MAGIC

reunions, nervous wrecks and shining eyes

~Mila~

The drive to Anaya's apartment was short, or maybe it felt short because I was practically drooling the whole way. New York, as I expected, is amazing. No wonder all the spidey movies were shot here.

"Oh my God I missed you so much" I say still hugging Ana. Growing up, I was glued to her, anything she did, I did too. "I missed you too" she mumbles into my neck. We pull apart and I wipe the tears off my face. That's the thing about family reunions, there will be tears.

"We've got so much to catch on" she giggles and like two toddlers we run into the building, laughing. "Which floor are you on?" I ask leaning against the wall while waiting for the lift. "14" she grins and my eyes widen. Well that's high man, real high.

The elevator door opens and we make our way in. As childish as it sounds, I love pressing the floor numbers on elevators. I press 14 and lean against the cool wall, still holding hands with her.

Time is such a wonderful thing. If someone would've told me that I'll be spending almost two whole months in New York because my sister would be engaged to an American, I'd have laughed on their face. I know Anaya, or knew I guess. She was the most awkward girl growing up while on the other hand I was and still am the loud/social one. But now I look at her, I look at a woman. A beautiful, strong, independent, and confident woman. And who knew I could actually think like a mature person?

The elevator door dings and she smiles, "Come on". We make our way to her apartment and loud laughs can be heard from the hallway. "There are my girls" my dad cheers from the couch in the living room. "Hey dad" Anaya hugs him and then my mom.

"Come on show us the ring" mom smiles and gasps when she shows her the ring on her finger. I smirk knowing I was the first one to see, I'm the best sister after all. A lot of 'oh my god', 'I love you so much', 'I can't believe you're growing up' and 'Mila, stay the way you are' (even I don't know what they're talking about but I am going to pretend I do), later we are all lounging in the living room. We are completely exhausted but ya know, we ladies love a good gossip.

"-And then he popped the question and I said yes'' Anaya dreamily narrates the whole proposal. Aaron seems like a decent guy with the screws in the right places. "That's wonderful, I can't wait to meet him tomorrow" mom smiles proudly that her future son-in-law at least sounds decent. "You girls continue" she says before kissing our foreheads and disappearing into one of the rooms.

"So..." Ana begins."So...?" I muse with her. She rolls her eyes playfully."So how have you been?" she finally asks taking the couch pillow on her lap. We kept the lighting dark and like we preferred, old 90s rock playing softly in the background. It was our tradition, 'the sisters way' as we called it.

"Awesome, amazing, perfect" I list before adding the final piece, "But you weren't there. I missed you, so much". A New York effect or else I never speak like this. She smiles, "Same, I missed you". Just as if on cue, our favorite 'Heart-Shaped Box' started playing and we burst out laughing. "Oh this is meant-to-be" I say before falling into the world of sleep.

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"Remind me again, why do I have to do this?" I ask fixing my hair in the mirror. Today we are supposed to meet Aaron at his restaurant. Yes, he owns a restaurant and my dad was exceptionally thrilled when he heard it. Food and dad, lock them together, and voila we have the perfect team, people. 

"Because Aaron is freaking out?" she says sounding confused. I smirk, maybe I am evil. 

"And?" I press crossing my arms, come on admit it. "And you are the best at calming down someone" she admits almost in an inaudible voice and I grin in victory. Nope, I am still not done.