EMILY WAITED. The airport wasn't as crowded as she had thought it to be.

It must have been because it was the middle of February, and barely anyone would have thought to make a holiday appointment. Also, most of the people who had boarded the plane had left.

It was Joe, Zoe and Alfie who hadn't came into sight yet, and it made Emily nervous.

Her long fingernails clacked against the metal railing of her seat. She hadn't realised how loud and nervous it had sounded until a hand folded over hers.

Emily looked to the side, to see her sister, signalling her with a look of assurance. She rubbed Kirsten's arm in return.

The dark brown hair of the final Maxwell sibling was seen filling in from the distance. It was Aiden, who brought news on the whereabouts of the three YouTubers coming to their country.

"So?" Emily asked as Aiden stood adjacent to his sisters. "Do you know why they're late?"

Aiden's hand stroked the back of his head roughly. "One of the suitcases had been misplaced. I'm thinking it's one of theirs."

     "Don't worry, Em. They will come." Kirsten soothed, as Emily's hand came up to her mouth, her teeth slowly chewing on her fingernails.

     It was as if in that very moment, fate had collided with her sister's words.

     The next people to exit from the luggage pick-up were familiar in the sense that they knew they had seen before, but they hadn't.

     Emily saw the brown mess of hair approach her, and couldn't help but slowly break into a jog. Her arms flung around Joe's neck as she jumped into his arms.

     Joe's hands wrapped around her waist, as he tried to steady himself, which also resulted in Joe dropping his suitcase on the ground.

     But he didn't care about that. What he cared about, was what was happening in the precise moment. Him and Emily. After months of text messages and FaceTime calls, they were finally in front of each other, in each other's arms.

     "Oh, my gosh." Emily muttered, pulling away from the hug.

     "What?" Joe asked, his British accent flowing through Emily's ears.

     Emily grinned. "You're even more uglier in person." She ruffled Joe's hair, then moving on to embrace Zoe.

"Hey, Em. It's great to finally meet you." Zoe smiled, pulling away from the hug.

"The same goes for me. I'm so glad you guys are finally here." Emily grinned in return.

Emily then moved on to Alfie, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Hi, Alf. Was the journey good?"

"Hey, love." Alfie replied, returning the action. "Apart from the suitcase misplace, everything was A-Class."

They heard a clap from the front, and turned to see Aiden. "I don't mean to get into the way of a reunion, but Emily cooked spaghetti bolgnaise back at home and I don't want it to get cold, so maybe we should drop your luggage off at the hotel and go there?"

"That sounds like a plan." Emily agreed, smiling widely.

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aww, my babies :')