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||TWENTY||

'Sexy Italian with a name that rhymes with panini'

I burst out laughing when I read the sign that Richard is holding above his head.

Sarah is already hugging me tight and in that moment, I feel confident about the next year in the USA. They make me feel welcome and safe. They make me feel like this is also my home.

We talked at least one time per week during the summer, plus the occasional group messages, just like we promised we would. I told them everything that was going on, including my heartbreak, and I think that's the reason why they're both hugging me right now making me immobile.

-"I missed you too, guys!" I muffle, crushed between them.

-"Let's go Agostini, we're having dinner at your place tonight." Richard grabs the handles of my luggage and we head to Sarah's car.

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We arrive at my place and I notice a lot of groceries bags over the kitchen table. Not only did they bought all the ingredients for tonight's dinner, but they also bought a couple more things to fill up my empty fridge.

-"Good thing I left my key with you. The apartment looks alive." I smile to them.

-"You're welcome." Sarah says. "Now, you know the drill. You cook, we help with all the rest."

-"Can I just take some things out of my luggage first? You can start boiling the water, if you think you can do that..." I look at Richard, since Sarah's already busy storing some of the stuff they bought.

I open my luggage and take most of the stuff out. I leave everything spread across the room and grab the things I was looking for.

I go back to the kitchen and start giving out my gifts. It's all edible things, like chocolates and wine, because somehow, I knew that we would have dinner today. Richard immediately opened a bottle and poured three glasses.

-"Damn, this is good, Ems." He says, and Sarah agrees.

-"I'm glad you liked it. Now, let me start making dinner while we talk about whatever we didn't talk about during the summer."

-"That's hard. We talked about everything. Even about the stupid fight Richard had with his cousin 'what's-is-name' over a game of darts." Sarah says.

-"His name is Brandon, and it's not my fault that the little brat doesn't know that..." He's about to start his rambling again so I cut it short.

-"Alright, then let's talk about the year ahead of us. Our thesis, our schedule, our Friday nights..." I raise my voice in the last three words.

We all cheer to that and we start planning our next night out.

God, how I missed these guys and these nights.

The rest of night is both lovely and fun. We laughed so much that my cheeks still hurt after 4 hours. Never a dull moment with these two.

After they cleaned everything, without my help because I made dinner, they both left my apartment leaving me with a messy room to clean. Well, clean enough to free my bed. I'm so exhausted that I only drag stuff from one side of the bed to the other, and some things even fell to the floor.

With my comfy pajama, I'm already falling asleep while remembering of the great welcoming dinner.

I can't help but smile.

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-"Ems, where are you? I can't see you. Tell Richard to climb a tree or something." Sarah tells me over the phone, and I pass the message to Richard, who's sitting by my side.