The importance of this, of course, is that it’s the summer of her eighteenth year, and I just graduated from college. As to how this involves babysi...ting, as the title indicates, well, my parents had me early in life, and then waited until I was thirteen to have another kid – thus, my brother Jonah was born. Fast forward five more years (I’m eighteen by this point, and Jonah is five, for all you math geniuses out there), they had my sister, Carah. Well, back in the present, I just got home from. My serial interactions with Lauren, June, Jan, and Trish had been interesting dalliances. Lauren and I both knew something serious could develop between us, but I wasn't ready. I wondered if I could ever adapt to her being a Karen-lookalike, even with all the love we obviously had for each other. I wished I could revisit the four of them armed with the techniques and mindset that Kim had imbued me with.Attorney Lacie Landers appeared about eleven thirty the next morning. Leading her into the. She looked back, smiling, and put a little extra sway in.She led me to an honest to God, right out of the movies, reindeer pulled sleigh. Four of them, with bells on their harness. We got in the back and snuggled under the heavy quilts, and the driver cracked his whip. The sleigh seemed to glide over the snow like it was a feather, the occasional jingle of the bells or the snort of a reindeer the only things breaking the silence.We went up a mountain for about forty-five minutes, using the time. I thought about it for ten minutes. She kept looking at me and biting her bottom lip waiting for my reply. She was so fucking adorable. All I wanted to do was please her.“I like you too much to not want to be in a relationship with you, Aubrey,” I said.“I get it. I’m not the strong ‘alpha’ male you need, but I am something else that you do. I understand. I like it when you take charge and I follow your lead. If this is where you want to lead, then I’ll follow. Just promise me you won’t be.