ethereal || ruelvdijk

treinta y uno

ruel

the morning was a blur. we got breakfast, came back to the hotel, and finished packing to be at the airport by 8:00 am.

it was a long morning in such little time.

***

"you okay?" i ask with a chuckle and look down at amara's head limply laying on my shoulder.

"i'm so tired." she sighs. i laugh and rub her leg gently. we were seated at our gate, got here early so we had about an hour before boarding.

"i'm getting coffee, i'll bring something for everyone." michelle says and walks towards the starbucks not far away.

"how long till boarding?" amara asks.

"an hour." i reply earning a grunt from her.

"oh relax, you're the one that wanted to go get ice cream at a place an hour away from the hotel at midnight." i say remembering last night.

"it was worth it." he says and lifts her head giving me a weak smile.

"the ice cream was good." i agree and put an arm around her.

michelle came back with the coffees and we sat around and waited for our plane to board.

***

"hey cmon we're boarding." i whisper and nudge amara who was laying on my lap.

"aw no fair i only slept for fifteen minutes." she whines and sits up. i chuckle and we all gather our things and head for the gate. boy was i excited for this 15 hour flight.

"you'll have plenty of time to sleep on the plane." i say as we walk.

we find our seats and get settled, me and amara had a row together. fortunately, it was just the two of us. she sat by the window and i sat in the middle, with the row seat being used for our stuff.

"you should try to sleep amara." i say and look at her on her phone.

"as soon as we got on the plane i suddenly wasn't tired anymore." she says making me laugh.

*fourteen hours later*

"welcome to new south wales, where the local time is 5:00 pm and the temperature is 56° fahrenheit." someone says over the intercom. i pull out an airpod and look out the window.

"thank god." i mutter, i cannot wait to get off this plane.

"yay we're home!" amara says tiredly and yawns. i smile and the plane makes a surprising smooth landing.

"looks like we made it."

"i wanna sleep and run a marathon at the same time." amara says, it's true i've been sitting for way too long.

we made it out of the plane and into the airport, it felt good to be home.

we all said our goodbyes and made our ways to our cars. we were gonna drop amara home at her house.

***

eventually, we made it to amara's house.

"looks like we made it." i whisper to her. "i'll help take your bags in." i say and we get out of the car.

"ah youre home!" i hear and lift my head to see amara's mom open the door and begin to walk towards us. she hugs amara and carmen and her dad follow. "welcome home ruel." her mom says with a smile and hugs me.

hugs we're given all around, it was an odd but comforting sight seeing our families together. i feel a pair of arms wrap around my hips and look down to see carmen hugging me. i chuckle and bend down to pick her up.

amara walks up to us and laughs. i kept carmen in my arms as the adults chatted amongst themselves.

"you guys should stay for dinner! if you're not too tired of course." amara's mom suggests.

"hm wanna stay? unless you're too tired of me." amara says sarcastically. i roll my eyes and chuckle.

"i'll never get tired of you." i say and see her smile.

***

amara's mom had made dinner and we all ate and talked about tour. i can't stress how nice it felt to be home.

we had finished eating a while ago and our parents were drinking and chatting.

"cmon let's sneak away real quick." amara whispers to me with a smile. we managed to sneak away from the table and to amara's room with no one noticing.

we get into her room and she falls onto her bed, i laugh and do the same laying right next to her.

"happy to be home?" she asks and turns her head to look at me.

"so happy." i say and smile.

"i'm happy you're home." she says and rests her head on my shoulder.

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authors notes
i wanna apologize for this Boring Ass chapter! also sorry it took so long i've been dealing with some...stuff. anyway i'm gonna try to get the next chapter up within the next couple days!