I found a job.
Chapter one
Chloe finished her college years and she is afraid to move on. She thinks that she is not ready to be out there working with a whole class of little kids, not when ever in her life has she care not even one. Don’t get her wrong, she loves kids and she studied to be a kindergarten teacher for that same reason but she thinks that it would be better to test herself first.
That’s how she decided to search for a job as a nanny. It would be the perfect thing to do and earn some money to go to see the snow for the first time in her 24 years of life. Her best friend Stacie, and her grew up in Los Angeles and since the day the met they knew that they will go to see the snow together, so now, thanks to this little job she will be able to surprise her friend with the best present ever and she will be able to figure out if she really is ready to be a teacher.
After reading a lot of information about the best way to find a job as a nanny she decided to look for it in a company. They would ask you questions about you and the family will look at your profile and if they like you they’ll call you. The questions were really easy to answer so she didn’t take too long to get out of that place. She was meeting Stacie so she got out of the office and didn’t look when she opened the door. She heard it before she saw it.
“Fuck”
“I am so sorry. I wasn’t looking where I was going.” She helps the blonde girl in front of her to stand up. She was really pretty.
“Next time you should be more careful you know? I could have been carrying a baby for all you know”
“I know, I’m so sorry” Chloe gave her the best smile she could and saw how the blonde smiled a little.
“I’m Aubrey” The girl offered her hand to Chloe and she took it happily.
“Chloe, nice to meet you” She looked the blonde up and down and wow she wasn’t right before, the girl was stunning. Chloe never labelled herself, she saw people, not boys or girls.
“Are you here for a job?” Chloe nodded.
“Wait, are you here for a job too or are you looking for someone to take care of your kid, or kids?” Aubrey laughed at Chloe.
“Do I look like a mom or something?” Chloe blushed.
“No, I mean, in these days nobody knows you know?” Chloe frowned at her own words but thankfully Aubrey smiled at her.
“Yeah I do know.” She smiled. “But answering your question is no and no. I’m not here for a job and I’m definitely not here for someone to take care of a kid that I don’t have” Chloe nodded.
“Why are you here then? Sorry, I didn’t mean to be nosy”
“It’s okay, I’m here to pick up my best friend”
“That’s cool. I’m going to meet my best friend now too so I have to go…It was really nice to meet you Aubrey and I’m sorry for well that…” She pointed to the door.
“All good Chloe. Have fun and good luck with the job” Chloe started walking away.
“Thank you, good luck to your friend too” Aubrey stood there looking at the weird redhead leave and she smiles.
“That was something else”
“What was it?” Aubrey turned around to find Beca there looking at her.
“Oh, you see that girl over there?” Aubrey pointed to the redhead crossing the street and Beca nodded. “I think she is perfect for the job Becs”
“Why? You spoke to her for what? 2 minutes?” Beca rolled her eyes at her friend.
“Yes, but I know something good when I see it. Please? At least ask for her in there and see her reference okay?”
“Okay, I will, but I don’t understand why that girl when there are lots of them in the company” Aubrey took her arm and started walking back to the office.
“I just have a feeling Becs! And you know what my father always said…”
“Oh please shush! Let’s ask, but I’m not letting any crazy girl take care of my baby girl” Aubrey smiles at her best friend.
“I know. I won’t let any crazy person to be near my little niece” Beca smiled at Aubrey and they both got into the office building again.
“I’m telling you Stace! She was really, really, hot. I’m sure she is totally your type” Chloe and Stacie are now in a dinner having a late breakfast.
“You know I don’t have a type Chlo! I don’t like to discriminate against anyone” Stacie winks at Chloe and Chloe just laughs. They met in their first day of school and since the first talk they’ve been inseparable. They’re each other first kiss and even they tried to date once but it was all too weird for them and Stacie doesn’t do relationships anyway. It’s not her thing. So after almost 20 years of friendship they know each other really well.
“Why didn’t you ask for her phone then? If she was so hot then why didn’t you try to get it?”
“She is hot, but she is not my type.” Stacie rolls her eyes at her friend.
“And what exactly it’s your type?”
“I’ll tell you when I see it” Stacie rolls her eyes again at her friend who smiles. Then, Style starts ringing into the dinner. Chloe takes her phone and show her tongue to Stacie who is judging her for her ringtone.
“Hello?”
“Hi! I’m Beca Mitchell. I’m looking for Chloe?”
“This is she”
“Oh, okay, I’m calling because of the nanny job?” Chloe looks at Stacie with a huge grin in her face.
“Yes, of course”
“I would like you to be my nanny…I mean, not my nanny but my girl’s you know?” Chloe laughs at the nervous girl. She didn’t sound too old.
“I would really like that. So…how do we do this now?”
“Not the first time hearing those words…” Chloe kicks Stacie under the table.
“Well, you can come to my place, meet me and Casey’s father and we can talk about everything through dinner today?”
“That would be great yes!” Chloe couldn’t hide her excitement and then she heard her new Boss softly laugh.
“I’ll send you the details in a text and I’ll see you tonight then”
“See you then and thank you so much”
“Bye Chloe”
“Bye” Stacie was looking at her expectantly the whole conversation.
“So…”
“I have a dinner tonight with Beca’s family they want to meet me and they will probably hire me Stace! I found a job!”
“How did you do it? I mean…you just were there like an hour ago and they’re already calling you?”
“You should be happy for me you know? This is important for me” Chloe crosses her arms.
“And I am Chlo! I’m sorry I didn’t mean it like that…it’s just shocking that they call you that fast”
“I know…maybe it’s destiny” Chloe smiles again and they keep eating.
“Stacie I’m freaking out right now. What if I mess everything up?” Chloe was in a taxi in her way to Beca’s house when she started freaking out and she called Stacie.
“Chlo, relax! Just be yourself. You’re an amazing girl and if they don’t like you then that’s okay, there are lots of people searching for a nanny anyway”
“You’re right. I can do this.” The taxi stops in front of Beca’s house and she takes a deep breath.
“Yes you can! Go get’em” Chloe laughs and ends the call.
“I can do this, I can do this” Chloe was talking to herself and after a deep breath she knocked on the door. Just a few seconds later a little girl with brown hair and dark blue eyes not older than 5, opens the door and smiles at her.
“You must be Claudia?” Chloe smiles at the little girl and before she can correct her she saw her.
“Baby, she is Chloe, not Claudia” Chloe is looking at who she suppose is Beca and wow, there was something about her that just makes Chloe love the idea to work in this house. “Come in, please. Dinner is almost ready.” Beca didn’t look much older than herself, maybe a year or two.
“Thank you so much for having me tonight” The little girl giggles and her mom picks her up.
“Thank you for coming with short notice” Chloe smiles at Beca as they walk inside the house. It was a typical house. Not too big but not too small neither. “Sweetie? You should introduce yourself you know?” The little girl looks at Chloe and smiles.
“I’m Casey and I’m 4 and half, this pretty woman is my mommy and my daddy is in the kitchen finishing our dinner, his name is Jesse.” Beca laughs hard and Chloe looks impressed to the little girl.
“I think that was too much information sweet heart but yeah” Casey looks proud of herself and Beca kisses her head. It was such a simple action but Chloe found herself melting because of it.
“Hello! You must be Chloe. It’s really nice to meet you, I’m Jesse Swanson” Chloe nods and smiles at Jesse but then she remember her chat with Beca this morning and she recalls that Beca’s name was Beca Mitchell. Beca must have seen her face.
“Is there a problem?”
“What? Oh, no, no. It’s just that you told me that your name is Beca Mitchell…” Beca smiles and looks at Jesse.
“We’re not married” Chloe nods and follows them to the kitchen.
They sit on the table and start talking about simple things but not about the job. Casey is such a cute girl that Chloe finds herself talking more to her than to her parents. Once dinner is ready Jesse takes Casey to bed and she goes to the living room with Beca.
“I’m sorry, we didn’t want to talk about the job in front of her.” Beca sits next to her in the big couch.
“It’s okay, we can talk now” Beca smiles and nods at her.
“While Jesse comes, let me explain to you what do we want okay?” Chloe nods.
“We need someone to take care of our little girl when we are working but we want you to stay in the house with me, meaning that you have to move in here with me.”
“With you and Jesse?”
“Only me. Jesse doesn’t live here. We’re not a couple.” Chloe nods understanding. “Okay, so yeah, you’d need to move in with me and I will always try to be at home sooner than later. If I’m at home you can relax in your room and do whatever you want.”
“So…I move in with you and take care of Casey when you’re not here, right?” Beca nods.
“Yes, Jesse will take her some days but I’ll let you know beforehand. You’re young so I guess you’d like to go out partying, you can but you have to be really quiet when you get into the house so you don’t wake her up”
“I don’t want to sound nosy but…you’re young too…how old are you?”
“I’m 26 and Aubrey already told me about you’re weird questions” Chloe swore that her heart stops beating when she looked at Beca’s smirks.
“You’re her best friend?”
“I hope so or I’ll have to kick her butt” Chloe laughs and Jesse gets into the room.
“Did you explain everything to her Becs?”
“Almost…there’s one more thing…boyfriends…They can come in here but please let me know first. I really won’t like to see those kinds of things…” Jesse laughs hard and Chloe blushes.
“It was just one time Beca….when are you going to forget about it?” Jesse keeps laughing and Chloe looks at Beca for a reaction who just frowns and makes a disgusted face.
“Never. That picture is saved in my fucking brain and I can’t delete it.” Jesse stops laughing and looks at Chloe.
“Sorry…So…will you take the job?” Chloe thinks about it for a second and when she looks at Beca, she knows that she has to say yes. She doesn’t know why thought, but she knows she has to.
“Yes, I would love to work for you”