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THIRTY SEVEN : Adieu

"Promise me you'll call?" I said as I enveloped myself in Bee's now infamous monster hug. "And take care of that nose.." I said, referring to the injury I caused a few days ago.

Bee smiled and hugged me even tighter, "Yes, big sister I will. Thanks for looking out for me."

We were all packed and ready to go. It was early in the morning, and Emilio had us ushered by the front door, ready to go to the airport.

"And I will call you, I promise.." She said, pulling away and holding onto my arms. She smiled at me, "Thank you for coming, and break a leg on tour." She wished excitedly.

"Will you come to one of our shows?" Amy interjected, sneaking in for a hug of her own. Bee eagerly hugged back, she was so tall that she could rest her chin on Amy's head.

"I'll do my best." Was all she said. "Take care, Ames.. don't let 'em ladykillers get to yah.." She told Amy in her faux southern accent.

Amy laughed, "You betcha, I won't!" she said.

I walked out onto the driveway to give everyone a chance to say their farewells,

I am going to miss this heat...
I thought, thinking of the cold weather that awaits us in Europe. I took a last look at Bee's house, taking everything in. I looked at the granite walls and the manicured shrubs, I shielded my eyes from the sunlight reflected on the bay windows, remembering the view from within them. I was also going to miss everyone in that house.

I looked and saw that the rest of my siblings were starting to crowd around Bee, Emilio, Olivia and the rest of the house crew. Hugs and kisses being exchanged.

One touching scene was when Nick bashfully came up to Bee after Joey, Christian, Alex and Michael had said their goodbyes and suddenly jumped up and hugged her.

I'm guessing she wasn't ready for him and they toppled right down to the ground. Kath and Lisa were the first to react, I followed suit.

"Holy crap, are you okay?!" Lisa cried, rushing to help them up.

"Bee! Nick, do you have to be so rough?!" Kath reprimanded. But Bee waved them away, she was laughing.

"Hahahahaha! Oh my gosh, I'm fine.." Bee said, sitting up, still engulfed in little Nick's embrace.

"I'm gonna miss you, Bug." Nick said, quite gruffly.

"Aww, I'll miss you too, Nickle Pickle.." She said, squeezing even tighter.

"I still think you cheated on that last GTA race we had.." He whispered to her, but I could still hear.

"Alright, you two, get up.." Dani said from behind, pulling Nick up by the armpits.

"Can I get a hug?!" She said, pulling Bee up as well.

"Come here, you!" Bee said, hugging Dani, "I think everyone can agree that out of everything, we'll be missing your intermittent bursts of noise the most.." she joked.

"Well doll, I can make a recording for you and burn a cd, so you can play it all day long!" Dani retorted, her tack still on point.

"Oi, it's my turn for a hug..." Lauren said, arms outstretched. Bee disentangled herself from Dani's gangly arms, and kissed her on both cheeks, "Dani, be good."

"Lauuuuur!" Bee exclaimed, hugging her, "Don't beat yourself up too much, yeah? Take it easy, okay? Remember to give yourself a chance.."

I saw Lauren nod, "Yes, Master Obi Wan.." she said teasingly.

Bee chuckled, "Alright, young Skywalker, go. Remember, use the force.." She said in her best Star Wars voice.

We all got into the back of our van, the boys separate from us, only people left outside were Mom, Dad, Lisa and Kath.