back to you • c. perez

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as michael bounces his right leg repeatedly on the shiny tiled floors in the los angeles airport, he hears his family's flight number get called that they have landed. the boys came with him and chance has a strong arm wrapped around michael making sure he stays calm. one by one short and tall people walk out and none from the smith household. out of nowhere he spots the two blonde little boys his favorite little brothers, patrick and brendon smith. he smiles at the two and hugs them tightly. and then he moves on to his mother and kaitlyn. he squeezes the girls tight and lets go. he moved forward to see a small petite girl with black nike sweatpants and a sweatshirt on and slides with her hair down completely. her beautiful face was covered by hair, and her head was facing the ground. michael walked forward and hugged his father and his dad took all the bags and handed some to the boys.

as charlotte stands there awkwardly and fidgeting around, michael towers over her and grabs her chin. the small girl flinches and puts her head back down. when she does that, the parents start to get worried that she won't talk to anyone else besides her mother and father. they put their heads down and start to trudge back to her and talk to her but then michael speaks up and says  " charlie.." and to him the time stops. she looks up ever so slowly and let's out a croak, "is that really you conor?" and tears immediately stream down her face as michael nods his head extremely fast and she jumps into the tall boys arms and he embraces the tiny girl like he never wanted to let go.

the two siblings finally reunited, she would not leave his side. afraid of people, new things, technology etc, the poor girl did not fit into society. michael took her back to his hotel room and he booked another room for his family members. he shared a room with brady so it'd be okay because he's at rehearsal. she trotted into the room not really knowing what to do. he takes his shoes off and nudges at her for her to take hers off too. "i would like to know what happened sweets, but if you aren't up for it that's okay, take your time." michael said softly. "and by the way, i go by michael conor now" she nods softly and slips off her socks and lifts the large white comforter off the soft hotel bed and lets it engulf her.

for about five minutes she's laying there in complete silence as michael is sitting at the desk. she thinks about it for a few seconds and then decided to ask, "conor.. i mean michael?" she spoke aloud wanting to hit her head off the wall for saying conor. "yes princess?" he says whilst smirking. she lets out a small growl but is happy he still remembers, "can you come sleep with me?" he jumped up at that and grabbed clothes and hopped in the bed and cuddled up to his baby sister that he missed so much and the two siblings fell asleep peacefully for the first time in 7 years.

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still third person pov, but in the rehearsal room

"i cannot believe she just showed up on their doorstep." says brady with a look of pure shock on his face. all the boys have been worried about michael when they heard about it and he seems like he's okay with everything. "neither can any of us, that doesn't happen nowadays. it was a cold case and they stopped searching for the poor girl. " drew spoke with sadness induced in his tone. "why hasn't michael ever told us about her? " sergio asked a bit confused. michael has been on the show since june and they've all been close and he hasn't mentioned a word till yesterday. "i'm not really sure about that." chance spoke while still thinking amongst himself, she is the most beautiful girl i have ever seen.