*more of a screenplay format"

There was a knock on Max's old Greenwich village apartment door. he came to his door dressed in a white t-shirt and plaid pajama pants
"hello" he looked down and saw a little blonde girl wearing high pig tails with matted hair.
"hi" she said in a quited voice

"um, where's your mommy?" max as while scratching his head

"gone" she said with all seriousness and water welling up in her blue eyes

"where, the grocery store?" max added sarcastically, not being used to children and all that stuff.
"no, she left me for you"tears came down the child's eyes, reminding him of a young Lucy.
"excuse me?"
"my mommy says you're my daddy" the girl added whipping her tears away

"what?!"
the little girl nodded _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

max took the child inside "i'm not sure if you mom's right, but i can't leave you out their" knowing their where some creeps who lived in the building "god forbid" he said to himself

"i want my mommy" the little girl said with tears welling up in her eyes again

"yeah, um, whats your name kid"
"Michelle"
"OK, Michelle, ma belle, how old are ya"

max asked getting down to Michelle's eye level Michelle held out her hand "what?"
"five"
"oh, right, five fingers, gotcha"
"whats your moms name?"
"Louise"
"louise shipton?"
Michelle nodded

"sh-out!"
Michelle stood staring at max in an awestruck manner

"wanna watch tv, Michelle" she nodded. max guided the little girl threw his junk piled on the floor.

"poor kid" he thought, her slummy mummy left her for me, and my dump i call home.
"ok, Michelle what do you like to watch?" Michelle shrugged max flipped the channels "news, no, probably scare the hell outa you"
"twilight zone" he looked at her "yeah scare the bloody hell outa of you even more"
"the Brady bunch, how bout that, little Missie?"
"i like the Brady bunch" michelle said quietly

"good, their a neato family. you're like the youngest, with the pig tails" he said casually, with Michelle's face burst into a smile "

you like that?"
"cindy's, my favourite" she said happily

"groovy" Max added in a scarcastic manor

max left the 5 year old on the couch and picked up his lime green phone to call Lucy, she had kids, she knew nannies.
"hey, luce do you know any nannies?" max asked nervously

"yes, why"
"um, just give be the dam-rn numbers" max hissed

"okay, max are you *okay*"
'yes, just nanny numbers"
"okay, okay..but you will tell me what.." max cut her off

"yeah, yeah Lucy give me the frigin number!"

the door was being knocked on again, max hoped it wasn't another 5 year old kids

"hi"

"hi, are you max carrigan?" the young women asked, she was pretty, funky, with a red leather coat, and a tie died dress, with her long auburn hair let down only tied up with two little braids

"yes, i am" he said happily, hoping for a slight chance this was a date her forgot about.
"i am Layla, the nanny, your sister sounded quite surprised that you wanted a number of a nanny, because she says you don't have kids?"
"well, i didn't till this morning"
her face turned to a confused look "her mother dropped her off. never met her, never new she existed,but i did know her mother...."
"ohh"
"yeah, and i don't know a thing about kids"
"sure you do, you were one"
"that was a long time ago"
"think hard"
"come in" max said motioning towards the door

"ok, oh my goodness!" Layla said looking in the filthy room, clothes, food, things everywhere

"what?" max said completely oblivious

"your apartment is a filthy, you could have lice living right inside that couch, and cockroaches making a home inside the pizza box!"
"sorry, sweetheart, but i ain't got a cleaning lady"
"i can see that, and I'm not you're sweetheart"
"sassy you are" Layla smirked cutely
"where is you're child"

"Michelle!" max yelled the little girl's head popped up over the couch, while Layla cringed at his manerisms

"great she was in the couch" Layla muttered quietly "hi Michelle" Layla said waving to the little girl, who waved back smiling

"Michelle, this is Layla, the babysitter"
"where you going?" Michelle ask nervously
"to work"
"ohh"
"where do you work" Layla asked smiling

"i'm work around" Max answered, feeling embarressed that he was a taxi driver.
"ohh, um, does your working around job have a number to reach you at?"
"no."
"okay, then. so Michelle what do you like to play?" Layla said smiling at the little girl
"princesses, animals, imagination games, fairies..alot"
"cool, i love those games"
"really" Michelle said sweetly smiling at Layla like she was some sort of godess, or movie star
"yep, I'm pretty good at those, who's your favourite princess Michelle?"
"Cinderella, who's yours...Layla" Michelle asked sweetly now coming of the couch and walking toward max and Layla

"i like Cinderella too, her stories the best"
"wanna play Cinderella"
"OK, but i have a good idea, since Cinderella, always cleans for her evil step mother, we should clean this apartment for your uncle,even though i bet he is far from evil, we'll make it fun, and be the characters, okay?"
"yeah"
"alright girlie's, i have to be off"max said tipping his patchwork cap in their directions, with Layla smiling at his play fullness

"is Michelle allergic to anything"
"michelle?"
"i dunno, whats allergic?" questioned the 5 year old

"Michelle do you ever get sick eating anything" Layla explained simply smiling at the child

"no"
"she's fine"
"good, okay bye ladies"
"bye" Layla smiled sweetly as max left the room, leaving Layla to wonder what is job was.
"ok, princess Michelle, lets get to being Cinderella. are you her?"
"no you are, i am the mousies"
"right, because you are small and very cute"

max returned home in two hours, to find his living room, and kitchen spot less, and saw the two current ladies in his life eating Thai food (which evidently Layla bought)
"hey" layla waved

"hey" max said waving back smiling at layla. she was petite build and has long wavy auburn hair and thin straight across bangs, with dark green eyes.
"hey" Michelle said copying Layla. Max sat down beside Michelle

"you guys did a steller job"
"thank you" Michelle answered back

"and you got Thai food"
"its Layla's favourite" Michelle said smiling at Layla, who obviously won over Michelle

"its true" Layla said smiling

"its a nice change from pizza, did you, happen to, oh, maybe bought a third?" max as in a playful sarcastic tone

"um, yeah, sorry. we thought you would eat "around""

"right, gotcha"

after max turned the TV on for Michelle ."Layla, do you wanna watch?" Michelle asked sweetly

"i need to talk to Layla, munchkin"
Michelle pouted

"Later Ok"

she turned to the TV playing sesame street max and Layla walked to the now clean table

"i need to talk to you too" Layla said quietly and seriously

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