PTSD | Sequel to Little Clifford

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Time skip! Sorry this one is kind of short! :/

Michael's POV

"Hi mom," I smiled as I pulled her in for a hug.

"Our kiddos are home!" My dad cheers as he picks Arden up into a hug.

"We've missed you guys!" My mom smiles.

"Missed you too," Arden and I reply simultaneously. Tour was finally over and we were now standing in the airport back in Australia. We would be staying here for a week, in our old apartment, before we were off again.

The four of us walked out of the airport and into the car provided for us. Us boys all had our separate cars, so we were going to straight to our apartment.

"Are you happy to be home for a bit," my dad asks.

"Yeah, it's always great coming back to Australia."

The drive to our apartment wasn't a long one. When we got there, we got out of the car and began unloading our suitcases. I unlocked the door and smiled, seeing the apartment looking the same as we left it.

I carried my suitcases to my room and helped Arden carry hers to her room. We then all met up on the couches in our living room once again. My mom sat on one couch with me and Arden had a spot next to our dad, but she went to go get a blanket.

It was cute seeing her waddle back over with the blanket wrapped around her and we all chuckled a bit as she plopped down on the sofa and curled up next to dad as he wrapped an arm around her.

"So you guys have to tell us what happened on tour! How was it?"

"It was a lot of fun. I swear, playing shows will never ever get old. It feels amazing to be up there and to have people singing your lyrics back."

"That's amazing," my mom says, "We are so proud of you Michael."

"How about you missy?" My dad says and tickles Arden a bit, causing her to giggle, "What have you been up to?"

I cut in, "Well I just want to share that Arden here is doing incredibly well in school and I am thinking about getting her into a gifted schooling program! AND we discovered during the tour that she is very good at art. So she wants to put dance on hold for a bit and I am going to put her in some art classes."

Arden blushed as my parents gave her huge smiles, "Arden that's amazing!" My mom squealed.

"What did we do to deserve such amazing kids?" My father questioned.

I just sent Arden a smile and she returned it.

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"I am going to miss living right next door to you," Calum sighs as him, Arden, and I lay on the floor of his living room at 1am.

We had been sleeping all day and now we were wide awake due to jetlag. Fun.

"I will too. But we are still living on the same street. Instead of two places down, it'll be four," I laugh a little.

Luke, Ashton, and Calum had all gotten condos in LA and the complex that they were going to be living in was on the same street as the house Grace and I had decided on.

"Well it could be two again soon," he laughs. Him and Ash liked the idea of having a house so they were looking at the ones for rent on that street. They really liked one of them but they hadn't decided yet. If they did rent a house, then Luke would probably move into mine and Grace's house until he got his own in the future.

He had met a girl he really liked though and so had Ash so no one really knew what the living situation would be like in a few years. That's why we had all rented our places, even Grace and I.

Calum rolled over to face Arden, "Are you excited for LA?"

"Yeah," she gave a smile.

"It's going to be so much fun," he sighed, "We're growing up. For the longest time I didn't want to grow up because I thought being an adult would be no fun, but this is exciting. It's like we are constantly doing new things and I just love it."

"Me too," I smiled.

"How's Grace?"

"She's doing really good. She has her graduation for her bachelor's degree next week. Arden and I are going to go stay there for a few days and then all go to LA after that."

"She's getting her bachelor's already? Dang!" He said with raised eyebrows.

"Yeah, she graduated high school early because she did homeschool and she took summer and winter classes the past few years," I explain.

"You've got yourself a smart girl," he chuckles.

"I know. I'm so lucky."

"Don't forget you promised to help me find a girl," He teases.

"Oh Cal, how could I forget with you reminding me all of the time."

We both laughed and Arden spoke up, "Calum you have to marry a princess."

"A princess?" He questioned with enthusiasm.

"Yeah because Mikey found a princess and I am going to marry a prince one day, so that means you have to find a princess."

I couldn't help but 'aw' out loud and Calum did the same.

"Yeah Princess Arden, I'll marry a princess."

A/N

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