Family & Sitters, Reunited!

Siri brings home a surprise that hits Hazel like cold water—Aiden and Victoria, her old sitters, beaming in the doorway. Hazel's cheeks catch fire right away. She’s hoping to babysit someday, and Siri’s playing matchmaker, lining up real-time pointers. Conversation bounces along until Siri notices Hazel’s frozen, feet-shuffling act. It clicks: Hazel’s been nursing crushes on both women forever. Hazel tries to melt into the couch cushions, mortified. Aiden and Victoria eat it up, swapping smirks like they’ve won a raffle. Turns out the feeling’s mutual—they’ve been stuck on Siri since the old days, and still are. “You two look even better than we remember,” Victoria purrs, Aiden nodding like it’s obvious. Then Aiden leans in, casual as a dinner invite: “We’re all adults. How about we skip nostalgia and make it a foursome?” Hazel’s eyes nearly pop out. She whispers it would be “a dream come true,” and the confession hangs there, sweet and reckless. Siri’s tempted too—being called beautiful after so long feels better than she wants to admit—but she hesitates, blood ties still tugging at the back of her mind. Aiden and Victoria grin, playful, insistent: “One big, messy reunion present—why the hell not?”