Private Babysitter //TaintedLove/Kratos//

The next day, when the mother left the house leaving only one of the children who needed to stay in order to be able to stick to his extracurricular activities - namely a soccer tournament coming up and drawing classes, Desiree was completely unaware of the event and was getting ready to go to 'work'.

She was one of the incredibly stereotypical babysitters - beautiful, young and clearly working as a babysitter because her social life interfered with anything holding a steadier schedule. She was of an average height, standing at five feet and four, her frame small and delicate. Her curves formed something similar to a glass Coke bottle: wider hips, long slim legs, firm round rear, flat stomach, tiny waistline and a pair of ample breasts that edged a D cup. Her skin was lightly tanned from the summer, although no tanning lines were apparent anywhere. The girl's long hair fell down to her waist in rich, curly chestnut waves, occasionally landing into the pair of large aquamarine eyes surrounded by thick eyelashes.

To work, she wore a simple pair of short denim shorts that clung tightly to her curves, barely hiding anything, a pair of Puma running shoes and a loose white tank top that uncovered a part of her cleavage, mentioned that she liked 'fries, toast and boys', and showed off some of the butterflies that trailed along her shoulder and down along her side, disappearing under her shorts' waistband.

Once ready, she left the house, walking the few blocks that separated her house from the Marintines' one. Pressing the doorbell, she leaned up against the doorway, waiting for the door to open.

The girl blinked as the man approached her, not having recognised her employer. For a moment, she held her breath, afraid that some delinquent was running around half naked in the morning. Although she had to admit that the stranger was not half bad. When he came closer, however, she let out a relieved sigh. It was simply Seth. Unconsciously, the girl found herself licking her lips. He was a handsome man, one of the reason she enjoyed working there, but when he wasn't wearing his shirt, she had a hard time not jumping at him.

''Oh, sure,'' she nodded slowly, arching an eyebrow, surprised. She was curious what could have happened, but she figured out that it was some kind of emergency that came up. ''Have a nice..shower,'' she smiled awkwardly, kicking off her shoes to run upstairs to Vince. He was an adorable child, at four years old he was surprisingly sweet and obedient, or perhaps he simply liked her. ''Vince,'' she mused, her low melodious voice sounding high and playful with the child, very different from the deeper, more seductive tone she used moments earlier with his father, for a reason that remained unknown to her.

Picking up the pencils, she started drawing with the child, the two laughing and chatting happily.

He decided not to mention anything to the tone of voice that she had given towards him, if anything it actually felt quite seductive... and that was truly something he did not mind. Out of the kids Vincent had to be the only one whom got along with her so well, and vice versa. As a babysitter she generally managed with the others, but it always seemed like the two were having fun together where as it was a little harder to have fun with a 10 yr old, and a 13 year old.. compared to the four year old, who had literally requested to do soccer at such a young age. Knowing that Vince would be quite occupied with drawing and that she was probably going to join in, he entered his room before closing the door. They had their own shower separate from the main bathroom in the house, but it was the only one Seth used.

As he walked into the small en suite bathroom he closed the door behind him not bothering to lock before his clothes.. or more to the point lack off, were removed and then simply tossed to the side as he ran the hot water. It never was instantly hot but more the type to warm up as he waited, his body was completely naked now, his hand dangling below the shower head feeling the warmth start to increase. Once it actually got hot he turned on the cold water a little to balance it and then hopped in grabbing soap and started to wash himself. Vince lightly smiled, always happy to see his babysitter.. she always made things more fun, and showed him new things.. like last time, she taught him how to draw a person better.. and he had then afterwards made a drawing of the family. It was cute but at this moment Seth never really noticed it. It was always laughing and she would generally join in with what ever he was doing..

Unlike some whom his father had hired before. Or was it his mother, he never knew not really old enough to even understand why his mom was not around.. He had simply been told that she was just visiting someone for a little while, and so believed that not worrying about it but instead enjoying life like a child generally does.

(just felt like posting a touch from the child's perspective there heh.. hope you did not mind)

Desiree smiled at the child as he played, happy to be alone with that one. The ten year old as well as the teenager were more complicated. Although they seemed to look up to her in a sense, and they got along well, it was hard to get them to actually obey when sometimes it was necessary. She studied Vince adoringly, hopeful that her kids would be just like him. Shuffling his hair, she studied the drawings, checking out the new ones. The one of a family he did impressed her. ''Wow, Vince, that's beautiful,'' she exclaimed, resuming their current activity.

The child seemed to be in a good mood so she made the same assumption as he did, approximately, and let it go. After all, in spite of the fact that the boy's father was unbearably hot she wouldn't ever dream of actually doing anything. The tone of her voice in the entrance still bothered her - she had no idea why it got that way around him, or how to control it without seeming weird. She also hoped he thought that it was normal for her, and not that she was trying something.

She enjoyed her job far too much for that. She didn't want to end up like everyone else, mindlessly wandering about a boutique, without a chair for about eight hours, repeating the same words over and over again. She was somewhat of an artist although her appearence didn't suggest so, and she needed freedom and space for creativity. Vince was her free ride for that.

After a while, Vince yawned. He seemed to be tired, which surprised her. He was usually very lively. Brushing her hand against his forehead, she sighed in relief. He didn't have a cold, but apparently was merely tortured by nightmares. ''Do you want a quiet hour?'' She wondered, pinching the child's cheek.

The shower was pretty short since the babysitter was over anyhow, he knew she would be coming roughly at this time yet he had planned for the run not to take so long. Still as he thought about the run his mind traced back to the quite seductive tone that teen had hit with him, it was almost driving him to a degree of lust where he wanted her badly but for now he was not going to act upon it. Even though it was his intention to invite her over still for such a reason, and the fact that recently it seemed Vince had been getting tired earlier especially with so much drawing and odd sleeping hours once his mother left.

Slowly he turned of the shower, before starting to dry himself with the towel wrapping it around his body before deciding to shave while he had the chance. He preferred it clean cut so that it was not a hassle of which he grabbed out the electric shaver he had before starting to use it to shorten his facial hair. It never took long as it was something that he kept a hold on, since part of him liked to keep his presentation somewhat neat. That and he was not a huge fan of facial hair, it was just something he had to deal with.

As a father he wished that Vince had not ended up a little traumatized, although who knew the long term effects. Recently those nightmares seemed to get worse, which meant his sleep was broken so badly that he had to take bits here and there. Seth tried to see if he could help but nothing seemed to work. Instead he mainly spent most of his time awake, occupied so he would not dream and go to bad places.. or at least that was what he had told him.

Vincent slowly nodded to the question she had asked "..I need it,.." That was all he said before he started moving towards his bed packing up what he had been using to do art with before laying on his bed. "thank you Deseri.." he had never managed to get her name right, but he said it in such a cute fashion that it was impossible to tell him if he was wrong.

Desiree smiled at the child, his way of saying her name as cute as ever. ''Aw, Vince,'' she mused, ruffling his hair happily. If only your brothers were so clean, she told herself, chuckling softly as she watched the boy on the bed. Approaching, she covered him carefully, kissing his forehead. It was very early, so she had to shut all the blinds to hide the bright light coming from the window. ''I'll read,'' she stated, picking up a book she was in process of reading to him. Taking a seat beside the bed, she made it through one of the chapters, until he fell asleep.

The girl only then left the room and walked down the stairs. She was not certain what to do now - she usually had all three boys to take care of and at least one of them was always awake. Deciding that she could watch television, she made her way into the living room, taking a seat on the couch. She flipped the television open, skipping through the channels until she found a beginning episode of Criminal Minds.

Lazily leaning back against the soft leather, she watched the screen, thinking. She had no idea what the kids' parents did - she never asked the kids or the parents about it, so she did not know what would happen in terms of her schedule. A part of her hoped that Seth would ask her to come even when he was home, like it happened just now. Another part told her that the odd attraction she felt for him was normal but nothing to pay attention to, it would sure pass soon enough.

Lost in thoughts, she remained still, waiting for the man to come downstairs to talk to her or Vince to wake up.

Vincent offered a small smile feeling her hand within his hair, it was a common thing she usually did, especially after he spoke her name how he actually thought it was. A soft sigh left him as he noticed that she started to block out the light for him before smiling as he heard she would be reading. It was something she had always done if he had been going to sleep before she left generally. He listened intently to every detail possible of the story although it did not take long before he started to actually fall asleep his eyes slowly closing, before finally his whole body relaxed into his bed.

For once his dreams were a little nicer, but that was possibly because at the moment the story had left a vivid fantasy in his mind that was almost fun compared to some of the horrific dreams he even had trouble telling his father about the degree that they scared him. Seth looked in the mirror now at a last glance to see if he was happy with how he had shaved deciding that was short enough before detaching the blade part from it and rinsing it of, getting any hairs that got stuck in it out.

He left the tap running for a moment his hands cupping the water before rinsing where he had shaved before turning of the water and leaving the shaver head to dry as he put the rest of it in the cupboard, drying himself with the towel he had around him before he decided to not worry about the towel. Once he finished with it he simply left it in the bathroom walking into his room purely nude before deciding to go for a simple look today. First he found a pair of boxers, a pair of shorts and a simple plain gray t shirt that had a faded hawk outline on it before deciding to go see what the babysitter was doing. As he walked he checked on Vince seeing that he was sleeping well, a small smile crossing his face before heading down towards the TV room since he could hear it faintly from where he was.

Slowly he got closer before sitting down on the couch not to far away from her. "I have to thank you for being reliable all this time.. First time since Friday that i have seen Vince sleeping so well.. ,.. recently he has been having nightmares.. ever since me and his mom.. well we had a bit of a fight" his eyes looked down at the ground for a moment before continuing "It ended up escalating though.. and so she decided she wanted a break from all of this.. and went to her mothers.. of which she said we needed at least a month apart.." he sighed,.. he was almost in tears as he looked down still. Of course he was not really actually sad but was more to the point trying to get her sympathy. "So she took the kids with her.. although Vince wanted to stay.. since soccer and drawing.." he stopped and just looked down not speaking now, but instead was completely silent.

Startled, Desiree jumped slightly when Seth took a seat next to her. His sudden monologue caused her to arch an eyebrow, yet then again, he wasn't supposed to have conversations with her, the fact that he was explaining the situation was a lot as it was. "You're welcome," she mumbled hesitantly, studying the male who seemed to be completely down. As much as she hated seeing men act like that it hurt her to think that he was feeling bad enough to show it to an almost complete stranger. Letting out a soft sigh, she shifted herself, moving closer to the male, deciding that he needed some form of comfort. After all, he most likely didn't really have anyone to talk to - in most situations people would think that it was his fault. The only reason she didn't think so was due to her attraction to him, that justified most of his actions and turned him into a flawless person.

Carefully, she rested her hand on the man's shoulderblade for a few moments, quickly letting it return to her lap. She valued her job, she didn't want to seem like a slut who was ready to seduce her 'boss' when he was feeling down. Not to mention he was married. She shook off the dilemmas in her head, trying to concentrate on him rather than on her thoughts. "I'm very sorry," she spoke slowly, sighing. At least they were in the summer, she didn't have school and could spend most of the time with the child while Seth worked. She studied him, biting on her lower lip rather awkwardly. She had no idea what to do in situations like that. Of course she had already seen her older brother act in a similar fashion, only he was a year older than her and never let her help. Not to mention the situation was completely different.

"Well...," she started, unsure of what else she could say. The couple have been together for quite a while already, she was sure they could work it through. "Maybe it's for the best, that way you will get a break from eachother, and then when she returns everything will be even better?" She offered meekly, her large bright eyes traveling over his face.