𝚆𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛

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"Emilia!" A tall blonde woman yells my name excitedly as I get out of my gate not fully awake from my nap on the plane but nonetheless I open my arms for the beauty who's running to me.

Her lips are painted in a bright red which compliments the blue in her eyes. Freckles are dotted over her snub nose and cheeks cutely making her look sun kissed.

My twenty one year old sister is dressed in a deep red dress making her legs look like they're two meters long and when she winds her arms around my neck, I take a step back surprised by her strength. Introducing my 'little' sister Daisy, who is the one about to be married.

I know I said I was an only child and I still am. But you know adult life, my father got lonely over the time I left for college, his work wasn't distraction enough and he married again. A woman I barely know because I've been avoiding family gatherings over the years as good as possible- but not without reason. What I do know about the woman is that she's not really fond of me, for whatever reason. Which earned me a few disappointed calls from my dad but I rather risk that than try to play happy family.

Don't get me wrong I like Daisy she's sweet and friendly, maybe a little overachieving but she has a good heart but I don't think I will ever be able to see a different woman by my dad's side other than my mom. Sadly that's exactly what's going to happen the next weeks and that's not even the worst part.

"How are you? Was the flight okay? Oh- you haven't even got your suitcase, come on." She whirls around grabbing my hand in hers to drag me towards where the suitcases are being transported to.

I blink overwhelmed by her energy but I'm not surprised, it's nothing different from other times I was with her.

"Ryland, got this beautiful house out on the land we'll stay at, I bet you will love it. It'sprobably different to your beloved London but you're going to fall in love with Bibury all over again like you did in your childhood." Daisy bubbles on and I'm glad she's walking in front of me so I don't have to pretend to be excited about this whole thing.

I'm actually terrible, these are probably one of the most important weeks of her life and I should at least try to make this enjoyable because else I'll be the cynic guest, sitting at the back table, judging everyone because my life didn't turn how I wanted it to be- oh my god I'll be aunt Verda! I shudder at the thought of her while I grab my suitcase off the moving band, pulling the handle up so I'm ready to go.

"Are we taking a bus? Where is dad?" I ask her now, suddenly noticing his unusal absence.

Her red bottom lip get's caught between her white teeth as she looks down at me worriedly.

"He couldn't make it, he's meeting the priest today for the ceremony, he thought he did me a little favor." She says and I can sense the guilt in her voice but I don't show any emotion on my face as I nod.

Sure a stupid priest is more important than your daughter coming back to her hometown since almost five years. Breathe Emilia.

"That's fine I'm sure you still have a lot of work to do with all the preperations."

"I know you were excited to see him, you don't need to pretend in front of me. But to make your face look less depressed I have good news. I'm here with the car and I cleared the whole afternoon for you so we could go eat somewhere, or I could show you around? How does that sound?" She asks me with a gentle smile on her lips and I'm back to feeling guilty again.

And I know I'll feel even more guilty with the next words I'm going to say.

"That's very sweet of you Daisy but I'm actually really tired from the flight. If we could just drive back to the house-"