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The Babysitters Club: Alexis and Emily
I was sitting in the precinct next to my aunts desk, working on some school stuff as I hung out here. Castle was here as well, and now that he's been able to help out at the precinct again, he's been spending a reasonable amount of time between here and his PI office. Ryan was on the phone with his wife and he hung up with a heavy sigh.
"What's up Kevin?" Esposito asked.
"Jenny and I had a friends wedding tomorrow, and we were going to leave Sarah with a babysitter. Jenny just told me the babysitter canceled. Now we can't go," Ryan explained.
"Can't you find someone else?"
"Not this last minute."
"I'll do it," I said from my seat.
All heads turned to me and Ryan said, "That's okay mini Beckett."
"I can do it."
"Do what?" my aunt asked as she made her way over with Castle.
"Babysit Sarah."
"I don't know Emily. That's kind of a big responsibility."
"I know, but I'm pretty sure I can handle it."
"She did watch us take care of Cosmo. Maybe she can," Castle said.
"I don't know Castle," my aunt said.
"Maybe I can get Alexis to help. I'm sure she wouldn't mind."
"You know, why not. I'll let Alexis and Em babysit, and it'll be great to go do something and see my friends again," Ryan said.
"Are you sure?" My aunt asked.
"Yep, I trust them."
"sweet, so I'm hired?" I asked.
"Yes, you're hired mini B."
"Thanks, I won't let you down."
"I sure hope not."
The next day came about, and Alexis agreed to help me babysit. I was excited to babysit little Sarah, but at the same time I was nervous. I wanted to do a good job, so I could show everyone that I could do a simple babysitting job, and its always nice man ng a little extra Cash. Alexis and I went over to Ryan's place, and knocked on the door. A frazzled Jenny opened the door in a beautiful magenta dress, and looked at us with a stressed smile.
"Hi, Alexis and Emily. How are you?" Jenny asked.
"We're fine. Are you okay?" Alexis asked the distressed woman.
"I'm not sure. I mean we've only gone out a couple of times since Sarah Grace has been born. Usually it's only an hour or so, not six. I just feel bad for leaving her. Not that you two won't do a good job at babysitting."
"Don't worry, I understand. I promise we'll take good care of her."
"I know... I know..."
"Jenny, don't worry. We'll be back before you know it, and Sarah is in great hands," Ryan said to comfort his wife.
"Yes, I know."
"Okay, Alexis, Emily, we'll be back around 8 pm. Sarah's baby food is in the cabinet next to the refrigerator. There is also a few bottles of milk in the fridge. Help yourself to anything, or order something. Umm... Sarah is asleep, so you should be okay for a bit. And if you need anything you know our numbers, and the church and reception address and numbers are on the fridge."
"Okay, have a good time you guys," Alexis said.
"Thanks, take care of my baby," Jenny said.
"We'll take great care of her."
"Bye," Ryan said as he led his wife out the door.
We were alone and I said, "So, now what?"
"We wait until she wakes up," Alexis said.
"What do we do until then?"
"We could watch a movie."
"Sounds good to me."
Alexis and I watched a movie, and when we went to pick another one, Sarah awoke from her slumber. Alexis picked up the baby monitor and said, "Let's go get her."
"Okay," I said as I followed her to Sarah's room.
We went into her room, and she was hanging onto the railing of her bed. Alexis picked her up, and she cooed gently in her arms.
"She feels wet," Alexis said.
"So we should change her," I said.
She nodded as she laid Sarah down on the changing table. Sarah started to get teary eyed, and Alexis said, "Try to keep her occupied, and make her laugh."
I nodded, and grabbed a small plush toy that looked like a bunny, and started making funny faces at her. A small smile started to grace her face, and I continued to do what I was doing, as Alexis finished changing her dirty diaper. Sarah started giggling at my goofiness, and Alexis finally finished up her diaper. She put her onesie back on, and we took her into the living room, putting her into the playpen they had in there.
"Okay, I'm going to get Sarah some food and order us something. Want some pizza?" Alexis asked me.
"Yeah, sounds good."
"Okay, keep an eye on her."
"I will."
Sarah babbled happily as she played with her toys in her playpen. I watched her play with a small smile on my face, and I messed around with a few of her toys myself, and got a few more giggles out of her. Alexis came in and said, "I order the pizza and it should be here in about 30 minutes."
"Cool, I can't wait," I said.
"I'm going to feed her, do you want to help?"
"Sure, I'll give you a hand."
She picked Sarah up and took her into the kitchen, placing her into the highchair. I grabbed the baby food that Alexis put on the kitchen counter, and handed it to her. She took it from me, and went to feed the baby. Sarah turned her face from the spoon with baby food, and made a disgruntled grunt.
"Come on Sarah, tasty food," She wound her arm around and said, "Here comes the airplane."
"Urgh…." Sarah grumbled with a small wine.
"What do I do?"
"I don't know. I never dealt with a picky eater," I said with a shrug.
"I know, why don't you take a bite of it?"
"I don't know…"
"it's fine."
"Okay, if it helps her eat."
Alexis placed the spoon by my mouth and I ate the baby food that was on it. It mushed around in my mouth, and the taste was unbearable. Alexis looked at me, her eyes telling me to play it up, and make it look delicious. I started swallowing the gross baby food, and mumbled out, "Mmm… yummy…"
Sarah started giggling again, and Alexis got some more food on the spoon for her. She did the airplane thing again, and this time Sarah took it happily. She ate the food with a smile, and Alexis kept doing that until it was all gone.
After we cleaned up, and got Sarah into a new outfit since she dribble some food onto the one she was wearing, we placed her into the living room and watched some kiddie shows with her. As we did that, Alexis got a call on her cellphone. She answered it and said, "Are you outside? What? Really? Yes, I'll see what I can do. Thank you."
She hung up and I asked, "What's wrong?"
"Their pizza delivery truck broke down. Their other driver can't get their, because he's stuck in traffic, so it could be another 2 hours."
"So…"
"I'm going to have to pick it up if we want our pizza. Day you think you can handle Sarah for about 30 minutes?"
"I can do that."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm positive Alexis, I can do it."
She left out a sigh and said, "Okay, I'll be back as soon as I can."
"Okay."
Alexis left soon after, and I hung out with Sarah as we continued to watch baby shows, and played with toys. About ten minutes after Alexis left, I heard the door getting jostled and I knew it couldn't be her. I grabbed Sarah and quickly put her into her bed in her room, closing her door behind me, and went to the kitchen to grab a frying pan. I waited next to the door, and kept a firm grip on the pan.
The intruder finally picked the lock, and pushed the door open slowly.
The person made their way inside, sneaking into the room carefully, and I took the frying pan in my hand whacking him in the face. The intruder doubled over with a hand over his injured face and let out a loud groan of pain. I went to whack the intruder once more, but he turned his head and raised his hand to protect himself from my next blow.
"Wait, mini Beckett. Its me," I heard Castle say.
I looked at the intruder, and indeed it was Castle, "Why were you breaking in? You could have just knocked."
"I just wanted to see if you were alert."
"I could have hurt you Castle. Well, more than I already did."
"You definitely have a nice swing."
Castle got up, still holding his face, and I said, "sorry about that."
"No, it's my fault. I shouldn't have snuck in like this," he said with a wince.
"True… Would you like an ice pack?"
"That'd be great."
I chuckled and went to the kitchen to get Castle an ice pack, and to put the frying pan away. Castle followed me and asked, "Where's Alexis?"
"She went to grab our pizza from the pizza place. Apparently, their delivers car broke down and their other driver was stuck in traffic."
"Oh, so you're alone here with Sarah…"
"Hey, I can handle it. I'm almost thirteen, and I defended myself against an intruder."
"Yeah, I guess so."
I handed Castle the icepack, and he placed it on his slowly growing black and blue mark on the side of his face.
Just then, Alexis came back from the pizza place and said, "Em, I got the pizza."
She walked into the kitchen and her mouth dropped with shock at seeding her father here, "Dad, what are you doing here? What happened to your face?"
"I came to check on you two, and Emily hit me with a frying pan," he said.
"Why did you hit him with a frying pan?"
"He was breaking in, so I thought he was an intruder," I said.
"Why were you breaking in?"
"Um… I wanted to see if you two were alert and prepared," Castle said trying to set and his actions.
"Really dad?"
He shrugged his shoulders, and she shook her head at her father.
"Where's Sarah?" Alexis asked me.
"In her room. I put her in her bed when Castle was breaking in," I said.
"Okay, I'm going to check on her, and you two can get out the pizza."
"Okay."
Alexis went to check on Sarah, and Castle and I got out the pizza, splitting it between the three of us.
Eventually, we all ate our pizza together, while Sarah was asleep in her room. After our supper, we decided to watch a movie together, and it was actually really fun to babysit with the three of them. Right after the movie ended, Ryan and Jenny walked though the front door. Ryan spotted Castle with us and he asked, "Castle? What are you doing here, and what happened to your face?"
"I came to check on them, and Emily thought I was an intruder , so she hit me in the face with a frying pan," Castle said.
"Nice work, Mini B."
"Thanks," I said.
"I'm glad everything is okay. How's my baby?" Jenny asked.
"She's fine. She is sleeping in her room if you'd like to check on her," Alexis said with a small smile.
Jenny nodded and made her way to her daughters bedroom to go check on her. Ryan came over to us know with a small smile, "Thanks guys. I appreciate you all for watching Sarah, and if we ever need a backup sitter again, we on w who to call."
"It was nothing. We had a good time," I said.
"I'm glad you did. Here's a little something for your guys time."
Ryan took out he wallet and handed Alexis and I a twenty dollar bill. I smiled and said, "Thanks Ryan."
"Yeah, thanks. You didn't have to pay us," Alexis said.
"I know, but you really helped us out tonight," Ryan said.
"What about me?" Castle said.
"Thanks for keeping Emily alert."
We all laughed and Castle shook his head at Ryan. We left soon after and headed back home.
When we got there, aunt Kate greeted us with a smile, as she sat at the kitchen isle, drinking a cup of coffee.
"Castle? What are you doing with them, and what happened to your face?" She asked him.
"Well, hello to you too," he said with a chuckle.
"He broke into their house, and I thought he was an intruder, so I whacked him with a frying pan," I said.
"Seriously Castle?" she asked.
"I just wanted to check on them," he said.
"I know, but sometimes you just got to let them do it themselves."
"I Know… I know…"
"Other than Castle breaking in, how did it go?"
"It went very well. Emily was a great help, and I bet she'd do a great job even without me there," Alexis said.
"Good job, Em."
"Thanks," I said with a proud smirk.
"I guess its time for bed. I have to go rest my face," Castle said as he rubbed his black and blue mark.
"Night guys," Alexis said as she headed to bed.
"Goodnight. Sorry about your face Castle," I said.
"It's fine. It was my fault," he said.
"Night aunt Kate."
"Goodnight Em," she said.
I went to bed, putting my money away before hopping into my bed to get some shut eye. I had a good time babysitting with Alexis, and maybe next time I'll be able to babysit by myself.