𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝

The way I want

- Scarlett's pov -

I'm pacing the living area of our The Outset office up and down, waiting for Kate to come back with the tea she's getting us.

Earlier that day I've had a meeting with my agent Bryan and the topic was the same as always. My not-so-settled-down private life.

"So he did really start there again? This must be super annoying." Kate talks along as she comes back to me with two cups of tea, she keeps hers and hands me mine.

I nod, thanking her as I take my cup. "It's just that I, I'm old enough to make this decision by myself. He shouldn't be telling me what's best, look at us." My free hand flies around The Outset living area.

"Yes, you're right about that. Besides that, what was his reason today?" My friend Kate asks curiously. Indeed, Bryan came up with many reasons to make me settle down with someone. Last week his reason was "you have two kids".

"Oh you better not ask this." I roll my eyes and sigh, dropping myself onto the couch. "He told me I'm getting old, through the flower." My voice clearly sounds unamused, which is why I don't understand Kate's giggling. I tilt my head in confusion.

My friend however just shakes her head, before she calms down with a huff. "Oh Scar, don't take his words for meaningful. He's a man after all." She shrugs Bryan's opinion on me off and sits next to me.

My eyes follow her, while I sip on my tea. "Mh-hm." I hum, letting the hot liquid run down my throat slowly. "You're probably right, Kate."

"Uh-uh. I am right. You're a woman at her best age, successful and definitely the It-Girl." Kate makes quick work of my still longing struggles. It's not that I feel old or even look old, but 38 for me was always the age where I wanted to be married, have one or two kids and a nice mansion.

That was when I was twelve or something and still is somewhere in the back of my mind. Buried underneath my failed marriages back then and the freedom of being alone, a single mother even.

"C'mon Scar, what's with that? You're listening to what Bryan says now?" Kate frowns in concern, sipping on her tea as well. I just shrug.

"I'm not, I think. It's just that I've been wanting the life that he tries to make me get and if there wasn't this problem with men, I would gladly marry the one I love." I sigh, exhausted from what I've been through with men. Well, mostly men.

"You see, I'm not saying that every man is the same as my exes. Surely out there, there are handsome guys with beautiful mindsets even." I thoughtful add, shaking my head softly. "Maybe I am wrong."

"Absolutely no way! You are perfect the way you are Scarlett. Yes, you struggle here and there with some things, but we all do that. We all do have exhausting days where we feel like garbage even. What I'm saying is, that you always make it out of those days and that is what matters. That's what makes you you. You're unique and beautiful in all your ways. There's someone for you, who'll be worthy you and treat you like the queen you are. I have no doubts. Apart from that, who said it's going to be a man?" Kate speaks with so much conviction and sincerity, carrying her best reassuring smile and makes me believe in the good for me.

I take one more sip from my tea again, before I place my cup onto the small table. "You know what. You're absolutely right." I state sternly, standing up. "I'm not wrong." I walk around the small table, looking at Kate again. "I'm a boss, a mother and a woman who deserves to live a fulfilled life, the way that I want to live it." My confidence is all back, letting me shine bright. Just as bright as Kate's smile.

"Yes. Tell them! This is exactly who you are. You're Scarlett fucking Johansson, a woman, a power, a mother, a legend." She encourages my previous words, walking up to where I stand. Kate places a hand on my shoulder and squeezes it. "This is it."

"And you know what? As long as Bryan doesn't come up with something very, deeply and truly convincing, I'll ignore his will at all costs." I state sternly.

With exactly this attitude Kate and I went back to work, promote products and else.

Of course my attitude went on for the next few days as well, clearly to the disliking of my agent Bryan. Which I couldn't care less about. I don't need to be married to be down-to-earth or whatever his intentions with a marriage are. My kids and I are in a very good place currently and I won't risk that with any random guy coming along.

Today's just another day, another Friday, where all I focus on is the upcoming weekend I'll spend with Rose and Cosmo, my two angels and my parents.

"Oh my God!" With a sudden exclaim, Kate boosts through the door to the conference room and causes me to almost fall off of my chair. My eyes shoot up to my friend immediately, looking if she's maybe injured or anything obvious. Nothing.

"You won't believe it if I don't show you." She excitedly rambles and sits down next to me, showing her phone to me. First off I look at the display with confusion, but when Kate zooms in, it hits me differently.

"Wow what!? She's back! When is her new song coming out?" I now get excited as well, scrolling through Kate's phone to find a date. "Today?!"

"8 PM!" Kate beams and nods, smiling widely. I look in between her phone and Kate, letting the informations sink in.

I wouldn't call myself a big fan of Y/n Y/l/n, but her music is definitely taking me out to another dimension of life, I wouldn't be able to see without her music.

My eyes wander back to the screen, as I read the title of her new single. "Better Version... I'm already hooked on it."

"Y/n's been gone for two whole years, no one really knows what happened so suddenly back then, but assuming from the song and album title, maybe the drug rumors were true." Kate goes back into making theories about who, what, why.

I giggle amused, but shake my head. "No, I don't think it was about drugs. Let's see what comes with the song and the album."

"I mean, you don't know. I don't know either, I guess. So yes, let's just see." Kate eventually agrees, but as she takes her phone back she seems suspiciously focused on her display. I know my friend too well to not stand up and look over her shoulder.

"Kate, don't start this again. Many sources say many different things about Y/n's break. I'm sure if she wanted her fans to know what happened, she would've told them surely." I convincingly speak, gently taking her phone out of her hands.

"Or maybe she's been waiting for the right time to tell the world what happened, the right moment of recovery and strength to talk about the past two years." Kate shrugs, still thinking about many possibilities.

She maybe never admitted it, but it's obvious that she's a fan of Y/n Y/l/n and all that I can say is, that I'm understanding why. Y/n's not just gorgeous, but talented and even through all of her previous fame and success she seemed so down-to-earth in just the way I want people like me to act.