The rest of the evening went well, even if her conversation with Hayley weighed heavily on her mind the whole time. She didn't know how to feel about it, and she didn't particularly want to think too much about it either. So she just tried to enjoy spending time with her family and with Viv. It was late by the time her dads left, and Georgie was honestly ready to just go straight to bed and have some time to herself to think. But then Viv was pushing a glass of wine into her hand, and Georgie just laugh and sat down on the other end of the couch from Viv.
"Yeah, they're... pretty great. Our family was one of those families where it was always chaotic, always kids running around the place, but we grew up happy, healthy, and knowing we were loved. They didn't have the time or the energy to just lecture us about shit," she said with a laugh, taking a long sip of her wine. She hadn't fully appreciated how lucky she'd been until she moved out. "They've probably already adopted you in their head, by the way. Expect a Christmas present from them this year," she added.
She leaned back in the chair a little and took another mouthful from the glass in her hand. It really had been too long since they'd done something like this, and she'd missed it. But it seemed like Viv was always spending time with Ray or Georgie had been spending time with Hayley, and they'd hardly seen each other. Mentally, Georgie just wanted to say that was why things had been so weird between them for a while. They just hadn't spent any proper time together for a while. But even though it was diminished after the dinner, Georgie could still feel that awkwardness lingering, deep down below the surface, a tension that she still couldn't explain or figure out. It was that that stopped her from just blurting out about Hayley, and instead she just took yet another drink.
"Yeah, they're... pretty great. Our family was one of those families where it was always chaotic, always kids running around the place, but we grew up happy, healthy, and knowing we were loved. They didn't have the time or the energy to just lecture us about shit," she said with a laugh, taking a long sip of her wine. She hadn't fully appreciated how lucky she'd been until she moved out. "They've probably already adopted you in their head, by the way. Expect a Christmas present from them this year," she added.
She leaned back in the chair a little and took another mouthful from the glass in her hand. It really had been too long since they'd done something like this, and she'd missed it. But it seemed like Viv was always spending time with Ray or Georgie had been spending time with Hayley, and they'd hardly seen each other. Mentally, Georgie just wanted to say that was why things had been so weird between them for a while. They just hadn't spent any proper time together for a while. But even though it was diminished after the dinner, Georgie could still feel that awkwardness lingering, deep down below the surface, a tension that she still couldn't explain or figure out. It was that that stopped her from just blurting out about Hayley, and instead she just took yet another drink.