Skye stood in the middle of the bustling airport. Looking around she couldn't find any of her family or her friends.

Where are they?

Sky tried jumping to see above everyone's heads. At 15 she was quite tall; but just not tall enough. She walked to the escalator and rode it up to the next floor. Maybe she could see them from up here.

Skye caught a glimpse of her name on something. Chad stood holding a big blue paper with "Welcome Home Skye!" written on it; the rest of her family was waving at her. Skye about melted to the floor.

She rode the escalator (more like ran down it like a treadmill) down to the floor. She ran to them and was enclosed in Chad's arms first. She took in a deep breath as she laid her head against his chest.

"I missed you." He whispered into her ear.

Skye pulled back and smiled at him mischievously.

"Hey! Do I get a hug or just him?" Morgan said.

Skye leaned down and gave her a big hug.

"So how ya' doin' little cowgirl." Dad said with his arm around her shoulders.

"Great!" she said.

"We missed you so much sweetie!" Mom said.

"I know. I missed you guys too!" She said, a few joyful tears slid off her cheek. "I am so glad to come back home!"

"We are too! Lets go find your bags Skye and we can GO home!" Mom said.

Skye waited for Chad to catch up to her before she followed her family.

"So, how was it in Uganda?" He asked

"It was awesome! It inspired me so much!" She said.

"Oh, how so?" he said.

"Chad, I want to adopt a whole bunch of kids someday!" She explained.

"Really? Cool, sounds tiring though!"

"Oh, but it would be worth it! And of course I think I would want to do it on a horse ranch like Mom and Dad do. And they also would have to foster kids first like I was. I don't think you can immediately adopt without foster care first in America anymore, can you?"

"I don't know. Maybe, you should ask your foster care and adoption experienced parents!" He said sarcastically.

"Whatever!" She said, shoving him. "Did you do anything interesting while I was gone?"

"Maayybe." He said with a suspicious grin.

"Oh really? Well, is a certain someone going to tell me or do I have to figure it out myself?"

"Neither. You have to wait till Wednesday."

"But that is two whole days away! Wait a minute! My birthday is on Wednesday isn't it?"

"Humph! Wow, you can't even remember your own birthday!"

"I-I… I remembered, its just that I was saying that because it seemed suspicious that whatever you did I would find out on my birthday! Ha! You didn't stump me!"

"But I almost did!" He smiled as he reached for her hand and squeezed it briefly before letting go.

"We found your bags Skye!" Dad said as he lifted one bag. "Chad, you can carry the REALLY heavy one yourself."

Chad chuckled as he hefted the bulging bag over his shoulder. Skye saw his muscles at work when he did that. Skye sighed to herself at that.

He is so strong! I can't wait to find out what he is hiding from me!