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Oh, fuck me. I knew Audrey was dumb enough to do some shit like this.

I'm greeted at the airport with a giant poster board. Cute, right? Wrong. 

Audrey holds up a giant sign reading Welcome back from jail! 5 years too long!

I groan, walking right past her. Drew is standing about five feet away from her. My best friend follows behind me. 

Drew immediately engulfs me in a warm embrace. "It's good to have you back. A month is way too long." 

I smile and nod. I see his amusement toward Audrey and hope their relationship is better than when I left. 

"Aud, I'm going to kill you," I snatch the sign out of her hands. "Hi babe, how are you?" I pull her into a tight hug.

"I've missed you. Have to catch you up on a lot." She laughs, linking arms with me. We begin to walk toward the parking lot.

"Oh girl, I do too," I respond, thinking of all the details I'm going to tell her about. 

We both giggle as we walk out. Drew rolls his eyes at our girly reactions. When he's slightly ahead of us, I nod toward him and wink. Her face turns bright red and she looks down. I laugh, knowing only he can have that effect on her. 

To my surprise, Audrey is the one who drove here. I wonder how she forced Drew to tag along. 

"I call backseat," I yell. 

Audrey looks at me, amused, and Drew is puzzled. 

"Ellie, you're supposed to call shotgun," he laughs.

I shrug, opening the trunk and plopping my bags in. "Well, I want to sit in the back. I want all the room I can get, especially after that flight." Of course, I had extra legroom, so it wasn't that bad, but they don't need to know that. 

Drew sighs, "I guess I'm riding in the front."

I narrow my eyes at him. He doesn't have to act disappointed. I know he secretly wants it. What can I say, it's the bond.

Audrey's blushes, but tries to hide it. Drew doesn't seem to notice and focuses on helping me with my bags. I thank him and crawl into the backseat. 

I give an exaggerated sigh when they're both in the car. "This feels nice."

Both roll their eyes before Audrey begins to drive. The ride home is filled with silly stories we tell each other. 

"Oh, speaking of, Valentines is coming up! Are you doing anything?" Audrey asks, making eye contact in the rearview mirror. 

I don't know if I should talk about Harry's and I's relationship in front of Drew. He still doesn't know about us.

Well, I can at least assume he knows something is up. 

"No idea," Drew and I chirp in unison. 

She drops Drew off first and we all say our goodbyes. Once he's in his house, I crawl to the front. "Tell me everything!"

"You would have known if you were actually here," she snorts. "Sorry. It's just..."

"What?" I ask, utterly confused

"You promised to help and then ditched. It's kinda rude."

She has a point. "That's true. I'm so sorry." 

She begins to laugh so hard, I fear it may impact her driving. "I'm kidding El. I'm glad you got to have an exotic trip with your boyfriend."

I scrunch my face. "It was hardly exotic."