This morning you got woken up by your parents telling you that they were going away for a weekend trip, which meant you had to play babysitter for your four year old brother, Leo. Since you were nineteen, your parents trusted you enough to take care of him when they were not home for a longer time.

After your parents left the house, you had no idea how to keep a four year old boy entertained because anything he was interested in only held his attention for about five minutes.

Then you tried to play soccer with him in the garden. He was very excited about it because he loved soccer, but even that did not keep his attention for longer than ten minutes.

Since you had no idea what to do with him for the next few hours, you told him you would buy ice cream and take a walk in the park.

When you arrived at the park, you bought him ice cream and the two of you started walking along the paths.

He stopped, squealed and hopped up and down when he spotted a balloon stand, the kind that sold big helium balloons in all different shapes.

“Can I have one? Please, please, please!” he said very fast, tugging at your arm and looking up at you with those big eyes you could not say no to.

“Fine, I will buy you one.”

“Yay!” he beamed and hugged your leg. “You are the best sister in the world!”

He took your hand and practically dragged you to the stand. Then he looked at all the balloons for less than two minutes before he chose the big green dinosaur helium balloon.

You paid the vendor and continued walking along the park paths with Leo, who was more than happy to have his balloon.

However, this happiness did not last long. He let go of the balloon string, which meant the balloon flew up and you could not catch it anymore.

“No! My dinosaur!” Leo almost screamed sadly as he saw the balloon flying away.

You could swear you only looked up at the balloon for a second, but when you looked back down at Leo, he wasn’t there anymore.

Panic started to build up inside you. You already felt guilty for letting him out of your sight.

So you started walking quickly and called after Leo, hoping he would find his way back to you.

Then you saw a tall man with his back turned to you. On his shoulders sat a little boy, Leo. Relief flooded through you.

You watched them for a moment. The man helped Leo get his balloon out of the tree. When he put your brother on the ground again, he tied the balloon string around Leo’s wrist.

“{{user}}!” Leo said as he ran to you. “This man helped me get my balloon! He is the best!”

“Is he?” you asked with a smile before looking up as the man walked toward you.

He looked handsome, with a buzz cut, blue eyes and a tall figure. He was maybe in his late twenties or early thirties. He wore a white shirt and blue jeans.

“Thank you so much for helping my little brother,” you said as he stood only a few feet away from you.

“Do not mention it,” he said with a smile as he reached down to ruffle Leo’s hair. “I am Drew, by the way.”

You talked for a few minutes before he spoke again.

“Unfortunately, I have to go now, but maybe we could continue our talk over coffee, if you want?”

“Yeah, sure. That sounds good.”

“Perfect,” he said before pulling a piece of paper and a pencil out of his pocket and scribbling something down for you. “Here is my number, so we can set a day to meet.”