"That was the best pizza ever!!"I exclaimed out loud with huge satisfied smile on my face. I was even positive I was glowing with happiness and content after finishing a whole box of the medium size Hawaiian pizza and four pieces of chicken with fries and a huge tumbler of Coke.
The other two hated Hawaiian pizza so they always ordered pepperoni and mushrooms pizza, large which I doubted ever satisfied them but I had a bigger appetite to theirs so I was obviously no comparison.
It was the best way to finish what had began as an Awful day and I wouldn't have had it any other way.
My legs crossed beneath my butt, I got more comfortable in my seat, covering the baby blue blanket around me while the other two got cozy in the dark purple duvet that they shared.
"Thanks guys. I needed that after the awful four hours wasted on babysitting the ugly brat princess."I told them.
"We got you." Replied Liz.
"I don't understand why you haven't found anyone else to replace you there? Can't you just quit?" Asked Hamida.
"I can but I need the money and they happen to be my best paying clients at the moment." I replied with a sigh.
"Have you checked to see if you have been picked by other people?" She asked referring to my profile account on the nanny website.
"Nope. I've been so busy to even take time to look and see if I've been requested by other families."I replied honestly.
"Hmmm... Why don't we check now? I mean we ain't doing anything constructive right now and it won't hurt to see?" She persuaded me, Liz silently nodding in agreement.

Ever since I got the three families, I had gotten into a comfortable routine and being one who hated change or adapting to change I just never bothered to check. I wasn't all for the idea but it wouldn't hurt to check if I had been matched by more potential clients. Who knew, maybe I'd be lucky enough to land someone with more money and better behaved children.

Getting my laptop, I went to the nanny website and logged in to my account.
To my surprise I had gotten matched with five families.
"See? My gut was right!!" Said Hamida with a proud smile on her face.
"Let's see what they have to offer."I said.
The first four families I had matched with were great however they seemed to not to be compatible with my school schedules and my extra free time. The first two were especially demanding with both families having toddlers younger than a year.
The fifth family though seemed to be too good to be true. The timing of my job didn't clash with my school schedule and the pay was good. In fact it was better than good.
However the only down side would be I'd have to quit my other two nanny jobs as it demanded I be available six days of the week, except for Sundays, from Eleven am to Seven pm.
Further details about the job would be given to me after I confirmed my interest and a contact details were left at the bottom of the message.

I didn't even get the chance to state my opinion on the job before Liz took her phone and dialed the number. She placed the phone on speaker as we waited for the person on the other end to pick up.
"Don't you think its a little to late to be calling?" I whispered to her and she shushed me.
The phone rang some more before it beeped with no answer.
"See, I knew it wasn't meant to be." I told them.
"Maybe am fine with the jobs I have for now." I added.
"Don't be stupid. This job is the ultimate nanny job. If you got the job, you'll be sorted for the rest of your school years here." Said Liz.
Just then the phone rang, the number we had called displaying on the screen.
"Here you answer." She said throwing the phone on to my laps.
"Hell no, you do it since it was your idea." I give her the phone back.
"Oh come on guys!" Said Hamida answering the phone and putting it on speaker.

"Hello?" She answered.
"Hello. Am sorry I missed your call. How may I help you?" Asked a posh womanly voice.
"We are calling about the nanny job from the bestnannies.com website. We matched just a few hours ago."Hamida replied smoothly.
"Oh yes. We are in need of a nanny urgently and so far have managed to get a few people willing to take up the job. There will be an interview tomorrow at noon sharp. If you think you are up for the job then come to the address I will send you shortly after we are done talking with your credentials." She explained.
"Thank you ma'am. Ill be sure to come by tomorrow. Have a wonderful night and thanks for your time." Replied Hamida before the woman on the other side wished her a goodnight and hung up.

"You are so going. And we ain't negotiating."Said Hamida after giving Liz her phone back.

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"You are going to be late if you don't get your lazy ass up from that bed woman." I heard Liz say as she pulled the duvet from my body.
"Five more minutes.. "I groaned as I wrapped my arms around my small body trying to warm it up.
"Those five minutes could either make or break you..and in this case, get you that dream job or leave you with ugly brat princess." She said dragging my body off my small bed.

I turned around so that my face faced the ceiling and groaned out loud again before I huffed and woke up.
Liz smiled triumphantly at me as she passed me my towel and tugged my body down the stairs to the bathroom.
"You'll find your clothes ready and set. Hamida is preparing breakfast. And hurry up, you have less than two hours till the interview." She said in her motherly tone.
I somehow managed to clean my body while being half asleep, telling myself that I will never sleep at five am in the morning again. Even for my essays.
After I had finished, I dragged my half dead body up the stairs again, these being one of those days I regretted having to go up stairs to my bedroom, and found that Liz had placed some clothes as promised.
I took one look at the short black formal dress, one of the few formal attires I had in my closet and shook my head, changing the dress for a pair of black skinny jeans and a white polo neck and a pair of black leather ankle boots. Since I had enough time to spare, I managed to tie my unruly hair into a semi neat bun, wearing silver loop earrings and applying my dark red matte lipstick as the only make up for the day. I paired up my attire with my black leather jacket and wore my eye glasses, since I had grown tired of contact lenses.
Feeling satisfied with my choice of clothing and more confident than ever, I took my CV that I had put inside a brown envelope and walked down stairs.

Even before you reached the kitchen, you could tell Hamida was in the kitchen. The whole house smelt of her amazing exotic food that she somehow managed to make in a short time.

"Good morning Sunshine."she greeted me as I sat down on one of the bar stools, besides Liz who hadn't looked at me since she was busy on her phone.
"Morning Chef Hamida. What do we have on the menu today?" I asked in a chirpy tone.
"See for yourself." She replied as she placed a full plate of mouth watering goodies in front of me. The plate had two pancakes, Bacon strips, sausages, meat samosas and two chapatis. She then placed a cup of black tea beside it. I thanked her before digging in enthusiastically.

I took in my surrounding as I ate in comfortable silence, noting that both Hamida and Liz were still dressed in their pajamas. Where they had slept, which was the couch as it could transform into a bed, was still unmade.
While Liz had a headscarf covering her head as to help in making her hair less messy and tangled, Hamida had left her waist length mahogany black wavy hair down and it swayed as she moved around the kitchen. She was lucky to have Arabian blood in her therefore didn't understand our struggle with our tough thick tuff we called hair.

"So what do you guys plan to do while am away? " I asked as I sipped my tea.
"Am meeting up with Hisham and plan on spending the day with him." Answered Hamida.
"I'll be at the bookstore working obviously."Replied Liz, still scrolling through her phone.
"Awww, her tattoo is cute!! Too bad I can't get one." She said randomly.
"I keep telling you your fear is in your head, but you never listen." I tell her.
Liz was one of the few people I knew that had high tolerance to pain but for some reason was super scared to get a tattoo. I mean I was a woos and I managed to get one before her. And I was planning on adding more.

"I'll leave the tattoos and piercings to you boo."she said finally looking at me.
Her eyes widened then narrowed as she looked me up and down, taking in my attire.
"Where is the dress I put out for you D?" She asked calmly though I knew she was brewing with anger.
"I put it back." I replied just as calmly.
Hamida chuckled as she leaned on the counter beside the sink, sipping her cup of tea as she watched what was about to unfold.
"I can see that. The question is why?" She said her voice dropping, a sign that she was about ready to burst.
"Because I didn't feel like wearing it. Besides, am not going for an interview to apply for an office job. Am just a nanny. Its never that serious." I told her as I stood to take my cup to the sink.
"Never that serious?! Never that.... Was I the only one who heard how posh the woman was? And its an interview for Christ sake!" She exclaimed.
"And you are overreacting. Calm down or you'll end up getting an asthma attack." I told her with a smile.
"Oh I'll make sure am not the only one getting an attack if you don't change into the dress." She threatened moving towards me.
"As much as I find your mummy roles cute, its not working on me at the moment. Besides, am already running late so I better run." I said as I moved to the other side and swiftly grabbed my envelope before sprinting to the door, managing to beat her to it miraculously.
"Oh you will pay for that Missy!" I heard her say as I locked the door from outside so she wouldn't follow me.
"You guys are hilarious to watch in the morning." I heard Hamida say with a chuckle before I took the stairs down to the ground floor, reaching the main entrance hall just as my uber arrived.
Getting in,I courteously greeted the driver and after tying the seatbelt securely across my body, he drove off.