Home Again Chapter 1: All I have to do is Dream, an escaflowne fanfic

Home Again

Chapter 1

Dream

Dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream

When i want you

In my arms

When i want you

And all your charms

Whenever i want you all i have to do is dream...

It's true what they say; you can never go home, even though I'm about to. My rental car speeds down the empty highway to Kammakita, my hometown. I haven't been home since I was 18 when left for collage, that was 7 years ago, so here I am 25 still single and going to a place I spent the last 7 years trying to avoid. My parents split up when I was 16 and dad left, I left two years after him. My mother and I were never close and the arguments started to get to my little brother so it was best I leave. The only reason I'm going back now is because of a promise I made to my best friend when I was 7 years old.

When I feel blue in the night

When I need you to hold me tight

Whenever I want you, all I have to do is

Drea-ea-ea-ea-ea-eam

I turn left at the intersection and head into the small suburb where I spent most of my childhood; I can almost see ghosts of myself and my best friends running throughout the town causing havoc where ever we went. There were 4 of us then, and we're all being dragged back by the only one who couldn't leave. Hana went to England where she is an engineer, Kit became an actress and like myself went America only she went to California, I went to Maine and became a reasonably well known sci-fi writer. Any ways the reason we are getting dragged half-way around the world is because of Yukari, the only one who didn't leave Kammakita, she got married to her high school sweet heart, is living in here parents house since they left Japan when her dad retired. Yukari is pregnant and wants us to be here with her till it comes, all because at age 7 we made a promise to be here for anyone of us who needs help, hell if I had known this would have happened I wouldn't of promised.

I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine

Anytime night or day

Only trouble is, gee whiz

I'm dreaming my life away

I pull up the car to a pretty house, its small but then all houses in Japan are. I am thankful that Yukari insisted onus stay at her house, because I refuse to stay with my Mother. Even if I do miss my little brother a lot, I can't even be in the same room as her for two minutes let alone the same house for god knows how long. Opening the car door I climb out and walk up to the door, I no sooner start to knock on the door than I am bombarded by a very happy, very pregnant Yukari.

I need you so that I could die

I love you so and that is why

Whenever I want you all I have to do is

Drea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream Drea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-eam

"Hitomi!" Yukari squeals and hugs me tightly again

"Hey, Kari" I smile and hug her with some difficulty due to her added bulk

"Amano, get your rear in gear and get Hitomi's things then go out and get me watermelon" shouts Yukari over her shoulder, to where a man around 26 had sauntered out a few seconds earlier

"Yes dear" he replies to his wife's demands and gives her a peck on the cheek

"Hi Amano, how are you holding up?" she laughs looking at him critically, he was still very attractive, tall with warm brown eyes and slightly shaggy spiky hair cut, he appeared not to have slept for some time from the dark rings under his eyes.

"Horrible, I'm a slave to that woman, people say its so hard on women… ha men go through more hell during the pregnancy then they do, I was up all night getting food for her damn cravings." He spoke somewhat harshly

"AMANO, language! My baby is not going to hear such things, NOW GO!" retorted his wife.

I can make you mine, taste you lips of wine

Anytime night or day

Only trouble is, gee whiz I'm dreaming my life away

Amano shuffled out the door and after putting my stuff in the room Hana and I would share went off in search of watermelon, Yukari dragged me into the living room to catch up. Yukari herself looked like a pregnant version of her high school self unlike her husband who looked quite different from the last time I saw them which was there wedding which was held in Tokyo.

"You grew your hair out" my friend commented while fiddling with the cushions on the sofa.

True I did grow my hair out; it was to the small of my back and was pulled into a very sloppy ponytail. I had my normal baggy T-shirt and jeans on. Which Yukari looked at disgustedly, she was stickler for neatness as was apparent in the over cushioned room we were in, it was very neat and very homemakers magazine cover material un-like my own apartment which was buried under millions of papers.

"The house looks like it did when your mom and dad lived here." I muttered trying to pull the topic off my looks and me quickly.

"Yes I suppose it does but why mess with perfection" she prattled with a superior look on her face.

"When are the others arriving?" I ask still looking at the room

"In about an hour, you don't mind sharing with Hana but there just isn't the extra guestroom since it was turned into the nursery and we both know how Kit gets… actresses!" she laughs

I need you so that I could die

I love you so and that is why

Whenever I want you all I have to do is

Drea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream Drea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream Drea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream

Drea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-eam

All of a sudden a loud knock from the door interrupts our conversation. Yukari looks up startled then smiles.

"That must be them, Hitomi help me up I have trouble standing know!" She commands holding out her hand for me to grab.

After heaving Yukari up which took several attempts on my part, we dash, well I dash and Yukari waddles out to the door where Hana and Kit stood.

"Hi" we chorused and hug each other tightly

"Well come on in, when Amano comes back he'll get your things." She said switching into hostess mode almost instantly

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A/N Hi people, new fic here! This will get good I promise, especially since there is more reunions to come and fireworks too! Hope you keep reading and enjoying this story.

But I do have an ultimatum for you all 3 reviews per chapter or no more chapters

Disclaimer: I don't own escaflowne, or the song used it was by the "Everly Brothers" but I do own Hana and Kit.