Boyd is so engrossed in his phone that he doesn’t notice that his father has been calling him for the last few minutes, only when he feels a pillow throw his way he finally looks up from his phone.

“Finally earth to Boyd.” His father chuckles, “What where you doing anyway?”

“Mmh just looking up some information online about the au pair stuff and if I can do it.”

His father nods slightly, while there is a comfortable silence with background noises from the television Boyd looks at the ground where his little sister is fast asleep and Connor still watching the screen, with his eyes half-closed. Boyd chuckles slightly at the sight of his siblings together. He knows for them it will be the hardest if he leaves for an unknown amount of time, but they will be fine, and he knows that too.

“So,” Boyd’s father says, getting Boyd’s attention again. “I know we’ve had pancakes very late in the afternoon, but I’m craving food. Since it’s way past dinner time how about we just get some late-night snacks?”

“Yes, please.” Boyd and Connor both say in choir.

Boyd and his father both laugh, Connor who was half asleep is awake in an instant when food is mentioned. Boyd looks at his brother and sees he’s slowly taking of Lily from his lap who is still fast asleep on the lap.

“How about some dim sum?” Connor asks enthusiastically.

All three agreed with dim sum and an hour after ordering their food it had arrived. In the meantime, they have brought Lilly upstairs as she had been so tired that she could barely wake up.

While they are halfway through their food the front door opens, signalling that their mother Aubrey has arrived home. When she enters the room, she looks exhausted.

“Good evening dear.” Boyd’s father says.

“Good evening.” His mother replies in a tired voice.

She drops her bag down on the floor next to the couch and makes her way towards the kitchen. Probably getting herself a glass of wine, something that’s happening quite a lot lately with all her work stress.

A minute or so later she arrives back into the living room, indeed with a glass full of wine in her hand. She plops down onto the other couch and sighs loudly as she lets her head fall back.

“Would you like some dinner love?” Isaac asks.

“I’ve already eaten at work,” Audrey replies, sipping her wine.

Isaac nods slightly before he returns to eating. So, do the boys as they know their mom is tired and usually wants to be left alone when she comes home to rest.

“Is Lily already in bed?” Audrey asks after a few minutes of silence.

“Yes, she was really tired, so we brought her to bed not so long ago,” Isaac replies.

Aubrey nods, placing down her glass of wine and standing up, leaving the room to go upstairs going to Lily her room. Boyd follows his mother’s movements since she has been working a lot lately, she has barely spent time with us as a family. It seems unfamiliar for them all that she goes upstairs to probably go to Lily.

When Boyd is finished with his food he waits for his father and brother to be done before he put away their dishes. After that he makes his way upstairs towards his room, he walks past Lily her room, the door is slightly ajar, so he decides to peak in. He sees his mother, fast asleep while she is hugging Lily, instead of waking her up he lets her sleep. Since she has been missing out so much, he doesn’t want to take away this moment of rest with her daughter.

Browsing through his phone while laying on bed Boyd lets a soft whine escape from his mouth. He should have thought about what specific kind of job he wanted to do before he decided that he wants to go abroad and work. There are a lot of jobs he can take, for example in hotels he can work without much experience, but that’s not the kind of job he would like to do. Since he is used to working in a restaurant he maybe can work into a restaurant, then again he also has experience with kids since he’s been watching his siblings for ages already. He decides to look for some kind of nanny job.

Within seconds of searching for becoming nanny abroad, he has a ton of sites to look at, the one that sparks his interest is called aupairlife. He immediately registers to the site and fixes his profile to start browsing for advertisements where he can apply. He decides to start looking in Europe, especially England because he has been obsessed with England ever since he got to know the Harry Potter series.

After searching for a few minutes, he finds an advertisements that seems interesting. A single dad with two kids and a full-time job that’s looking especially for a male au pair. He decides to write a message to the male. After sending the message he puts away his phone, closing his eyes. A soft knock makes him open his eyes again and he slightly sits up as he replies. The door slowly opens and his father walks in, closing the door behind him. Boyd gives his father a small smile as he sits down on his bed, his father smiles back and the sit there in silence for a while.

“And have you already found something that you would like to do?”

“Well, I was actually looking for jobs abroad just a while ago. I found something interesting. A website where people are looking for an au pair.” Isaac gives Boyd a curious look, so Boyd continues. “It’s basically living with a family that needs a nanny, one that’s around more than a usual nanny though. You’ll have to stay at their home to take care of the kids and go with them to trips. But you’ll usually have a day or two of each week. Then I can do my own thing and explore the city and make friends.”

“Sounds interesting. Do you think you’ll be able to do it?”

“Daaad,” Boyd whines jokingly. “I help taking care of Lily and Connor for a long time now, I’m sure I can help a family out.” A bright grin forms on Boyd’s face.

“Yeah, that is true.” Isaac chuckles slightly as he replies. “So, did you find a family already?”

“No, I actually just signed up like thirty minutes ago, but I did send a message to a family. I haven’t checked yet if I received an answer back though. I also should look more into which things are required and which documents I need before I can even go abroad.”

“Well if you need any help you can always ask me, okay.”

“Thanks, Dad, I will do that. Also, can you keep it quiet to mom, I want to tell her later when I know for sure that I can go abroad.”

“Sure, thing son, no problem.”

“Thanks.”

Boyd gives his father a hug and Isaac softly pats him on his back before getting up from the bed, saying something about getting his mom out of Lily’s bed so she can have a good night rest. Once the door is closed Boyd grabs his phone and unlocks it, opening the internet browser to look at the au pair website. He logs in and waits for it to load his messages. He sees that he got a message back from Maxwell Lewis once the page is loaded. A weird noise leaves Boyd his lips as he reads into the reply that Maxwell Lewis is interested in hiring him. So, he starts writing a reply right away.

Hello mister Lewis,

Thank you for the fast reply. I’m glad to hear back from you and very excited to hear that you’re considering me for the position.

I don’t mind having to answer some question for you to get to know me better and know about the experiences I have. I’d love to ask some questions myself, mainly about your family and what I have to do around the house etcetera. I’m comfortable with having skype sessions if you do want to hire me, that way you can see me, and I can see you and the kids before things are made final if you find me the right and fitting person. I hope to hear back from you.

Kind regards,

Boyd Davis.

When the reply is sent Boyd looks at the information page for working in the United Kingdom that is on the website. He starts reading through the stuff he has to take care of, groaning softly as he reads through the page and sees what he needs. He needs; a valid passport, an au-pair contract, a tier 5 visa, a passport picture, a bank statement that says he has enough savings and a tuberculosis test.