Just Can't Get Enough (Michael Afton x Reader)

Babysitting

"Me too." He said shortly, knowing he wouldn't.

12:34 PM

Y/N's mother was spending her day off gathering groceries for the next week. It's not something she'd really wanted to do on her day off, but she should save herself the time later, and just do it now.

Making sure to get everything she knew her kids wanted, she headed for the cereal aisle. She knew that they were running out of Y/N's favorite cereal and wanted to make sure she got it for her.

She got to the aisle and walked down it, trying to find the type that Y/N liked. She was so focused on the shelf that she didn't see the man standing there, lightly running her cart into him.

"Oh my, I'm so sorry!" She quickly apologized to the man. She recognized the man but couldn't put her finger on it.

He moved away from the font of her cart, not wanting the possibility of getting hit again. "It's fine," He put on a fake smile. He put the box of cereal in his basket.

"Oh shoot!" She exclaimed, realizing that the man just took the last box. "My daughter loves that brand."

"My daughter does as well." His tone was slightly defensive, "Her babysitter quit, so I am trying to get her favorite foods to make the drive more bearable."

"Oh well if you need a babysitter, my daughter could do it!" She quickly replied, always looking for opportunities for her kids.

"Well-" He went to voice his concerns, due to only meeting this woman less than five minutes ago.

"Don't worry! My daughter is a straight A student and is great with children!" She chimed in, pressuring the man to accept the offer. "She doesn't have a car but if there was an emergency, I could always drive for whatever reason."

The man thought about it, weighing the options. The one that stuck out most to him was how badly he didn't want to deal with Elizabeth. He was already having to bring Michael to help him and he knew Elizabeth would throw a tantrum the whole time. He really didn't want to deal with it.

"Fine." He stated through gritted teeth.

"Perfect!" She exclaimed happily, pulling out a pen from her purse, ready to write all of the man's information down.

She felt very accomplished as she continued to shop. She knew it was going to be a good opportunity for Y/N, seeing as she hasn't gotten a job yet, and most kids her age already do.

3:04 PM

Y/N and Erik got into the car. Y/N sighed, happy that the week was finally over. Hoping that by next week, everyone would forget or not care about her and Michael being together.

"You okay honey?" Their mother asked her.

"Yeah," She sighed again, not sharing any detail as to why, "I'm just happy it's the weekend. I can finally relax."

Their mom gripped the wheel a bit, knowing that Y/N wouldn't like the news she was about to give. She didn't want her kids to see her questioning her choices so she put on a smile and told her. "Well I actually got you a babysitting job over the weekend!"

"What?" She quickly yelled while Erik snickered at the situation, happy he wasn't the one to have a job forced upon.

"No need to be so dramatic." She looked over at Y/N. "It's a good, easy way to make money. Plus most kids your age already have a job by now."