Abbie Van Der Woodsen

Two

I'm in New York, Manhattan. I wake up in a lovely hotel room, I splurged out a little bit.

I get ready, I make myself look as nice as I can as I'm going to try meet my family. I head out into the city, wearing a baby pink, mini day dress paired with white flats.

I spot a coffee shop, I need coffee right now. I go in and order. I take a seat and read a magazine. I am so excited to meet my family, I just don't know how to. I do have their address, it's just that I don't want to just show up.

It's pretty empty here, only me, a girl and a boy my age.
The boy smiles and says,
"Hey, you new around Here?"

"Yeah, I'm Abbie. I'm just here searching for something." I say.

"Oo sounds exciting. I'm Eric and this is Jenny," he says smiling.

"Hey, where are you from?" Jenny asks.

"I'm from Florida and I'm not sure how long I'll be here for," I say.

"Florida? That's so cool. I'm actually from Brooklyn but I go to school here and my dad and his mum are dating" Jenny says.

"Aww, that's nice," I say smiling.

"Yeah, not quite what my sister and her brother think," Eric says laughing.

"I'm not even gonna ask," I say laughing.

"Yeah, to be honest, our life is quite complicated," Jenny says, "It didn't used to be," she adds.

"Jenny, stop it." Eric says. I stay silent for a minute then Jenny gets a text.

"Lily said we've to go home, we've got brunch," Jenny said. Wait, does she mean Lily Van Der Woodsen????

"Abbie, can I put my number in your phone?" Jenny asks.

"Of course," I hand over my phone and they both type in their numbers.

"Bye, see you later," they both say.

I look at my contact list:

Jenny Humphrey

Eric Van Der Woodsen

Omg, he's my brother!!!!

I quickly text Eric,

Hey Eric, if you're free later, can we meet? I need to talk to you about something x - Abbie

I just had coffee with my brother, omg.

Sounds good, meet at the coffee shop we met at this morning? 1 oclock?- Eric

See you then x - Abbie

I go for a walk around the park and then head to the coffee shop. I see Eric waiting at a table with two coffees.

"Hey, thank you," I said sitting down.

"Hi, what did you wanna speak to me about?" Eric asks.

"Em, okay. This will come as a shock but I don't know who else to talk to." I say.

"Talk to me, Abbie." He says.

"Well... how many siblings do you have?"

"Serena," he says sort of confused.

"And Abbie."

"What???" He asks puzzled.

"Your mom fell pregnant with me when Serena was two years old and she couldn't deal with me as well so made sure I went into a good family, I did but I just need to know my real family. When I found out that after she gave me up, she gave birth to her son, I was hurt. Gave me away as two children was too much but then had a second child. I understand now and I'm not mad at her at all. I just want to get to know my family." I say letting it all out.