NANNY

Dione woke up from her sleep when she felt that there's a weight between her legs. She opened the blanket to see someone's back. She remembered then that Alice and Chloe had come for a sleepover. She silently gets off the bed and repositions Alice's legs. She went downstairs to ask the maid for their breakfast.

"Good morning, Dione." Flor, the maid greeted.

"Good morning Aunt Flor, can you cook us breakfast?" She asked.

"Of course, what would you like me to cook?" Flor asked for the menu.

"I'll go with omelet, hotdogs, toasted bread and pancake please. If you hadn't had breakfast, you can also cook some more." Dione instructed.

"I already had breakfast my dear." Flor chuckled. Dione pouted.

"Still, join us for breakfast please?" Dione pleaded. Flor finds it cute seeing her young lady like that.

"Alright young lady, I'll just have myself some toast." She surrendered.

"With pancakes." Dione added.

"With pancakes it is." Flor seconded. Dione smiled brightly and skipped into the living room to watch television. Minutes later, she received a phone call from her mom.

"Hello mom?" She answered.

DIONE. (Pov)

"Hello mom?" I answered the call.

"How are you there, sweetie? Mom asked.

"I'm alright mom, Chloe and Alice came for a sleepover." I informed her.

"I see, I called to say that we might be staying here for a little longer because of the projects your dad took." Mom sadly said. I also feel sad because I miss her.

"Like for how many weeks?" I asked.

"About a month maybe? Your dad and I need to personally work on this project because our client wants us personally." Mom explained.

"I understand mom, It will be a little lonely here but I have Nanny Flor here." I replied.

"Right, with Nanny Flor with you, I can be at ease knowing you are safe inside the house." Mom sounded relieved. I chuckled. "I need to go now sweetie, take care of yourself while we're not there. Don't forget to eat well and don't get sick." Mom added.

"Yes mom, take care also, tell dad also to take care." I spoke. The phone call ended. I guess mom really took time to nag even though I can hear their client's voice.

"Dione, the food is ready." Aunt Flor shouted from the kitchen.

"Yes aunt, I'll wake up Alice and Chloe." I informed her and went upstairs. I opened the door to see Chloe looking dazed and Alice who is currently on her phone.

"Breakfast is ready. Come downstairs." I announced to them. They both looked at me and ran quickly downstairs. They almost hit me on that. I sighed and closed the door.

'Good thing we used the guestroom and not my room. They didn't even fix the bed neatly' I cried to myself. When I arrived at the kitchen. They surprisingly waited for me. Alice noticed that I looked confused.

"It's rude to start eating when the owner of the house is not present." She explained.

"Also, it became our unintentional habit, remember?" Chloe reminded me. Oh right.

"Sorry about that, it's just been a while since we've gathered here together." I apologized. Aunt Flor smiled.

"Truly, I even became a nanny to the three of you." She chuckled. We smiled at Aunt Flor. Aunt Flor is actually our nanny, MY nanny to be exact. Chloe and I were playmates since babies whereas we met Alice in High School. We three spent so much time with each other that aunt Flor took care of us in the absence of our parents. It was a blessing that our parents also knew each other although teir work fields are different.

"You know Nanny Flor, I still remember that you usually take us out for an Ice cream." Alice reminisced.

"Oh! And how we went to an Ocean Park once for a field trip." Chloe added.

"Aya, I'm now old. My legs aren't strong enough anymore." Aunt Flor told us. I felt sad.

"Don't say that nanny, you're still young. You're in your mid 50's!" Alice said. Aunt Flor chuckled at Alice's response.

"Nanny, I miss bonding with you, can we go out with you for a day?" Chloe asked.

"There's still some work to do here inside the house." Aunt Flor worried. Alice and Chloe looked at me.

"Aunt, we have other maids here, right? Let them fill up your work because you're our Nanny for this day." I responded. Nanny sighed in defeat and agrees to go out with us. We rejoiced. Nanny Flor informed the other maids while we went back to the room to get ready.

"Dione, please don't tell me you let Nanny do the heavy works here?" Chloe pleaded. I shook my head.

"No, Nanny is only in charge in cooking meals and taking care of me." I answered.

"But, it's kind of sad that Nanny work so hard even is she's hitting the elderly stage." Alice sadly said.

"Actually, my parents and I are setting up Nanny's new home nearby so we can freely visit her when she retires from work." I revealed to them both. Their faces lit up and their eyes were shining.

"Omg! That means we can possible live there with nanny! I was afraid that I won't see nanny when she retires." Alice happily said.

"But it's a surprise for her, okay? This is top secret. Promise that you won't slip tongue of this." I warned.

"We promise." Alice/Chloe.

"Let's take a shower and get ready, we don't want to spend all day here right?" I spoke and went back to my room to take a shower. I smiled to myself and thought of Aunt's reaction when she saw the surprise soon