Jake – mum why are we driving on the wrong side of the road?

Alice – were not on the wrong side of the road honey its only England and about two other countries in the world that drive on the other side of the road, I think. She said half smiling and half thinking I’m talking shit!

The young boy is sat bolt upright looking out of the window and pointing and everything.

Jake – its weird here mum I wanna go home

Little did the little boy know that his mother was thinking the exact same thing.

Everything seemed so strange,  It’s only been 5 years that’s hardly anytime at all Alice thought to herself. It only feels like yesterday since I left, nothing has really changed the buildings are still the same there just seem to be more of them.  She was beginning to worry that she wasn’t ready for this, she knew she would have to contact her old friends again but was so scared to see them, what if they didn’t want to see her, and then there was Dana she hadn’t seen or spoken to her for the past five years and nearly a year before she left LA for London. God she must hate me, I don’t think I can do this she thought to herself.

She was snapped out of her thoughts by Jake

Jake – mum I need to go the loo, I can’t hold on muuum.

Alice – ok ok

She pulled into the gas station and laughed to herself and her son dragged her to the store to help him find the toilet.

About 30 minutes later they pull up outside the house that the studio has rented for them, Alice had been writing for a magazine in England and was doing some song writing in her spare time, but it was her songwriting that took off and she was now freelance. She worked with several well known artists and it was an up and coming English artist that loved her work and wanted her to come to LA to write an album and work on it with him. She hesitated at first but Will talked her round, he knew why she came to London in the first place and convinced her to return to LA and face her demons. He was a good friend.

Alice – well I guess this is home sweet home she said as Jake ran past her and straight into the back yard.

Jake – mum cool look it’s got a pool, can I go see my room now please please

She looked at her son and smiled he was so excited and she was happy.

Later that evening

All the bags had been unpacked, they had been to the store and picked up some stuff for dinner and breakfast the following morning. Alice was sitting on the couch with Jake silently sleeping in on her lap. She pushed her hands through his messy blond hair picked him up and took him to his bed. Kissed him on the forehead and turned out the light.

Alice grabbed a bottle of wine from the fridge and a glass and headed back to the sitting room.

Alice – well its now or never she said to herself as she picked up the phone and dialed an all too familiar number, hoping that it would connect after all these years.

TBC?  let me know what you think first attempt at FF so feedback would be great