The rest of the days were spent in a blur with my granny’s constant drama and Paul’s constant whining. Today was Saturday and Rachel was coming here to drop her nephew, she was having a blind date with some guy close to her cousin and we have university on Monday. Paul couldn’t accompany me either because he is going to the airport to receive his girlfriend Chloe and her family, who was returning here after their vacation on the Maldives. My granny was going to meet her old friend in the town, so she took her old truck with her.
All these two weeks I didn’t hear from Xander, which made me worried sick. Heck! I don’t even have his phone number and to the cherry on the top, I’m awkward in handling kids. Eric was a five-year-old naughty boy who takes the shit out of everyone, I’m not complaining, even I was same as him when I was a kid and I had a master plan for this problem.
*Devilish smirk*
Ten minutes ago Rachel dropped Eric in my granny’s home and left for her date.
“Hello!” I waved awkwardly at the little boy, who looked at me with big brown eyes but he said nothing.
“How about we play with plants and have some chocolates?” I asked him with a sweet smile, well, the backyard has a garden which was not maintained properly, so we were going to fix that garden and that was the only plan I came up with.
“Really?” his eyes sparkled with interest, he gave me a toothy grin and hugged my leg with a chuckle.
“Yeah, we can help the plants and you will be the superhero for saving them,” I told him with a hearty laugh which made him jump up and down in joy.
“Let’s go, Aunt Kitty!”
“It’s Aunt Catherine, honey!” I told him with a sigh,
“But Aunt Kitty suits you because you look like a kitten,” he told me with a giggle.
“Aren’t you a charmer already,” I told him with a deep chuckle shaking my head, I’m sure he will be famous among the female population in the future. We both grabbed some chocolates and devoured it before starting the work at the backyard.
I cleaned the backyard and Eric helped me to take some plant saplings, we both planted four saplings. Eric helped me to water the plants, he seems to love the plant.
“Aunt Kitty, isn’t these baby plants so cute?” he asked me with full of adoration
“Of course, sweetie, they are as cute as you,” I tapped his nose lightly with a smile. He jumped up and down with joy. It was not that bad spending time with kids as I assumed but my previous encounters with kids were not good.
*One hour later*
“Eric, don’t run!” I chased behind him, he started to run around the backyard, where in the hell he got all this energy, I swear kids never get tired even after a long day.
I was breathing so fast from all those chasing and cleaning, I was so tired and my medical condition was a cherry on the top. I bent down and rested my hands on my knees and tried to calm down my breathing.
“Trouble in paradise?” a deep chuckle made me stand straight, it was Xander, and what the hell was he doing here? He was standing at the entrance of my backyard, his hands were shoved inside his jeans pocket, he was wearing a grey hoodie, his brown hair was messy, his electric blue eyes shone with delight and amusement. He was the most handsome man I have ever seen, I heaved a sigh.
“When did you arrived?” I asked him, he took some steps from his spot to close the distance between us, now he was standing a foot away from me.
“An hour ago,” he shrugged with a lopsided grin, my mouth gaped at him in bewilderment and he was standing all these time in my backyard witnessing everything from the start.
“You should have told me earlier” I complained,
“It’s fun watching you with that toddler, Aunt Kitty,” he mocked me with a child-like voice, which made me blush harder, I was sure that I’ll be looking like a tomato by now, I swatted his chest playfully and made my way to Eric, who was now looking at Xander with his big brown eyes full of curiosity. I can hear Xander’s hearty chuckle from my behind, for my behaviour.
“Where is your granny? She asked me to bring some plant saplings,” he asked me,
“She went to the town to meet her old friend,” I told him, she knew that we had more than enough saplings to plant and she told me that she will be meeting her friend the previous night, then why did she ask him for more saplings. I swear that old lady was trying to set me up with Xander, not that I complaining but still it was complicated. I’ll talk to her once she came home.
“Okay then, I’ll help you guys with this work,” he told me with a smile, he bent to Eric’s height and waved at him with an adorable smile, Eric’s eyes lit up.
“Hello, young man,” Xander addressed, Eric held my leg and buried his face out of shyness
“Hi,” Eric blushed and responded him in a small voice, Xander chuckled at him with adoration and he must have loved kids.
“How about we both give, Aunt Kitty some time to rest and we both play for a while,” Xander asked him but he looked up at me from his kneeling position with a smirk. As soon as Xander mentioned about playing, Eric’s eyes lit up and he jumped on Xander with a big smile.