Chapter 1 – Arrival

Here I am, on a flight to England, to attend a funeral. There is a reason for this; it happened about three days ago.

Flashback

"What is this for?" I ask Madoka as she hands me an envelope.

"Just open it," she answers with one of those 'I'm so smart' smiles.

So I open it and find something that I never would have expected; a plane ticket and a piece of paper with a lot of addresses. "Again, what is this for?" I ask her with a questioning look.

"Obviously, that is plane ticket to England and it's for you to go to England," she answers as if it was blaringly obvious.

"I can see that Madoka, but why?" I ask her again.

"So that you can go to England and knock some sense into that idiot scientist," she replies.

"What's the point, I doubt he wants to see me?" I mutter to her.

"I heard what he said to you from Lin, he's only jealous of Gene because he thinks Gene will take you away from him," she answers with an encouraging smile.

"Yeah right, he rejected me," I say sadly.

"Did you not here me? He's jealous, and I believe he didn't reject you; he only asked if it was really him you love," she says, trying to encourage me. "Just come to England, attend Gene's funeral and just talk to him."

"Fine, but if it goes badly, you're responsible for getting me back to Japan," I tell her with a little reluctance.

"Yes," she screams as she bounces around the room.

End Flashback

So I'm on my way to England in the hopes that Naru will confess how much he loves me. I'm very sceptical about the chances of that ever happening, but Madoka is convinced that he loves me, so I'll see how it goes. I've been on the plane for four hours now and I still have four more to go. The only thing I have to bide my time is my iPod and the movies that they put up on the screen. The only thing is; the movies are in English and my English isn't that great. I can make out a few of the things they are saying, but other things confuse me to no end.

My only choice really is to take a nap for the rest of the time, so I lay my head on the window and drift into dreamland.

"Excuse me, excuse me," is the first thing I hear when I wake up.

When I look up, the woman who is sitting in the seat beside me is shaking my shoulders. "Yes?" I ask her; thankful she's talking in Japanese.

"The flight attendant just came by and said that the plane will be landing in ten minutes," she answers with a kind smile.

"Oh, thank-you for waking me up, I'd probably end up sleeping through the whole landing," I tell her with a chuckle.

"Ah, you're welcome, I'm sure you're not the only one in the world who would sleep through an aircraft landing," she answers with a similar chuckle to mine.

"I suppose that's true," I reply with a smile.

London Airport is huge, I thought Tokyo airport was big, but this is ridiculous. I can hardly see the other side of the building it's so big, how is Madoka supposed to find me in here? "MAI," I hear in the distance.

I sigh, of course that's how she'll find me, scream really loudly so I can hear her anywhere. I put my hand up in the air in the hopes that she can see it. She obviously does, because I can see her mop of pinkish-red hair heading straight for me. The next thing I know, I am being pulled into one of the tightest bear hugs of the century. "Madoka…I can't…breathe," I mutter, gasping for air.

"Sorry Mai, I'm just glad you're here, but I'm not the only one," she answers as she lets go.

A woman who looks to be in her early forties steps out from behind Madoka; she has greying brown hair and kind green eyes. I have no idea who she is either. She smiles at me kindly, "Mai, this is Luella Davis, Naru's mother," Madoka tells me.

"Nice to meet you Mai," Luella says kindly.

"Nice to meet you too, Mrs Davis," I reply, bowing down respectfully.

The next thing I know; I'm pulled into another bear hug. "So this is the Mai that has captured my cold son's heart; you're so cute. By the way, call me Luella," Luella tells me as she releases me from that tight hug.

"Okay," I answer, totally surprised that this woman, who I have only just met, is so excited to see me.

"Noll, Martin and Lin don't know you're here, so we're going to surprise them," says Madoka matter-of-factly as we make our way to the luggage conveyor belt to collect my luggage. "The funeral is tomorrow, so we're going to pick you up and take you there from the hotel we'll take you to now."

"Oh, okay then," I reply as I pick up my suitcase and wheel it towards the exit with Luella and Madoka right behind me.

"I can't wait to see the look on Noll's face when he sees you come out of the car tomorrow," states Luella in a cheery voice.

From what I can tell of Luella so far, she's almost exactly like Madoka; she's crazy. I'm just waiting for her to mention taking me shopping, "Mai, I am taking you shopping on Wednesday," states Luella in the tone that clearly says 'no arguing.'

"Fine," I sigh.

"Good, that's what all future mother-in-laws do with their future daughter-in-laws; go shopping," Luella states proudly.

"Eh, in-laws?" I ask surprised.

"Of course, if what Madoka says is true and Noll loves you, then you will eventually get married. Therefore you are my future daughter-in-law," she answers with a wide grin.

This makes me blush five shades of red, Naru and I getting married? I don't want to think that far ahead, I think to myself. When we get outside, Luella and Madoka lead me to a car so they can take me to the hotel I am staying at.

I hope you like this story. It suddenly came to me when I woke up this morning; I just had to write it. It probably makes it harder since now I have lots of assignments and 4 fan fictions to do. I didn't fully describe Luella because I like to leave it up to the reader's imagination as to how the characters will look.

I think that's all,
Seza, over and out.