"Let's end it with a rainbow!" I got the feeling Emma liked rainbows.
                              
"Sure! What's the sentence again?" I grabbed a pink chalk since we didn't have red.
                              
"You already forgot? It's Really Old Yogurt Grows Bad In Vanilla." I swear if she were a few years older she would've rolled her eyes at me.
                              
When we finished I got up and looked at our art. It really was awesome and the rainbow was the perfect finish.
                              
"Alright, time to find the best rock ever so we can throw them."
                              
I forgot how much fun hopscotch was. We were still playing when Jake pulled in the driveway. You know that heartwarming moment where the kid drops everything to leap in the arms of the adult?
                              
Didn't happen.
                              
Emma pretty much ignored Jake because she was so focused on the hopscotch. Needless to say I did a great job with the kid today.
                              
"What? No hugs?" Jake pouted and stretched his arms.
                              
Emma giggled. "Jill should give you a hug."
                              
That was mean. I entertained her like a boss and she just threw me under the bus. I walked over to Jake and give him a hug. Emma soon followed.
                              
"Thanks Jilly." Jake said gratefully.
                              
"Next time ask your girlfriend." I winked. Luckily Emma didn't hear, she was cleaning up the chalk. She wouldn't have understood the sarcasm.
                              
"I don't have one." He muttered. So he hadn't made his move yet. Damn, he sure took his time with that.
                              
"Tessa might lose her patience." I smirked. He looked surprised.
                              
"Wait. You know I like Tessa?" He asked. Oh come on. I'm not that stupid.
                              
"You underestimate me Jakey" I smiled at his discomfort. At least he admit it. Well, kinda.
                              
"I'm working on it okay" He said eventually. "How did you-" I figured he wanted to ask me how I knew he liked her but Emma interrupted us. We'd talk about this later.
                              
"I'm heading home kid. Don't eat old yogurt." She giggled. Yeah, that's right. I had inside jokes with a nine year old and I felt pretty cool about that.
                              
"That's weird advice Jill" Jake laughed. That made Emma giggle even more.
                              
"Bye Jilly!" Emma gave me a hug. It's cute that she called me Jilly. She'd heard Jake call me that once and ever since she'd been calling me the same.
                              
"Bye Emma! Keep an eye on that brother of yours." I winked at Jake. He smirked in reply.
                              
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"How was babysitting?" Was the first thing my mom said when I got home. Not a nice 'hello my sweet daughter, how've you been?' nope, she got down to business.
                              
"It was fun. I played hopscotch." I grinned like a little kid. I still needed to switch to adult-talk.
                              
"Looks like you enjoyed it more than the girl." My mom teased. So what if I did?
                              
"Ooh and look!" I handed her the birthday card Emma had made for me. My mom smiled and shook her head.
                              
"Here, I baked cookies." She gave ma a plate with chocolate chip cookies. Yum.
                              
Wait.
                              
Oh God.
                              
Something was wrong.
                              
"Mom? Tell me what's going on." I started eating the cookies. They were delicious.