Alfred yawned, he was finally on his way back to London after three long years. He was so excited to go back, but that didn't change the fact that he was exhausted. But the thought of seeing Arthur again kept him awake. He remembered the day when they first met, it was Arthur's eighth birthday, their parents were pretty close friends, so they decided to visit. On the way to the house, Alfred got lost(in a heroic way of course!). He was trying to find his way back when he heard a voice coming from a nearby bush, so he decided to check it out. A boy probably the same age as him, who was wearing a green cloak and a sweater vest, sat there talking to a rabbit. "Keep quiet okay mint bunny! I don't want to dress up yet..." the boy said, Alfred started to walk a little closer, but a twig snapped beneath his feet 'Oh great' "who's there?" the boy said cautiously, Alfred decided to show himself and stepped out of the bush "ummm... hi!" Alfred said 'awkward...' "uh, my name's uh, Alfred! Alfred F. Jones, I just happened to pass by and heard you talking so I decided to see who was there and now I know it's only you! hehe" he rambled on nervously. The boy raised an eyebrow "what are you doing here?" "ummm, hey wait what's your name? And have your eyebrows always been that huge?" the boy frowned "my eyebrows are not huge! and who are you to tell me that! you yourself have that weird hair sticking out of your head!"
"There they are!" someone shouted "Thank goodness!"
"Alfred!" his mom said "what do you think you're doing hiding like that! i thought something bad has happened to you!" Alfred just smiled at her "I wasn't hiding mom! I got lost!" he reasoned "well, anyway I'm glad you're safe!"
His mom has always been the one to worry, even if he was just gone for a minute. He heard another woman's voice "Go and get dressed, love, your guests are waiting" the woman said. "Rose!" his mom waved at her friend, who smiled fondly in return "Alfred, this is Mrs. Rose Kirkland!" Alfred flashed a bright smile at her "it's nice to meet you Mrs. Kirkland! I'm very excited to meet your son" Mrs. Kirkland smiled "yes, but you would have to wait, he's still changing I think" "I'm here mummy" Alfred turned his attention to the owner of the voice "you?" he said, the two adults exchanged knowing looks, Arthur gasped " you? You're Mrs. Jones' son? You-you-you!" and that's how they met, it was pretty weird but, the result was amazing. Since that day, the Jones visit every summer,until Arthur's parents died. It was tragic, the plane they were riding crashed, leaving ten dead, a few more wounded, and everyone else shaken. Arthur was devastated, being the one closest to them. His parents agreed with him staying with Arthur for a while in London, to keep him company while two of his brothers work. They've become even closer since, and then they both realized they were in love. But then he had to leave again to study in America. He smiled, and now he was on his way back to his love. His life is perfect!