A Surprise ⇢ Callum Ilott

TWENTYONE

It was busy at the airport of Bahrain in the early morning. Flights arrived and departed every minute. George scanned the area and every person who entered the arrival hall, his twin sister should be arrived by now, just like the rest of his family. He looked on the arrival screens and on his phone; there was still no message.

Until a group of people walked through the doors. George's face lightened up and a smile gre on his face. He started to walk towards the group. It made him wonder how his family arrived at the same time, since Catherine flew over from Helsinki and the rest of the family from London, but that didn't matter to him.

A soft, but happy smile came on Catherine's face when she saw her twin brother. "Hey," she said.

"Hey," he replied and pulled her into a hug.

It may be seen as a big deal to other people, but Catherine and George were twin siblings, best friends. Not seeing each other for quite some time, without any communication methods, was a big deal to them both. When they both were busy with work, they texted or send each other stupid memes. It was small ways of communicating without actual communication.

"How are you?" George asked.

"Bloody tired," Catherine muttered. It made George smirk. "I'm good, and you? I've missed you."

"I'm way better now, I see you, and the family. I've missed you too."

Catherine pulled back and scanned his face. "How's Romain? Is he okay?" George nodded. "Thank goodness. I only saw the beginning of the race, but holy shit. I only saw a white car. I was so scared it was you. Please, be extra careful this weekend, okay?"

"I'm fine, I will always be fine. Don't worry about that, I know what I'm doing, Ted," George said and gave her a stern look, but she wasn't satisfied with it. "I promise."

She nodded. "Good. I know where I can find you when it goes wrong," she seriously said.

George greeted his mum and dad, Benjy and Cara, as well. "Did you accidentally arrived at the same time? I didn't think you all would arrive at the same time," he curiously asked and grabbed Catherine's suitcase.

"We happened to be at the same flight," Cara answered.

"Connecting flights in London," Catherine added and sighed when she had difficulties with putting her backpack on her back. "I swear, I'm going to burn this cast when it has been removed," she frustratedly hissed.

"Poor girl," Benjy smirked and walked away without helping her.

Catherine rolled her eyes and stopped trying getting her backpack on her back. "Fuck off, Benjy." She threw the bag over her shoulder and followed Benjy.

The rest of the family followed the two without even knowing where they were heading to. George took the lead and led everyone to a taxi van.

"There are over a million words in English, but I could never string any of them together to explain how much I want to throw my suitcase at you," he shot back.

"I wasn't born with enough middle fingers to let you know how I feel about you," Catherine said annoyed.

George nodded impressed. "And welcome in Bahrain, everybody," he welcomed his family sarcastically.

"They have been working on each other's nerves for the whole flight," mum explained.

"They have been working on each other's nerves for their whole lives," Cara smirked.

"And that is their love for each other," dad came to a conclusion.

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