A new life

7

I sit down at the end of the table away from the rest of the family that have slipped into easy conversation. Rose telling about her day at school and her grandma's. well I guess my grandma as well. Colin tells her about his day at work and Cosmo obviously doesn't say much yet as he is just 1 year old. I put some food on my plate, being careful not to interrupt any of the rest at the table. Feeling very out of the place. I eat my food in silence, enjoying Rose rattling about her day, that is if she is not absolutely inhaling her food. I can see now why Scarlett said that at lunch. I can see the slight resemblance that me and Rose share, we obviously have very different fathers but Scarlett's genes are quite strong.

"So Y/N I hear you're working with The Outset, while just being a student. Your parents must be proud for that accomplishment, I mean I guess you are as well?" Colin asks me pulling me out of my thoughts.

"Yes, you've got that right. But my parents actually don't know that I am here. I kind of kept this a secret for everyone as this trip was kind of last minute. But I am really happy with the opportunity though. And it is nice that Scarlett let me stay for diner." I respond, even though I don't want to but I know it is polite to. I'm not really used to eating with people anymore since I moved to Sweden and started living on my own.

"So you live in Sweden, how is that? Do you speak the language?"

"I live there but it's not where I grew up, so I don't speak the language except for the few words I learned from some friends. I want to learn it though, since not speaking it can get difficult sometimes. Most people speak English, so most problems get solved."

"Y/N grew up in the Netherlands actually and moved to Sweden for university." Scarlett joins the conversation after finishing her conversation with Rose.

"Where is Sweden mommy?" Rose cutely interrupts are conversation.

"Do you know Europe, or have you not learned that yet. It is in the very north of it." I try to explain, hoping that she knows it because her father lives in France.

"Europe that is where dad lives right?"

"yes that is absolutely right darling." Scarlett praises her daughter.

I smile at the cute interaction between daughter and mother.

After we finish dinner I help Colin clean up as Scarlett puts Cosmo to bed and soon after it is bedtime for Rose.

"You want something to drink." Scarlett asks me opening the fridge to see what she has.

"I could go for a glass of wine after the day I have had." I say.

"You drink?" she asks confused as to why I am drinking while only being 18.

"Yes, I am a student and I can so why wouldn't I. although I am not that big of a wine drinker but more of a beer and cider drinking. Still I could go for some wine. What are you ha...." I stop talking remembering that the legal drinking age here is 21 and not 18.

"It is fine, you're used to is. You can have some, but not to much okay don't need you getting drunk on my watch."

"What are you? My mom. I promise you I won't get drunk of one glass of wine, it takes a lot more than that. We were all in university once." I say jokingly. She hands me a glass and we walk over to the couch where Colin is sitting. Giving Scarlett and me a weird look after seeing me with the glass of wine. We sit there in silence for a little bit, the only sound coming from the TV. I occasionally take a sip of my wine, enjoying the programme that is playing on the TV. All of a sudden Scarlett gets up and turns the TV off.

"Why did you do that?" Me and Colin say getting annoyed as we were both enjoying what was on. We laugh at the response that was given at the same time.

"Oh, so you're already ganging up on me. Gosh maybe I have made a mistake letting you into my life Y/N." she jokes lightening the mood. I gasp and slap my hand on my chest dramatically: "I would never. I don't know why you are implying that." Looking at her and Colin before the three of us burst out into laughter. Scarlett refills both our glasses and gets Colin another drink.

"Scarlett, what did you mean by letting her into you life?" Colin asks confused as to what she meant by that.

"Well, uhm, there is something that you should know. Uhm.. gosh I don't really know how to tell you." She says.

"What are you doing." I mouth to her, not expecting this to happen. We are all slowly starting to feel the effects of the alcohol. Or at least I notice that she is, me and Colin however are fine. Considering we both went to college it is to be expected that our tolerances might be a bit higher. I can't believe though that I am here slowly getting wine drunk with these people.

"Well I want to get this out of the way with Colin." She defends her choice, but still checking with me if I am okay with it.

"Guys, I don't know what's going on but I would like to know." Colin says slightly irritated.

"Well, uhm we just found out today, but Y/N is in fact not working for The Outset. She is my daughter. And, uh... you can feel everything you want about this, but I just want you to know that I have chosen to keep in contact with her and I am really happy that I found her." She says so quickly that I am surprised it wasn't just a waterfall of random words. Colin looks as surprised as I do and it takes him a while and a few sips from his drink before he starts talking again.

"So you are telling me that the girl that is sitting here with us tonight is not a colleague but your daughter. How is that possible?"

The rest of the night is spent in us refilling glasses with whatever we were drinking and explaining the whole situation, me and Scarlett end up drinking two bottles of the wine we were drinking.

"Well welcome to the family Y/N. You seem like a really nice girl and I look forward to getting to know you more." He says slightly slugging his words. We all are feeling the effects of the alcohol but it is not the most drunk I have ever been. Let's just say Swedish students can party hard. But I am still feeling it and it is a different kind of drunk that is somehow still hitting me very hard.

"Thank you for accepting me. But I think it is time for me to go to the hotel, since it is getting quite late." I say seeing the clock that now reads 1 AM. I stand up and stumble to the hallway where my coat is. As I walk there I trip over a step that leads to the hallway, Scarlett catches me before I smack head first into the tiled floor. She is clearly affected by the amount of wine we drank, but she handles it better.

"Darling, it is probably better if you sleep here tonight." She says seeing that I am clearly not in the right state to get myself ready to go home.

She leads me to a guest bedroom where she sits me down on the bed and gets some stuff ready and gets me some clothes that I can wear. She also makes me drink some water in the hopes of avoiding a hungover kid in her house the next morning. When everything is ready I get changed in the bathroom holding onto the sink for dear life as I try not to fall while doing it.

"You okay in there?"

"Absolutely. You can go and get ready for bed yourself I'll be fine."

I hear the door open and close assuming she has gone to get herself ready. I finish up in the bathroom, taking my make-up off. I walk out of the bathroom, but this being an unfamiliar room I am not able to find the bed so I end up on the floor of the room.

I groan hitting my knee a little to hard on carpeted floor but forget about it as I drift of to sleep on the floor.

The last thing I can remember isScarlett coming in and putting me in the bed before I fall into a deep slumber.

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A/N:  Hey everyone, hope you guys have been enjoying this story. if you have any ideas let me know, maybe I'll use them. 

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