The New God Series Shorts and One Shots.

Family

Amber's point of view

It had been a few months since I'd had Luke and I knew that despite the fact that we don't really get along my mother had the right to meet Luke. Not too long ago she'd called me asking about it but with taking care of Luke I couldn't really afford to travel. It was a few more days before she called me again and told me that she would come to me rather than me having to go to her. 

I knew that she'd eventually gotten better after I left but despite that, I still hadn't forgiven her for how she treated me after my dad died. Maybe it was childish of me to continue to hold my grudge against her but she'd acted as if she didn't care that I was grieving too, and treated me like I was a  maid so she could just sit around and mope.  I'd managed to convince her to go back to work, but a while after I left I learned that she'd lost her job after she became an alcoholic. she'd been sober for a while now but she'd never apologized and I'd never forgiven her. 

I tried to forget about all that after I learned she would be coming to visit. Maybe she would apologize so we could finally end this feud but I really didn't know what to expect. The day that she arrived I was kind of nervous since I hadn't seen her in a while and the last time we talked the conversation had ended in an argument. I went to meet her and take her back to my apartment. It was the weekend so I didn't have to work.  

While I wasn't exactly thrilled that she would be spending the entire day with me I knew she wasn't that interested in sightseeing despite her having never been in New York before. I took Luke with me when I went to pick her up since I didn't really have anyone else to watch him, and I knew that he was the main reason my mom had come to visit. She may have lectured me when I told her I was pregnant, but I knew she had still been pleased by the news that she was going to be a grandmother. 

As my mother approached us her eyes soon fell on Luke who was in his car seat. As she looked at him a smile appeared on her face. I knew she liked kids, I think she'd wanted to have more than just me but after she'd lost my sister I guess she'd changed her mind. Now it seemed she was happy to have a grandson she was just disappointed that I'd had him when I wasn't married. 

Once we got to my apartment Luke was, as usual, the center of attention. My mom picked him up and I watched as she smiled as she held him. She seemed more amused than anything when Luke reached for her short blonde hair that had a few strands of white mixed in. I look more like my mother than my father since I'd gotten both her hair and eye colour. I had always been closer to my father than her but now she was all I had left. 

I hesitantly let her watch Luke as I got lunch ready. I'd never told my mother much about Percy so when she spoke, guessing that Luke had gotten his hair colour from his father I confirmed it although I'm sure she could hear the slight sadness in my voice as I talked about Percy. 

I remembered how she'd reacted when I'd admitted Percy had left me. She'd basically told me to move on and forget about Percy. So far it seemed that was impossible since I just couldn't, I cared for him too much to do that. I knew my mother probably wouldn't be pleased if she knew I still had a little hope that Percy might come back to me. My mom put Luke down so he could sleep and we ate lunch.

 As we ate we talked, although I still hadn't forgiven her the conversation wasn't really awkward. I was basically just tolerating her. A couple of times while we were talking, I had to change the subject since I didn't really want to talk about my relationship with Percy, and my mom had asked about it. We were still talking when we heard Luke start crying. I started to get up to go see what he needed but then my mom offered to do it. 

I almost argued, but I stopped myself. I knew she wouldn't hurt Luke and I  could tell that she cared about him, I just found it hard to trust her with him due to my grudge. I waited for her to finish, but I decided not to and went into Luke's room where my mom was just finishing up with him. Instead of letting him go back to sleep I took Luke from my mom before she could put him in his crib. I'd decided I just wanted to hold him.

 Luke is my son, I love him and although taking care of him wasn't easy I was happy to have him and enjoyed all the time I spent with him.  My mom stayed in new york for a few days, In those few days, I came to realize that  I was starting to let go of my grudge against her. When she left we were on better terms, and we agreed to contact each other more often.  I knew my mom would probably come back as well since she was rather fond of Luke. Technically my mom hadn't apologized yet and I hadn't completely forgiven her but I suspected that I eventually would.