Chapter Twenty Seven

Dylan's POV:

It's the day that Emilia is suppose to be leaving for England. Sad but true, not really. The day Ally left I asked her if it was ok if I go as well. She smiled and said yes. Thing was it was part of my birthday present for Emilia so she still has no clue i'm going. I got an earlier flight so i can meet her at the airport in England when she lands.

"Passport and ticket?" The boarding lady asks, I give it to her, she nods and scans the ticket, hands them back to me and smiles, "Have a nice flight sir." she nods.

"Thank you." I reply and walk down the hallway for my awaiting plane.

England here I come.

Emilia's POV:

Last minute before leaving the house is the worst. I had to make sure I didn't forget anything.

Luggage. Check.

Ticket. Check.

Passport. Check.

Phone. Check.

Wallet. Check.

All good to go and just in time cause my ride has arrived. Ash is taking me to the airport as he says he will miss me very much, even though I'll only be gone for a week or so. My mother is a very busy person, so it's very hard for us to hang out much but let me tell you my mother is my role model. She's taken care of me and Ash by herself until Ash was older enough to look after me. That's the whole reason why she started the home business, so she can take care of us. As we got older Ana asked mom if she wanted to be a traveling photographer and get paid heaps more. She obviously accepted as we needed the money. But she's always there for us when we need it.

"Hey bro." I greet and he smiles,

"Looking forward for your trip?" he asks and I smile,

"Yep, first time over seas!! I'm soo excited." I say jumping up and down, "And I get to see mom!!" I tell him and he now has a sad smile on his lips,

"I wish I could come Em, it's just..."

"It's fine, plus you made it up to me by playing 'never have I ever...' and you also stayed the week with me."

"I'm going to miss you very much sis." he says throwing his arms around me and giving me a tight hug,

"Can't... breathe." I manage to get out, and he chuckles,

"Right." he laughs giving me a kiss on the cheek, "Now get your ass in my car, I'll put your things in the trunk."

"Thanks bro." I say smiling.

Forty five minutes later we arrive at the international airport. Yes and we did the usual sister brother tradition of singing really badly to random songs on the radio, but who cares it's my birthday tomorrow. I help my brother take out my things from the trunk and head in together, and we see the whole group only thing that made a frown grow on my lips were the fact that my boyfriend was no where to be seen. Fabulous.

"Emilia!! Ready for your flight to England?" Ava asks and I smile,

"Yea I am actually." I say nodding, "um where is Dylan?" I ask her and she smiles sadly but it looks like she is trying not to smile about something,

And that's when I know something is up.

"Uh yea... he kinda forgot to mention that he had to go..." she pauses, just another excuse to not see me leave even though he wouldn't leave my side all week,

"He had to go somewhere very important." Hunter says quickly filling in for her,

"Ok, what could be more important then me leaving?" oh my gosh that sounded so selfish of me, "never mind, it's none of my business." I say shaking my head and walking to the check into my flight.

"Em, don't worry about him. You go an enjoy yourself in England now will you and make sure you Skype me everyday, got it. And me and my sister will take good care of Coco for you." Jace tells me and I smile,

"Oh Jacey am I going to miss you." I say turning and giving him a hug, he's been nice to me since day one. Everyone in the group has. He just murmurs a 'will you stop calling me that' and I smile, "Thank you by the way, for taking care of Coco for me."

"It's not going to be that long Em, a week maximum." Cory fills in and I smile with teary eyes,

"Oh come here Cory." I say walking towards him with my arms out, I know he hates it when he gets hugged. He just walks backwards,

"No." he says with a slight smirk,

"Cory," I say taking a step forward and seems like someone's eager for a hug cause he got pushed forward right into my arms. Hearing Aiden laughing his ass off.

"Group hug!!" I hear Phebs say. And suddenly I am getting squished like a bug, and the tears are falling now, let me correct myself, happy tears.

"I'm going to miss all of you, but I... can't... breathe..." I let out and I hear a mumble of oh and right.

"Flight 6583 to England is now boarding." a monotone voice comes from the speakers and that indicates I'm off.

I take my stand and walk to the line. The line is surprisingly fast,

"Passport and ticket please?" The boarding lady asks and I hand them to her and she scans them. "Thank you, have a nice flight." she says passing them back to me and I head down the hallway towards my awaiting flight. Towards the end of the hallway is a group of lady's and men with flight attendant uniforms on, greeting the passengers and showing them the way to their seats.

"Hello, ticket please?" I show the cute man my ticket and he smiles,

"Hi." I greet with a smile,

"Ok follow me and I'll take you to your assigned seat." he tells me and I smile. The man takes me up a set of stairs and down a few rows and there is my awaited seat by the window.

"Thank you." I say and take my seat.

Well now I am really excited to see my mom at the airport, I just can't wait. Just alittle disappointed that Dylan couldn't make it to see me off but oh well.

"Miss. Miss." I feel my body shake a touch, I flutter my eyes open to see a flight attendant, "The plane has landed." She tells me with a smile. I realise I am one of the last people to leave the plane, I must have dosed off. I nod and smile at her. I quickly gather my carry on and head off the plane. I hurry out of the hallway and into the England airport. I'm soo happy right now, but I still can't see my mom until I get my bag and head to security check.

After waiting an hour in line, I finally go through the security check and I now have both my bags. I look around for the familiar face of my mom, as I was scanning through the crowds I saw a face I thought I wouldn't see until next week.

What the hell is he doing here?

Once he notices me he runs up to me and when I say run, I mean literally run. I smile as he gets closer and shake my head,

"How do you do my lady?" he says in a British accent and I smile mischievously,

"Very well good sir." I say with a fake accent, we just laugh. "Now tell me what are you doing here?"

"Emilia!! Happy birthday!!" My mother says crushing me in a hug,

"Mom!! It's soo nice to see you!!" I say with excitement and hug her back just as tight, "Uh but a question for you... why is Dylan here?" I ask, turning around to face him with a grin, "Not that I don't want you here. It's just that I thought you had to go somewhere important."

"Oh, hmm well yes I did have somewhere important to go to." Dylan says smirking, and I raise my brow for him to continue, "Well my girlfriend, you see she had to go to England for her birthday and I wanted to spend time with her you know, get to know her better. So I asked her mother if I could come along."

"Mmm, so this girlfriend of yours she's in England?" I say playing along taking a step forward, "that's very sweet of you to come here for her. I'd have to say that is the definition of a perfect boyfriend." I say with a smile, biting my lower lip and taking another step forward while he does the same,

"Yes, a very lucky girl she is." he says grinning, taking a step so he is now so close we are touching. His face is just above mine now, leaning forward just as I feel his warm breath on my lips he whispers, "I love you."

And that's when his lips came crashing down on my own, my lips instantly moving on there own accord. The kiss is more of a hungry one and the first time it's happened in a public area. Just as his tongue touched my bottom lip we get interrupted,

"Ahem!!" I hear the very familiar fake clearing of a throat, "It's so very nice of you to be united back together, but please can it wait till i'm not around." My mother says with a cheeky smirk and I wipe the corner of my lips with my thumb and nod with a cheeky smile and heated cheeks. I look at Dylan who is grinning Cheshire cat with a tint of red to his cheeks.

"Let's go."

We get back to the hotel late afternoon and my god it was amazing!! I look around and smile and guess what my view is... the water view and the London bridge!! OMG this view is just AMAZING!! This whole place is just AMAZING!! I'm going to get such amazing photo's here that I can give to Ana. I'm so happy I am here and not only with my mother but my boyfriend too. Speaking of boyfriend, Dylan just went out to get some food for us while got settled into the hotel and I think it is also to give me and my mom some privacy.

"So how's everything going sweetie?"

"Actually everything's great, as you can probably tell Dylan is now my boyfriend, Phebs and Leon are now together, hmm oh and Ana offered me an internship in New York after graduation!!"

"OMG!! EMILIA THAT IS AWESOME!!" Mom squeals and gives me another tight hug and then pulls back, "Have you told the others?" she says with narrowed eyes, and I sheepishly shake my head, "Emilia, have you accepted the offer yet?" she asks and I smile,

"Yes, it was such a good offer and you know how much I want to be a photographer so can you please not say anything... not just yet anyways, it just hasn't been the right time to say anything yet." I tell her, I don't want to say anything just yet, maybe another week or two,

"What do you think Ash is going to say about this?" she asks with her lips tightly pressed together,

"I don't know mom, but I really want to do this. For me. I've waited so long for this opportunity and I finally have it. Plus I remember you telling me to follow my dreams." I say smiling and she smiles back nodding with tears in her eyes, she wraps her arms around me and hugs me tightly,

"I'm sorry I haven't been around much in your life, I really am. Yes I do remember telling you that and let me tell you I am so proud to have you as my daughter. I want you to follow your dreams, that's what you have been doing since the day you were born baby. Em I'm close to having enough money now so after this last job I have that is in France I am coming home to you and your brother. I miss you guys very much, you have to understand that baby. I really do miss you, I love you." she tells me and I can hear her sniffling,

"Mom, you know I understand why you focus more on your job. You are my role model mom." I say smiling and hugging her tightly, "and I'm following my dreams by accepting this internship." I say smiling, and I pull back smiling, "I'm so glad you are coming home mom." I kiss her cheek and smile, my eyes watering, "I love you mom."

Mom pulls back and smiles. I'm smiling while waving my eyes dry and breathing slowly, I just miss having mom around I guess.

"Now we really have to stop crying and have some fun in this city. Once Dylan gets back with food first and maybe some sleep all set for tomorrow's agenda." She smiles and I nod. "By the way, I didn't actually tell what happened at the airport back home did I?" she asks and I shake my head and she smiles.

"I'll start from when Dylan asked to speak to me..."

Mom tells me what happened that day and soon my eyes are watering again, with happiness of course. Dylan asked my mother to come here to England with us, she said other things he told her were to be kept secret to his wishes but I'd find out soon enough since it was all part of my birthday present. She also told me that the group brought her a nice watch that she showed me and it was gorgeous. Later towards the afternoon Dylan came back with fish and chips. We sat around eating while watching some TV, talking about California and mom's trip to Italy and heaps more. When I looked at the clock I saw that it was passed eleven thirty and I let a yawn escape my lips,

"I think I'm going to head to bed." I tell them getting up and letting out another yawn, while my eyes start getting too heavy to keep open anymore.

"Night sweetie, now get a good sleep we have big plans for tomorrow." Mom tells me and I smile, as I start to head to bed I hear Dylan tell my mom that he is also going to head to bed too.

I reach my room to feel a pair of arms wrap around my waist quickly, "You didn't think I was going to let you go to bed without saying goodnight did you." Dylan states and I smile, even in my sleepy state, and whisper,

"No, not really." I tell him while he places a kiss on my cheek, I just drag him to the bed and lie down,

"Kids you better keep that door open." Mom yells out with humour to her tone and I smile, uhuh very like my mom. I don't reply and neither does Dylan, that's why I get along with my mom she knows that nothing will happen and that is true, nothing will happen more than sleep.

Dylan lays down next to me pulling the blankets up and kissing my forehead, "This is part of my present isn't it?" I ask sleepily, with a small smile, my eyes getting heavier by the second,

"Sweet dreams, sweet cheeks." Dylan whispers, without answering the question I already know the answer,

Just before I completely fell into the darkness I hear Dylan whisper, "I love you."