Admire

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I couldn't believe it was Christmas break. I was so happy that I would be home to see my parents and sisters! I was beaming with joy when I heard a knock on the door.

"Aria, you've been in there for 20 minutes, I also have a family to see soon too!" The impatient voice shouted. I rolled my eyes.

Emily, is my roommate and we're both going to visit our parents for break. We decided to get up early at 6 to get started on the road quicker. Lucky for me I was able to get in first.

I pulled open the door and exited out with a quick mumbled "sorry."

Emily and I were good friends but I found it best to not get on her bad sides in the morning. She was a rebellious girl with a mean streak. Everyone knew her as the brown-haired girl with purple streaks who not to mess around with. Even though she had a blank stare, Emily was actually nice, she just wanted everyone to fear her.

I went through my luggage to make sure I had everything for the week and a half I would be staying with my parents. I bought a couple shirts and short pants and also two bathing suits since it was hot down in Florida these days.

I missed it down in Florida. While, here in New York it was a completely different story. It was really cold and it took my body a month to get used to the cold when I first moved. I would sometimes put a jacket over my plain turtle necks and sweaters. Just begging for some heat in them.

Right now I decided to just put on a long sleeve shirt with my red hoodie since it was going to be really hot once I stepped down in Florida and I didn't want to suffer with damp clothes.

Soon, my thoughts travelled to something more exciting. My parents had told me the day before that they had some amazing news to share with me. Knowing my parents they weren't big on money spending so it was surprising when they said they had something big to tell me. I wondered what it was for the night, waiting for sleep to catch me. My parents weren't rich but they were well off. My dad was a well-known chiropractor in Florida and my mom was a news reporter. I was also happy to see my sisters, Aurora and Melissa.

Melissa was the eldest in our family while I, the second. She was married to probably my favorite brother in law ever, Lucas. Lucas and I had a great bond, he wasn't bothered to invite me and Aurora to the places they would go. He treated us like his very own sisters. Aurora was still in high school and was now on her senior year. She still acted like a little child but I still treated her as one.

After I checked that I had everything prepared, Emily and I gave each other hugs and me and her exchanged a gift since we always did for the last 2 years. me and Emily said our goodbyes after and I left with my Lyft.

I finally got to my destination and payed the driver.

Arriving at the airport, I had to do the usual, taking my shoes off and getting checked by the detectors. After atleast 20 minutes of that, I started boarding the plane.

I woke up from sleeping at some point and looked at the time. It had been 2 hours since I was on the plane.

Being on an airplane, I'll admit it was tiring but thankfully I was finally out. I went outside and the heat felt like Heaters in your own house. How I missed this, I thought.

I did the usual again with finding my luggage. I was waiting on Lucas to come pick me up since he was my ride. I was so excited to meet him and catch up on him and how my sister was doing.

I stepped outside and felt the heat leisurely stay on my face.

I heard a familiar honk and looked to my left to see the familiar Jeep. I ran over with my two bags and encountered my favorite brother in law.

We hugged each other tightly and forgot how much I missed him and my family.

"I missed you so much Lucas." I whined.

He laughed heartily and we gave each other some space. "Same here, Aria. You've got to tell me all about college." He grabbed my bags and went to put them in his truck.

I smiled remembering those days. He always wanted to know about me when we didn't see each other for months and when it was over I'd ask about him and about Melissa. I knew my sister could give him a hard time sometimes, I mean I literally had her at my home for 16 years and I probably knew my sister more than she knew her self.

Of course Lucas knew her more then herself too, but it was always fun to just talk about it some more and we'd laugh at how silly she was sometimes.

"And you have to tell me when you both are planning to have a family." I teased him. He looked at me a little shocked but changed it by laughing lightly. I didn't pay no mind to it and we got inside to car and left.

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Quick Note: I have not fully revised so excuse me for any mistakes you may find though I'm sure there won't be much, once done with this story I will take time to read and make sure there is no holes in my plot though I'm doing a lot so there is not but bare with me :)