I'll Run to You // Awsten Knight

Chapter 32-Family

November 17th, 2017

It was around eleven in the morning and Hope's plane finally arrived in Columbus, Ohio.

She wouldn't call herself ready at all for what could happen in these nine days, but she had to build up enough courage for as long as she's staying.

Awsten told her to video call him once she got off of the plane, so she did, and after about five rings he picked up the phone.

"Hey gorgeous," he smiled. It was one of the things Hope couldn't get tired of about this man. He always looked so precious when he smiled, the kind that would always make another person smile if they saw it.

"Hey, I just got my suitcase and bag, it's so crowded here. I think I waited about twenty minutes just waiting for my suitcase to arrive."

"I'm sorry," his voice was so genuine. "Is your family picking you up?"

"It's just my sister. We both figured she pick me up since we didn't get to talk much after the show. My mom was just being so ridiculous I couldn't deal with it anymore. I texted her about it that night, but I wanted a chance to talk to her in person a little more."

"I mean, I understand that. Gracie is in college so we don't get to see her for a couple more days yet. Where are you two going to meet?"

"She said she's going to be with those groups of people that always have signs of peoples' names, which I've never had to look for before, but I guess I do now."

It was quite a big airport, a few floors with escalators and elevators about every sixty feet.

"Are you going to go once you see her?" 

"If you're okay with meeting her properly then I won't end it immediately," Hope said, she started her way to the nearest escalator and scanning the area to find her sister.

Just as about Awsten was going to talk, Hope interrupted him, her face lighting up and he could see her waving to someone. "I found her!"

She started running to Lee, laughing after she tripped.

Hope finally got to her sister, immediately hugging her.

"I missed you so fucking much," Hope says, she sounded like she was going to cry.

They both pulled away from the hug and Lee spoke, "I missed you a hell of a lot more." She looked down to Hope's phone, "Who are you on the phone with?"

Hope's eyebrows raised, forgetting Awsten was still there, "Oh, it's Awsten." She took out her headphones so that Lee could hear what Awsten said if he tried to talk to her.

"Hi Awsten," she said, looking down at him on the screen.

"Hey," he said back. Once he got a better look at her, he noticed how her and Hope looked so similar, despite their three year age gap.

The two started walking toward the exit of the airport, Lee started talking to Awsten again, "Look, I'm sorry about how our mom reacted when she met you, she doesn't take a lot of things well. She's very opinionated and isn't used to a lot of new things. Hope and I had to keep a lot from her when we were still living with her and our dad. After we left, she just kept going on and on about your hair."

Awsten shook his head, "I'm used to people saying things about it. I've seen a lot of people on Twitter saying that my hair is going to fall out and shit like that, but it's not."

Hope was glad that they were getting along well once they actually got to have a conversation with each other. It was nicer than what happened between Lee and Eliza. Lee didn't trust her from the beginning, and she should've listened to her.