AN: I promise future chapters won't be this short and won't suck this much! I'm terrible at introductions.

[AU] When Garfield Logan's parents hire a babysitter for his younger sister, he can't help but fall for her. BBxRae

Babysitter

Garfield rustled a hand through his green hair. He despised Mondays. The only thing, is his opinion, worse than Mondays, was eating meat. Being a life-long vegetarian, the teen could barely stand the sight of the substance, and it didn't help that his bestfriend Victor would daily devour a sandwich that contained any sort of meat in front of him.

He particulary hated this Monday more than the upcoming/past Mondays. The reason being that his parents were planning to go out tonight, leaving him to babysit his younger sister, Erica, all by himself.

It wasn't that he didn't like his younger sibling, it was just that it was so boring. He would have to dress up her dolls with her, or help her decide which shirt she should wear with what skirt. He had always tried to tempt her into playing video games with him or at least read a few of his comic books. Erica had declined both offers with ease.

He sighed before making his way downstairs.

"Garfield, sweetie! Oh, you're going to be late for school! Do you want me to drive you?" Marie, Garfield's mother offered.

"Nah, thanks. Vic said he'd take me," Garfield replied, swinging his bag over his shoulders.

"Well, alright. Have a lovely day, honey." She kissed him on the cheek before he opened the front door.

"Man, what took you so long? I've been waitin' outside yer house for like, two minutes!" Victor exclaimed upon seeing his approaching bestfriend. "You know my baby gets steamed up quickly if I leave her runnin'."

"Dude, calm down! I woke up a lil late, s'all. Don't shoot me. I can't believe you still call your car that. It's not right, bro," Garfield replied, opening the door to Victor's baby.

"Do you think I'm gonna take advice from a guy that don't even have a car?"

"Hey Gar," Richard, Garfield and Victor's other bestfriend, called from the back seat. Richard was slightly shorter than Victor, but taller than Gar. He had black hair that sometimes covered his sunglasses, which he had a tendency to never remove. "Can we leave now? I promised Kori Anders that I'd give her some of my notes from Chemistry."

"You are like, so in love with her, dude," Garfield teased, causing his friend to blush.

"I don't tease you about Tara now, do I?" was Richard's smug reply.

"Tara Markov? Gross! I'd rather die than be with her!" the green haired teen said, pretending to puke to emphasise his disapproval of Tara.

"You're wrong, Richard. It's that punk girl that Gar's smitten with," Victor said with a cocky smirk as he started up his car.

"Who?" Richard asked.

"You know, that dark haired girl that's always hangin' around with Kori," Victor replied, pulling out of Garfield's driveway. "Raven, is it?"

Garfield blushed at the sound of her name.

Raven Roth was many things. She was beautiful, daring, intelligent, popular and way out of Garfield's league. He had always watched her from afar, noting all of the cute little things she did. Of course, if the girl found out that anyone had thought of her as cute, she'd have their head. Lucky for Gar, he kept his thoughts to himself.

As they turned into their school, they revealed their plans for the night.

"Going to Kori's house to study," Richard said with a smirk.

"Study? Yeah, right."

"Whatever. What are you doing then, Garfield? I don't suppose you've been invited to Raven's house to study," Richard said, crossing his arms.

"Ha, I wish," Garfield said before turning his attention to the scenery out of the window. "I wouldn't mind studying with her, actually. Or doing anything. As long as she's there, it'd be cool."

"You're hopeless," Victor said with a chuckle.

"We're here. Time to endure another seven crappy hours of this place."

Garfield thanked Victor for the ride home as he unlocked his front door.

"See ya later, green bean," Victor called as he drove off. Garfield just frowned. His friends seemed to be supportive of his decision to dye his hair green a while ago, but they just couldn't stop teasing him about it.

"Garfield! Your father and I are leaving now!"

"Already?" he asked, making his way into the living room, which is where is parents were located. "You said you'd leave at like, seven."

"We had a change of plan," Mark, Garfield's father said. "Now, I know you get slightly bored of doing girly things with Erica, so your mother and I came to a conclusion."

"And?"

"We've hired a babysitter to come over tonight," Marie replied.

"Really?" Garfield asked.

"Yes. That way your sister will have someone to play with while you can keep yourself entertained with your video games. Or maybe you could study. Studying seems like the better option."

"Sure! This is awesome! Thanks, guys!" Garfield exclaimed with a huge smile, pleased that he could have his Monday night to himself.

"Anytime, honey. Now we best be going. I love you."

"Gar! Someone's at the door!" Erica called to her older brother.

"Alright, alright! I'm coming!" Garfield shouted as he loudly ran downstairs. He swiftly opened the door, only to find Raven Roth on the other side.