The Dome.

Home

Erin's POV:

Soon everyone is ready to go and we're all in a taxi, somehow I managed to get a taxi with enough room for all 10 of us, despite all of the boys beefy ass legs. Toby sleeps whilst sitting on my lap, whilst I try to balance myself as Taehyung is resting his head on my shoulder and Jimin rests on top of him. The rest of the boys are all silently sleeping too, seems the journey from The Dome to the hotel and everywhere in between exhausted them.

Erin: "The soulmates are heavier than I thought" I huff out, receiving a few chuckles from Cody, before I feel more weight on my other shoulder.

Cody: "Seems Jin's that exhausted he's decided to use your shoulder too" she laughs out before clapping her hand over her own mouth when she sees my face.

Erin: "I never volunteered as a personal pillow" I mumbled out, trying to gain some sort of blood flow through my arms which were completely limp from the weight on either side as well as the weight from on top.

Cody: "I can hold Toby for a while if you want, but he'll probably wake up" she says, giving me a half smile whilst rubbing her neck.

Erin: "How do you suppose you hold him when Yoongi's laid down?" I ask her confused whilst pointing to the blonde laid down in her lap, snoozing away.

Cody: "Fair point" she mumbles whilst stroking his hair before looking back up at me. "Erin?"

Erin: "Yeah?" I grumble out, flicking my eyes to look at her as she starts to look nervous.

Cody: "I'm scared" she admits, a frown on her face to go along with the gloss that's covering her eyes.

Erin: "No tears...please" I beg her as she nods at me, facing the roof to try and stop them from flowing down her face.

Cody: "What if we've been gone for too long...what if something happened? What if they're not there anymore" she whispered out, her voice wavering whilst she was visibly trembling.

I tried not to think about the possibility that they could be gone...a lot could happen in four years..hell a lot happened within the months we spent with the boys. And we weren't even down there for a year.

Erin: "The word IF is pretty ambiguous you know, there's always the possibility they're still waiting for us to come home..still a possibility that they're still there"

Cody: "And if they're not?" she asks through quiet sobs.

As much as she tried to hold it in, the pain came out like an uproar from her throat in the form of a silent sob. The beads of water started falling down one after another, without a sign of stopping whilst she held her hand over her mouth, desperate to keep herself silent whilst I sat there and stared at her, uncertainty coursing through my veins.

Erin: "If they're not..." I said before hesitating.

I hesitate because I need to get this right the first time, I need to explain to her what will happen if they're not there, I need to keep my promise to her that I made when we first got to The Dome.

~*Flashback*~

I look for her frantically, whipping my head round in different directions until my focus lands on her. My best friend.

I quickly scramble over to her, dragging my weak and tired body across the floor til I reach her unmoving body. My eyes widen in worry and increasing anxiety as I go to check her pulse.

Erin: "Please don't leave me" I whisper out before grabbing her still body and wrapping my arms around her and pulling her closer to me, trying to find a way to help her breathe. Her pulse was weak, so weak that I could barely hear it. Especially over the thumping of my own heart which drowns out all the thoughts in my brain. Suddenly I kick into fight or flight mode and grab her, hoisting her up before I hear footsteps approaching, quickly I spin around to find an old man approaching us both, an expression on his face that makes me slightly fear him. But fear won't do us any good, I have to protect her.

Erin: "I'll keep you safe forever, I promise" I whisper before whipping around to the man in front of me.

~*End of Flashback*~

Erin: "If they're not...we've got each other. If they're gone, I'll be there for you, you'll be there for me. We'll look after each other like we did in The Dome. Like I've told you before, I'll keep you safe...forever" I said smiling at the girl across from me, who had calmed down hearing my words, fewer tears slipping out from her eyes whilst she wiped her nose. Her appearance seemed normal again, as if she had never cried, the only thing telling you she had been being her red eyes.

Cody: "We're going home" she whispered out, a smile on her face.

Erin: "Yeah...home" I say smiling back at her, a breath releasing from my lungs that I didn't know I had been holding onto.

~*Time Skip*~

The car had come to a stop and the driver waited for us all to get out before I paid...of course I didn't have enough so it was my only hope that my Mum was still waiting for me, otherwise we'd really be in trouble.

We all hopped out the taxi and grabbed our bags, placing them on the pavement before I walked over to the taxi driver and told him to wait so I could go and get some money. He nodded and smiled whilst I spun around to face the rest of the group, nerves creeping up into my stomach as I walked over to them a small smile on my face, that I was using to try and mask how anxious I felt.

They all smiled back encouraging me to go and knock on the door of my old home. I didn't bother looking through the window to see if anyone was inside but instead approached, looking at the group once more with uncertainty filling my body before snapping myself back to reality and turning to look at the door that was meters away.

My hands trembled and my eyes watered as I slowly approached the door. Something was behind there and I prayed that it would be a person that I was familiar with. I prayed it would be the person I had missed the most since my disappearance. I prayed it would be the owner of the second necklace that hung around my neck. My body felt hot and I could feel my own sweat start to trickle down my neck.

It was strange, being here again after so long. Despite how long I'd been away, I still remembered everything about the place; the crooked steps that lead up to the door that reminded me of the winter snow. The white paint had faded since I had last seen it, but I still recognized it. It looked like the color of the blizzard that we had encountered on our journey home. I walked up to the door, dragging my luggage behind me. I raised my hand to knock, but I stopped. I took a deep breath, and forced myself to hit the door. I heard the a shuffling sound coming from inside, and someone running to get the door as they shouted that they would be just a minute. I stood in silence for what felt like hours, nerves coursing through my body at a crazy rate.Cold sweat glistened on my furrowed brow. My hands now clasped tightly in front of my stomach as I constantly fiddled with my knuckles, weaving my fingers in and out of each other as a way to cope. I waited a little longer, the anticipation of the door opening making my heart pound.

Then almost as if it were in slow motion I saw the door swing open.