Simply beautiful

Chapter twenty nine:

Aaliyahs pov:

I have finally built up the courage to walk to the door. I knock on the door and wait a few moments for someone to answer. As the door opens, I am met with my dad. He is just standing there in shock and so am I. "Honey who is there" I hear my mum ask my dad as she gets closer to the door. She opens the door a little wider and is met with me and Mattheo. "My baby's are home" my mum said as she walked towards us and pulls us both in for a hug.

It feels nice to have a hug from my mom. I have missed her so much. "Hey mum,how are you? Sorry I turned up unexpectedly" I say as I tighten the hug. "It's ok baby. I am so happy to see you, I have missed you so much" she says as she pulls away from the hug. I look at my dad and see he is still standing there. "Hey dad" I say as I walk closer to him. Once I got close enough, he pulls me into him and tightens his arms around me. "I have missed you kiddo" he says. "I missed you too, I'm sorry I didn't visit earlier" I reply. "It's ok you are here now" he says and he pulls away from the hug and then walks towards Mattheo. As I am watching both my parents hug Mattheo, I get a notification on my phone. I open my phone and see it's one of my old friends ruby.

Ruby: hey Aaliyah, how long are you in the uk for? I saw ur post on insta xx

Aaliyah: hey rubs, I am here until next Tuesday! Xx

Ruby: ok girl, we need to meet up. I have so much to tell you xx

Aaliyah: me too, just name a place and a time and I'll be there. Xx

Ruby: does tomorrow at noon work for u? Xx

Aaliyah: yup see you then xx

Ruby: see you tomorrow xx

"Mamma are you coming?" Mattheo said as he walks in the house. "Yes baby" I say as I turn my phone off, place it in my pocket and follow him inside the house. "I was just making lunch do you want some?" My mum asks. "Yes please nanna!" Mattheo said as he quickly follows my mum into the kitchen. "I will just go and put our bags into my room" I say as I grab mine and Mattheo's belongings. I lift them up and the carry them into my childhood bedroom. I have missed this room. There are so many memories in this room. My childhood memories are very close to my heart and make me smile on my difficult days and help me get through tough situations.

I walk towards my bed and lie down.  I am so focused on my own thoughts that i have become figuratively lost and I am not paying attention to anything. "Mamma are you ok?" I hear Mattheo ask as he gently shakes me. I look at him and smile. "I am ok baby, I am just tired" I reply as I sit up on the bed. "Nanna said food is done. Do you want any?" He asks. "Ok let's go and get food" I reply as I get up off the bed and walk to the kitchen.

As soon as I walk into the kitchen, all you can smell is my mums cooking. The smell is the best smell in the work. I lean over the counter and see what it is. It's my mom's famous lasagna. Me and my siblings used to ask for this everyday when we got back from school. It was our favourite. "Do you want any help" I ask my mum. "Yh can you get the plates please" she responds. I walk over to the cabinet, reach 4 plates out and place them on the counter.

After I helped my mom dish the food out, I walk to the dining room and place all the food down on the table. Once everyone is seated, we began to eat. "How was the grand prix?" My dad asks Mattheo. Mattheo's face lit up at the mention of formula one. "It was soooo good. I met Charles, Carlos, Oscar, max, Zak, Daniel, Pierre and my favourite driver lando! I got to watch all the drivers race really fast round the track! Lando let me go into the garage, sit in his car, he even gave us paddock passes! He also came to our Saturday night movie nights and we watch cars!" Mattheo says. "It sounds like you had a good weekend Mattheo" my dad says with a smile on his face. "I did. It was the best!" Mattheo says. "How was your weekend kiddo" my dad asks me. "It was great. I got to watch all the mechanics work on the cars so I learnt a lot from it" I reply. We continue to make small talk until we finished our food. When we all finished our food, I collected all of the plates, walked to the kitchen and began to clean up. My mother joined me shortly after and started to help. I tried to tell her I would do it but my mum is a stubborn woman and didn't listen to me.

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