1) New City, New Life

" Dad hurry up, I'm gonna be late for my flight!" Veronica screamed from downstairs. Her father insisted on bringing her to the airport and didn't accept a no.

For Generations Michael and his family lived spread in every corner of San Francisco ,Haigh-Ashbury was his mother's home and theirs, and now his only daughter moves away. Sad that she leaves but happy that she is ready to stand on her own and Study. She will be also the first one in his Family to Study, that's actually the reason he is late. He called everyone to tell them and now they won't stop calling and asking how its going if she is already on her way and so on.

" Dad!" Veronica screamed again, getting angry!

" I'm sorry, I'm coming honey" he says as he walks down with her last luggage.

.....

The drive to the Airport was nice, they talked and she could see how proud her father was, but didn't miss the sadness in his eyes.

Michael helped his daughter with the luggage and accompanied her till she reached the security check point.

" Please call or write me as soon as you are on safe grounds. I'm worried sick" he says giving his daughter a last kiss.

" I will dad , I promise but I have to go now!" she said , hugged him and run to enter the check point.

Veronica understands very well why her father is so worried.. he hates flying or better to say he is scared to death!

Without stopping or glancing back she hurried till she reached the check in.

Her nerves are on the edge, for so long Veronica dreamed to move to new york and now it's finally happening.

Originally she wanted to go to Oxford or Cambridge but didn't get the scholarship, what in the end was even better, because now she gets to move to New York and Study and the NYU.

England is nice and some of their in-law relatives live there so she could have lived with them and safe money and her father would have been calm knowing his daughter has someone to watch over her, but fate seems to be on her side.

As she sat down in her seat and looked out of the window her heartbeat increased a bit.

" I guess some of my dad's panic washed off on me" she whispers out Lound, not bothering that the other passengers heard her.

" Don't worry Miss, it will be a short and nice flight" the nice Lady that sad down besides her said, smiling warmly at the girl, said.

" Six hours is what you call short?" Ve said with big eyes and a small smile.

" Is it your first time flying?" the Lady asks and V nods.

" I have some pills that will calm you down if you want, but don't worry. Just do what other teenagers do, listen to music or something ,it will calm you"

" Thank you, I appreciate that" Ve said, happy for the Lady that tries to consult her.

.....

As they finally took off Veronica dared to look down and was mesmerised. The view is breathtaking and like nothing she ever saw.

It's four a.m. in the morning, so still dark outside and you can see every light in the City, even the moon shines brightly, making her feel at peace.

.....

The flight indeed felt not as long as it sounded, before she new it they started to land and everyone rushed out to get their luggage, that's her next problem.

She rent a small apartment on the 4 Washington Square, from there its just a maximum seven minute walk to the University so now she has to find a car that will bring her and her belongings their. It's almost an hour ride and will cost her a freaking fortune!

She managed to get a cab , with a driver who seemed very nice.

She wrote a small message to her dad ' sitting safely in a cab'.

....

By now she had a headache! She has to find a job as soon as possible, unpack her stuff and wait for the rest of her things to arrive. Happily her apartment has an mini walk in closet and a kitchen that the last owner left there.

She ordered online a bed , a table and a couch so far.. She knows she need more than that but she didn't want her father to pay for everything so she settled for the furniture she really needs.

The drive went smoothly by and she got nervous, what if the apartment doesn't look like it looked online? What if the owner lied to her or put wrong pictures online?

What if she never really did get the apartment and it was all a scam?

Her thoughts were driving her crazy just as the cab got to a hold and the man turned around" We are here. That would be 35 dollar, if you put ten on top I'll help you bring your luggage up" he says , flashing her a warm smile.

The older man probably isn't healthy enough to stand on his own feet but offers her help.

" If you help me get my things into my room I will give you twenty" she says and gets out of the car, bumping in to a young man.

" Oh I'm sorry, I didn't see you. I was careless.. I'm really sorry, are you OK?" She asks him.

" I'm fine, I'm here to help actually. My mom told me we have a young lady moving in today and she wanted me to help you with you belongings and show you to your apartment. I waited outside for almost an hour now. Hi I'm Felix, nice to meet you" he says and holds his hand out.

Hearing that V exhaled loudly.

" Thank god! To be honest for a moment I thought that a cheap apartment near the University would be a scam. Hi I'm Veronica " she says relieved and shakes his hand.

" We get that a lot, but our building is old, the apartments small and the noises.. Well you'll see.." He says and moves to help the driver.

The three managed to get her things up on the third floor in no time and as promised she gave the driver twenty dollar on top.

" Do you want some too? Or will you settle for a coffee.. as soon as I have one" she says smiling at the boy that is maybe 16 years old, at max.

" No I'm good, but thanks. If you need something my mom and I live downstairs in apartment one and our Janitor, who is also responsible for electrical work and everything else lives in two."

" Thank you Felix, and nice to meet you" V says and closes the door to her small new home.

It's really small but cheap and has kind of its own charm. It's a one bedroom apartment, One big room, the walls are made of red bricks and big windows cover half of it. In the right corner, near the door is the promised small kitchen, near that are two doors. The first is the Small walk in closet, with shelves and space to hang up clothes, also seems like it was used for keeping the food and the other leads into the bathroom. It's also very small with a toilet, a sink, a shower and a small window, the walls there are tiled.

All in one it's really pretty but to my bad my furniture is not arrived yet so I guess I will have to sleep on the floor tonight! V though annoyed and moved around the room where she noticed a sack with a letter.

' Dear Miss T***s I thought you will might not have something to sleep on so I put this old mattress up here. It's not much but I hope it helps. Lisa Norton your Landlady'

Veronica has tears in her eyes reading this, how can people be so nice?

Note to myself: Get a big fat thank you gift for Miss Norton and her Son!

She found equipment to clean and decided to do that firt! After that started to unpack her luggage, placed the mattress on the spot she imagined the bed to be later.

Out of nowhere her stomach started to growl and she looked at her watch, its lunch already and she didn't have anything to eat today .. crazy!

Putting on shoes and a jeans- jacket she walked out and trotted around till she found a nice place to grab a bite, called the Spring cafe Aspen.

The people here are chatty, she thought and smiled, eating her ' Blancas sandwich' with eggs and avocado.

Thinking that will be here favourite place, after just one bite!

After her stomach was satisfied she made her way to the Washington Square park, walking around , enjoying the view with a coffee, that she got at Starbucks after she walked three times around the University, smiling childish.

She spotted a newspaper van and buyed a newsletter hoping to find some job adds that she could apply for.

Veronica sat down on a bench and after pulling out a pen she marked every job that pays enough for her to pay her rent and still have enough for living.

She found some jobs as a waitress that would pay up to 6.000 dollar a month and some jobs as an Assistance for important companies that would pay up to 16.000 dollars .

On one job her eyes were glued to : The Royal Trade company, on the fifth Avenue, near the empire state building. 'My father is an successful Broker with his own company and I helped him a lot so I know how it works there and I am good with mathematics and electronics, it would be the perfect job and they pay 15.500 dollars a moth.' She thought to herself.

That's more than an assistant would get back in San Francisco, she thought and dialed the number.

" Hello my nema is Veronica T***s , I'm a Student at the NYU, I just found your job add and would like to apply for the job. " She rushed out as soon as she was greater through the phone.

" We need your CV and your application, bring it in tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. You can have an interview. You're a lucky one you know? One of the Applycants just jumped out last minute and you got the last place, so don't be late." the woman on the other line said and hung up.

'I can't belive how smoothly it goes so far! The Fate is really on my side here!' V thought to herself and jumped happily back home, stopping to buy some groceries and went straight to her apartment to prepare.

She sat and wrote the application half of the night before she finally fall asleep.

The next morning she woke up extra early to shower, dress properly in a slim black jeans a light beige blouse and a black blazer paired with her beige high heels, her hair in a straight ponytail with light make up. On her way to the Interview she has to find a place to print out the papers and get herself a coffee.

...

Veronica arrived at the Royal Trade company at 6.45 a.m. and walked up to the Reception.

" Hello my name is Veronica T***s I called yesterday.." She was cut off my the Lady

" Yes I remember, you're early.. that will look great. Give me your papers and sit down in the waiting room on the first floor till the others arrived. If you need a coffee or a snack there is a vending mashine" she said without looking up at Veronica.

" Thank you, have a good day" V said, not letting her spirit get dragged down with the Lady's attitude.

***

Slowly the other applicants appeared and she got nervous. They all looked so confident, they seem like they have a lot of experience and attitude.

At 7. 15 they started to call one after another into the room and V got nervous.

What if they find what they are looking for before its my turn ?

She was called in as the last one, already a wrack of nerves.

" Good morning, Sit down Ms. T***s. My name is Frédéric Mossini" the man behind the desk said.

" Good morning " she murmerd and flashed a sweet smile.

" I read your resume, it says your father is a broker?"

" Yes and I helped him sometimes, not in form of a broker but with the books, final calculation, payments and the usual secretary or Assistant stuff." She said as confident as possible.

" Well Miss T***s, my mind is already set on someone but I would like to give you a chance, you seem to have some potential. I will give you a job that is vacant for some years now, not the one you applied for tho. We will pay you 20.000 Dollars. Are you interested?" he asked Veronica and her eyes went big.

" 20.000? What kind of job pays so much?" she asked him shocked.

" The CEO needs help , a personal Assistant if you want, his last quit after nor even a week of work, he is.. Well a special kind of person. " He said , making a face.

" I'm in! I'm new in the City and a student , I could really use that money!" V said exited.

" Well , welcome to the team Miss T***s. You start tomorrow morning" Frédéric Mossini said and they shook hands.

On the way home V couldn't stop but smiling! She worked in a lot of areas and although she is just eighteen years old she has a lot of work experience. When her mom got sick she stayed home, cared for her and took part time jobs to help her dad cover the bills.

She was so happy she called her dad as soon as she left the building.

" Honey, is everything fine?" his worried voice made her smile even more.

" Dad I got a job! YOU WONT BELIEFE ME IF I tell you where " she screamed half the time, than lowered the voice as people start looking at her awkwardly.

" What? why? Where??" her dad asked and you could hear the excitement in his voice.

" I thought that the Semester don't start until next month and I have a lot of spare time .. and I wanted just to look at what jobs they have in store and stumbled over a Trading Company searching for assistance and give that a shot. I didn't get the place but another: I am going to be the personal assistant of the CEO and get payed 20.000 dollar per month, can you believe that?" she screamed into the phone exited, leaving purposely out the fact that she did search for a job so she dont have to use his money.

" Wow, I'm so proud of you honey! I always told you you should work with me, you are good at that! " her dad said and the talked till she got home.

She made herself something to ear for lunch and after preparing everything for her first work day she layed down on the floor and watched some movies while chatting with her friends back home.