That Thursday afternoon, Samantha ( wwwDOTpolyvoreDOTcom/cgi/set?id=61373130) walked through the terminal of the airport with Arianna ( wwwDOTpolyvoreDOTcom/cgi/set?id=61373984) clutching onto Sam's hand with her favorite teddy bear in Arianna's other hand, and then she saw Camille, Logan, James and Carlos waiting for her and Arianna. She picked Arianna up and ran over and hugged her friends.
"Uncle Carlos, Uncle Jamie, Aunt Cami, Uncle Logie!" Arianna yelled as Sam put her down and Arianna hugged all of them. Sam smiled at them and pushed her suitcases behind her and out of the way of the other passengers from Texas.
"Hey, guys," Sam greeted, and Camille hugged her tightly and said, "I've missed you so much! Kendall's been making me hang out with Jo since she 'has no friends here'" Camille said using quotations, "but I heard her on the phone making plans for coffee with someone called Claire the other day." Camille said, shrugging her shoulders, confused.
"I've missed you too, Camille. I missed you, Carlitos" Sam said, as Carlos hugged her tightly and said,
"I missed you too, Sam. I missed have my little sister around to mess with all the time." Carlos smiled and pulled away from the hug, and Sam went over to James and hugged him.
"Thanks for taking those bags the other day and the visit," Sam said.
"No problem, but we should let you know that you don't have to go into hiding for a few days. Kendall got into a huge fight with Katie the other, before I got home and he has been staying the night with it ever since." James told Sam, making her laugh when he referred to her as it and not her. Sam picked Arianna up and them, Logan, Camille, and Carlos grabbed a bag and followed James to the escalade in the parking lot. "Who's it?" Arianna asked and looked to James as Sam sat her in her car seat.
"Itis the Wicked Witch of the West Coast, Arianna and she has you're mommy's friend under a very dangerous spell" James said, and wiggled his fingers making Arianna giggled. Sam smiled as they got into the car and James loaded the bags into the trunk.
When they were all in, James drove to the Holland house and pulled into the driveway. Sam climbed out of the car first and unbuckled Arianna as everyone else climbed out of the car and helped unpack the car and saw Mr. and Mrs. Holland at the front door waiting for their daughter and grand-daughter, with Mrs. Knight, Katie, Jessica, and Brandon.
"Samantha, Arianna!" Mrs. Knight and Sam's parents yelled as Sam and Arianna came into view. Sam smiled and hugged all three of them in joy.
"Oh my gosh Sam, we missed you so much around the house. It felt so empty without you here. As for Jessica and Brandon, they missed their baby sister more than anyone else could imagine. And we missed this little beautiful girl here!" Mrs. Holland, as she glanced and smiled at Arianna, who was in Mrs. Knight's arms.
Mrs. Knight sets Arianna down as her phone begins to ring with a text message. Arianna goes to Mrs. Holland as Mrs. Knight reads the message. Her face goes from smiling to shock. She then looked to Sam and calmly said; "Honey, why don't you and Arianna go inside and start settling in. Kendall's on his way over with Jo." Sam froze in her spot as the words slipped out of Mrs. Knight's mouth. Mrs. Knight and Sam's mom quickly grab Sam's hand and swipe up Arianna and quickly bring them into the house as the others brought their bags in. Just as Kendall was pulling in the driveway, Jessica and Mrs. Holland were grabbing the last few bags out of the trunk.
Kendall and Jo got out of the car and Kendall walked over to Jessica and Mrs. Holland with Jo on his tail. "Hello Mrs. Holland, Jessica. This is my fiancée, Jo. Jo, meet my neighbors, Mrs. Holland and their daughter Jessica." Kendall introduced as Jo smiled fakely. She was looking around when she spotted one of Arianna's toys in James' trunk that must have fallen out by mistake.
"James, why is there a kid toy in the trunk of your car?" Jo asked as she walked over to the trunk and picked up one of Arianna's favorite dolls. Kendall looked to his best friend with a confused look on his face.
"I was donating it, to charity!" James said, as a quick excuse. Kendall looked at his best friend with raised eyebrows.
"James, you don't donate anything. If you donate anything you make Logan do it." Kendall said, crossing his arms over his chest. James sighed and looked at Logan, then at the Holland's house in their living room, then back at Logan, who had an excuse immediately.
"There's a new family down the street and Mama Knight wanted me to get a toy for them and she didn't want to tell you just to see how long it took you to notice," Logan said quickly. Kendall looked at him not believing a word, as Jo examined the toy.
James, Kendall, Jo, Katie, Logan, Mrs. Holland, Jessica and Mrs. Knight all heard a door slam. They all turned around and saw Arianna standing on the front porch of the Holland house. When she saw what Jo was holding, she ran over to her as quickly as her 3 year old self could, who jumped and cringed at the sight of her.
"Arianna no!" a voice yelled. Kendall thought the voice was oddly familiar so his eyes drifted from the little girl before him and his fiancée, and then up to the porch again, and his eyes met the eyes of the girl he had been longing to see for three years.
"Samantha?!"