The first day of dance camp in London was incredible. Since it was an advanced, accelerated programme, Emi felt really challenged. Even more importantly, the classes weren’t so large that she was lost amongst the students. Only a certain amount of people could get into this programme.. She had no idea what strings her aunt Zelda had pulled to get her into the programme but she was grateful. Yet… she was even more excited for the night. It would be her first babysitting job! Aside from looking after her brothers and sister, at least. ~~ Ding dong. Emi ran to the door excitedly, yelling to Zelda that she would answer it. Even Aubrey was excited. She loved little babies as well. As Emi opened the door, she greeted her Uncle Eli and his pretty fiancee Aelin. Her newest cousin was wide awake in Aelin’s arms and she was just soooo adorable. Those big, blue-grey eyes and those chubby cheeks. She looked just like a baby doll. Her Uncle Eli and soon-to-be-aunt Aelin gave her a whole bunch of instructions: about feeding, diaper changing, bedtime… Emi listened carefully and even made sure to safely tuck the list of instructions away in her pocket. She’d never known babies to come with instructions but her parents had always said that Uncle Eli was very punctual. “I’ll take good care of her, I promise,” said Emi. Her Aunt Zelda came into the room and a few words were exchanged between them, but Emi was too excited to play with her cousin. She took Athena into the living room and asked Aubrey to help her spread out the playmat. Soon, Athena was sitting on the mat, some toys spread all around her and she seemed super happy. Emi took a bunch of pictures on her new phone and sent it to her parents. “Look I’m babysitting today! She’s so cute!” Maybe she was just lucky, but babysitting was actually a piece of cake. A warm bottle of milk later and some gentle rocking and her baby cousin was fast asleep. For now...
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