Falling for the Nanny

Chapter 3

Kara’s POV

I was nervous as I made my way onto the field. I could feel all the guys watching me I could hear whistles from them as I made my way over to my dad. I was too nervous to care about them though. I knew nothing about being a many or taking care of a child and I had a terrible feeling in my gut that this wasn’t gong to go well. I made my way to the dugout where my dad stood holding the cutest little boy I have ever seen. As I got closer to them the little boy lifted his head slightly giving me a shy grin before he laid his head back on my dad’s shoulder. His little smile helped to easy the nerves slight as I came up and stood next to my dad.

“That’s enough!” Dad called out to his team clearly annoyed at the way they were reacting to me. “Get back to warming up!” He added causing me to chuckle a bit.

“Hey dad.” I said giving him a smile.

“And hi to you as well.” I said to the little boy who gave me a small giggle before shyly burying his face into my dad’s shirt.

“Hi sweetheart.” Dad said.

“So I can only assume this is the little guy I will be watching?” I asked dad.

“Yes.” Dad said. “This is Kamden.”

“Hi Kamden.” I said one more time giving him a gentle smile, he smiled back and buried his face back into dad’s shirt.

“You ready for this kiddo?” Dad asked me.

“As ready as I’m going to get.” I replied worriedly.

“Don’t worry it will be fine kiddo no need to be nervous.” Dad said before he gestured over to one of his players calling him over to us.

I watched as the man came running towards us. He looked like he was straight from a magazine he was tall and muscular with dark curly hair and piercing blue eyes. The same piercing blue eyes as the little boy my dad was holding. He looked to be about 10 years older than me but he was built better than any man that was my age. I had to tear my gaze away and focus back on dad before I started drooling over the godlike man coming my way.

“Jaxon I would like you to meet someone.” Dad said. “This is my daughter Kara.”

“ Nice to meet you.” I said reaching my hand out to shake his but he ignored it.

“Nice to meet you.” He said back coldly.

“So Kara here just finished up with college and has agreed to take a few months off to travel with her old man here for the season before she heads off to California.” Dad said.

“Okay..and..?” He asked seeming very unamused by this conversation.

“Well he’s a ray of sunshine.” I scoffed.

“Kara.” Dad said back giving me a stern look before turning back to Jaxon. “Kara has offered to be your son’s nanny for the season since she will be traveling with us anyway. That is if you would be okay with that?” Dad asked him.

“I don’t think that would work. What is she 18. She looks barely old enough to take care of herself let alone take care of my son.” Jaxon said rudely.

“Excuse you? For your information I am almost 21 and I have been taking care of myself just fine for the past two years.” I snapped becoming irritated by his attitude.

“ okay, okay. Calm down you two. Why don’t we just give it a chance and see how things go. Why don’t we let Kara take care of Kamden here today that way you can keep an eye on them and see how it goes. Then once practice is over you can make your decision.” Dad said.

“I’m fine with that.” I responded

“Perfect. Here you can take Kamden into the dugout while we start practice.” Dad said turning to hand me the little boy he was holding.

I reached out nervously to take Kamden from my dad not sure if he would even come to me. To my surprise though he turned and threw himself into my arms. He quickly laid his head on my shoulder and nuzzled himself into my neck causing me to chuckle slightly.

“So, Jaxon, does that sound like a plan to you?” Dad asked him.

“Uh..yeah..that will be fine I guess.” Jaxon replied unconvincingly.

“Okay good now let’s get practice started.” Dad said before they both took off to the field.

I took Kamden into the dugout where there was a blanket laid out with toys on it. We played for a while with toys before Kamden stood up and clumsily walked over to me with his arms outstretched. I picked him up and he immediately laid his head down on my shoulder. I could feel him playing with the loose strands of my hair that were falling from my bun and before I knew it he fell asleep on me. The team finished up practicing and dad and Jason made their way back to dugout where I was sitting with a still sleeping Kamden. Jaxon bent down and gently took the sleeping boy from my arms before sitting down on the bench.

“Okay fine we will give it a try.” Jaxon sighed out and dad flashed me a huge grin. “Meet me at my place tomorrow around noon and we will go over his routine. Do you know how to change a diaper?” He asked looking over at me.

“Uh..no..but..” I started but Jaxon cut me off.

“Seriously this is who you want to want to watch my son? She can’t even change him how is she supposed to take care of him if she can’t even change him?” Jaxon asked angrily.

Dad opened his mouth to respond but I cut him before he could.

“I can learn! Did you know how to change a diaper before someone showed you? Because I doubt you did!” I snapped.

“Okay! Fine! But I’m giving you one chance. You mess up once and you will no longer be watching my son. Am I understood?” Jaxon asked coldly.

“Understood. I will see you tomorrow at noon.” I said before turning around and walking out of the dugout.

I was ready to throw in the towel and say I’m not doing this but I knew how much it meant to my dad so I decided to give it my best effort. For him.