Home is were the heart is

VII Family lunch

[Alex]

How great is this. Another awkward "family" lunch with a silence Astrid, our dear father and his lovely mistress "ups sorry" wife.

- Josef I heard you made it to captain of the swimming team

- Yeah – I simply reply

- And you Astrid? Have you come back to cheerleading or are you still joking around with those muttonheads – I saw her knuckles turn white, I grabbed her hand underneath the table

- You know Astrid your dad's right girls shouldn't be racing with motorcycles and besides that cheerleading is great for you. You know I met my best friends when I was a cheerleader... - the fake blonde sited next to my father smiled – so many great memories... oh and I bet you boyfriend Scot would love to have you cheer for him

- I broke up with him a year ago – she grunted back

- What!? Why? – I rolled my eyes – he was so charming

- For a muttonhead – Astrid laughed beside me

- Josef don't you say that he really was a nice boy – the fake Barbie replied

- Enough with that! – my father intervened – how about university? Do you have any idea where you're applying? – he looked directly at me "not this again"

- My answer is still the same

- I won't have a son of mine wasting his life as a vet!

- I'll be saving lives not wasting it

- If you want to save lives be a real doctor! Not a veterinarian! I won't pay for that!

- GOOD 'case I don't need your money! – it was Astrid's turn to grab my hand

- We'll see about that!

- Ok that's enough, thanks for the meal I guess we'll be going now – she said grabbing her bag – otherwise you'll be late for practice

- You're right, always good seeing you dad... Carmen...

- See you soon

We walked out of the restaurant and back home.

- You're back early... what happened? – our mum stopped wiping the flour – shoes off

- Do you really need to ask?

- Josef Alexander Hofferson just because you're dad piss you off that doesn't give you the right to talk to your mother like that!

- Sorry mum – I kissed her cheek

- Apologies accepted now you better get going or you're going to be late

- I know, I know, just came to drop Astrid off and pick up my bag

I was out of the house in no time and in to the pool. Swimming.... Just swimming... No thinking. My body moving fast, paddling against the water. I saw my coach leaning at the end of the pool so I stop by her.

- You're on fire today Newt! But I think 2 hours strait is enough

- What?

- You have been swimming none stop for 2 hours now! Don't get me wrong kid you're doing a great job but I don't need to push you to the limit just yet. Get some rest, see you on Monday

- Thanks Zoe

- You're welcome now get out of my pool!

[Jane POV]

Just finished my shift at Gothi's clinic, I'm taking an internship for my college application, and who would've thought that a small island like berk could have so many people. I know this is going to sound bad but I was really glad that today I got to sew up Carls Bucket arm after an accident with the fishing nets and some lost knife. It was the first time Gothi allowed me to do it without supervision. Besides that it was a regular day at the clinic, mum asking for cough medicine, elderly complaining about the waiting and the twins showed up with sea urchins spines all over Trevor's feet, I spent an hour and a half getting all those spines out...

I stopped by the market to get something for dinner. Dad's working late and Harry's at Gobbers so I guess it's up to me to feed the guys, I laughed at myself. I wasn't really paying attention to the street when I bumped onto someone and we fell on the flour

- Sorry – trying to grab all the things I dropped "thank got the eggs are not broken"

- Watch where you're going! – "great from all the people in –berk I had to bump into her"

- Sorry Selena – I grabbed the bags I dropped

- Sorry that's it?! You're not even going to ask if I'm ok! You could've killed me!

- I don't think you could've been killed by some carrots – I lifted one of the bags

- How dare you!

- Hey shouldn't you guys be in bikinis for that? – I laughed looking at the car

- Oh hi Alex – she smiled – Caspar... - rolling her eyes

- Hi Jane – the guys said – need a ride?

- Sure thanks – I smiled getting in to the back seat

- What?! You're giving HER a drive over ME?! – Selena complained in a high-pinch voice

- Sorry bitch Jersey Shore is that way – Caspar answer driving away, I couldn't help but laughing

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