Changes. (Scarlett Johansson x daughter story)

Chapter 40

Maddie's POV:

I woke up in Scarlett's arms. She was still fast asleep so I just stayed there. To be honest it was nice and if I'm going to be giving her another chance then I could get used to this. I never realised how much I missed my mum's cuddles. 

I remember when I just turned 6 and I was going to school and that was the age I started to hate school anyway I used to wait until the end of the day because my mum used to always pick me up and we'd spend the rest of the night cuddled up too each other. Abuela used to say that I was her little bear because I would always stay in Scarlett's arms.

I must have fallen asleep because when I woke up Scarlett was awake and was on her phone scrolling through emails that were labelled 'Top Secret'. 

 "Pretend you didn't see that baby" she whispers to me. I look up at her and smile.

 "How did you know I was awake?" She laughs and smirks at me.

 "I could feel you move a bit" I nod and moved closer into her chest. I don't want to get up yet. I want to stay here for as long as I can.

Scarlett continues to go through her emails, I don't really pay attention to them because let's be honest I don't understand all of it. There's too many dates and people's names that I have never heard of.

I however did see that it was now 12:30 and I've only just realised I have school today. 

"Um.. Scarlett? I have school today" I tell her confused. Usually she tells me I'm not aloud to stay off school.

"Yeah, I've told them that your sick. I thought you'd be tired after last night and honestly didn't want you to not be snuggled up next to me." I laugh at her. Although I'm not complaining I hate school.

I reach for my phone to next James and tell him that I won't be in maths. I had that last period.

✨Maddie ✨: I'm not coming in today. So have fun in maths, hope that you have a suprise quiz xx😊.

James😎: your kidding? If we have a quiz, I'll happily tell miss T that I can give you it to you to do as homework xx 😊

✨Maddie✨: don't you dare Parker.

He just sends me a snap of max as a reply.

 Scarlett laughs and shakes her head.

 "I hope he brings you that quiz" she says smirking. I shake my head at her.

 "absolutely not. I'm shit at maths. It's so stupid. I don't really need to now what x and y equal." Scarlett just laughs and smirks at me.

 "You are so like me. I hated math. I used to tell your grandma all the time about how much I hated it and she used to just tell me to deal with it." I smile at her because that is something that grandma would definitely say.

"So what subject do you like then? " she asks me.

"None. I don't do well with school. It's not for me. Or at least that's what dad says" she nods her head understanding.

"Yeah your dad never liked school. I guess you got that from him because I used to like school but I was home schooled so I guess that made it easier sometimes." She tells me.

 "Yeah I tried home schooling, a private school, boarding school and well that didn't work out so this school is the only school that works a little. Home schooling was hilarious because it was abuela who mainly taught me. My aunts tried but they weren't very good at it. Uncle Liam even tried but he could really only teach me how to play football and Spanish. So abuela did it instead, it helped that I was living in her house with her anyway." 

 " what about you dad? " I shake my head.

 "He just made it more confusing" she laughs at that. Her laugh is a lot like mine or my laugh is a lot like hers since she's my mom.

This is nice just talking about normal things snuggled next to her. I selfishly don't want this to end. 

 "Is James your boyfriend?" She asks me randomly. I look up at her to find her smirking at me. I just roll my eyes and snuggle back into her.

 "Why you asking?" 

 "Just wondering. Its okay if he is baby, it doesn't make a difference and you don't have to tell me if you don't want to" i nod my head.

 "Yeah he is. Just don't tell dad. He doesn't want me to date until I'm 47" She laughs and shakes her head.

 "That's a very specific age" I nod.

 "Yeah he's a bit strange." Speaking of my dad. Where is he? He said that he was coming to see me. Knowing him he's probably at work.

We chill on my bed a little while longer, Scarlett turned the tv on and put a random film on. I didn't pay attention to what film because I fell asleep 10 minutes into the movie. It's not my fault, it's Scarlett for making me all comfy.

Scarlett's POV:

I can't tell you how happy I am right now. I have my baby all snuggled up next to me fast asleep.

My phone starts ringing and I quickly answer it making sure not to wake Maddie.

 "Mathew. What do you want?" 

 "Hi. I'm outside your house. Can you let me in?" 

 "The doors open. I'm in Maddie's room but be quiet she's asleep" 

He agrees and ends the call. A few minutes later he opens Maddie's door and smiles at the sight.

 "She warmed up to you?" He asks sitting at our feet.

 "What do you want?" I'm not in the mood for pleasantries with this man.

 "I need to talk to you about Maddie" I nod at him telling him to carry on.

 "I want her to permanently live with you" WHAT?

 "what? You want Maddie permanently live with me after you pushed me away because I WANTED her to live with me. What's the sudden change of heart?" I whisper shout at him.

 " I know. I know Scarlett. I just... I can't keep on promising her promises I can't keep. She wants to live with me but with work its very unlikely for me to be in the same country for more than a year and I can't put that on her. She deserves to be living in a permanent house, and not travelling all the time. She also needs her mama" he tells me. I cannot believe my ears. This is the first time I can see that he's put Maddie before him and properly thought it through.

 "Of course she can live with me Matthew I would never say no but she's not going to be happy about that. We're only JUST starting to get somewhere" he nods his head knowingly.

 "Well Scarlett if you need to, tell her why you left. If it's going to help then I don't care. She deserves to know that it wasn't your fault but mine. If she hates me then she hates me but I know that she needs her mama and has needed her for a while. I've just been too selfish to realise that." I stare at him. That is the first time I've ever heard some sort of apology from him. He's really thought this through.

 " I love that little girl and I can't keep you from her because I know that you both need each other. I just hope both of you can forgive me" he continues. I don't know what to say. I know that I'm crying right now. 

He stands up and places a kiss on Maddie's head before leaving, telling me to tell her that he'll stop by tomorrow.

What the hell do I do now?

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