Waking up with her mind made up she decided to change her life for good but she needed to talk to someone about it so, picking up the phone, she decided to call her mother. They were really close and would get together every week now that she´d moved with her new husband Sean who´d been her old teacher. He was a really good man, funny, attentive but strict at the same time. Both her mother and him complemented each other very well since her mom tended to be an air head at time. Their relationship had only grown after getting together and having her little brother Mathew who was, now, three years old.
¨Hi mom,¨ Andy said when she heard her mother pick up
¨Hi sweetie! How are you?¨ Helen said on the phone happily
¨I´m ok. Do you think we could get together? I´d like to talk to you for a bit¨ She knew her mother would get worried the second she said it but she really needed her right now
¨Is everything ok? What happened? Tell you what, i´ll grab a cab and be there in a bit with Mathew ok?¨ Helen said not missing a bit.
¨That´d be great mom! Thanks! I´ll get coffee ready¨ Andy said relieved and glad that her mother was so amazing
Only half an hour later she heard a knock on the door and went straight to open since she just knew it was her mother. Ever since she was little they would know the door on a certain way just to have fun but it had turned into their own secret code.
Opening the door Andy found her mother with a pastry bag but no Mathew.
¨Hi mom, where´s little M?¨ Andy asked while hugging her mother and relaxing in her embrace. She was so glad that Sean had taken a job as a teacher in New York.
¨Oh, he´s with Sean; he wanted to take him to the school trip to the museum along with his students¨ her mother laughed a little
¨Oh god, he´s going to turn out a little know-it-all¨ Andy said laughing while they made their way into the kitchen and dished the pastry.
¨So? What happened Andy?¨ Helen was so direct sometimes it was startling.
¨I found Nate with another woman last night and kicked him out. I´d already decided to break things with him but I was not expecting to be put in a position like this. I´ve already put his things on boxes and left them with the security guy before letting Nate know and blocking him from every single place¨ Andy started before retelling her mother everything that had happened the night before. She was really surprised to find her mother laughing at her way of waking them up and found herself laughing along with her.
¨I´m sorry honey, but it is a bit funny. I´m sorry you had to go through that but I can´t say i´m sorry you broke up with him; you deserve so much better than someone who only shares a place with you and doesn´t respect you.¨ Helen said. They´d talked about Nate a lot of times so she knew about every single time that he´d mistreated her, embarrassed her in front of anyone and his growing drinking problems. It was sad to Andy that she´d already tried to talk to Nate about it and had even gone with him to an AA meeting but the moment he started embarrassing her about her looks on any social event or AA meeting she simply stopped trying.
¨Wait! You were going to break up with him?! How´d you finally decided to do that!?¨ Helen said once she processed what her daughter had said which made Andy chuckle and blush. ¨ Honey, you know you can tell me anything¨ Helen said while reaching for her hand
¨I… Uhm… I found a couple of twins yesterday on my way to class¨ She started while blushing and staring at her coffee ¨their nanny had left them on their own to hook up somewhere so I took them back to their mother¨ Andy looked up at her mother who had a confused look on her face
¨That´s great Andy, it´s really nice of you to help them but… What does this have to do with breaking up with Nate?¨
¨I don´t know… I just… I saw their mother and I just stopped breathing. I couldn´t think of anything else other than her. I don´t even know the woman… I mean… I have her phone and all but…¨ it was getting really difficult for Andy and she was getting desperate. She love writing and had never had troubles with speaking her mind or what she felt.
¨Honey, you decided to break up with Nate because you´re interested in a woman? That´s what you´re saying?¨ Helen said quietly while squeezing her daughter´s hand. At Andy´s nod she continued ¨So? What´s next then?¨
Confused Andy looked up at her mother who sat smirking in front of her and let out a bark of laughter while thinking ¨best mother ever¨
¨I don´t know mom. I don´t even know if she´s into woman and even if she is i´m not sure I have a chance. Doug only said she´s just recently divorced. She´s sophisticated, gorgeous, loving to her two beautiful daughters, intense…¨ Andy could continue forever
¨Wow. You know¨ Helen started and took a deep breath before continuing ¨I fell in love the instant your father and I met each other at a coffee shop. We were young and reckless but so much in love¨
¨Why did he leave?¨ Andy asked the question she´d always meant to ask but never found the chance to do it.
¨He had many obligations in his Country and could not afford to stay here with us. He wanted to but life had other plans. Darling, all I want you to do is to be happy, please follow what your heart says and fight for it; I was foolish enough to not respect that. Do I regret it? Not now that I found Sean to share my life with but I always wonder what could´ve been had we, both, been brave enough¨ Helen finished
They spent the evening talking about Andy´s classes when her phone rang signaling a message; upon reading Miranda´s name she smiled instantly which caught her mother´s attention and made her laugh
¨It´s her isn´t it?¨ Helen asked smiling. She felt so happy for her daughter.
¨Yeap¨ Andy said while reading out loud
¨Hello Andrea; It´s Miranda in case you´ve forgotten to add my number. I wish to thank you for everything you´ve done so I was wondering if you´d accompany my daughters and I for dinner this Friday at our home. I hope you are having a good day¨
¨So? You should accept¨ Helen said making her daughter blush
¨I don´t even know what to wear mom! She´s a fashion icon and the CEO for a fashion magazine! What the hell am I going to do? What would we even talk about?¨ Andy said getting frustrated. She wanted the woman to like her and to get to know Miranda and her twins
¨Sweetie, you only have to do two things right now¨ Helen started making her daughter look confused before continuing ¨You accept and get to the place. You won´t know what to talk about until you get there so it´s no use worrying about that now and, besides, she already saw you. Now, you have two days, let´s go shopping, we´ll get Lily and Doug to help us¨ Helen said while chuckling
¨I hate you…¨ Andy said while rolling her eyes ¨but you´re right¨ she finished making her mother laugh
¨Hello Miranda, How has your day been? I'd love to have dinner with you and the girls¨ Andy replied to the text before leaving the apartment with her mother while saying ¨Come on, I bet Doug will help us think of something, he almost died when I told him about Miranda¨ which made her mother chuckle
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I own nothing and English is not my mother language as i´ve said before.
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