Chapter 41

Sorry for the long wait! Charlie tends to keep me very busy!!

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Soon it was time for Tyler, Jordan and myself to head to the airport and to say that I was nervous was an understatement, I could feel my palms were clammy against the rubber of my crutches and it was making it so hard to hold them steady.

We waited at the arrivals and I found myself pacing back and forth checking the arrivals board every minute or so and rubbing my hands against my jeans every time I stopped.

“Gill you already know that the flight has landed, they will be here in a few minutes. Will you please stop pacing you are making me nervous and you are going to tire yourself out.”

“Sorry” I answer quietly and I stand beside Tyler letting his arms wrap around my waist and pull me close to him.

“Why are you so nervous Gill?” I see Jordan smiling down at me, his blue eyes glistening.

“It is a long story, I will tell you another time, just be prepared for some hostility.”

“Oh ok” He answers as the smile disappears from his face.

“Here they come” I announce as I stand forward so that they notice me.

“Hi” I start nervously. “How are you all? How was your flight?”

Andy, my brother is the first to answer.

“We are all fine thanks, how are you? Why are you on crutches? The flight was fine, it actually went really quickly, we were pleasantly surprised.” I could hear young Cameron making random child noises in the background and I wanted him to know who I was and it hurt that he didn’t.

“I am fine thanks, I broke my foot a couple of nights ago so these 2 will be driving you all back to my house.” I point back to them. “This is Tyler, my boyfriend and this is Jordan, one of our best friends.”

I introduce everyone to the guys and then start walking to the cars with Tyler and Jordan taking some of the luggage. No one spoke again until we reached the cars.

“So who would like to go in what car?” I ask pointing to Tylers giant 4 x 4 and my smaller 4 x 4 that Jordan is driving.

“Rosie, Cameron and I will go with Tyler.” Andy answered and immediately set about putting Cameron’s car seat in place so my Mum and Dad put their things in my car and climbed in.

“I will go with Mum and Dad.” I tell Tyler before leaning up and giving him a small kiss and a reassuring smile. “See you at the house.”

The car journey started off quiet so I decided that I should be trying to break the ice, it was so hard to believe that the atmosphere could be so uncomfortable with my parents.

“So how are you both?” I ask as I turn to look at them the best I can. “You both look really well.”

They looked at each other before answering and much to my surprise it was my mum who spoke first. My dad was always slim although like most older men he had a bit of a beer belly and much to my surprise this was totally gone and he looked very handsome, he still had thick brown hair and he was looking healthy. He suffered a work related injury a couple of years before I moved away which left him with a permanent limp but even his walking had improved although it was still not back to normal and I knew it never would be. My mum was small with a rounded figure and although she was still plump she to had lost a lot of weight and her hair was darker which suited her round face.

“We are fine thanks, actually the flight was much better than we expected. How are you?” Her voice was soft and friendly and I realised then how much I had missed them both. My mum and I used to be so close, we knew everything about each other.

“I am fine thanks apart from my foot. I have missed you all so much and I am so looking forward to spending time with you.” She smiled softly back at me and I knew that somehow we could get past all that has happened and they did not hate me like I had always assumed.

Soon we reached the house and Jordan and Tyler helped us into the house with the luggage and then Jordan left giving me a hug and a reassuring smile on his way out.

“It was so nice to meet you all” Tyler started as I stood in the kitchen with him “but I will leave you all to catch up and I will see you later on. I will come back for dinner if you don’t mind.”

“Tyler stay, we would like to talk to Gill and we figure that you are both very close so we think you should here this too.”

I began to get very nervous as I finished preparing drinks and asking Tyler to take them through to the living room.

“It is ok hunny, I have a good feeling about this.” Tyler tells me as he gives me a quick kiss before heading to the living room.