Across the pond

Welcome to the family

Sam walked over to his new family, he knew he had new siblings but had never seen them until now.

Once he got close enough the man, he knew as Elliot rushed over and hugged him, followed by his wife Diane "Samuel how are you I hope the flight wasn't too bad" he smiled

Sam froze, he wasn't expecting the hug "it was ok, I had a row to myself"

Elliott smiled "how wonderful!-"

Diane hugged them both "well we are glad you got here, now how about we get your bags and we can all go home"

"Oh, I just have this bag" he had a small green satchel with his ds, phone and a few tightly packed clothes. The three of them walk over to the others in the group

"Well these are your new siblings, Judd, Leah and Nickie" Diane practically sang "and this is your little brother Samuel"

The tallest boy, obviously the oldest, Judd looked at him and grunted. Leah smiled and waved "nice to finally meet you Sam" she said, folding up the sign they were holding. Nick looked up from his phone "hay."

"Hay" Sam smiled, holding the strap of his satchel as Elliot and Diane shepherd the four of him out of the terminal.

They walked towards the exit, it was very loud and crowded. The sounds of people running and yelling echoed through the air "it's too loud" Teto buzzed "you're gonna get trampled and die!" Sam shook his head, gripping his strap again. He chewed on the inside of his cheek nervously as a man sprinted passed them on his way to his gate "it smells like sweat and feet in here" she screatched, pulling on the strands of hair on the side of her head. "Shut up" Sam muttered and covered his ears.

"Sam are you ok?" Diane asked, gently putting her hand on his back

"Loud, that's all" he said, still covering his ears

"It's not that loud" Nick said, turning around to look at Sam

"Nicky, not the time" Diane said gently but firmly. She kept her hand on Sam's back as they made it to the exit.

***

The drive home was ok, but a little cramped. Sam starred out of the window, watching the new scenery roll by. It was a warm spring day, birds were singing and flowers were springing up on the side of the road.

"So, what's England like?" Leah asked, she was sat on the other side of the car with Nick between them, Judd wanted to sit in the back and flip off cars behind them. "Uh it's ok, depending on where you're from. There's a lot of fields"

"What part were you from?" Leah smiled looking at him

"Weymouth, it's a beach town in Dorset"

Nick looked up from his phone "Dorset?"

"Yeah, it's the county the town is in" Sam looked at him

"So you like grew up next to the beach, that sounds cool" Leah said, putting on lipgloss

Sam fidgeted with the hem of his shorts "it was alright, if you don't mind seagulls and crazy people" this made Leah giggle. He looked out the window again, watching the buildings of his new town roll past. He chewed on his lip hearing Teto buzzing next to him, he was used to her by now she had been with him for years.

"Ok my sweet cherubs, we're home!" Elliott smiled as they pulled into the driveway of their house.