
Hazel smiled at her, she was just four years old but she was already thinking about finding her prince charming. 'Maybe that's what she got from watching all those Princess movies' Hazel thought
"What else?" Hazel asked her
"and… and we will have twin babies! Like me and Joshy!" she exclaimed laughing
Hazel laughed along with her, half because her laugh was contagious and half because she could imagine Jason's face if he finds out his daughter was already planning on having kids. She wondered what it would be like to have a daughter of her own. They were having a baby boy, which is great but Hazel was also hoping that their next baby would be a girl.
Jess sat up and fixed her pink skirt "and we will live happily ever after!" she cheered dreamily
"You are so adorable" Hazel cooed
"and pretty too" the little girl added which made Hazel smile more. If Piper was playing down her looks, her daughter was really confident about hers. What are the odds that she would have a daughter that would be her exact opposite? Hazel wondered what their son would be like, would he be like Hazel, or like Frank, or a mixture of both? She was really excited for him to come out already. 'Just one more month Hazel' she told herself
Jess continued to watch her movie, when it was over she looked at Hazel and seemed to realize her big belly for the first time.
"Auntie Hazel, why is your belly so big?" the girl asked
"Because there's a baby boy inside it, sweetheart" she explained to her
"A baby?" she asked now excited
"Uh huh"
"What's his name?" Josh asked looking up at Hazel
Hazel and Frank looked at each other, they'd been so excited about fixing the nursery and buying everything for the baby that they'd forgotten to think of baby names. Oh no.
"You want to help us think of a name?" Frank asked the twins
"Yes Yes Yes!" the twins jumped up and down
They spent the entire afternoon brainstorming for baby boy names, some were weird and funny, like Pascal (Seriously Jess, after a chameleon?), some just didn't feel right. At a point, Hazel was sure that Jess was just picking off names from Disney Channel (Mickey? No way). "Franky number 2?" Josh asked trying to be helpful and Frank shook his head. Oh well, they can figure it out later. They still had a month to think of a name, anyway. Right now, Hazel and Frank had a much more important matter to take care of. The twins have to go potty at the same time, and they had only one bathroom.
What do you think guys? Like it? Love it? Think it needs improvement? Tell me in a review! What should Hazel and Frank name their baby boy? Tell me your idea in a review! :) please do check out my other story: Reading with a Twist: Book one :) thanks a million!
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Replies to reviews:
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Didi : Thank you! Here you go! Hazel and Frank babysitting the little ones :)
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a311243549: Percabeth and Jasper/Jiper already have 4years old children, Frazel is married and is already expecting a baby boy. While for Caleo….. Wait for it… wait for it… :)
: She's not afraid, she was just crying because she was so mad and Jess thought it was raining inside when it was really the sprinklers (caused by Trina who was so mad at Josh) Yeah she will be very dangerous as a teen, we better not get on her bad side haha.
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