Consequences

Opportunity| Part 9

"Aww you guys are so cute" Ivy chimed over video call. "I think I'm in love" i said dancing around my room a huge goofy smile on my face. "Slow down a second you aren't even officially dating yet" she giggled.
"Ok well I want to start dating". I put on my pjs and laid on my bed chatting and gushing to Ivy for hours exited for the next day of school.
The call finally ended when I was called down for dinner at six. I was starving. And so ready for today to end so that I could see Carter again.
"Honey I have got some news" said mum seriously. This caught my attention immediately snapping me out of my fantasy Carter world. "Um ok mum"
Nana was pushing peas around her plait awkwardly. I was scared now. "As you know your dad is coming down from France on business" she stopped for a moment as I nodded "yes well he wants to bring you back to France with him for a while" she gulped.
I had never been close to my dad. Barely even spoke to him. I would only ever see him once a year and not even on holidays. I definitely didn't want to go anywhere with him. "For how long?" I stuttered.
"Six months, he said you can learn from home and he wants to reconnect with you"
"Six months that's most the school year"
"He's not arriving for three weeks" she smiled meekly.
"It's a once in a lifetime opportunity Em I would recommend taking it, when else are you going to be able to spend six months in France free of all expenses" my Nana chimed in
"I will have to think about it" i huffed.
On one had it was a once in a lifetime opportunity but on the other I would be away from Carter and I would have to spend six months with my dad. This was going to be a very difficult decision, so I decided to put off thinking about for the rest of the night.

I woke up on to a cold and foggy Thursday morning. With a missed call from an unknown number. They had left a message, so I let it play. It was dad. Oh no. I hadn't even thought about what I was going to do. I just pushed it to the back of my brain. Oh no, he was asking about my decision. But I still had a few weeks until I would have to go so I wouldn't have to make the decision now. I won't tell Anyone about it yet, not until I had made up my mind.
I felt a slight relief. Panic over.
"Breakfast!" Mum yelled from downstairs I threw on my uniform and ran down the stairs. My hair a blond birds nest like most mornings. Nana had made her way over to the table for breakfast today so I gave her a hug And then forced a hair brush through my hair. I was excited about school. I mean me and Carter weren't official or anything but we had been on a date and hung out. Plus we had kissed a few times. So Maybe after a few more dates he would ask me to be his official girlfriend, I squealed internally. Ivy pulled up outside I could here the music blaring from the car stereo from inside the house.