Escape (Dana Vaughns) *EDITING*

Chapter 18: New Home

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I had just picked up the last of my bags and was pushing them on the luggage cart. Will had said that he would be here soon to come and get me to take me to meet my brother. I was nervous to say the least. What if he didn’t like me and decided to kick me out? What if I don’t like him and then we never speak? My thoughts were interrupted when I was pulled into a bone-crushing hug.

“David!” I squealed in the middle of the airport earning a couple of odd looks. I knew his hugs anywhere. He put me down so that we could hug properly and I laughed out loud. It was great to be reunited with them. Well, most of them at least.

“Wow! I’m the one who offered his services and I don’t even get a hello. Seriously feeling the love here guys.” Will said and I opened my eyes to see him standing there. I unlatched David’s arms from me before attacking him in a hug. He laughed at my enthusiasm before hugging me back just as tight. He had definitely been my rock during the time they had been gone.

“Now we know you missed them but we’re still here you know?” I heard the voice of Cole call out to me. Looking ahead, I saw that Cole, Gabe, Alex and Cassidy were all stood there with giant smiles on their faces.

A scream escaped my lips as I tackled them all into a group hug. I had skyped with Alex and Cassidy at least once a week but it could not amount to seeing them in person. They knew all about the prom night disaster and everything after and promised to make the rest of my summer the best. I was in the middle of catching up with Gabe and Cole, the both of them talking a mile a minute when I noticed him out the corner of my eye.

My breathing stopped as I saw him staring at me and tears threatened to make their trip down my face if I continued.

“He really wanted to come.” Will whispered in my ear, walking away from me. Everyone else seemed to follow suit and there I was left with him. He was much taller than me now but still the same. His hair had grown out slightly and there was a small curl hanging down the opening of his snapback. I swallowed harshly, my throat becoming extremely dry as he made his way towards me. I didn’t know what to expect; we haven’t spoken or even seen each other in six months.

He was about a foot away from me, still holding my gaze as his feet stopped moving. There was so much that needed to be said between the both of us and now was not the right time to do it.

“I am so sorry. I-I don’t know. I have no clue what to say to you to make up for what happened. It’s been six fucking months of torture and longing and loneliness. I just had to come see you and say that I am so sorry and even if you don’t forgive me, which you shouldn’t because I am obviously an idiot, that these months have changed me and I have grown now. I’m really sorry.” He said to me, his voice breaking on the end as his eyes broke their contact with my own. We both made mistakes and things could have gone better, but he came. He actually came and that was all I needed.

He was about to walk away when I took his arm to spin him around and pull him into a hug. Did he really think that he was just going to show up and then walk away like that? No. I needed him back and now that I know he isn’t angry at me anymore, we could talk it out like we should have a long time ago.

He relaxed into the hug; obviously it caught him by surprise and hugged me tighter. It was like that we stood, in each other’s arms until Will told us that we had to go. Dana’s eyes caught mine, our expressions mirroring each other’s, and turned to leave. He took hold of my bag and connected our fingers, making a blush appear on my cheeks. Our hands just felt right together.

Everyone separated, after telling me they would meet me at my house later and I was left with Dana in his car. His arm was draped over my shoulder as he drove leaving a permanent blush on my cheeks. It’s almost like we’re meeting all over. Every move he makes has me blushing and his touch is sending me wild. Soon we were pulling up to this giant house in the middle of a street. I looked in awe as Dana drove up to the gates and pressed the button.