I was eighteen and had just become a nanny when I got my first placement with a wealthy young family who lived not far from my family, so it seemed like the perfect situation. I looked after their two young children and they were very generous toward me. After working for them for three months John and Cindy, the parents, told me that they were moving to Germany for John's work and asked if I would consider going with them. I said yes as I would get to travel and see the world while getting paid for it. Within a month we were gone.
Germany was very nice and I found myself picking up the language quite well. John's workload increased more and more at his new job, frequently having to jet off for a few days to other countries, and I could tell that it was getting to Cindy. We had become close friends now that we were living in Germany, as Cindy now didn't have any friends there and therefore had far less to do with her time, and one evening when the children had been put to sleep for the night, was when we first discovered just how close we could be.
I was sitting on the couch reading in front of the fire when Cindy came and sat beside me and began to talk to me. The subject soon got on to how lonely she now was that John was working and away so much. I tried to be understanding and listen to her thoughts. She asked me if I was lonely, as I really didn't have any friends in Germany, let alone a boyfriend. I said that at times it was hard for me too. The next thing I knew she had begun touching me lightly on the arm. I wasn't worried and it kind of felt nice and comforting. We kept talking and I was just thinking that it was nice to talk to her when she leaned in and kissed me.