You're Family Now

Part 34

Gems pov-

The rest of the night went by smoothly and so did the rest of the trip, that was until we arrived at the airport for our ride back home.

To: Me
From: Unknown Number

Careful kiddo, flying can be scary.

I look puzzled at first then chuckled. It's probably just Adam, after all I did just tell him we are on our flight back.

After reading it once more and questioning it again, I shrug then place the phone in my rear pocket waiting to take off.

I loved the feeling of being in the air. It was freeing and peaceful when I had ear buds in my ears and music by WillowBeats played.

We were able to book a straight flight to California and due to an error we were bumped up to first class for free. I was sat by a business man who seemed to be in his thirties and we had a nice chat about his job after I caught a drink before it spilled on his laptop. It was cool to hear him talk about his job and see the happiness in his eyes when he talked about his wife who was his high school sweet heart and that they had a daughter named Felicity.

Eventually I decided to leave him be because his laptop kept alerting him of emails and we both seemed to let the conversation drop but not in an awkward way.

I placed my ear buds back in my ears and drifted off until the plane landed.

We had been gone a nearly a week longer than we had planned so I missed everyone back at the house. It's about one a.m. and because of jetlag it's practically four a.m. so I'm completely tired.

Of course like always baggage claim was a hassle and like usual someone had grabbed one of our bags and we had a short argument until we proved it was ours.

One of the guys was supposed to pick us up but we forgot to ask who and now we're just walking around looking for any of the guys.

I broke away from the guys because they decided to sit down and I was walking around looking for a vending machine so I can get some water. I could have sworn that I walked around the entire airport looking for a damn vending machine when I get scooped up in someone's arms and spun around. I shriek from being startled but soon recognize the adorable child like laugh.

"Guy's look!" Preston cheers intl the camera. " I found my Gem Stone!"

I giggle and demand for him to put me down. After doing a short outro he shuts off the camera and puts it in his pocket.

I hug him and he hugs back. "I missed you P."

He chuckles and I look up at him. He looked tired but his smile took some of that away.

"You look beat, do you wanna get some coffee on the way home? It's like a two hour ish drive." I ask and subconsciously fix his slightly messy hair earning a blush from him.

He nods and we walk back his arm around my shoulder until we reach Mitch and Jerome who have passed out on the waiting area seats.

Mitch decided to drive home since he was the most awake out of the four of us and on we the way we stopped at this amazing coffee place.

While Merome went and got the coffee Preston and I found a booth around the corner.

I looked over at him as he sleepily stared at me making me blush.

I looked away for a moment bringing a smile to his lips before I scooted closer to him.

I hesitantly brought my hand up to the side of his face and pulled him ever so slightly to me, bringing my lips to his cheek.

"I uh... I missed you Pres." I told him and he looked slightly stunned.

I scoot back to my side of our half of the booth just as the two boys get back carrying four coffees in their hands.

I gladly take mine and take a sip. It was satisfyingly warm but it wasn't what I needed. I needed a shot or something, I needed that welcoming feeling in my stomach that you can only get from alcohol.

Something didn't feel right right now. There was a sense of tension coming from each of us and you could tell by the looks in each of our eyes it was something different.

My tension was the feeling of being alone in this filled room that I needed to fix. The others problems I had no idea about.

Mitch kept looking down at his phone then to Jerome and Jerome mimicking his movements. Preston kept his eyes shifting from me to his coffee to his phone back to me and it continued.

I was still tired after the coffee and as stupidly pitiful as it sounds I needed to cuddle with someone. I needed to feel that someone wanted me there.

We got to the house finally at six a.m. and I showered and ended up going to bed at seven.

I was tired to the point that I thought I was going to have hallucinations but luckily didn't.

I tossed and turned but couldn't get comfortable. Just as I pull the covers off of my upper body and get slightly comfortable someone walks into my room and closes the door behind them.

I jump and scramble to sit up and am met with Lachlan staring at me ammused.

"I thought you were asleep." He comments teasingly. I shake my head no.

"No, I only got in bed..." I look over at my clock. "Seventeen minutes ago."

I groan and fall back to my bed.

"Oh, I was going to wake you up, never mind then." He gives.

"Yeah, I haven't slept in a little over twenty-four hours. " I sigh and try to get comfortable once more.

Suddenly the bed dips down and arms wrap around my bare waist. I was sleeping in a sports bra and short shorts so...

I grumble. "What are you doing?"

He shrugs then cuddles into me.

We're spooning and his face nuzzles into the crook of my neck and he kisses below my earlobe just once.

I sigh at how my body fits perfectly with his. I felt small compared to him in the hight aspect but I was sorta chubby given that he was a twig.

"There. You can sleep now." He whispers and I slowly start to drift away. "I missed you Gemma."