Tracy arrived at Elm Tree House an hour later. The house looked exactly the same as the image she had of it in her head. She caught herself tearing up when she saw some of her old friends getting out of their cars. Back then, Tracy never considered them her friends but she's come to realise they were. All of them. She shared everything with them. They were like her brothers and sisters. They didn't always get along, but they were, in a way, family. Tracy wiped the tears off her face and got out of the car.
"Oh my God," Tracy heard. "Is that you Tracy?"
Tracy turned around. Was that Adele talking to her? No, Adele was a lot older. Was it... No, it couldn't possibly be Dolly. But it was! It was Dolly!
"Dolly?!"
"Yeah, oh Tracy, I'm so happy to see you!"
Dolly and Tracy gave eachother a tight hug. Tracy couldn't believe it. It had been olmost twenty years. Dolly was only seven years old when Tracy saw her for the last time.
"You haven't changed a bit." Dolly said.
"No? Well you have! Look at you! I always imagined you being that tiny little girl." Said Tracy, laughing.
Dolly smiled. Right after that she and Tracy wanted to go inside, until they both heard someone calling their names.
"Tracy, Dolly?"
Tracy and Dolly turned around and saw a blonde woman with two blonde little boys, probably identical twins, walking towards them. Tracy didn't recognise her and neither did Dolly. Tracy was a bit embarrassed. She thought she would recognise everyone.
"Hi girls!" The woman said to Tracy and Dolly.
Tracy didn't know what to say.
"Hey." She eventually said.
"It's so good to see you two! How are you doing?"
She didn't give Tracy and Dolly any time to reply. She kept talking.
"These are my two little rascals. Trevor and Alexander. Unfortunately Ronald, my husband, couldn't make it today. Didn't you bring your families?"
Before Tracy and Dolly even opened their mouths two other women showed up. Tracy only recognised one of them. Although she didn't look that, well, bikerish, Tracy saw one of the two women approaching her was Amber.
"Umm..." Amber said.
Tracy realised she was blocking the door so she moved a bit to the side. Amber and the other woman went inside.
"Well... Shall we follow them?" The blonde woman with the two little boys said.
There was no point in answering her, as she already went inside. Right after they went through the door someone, a few steps away said: "Heeey, Louise!"
Oh of course. How could Tracy be so stupid! She could have known that was Louise. She didn't change a bit actually. But damn... Louise got married? She had kids? When did all that happen?
Tracy was only more confused when she found out the person who did recognise Louise was her one and only anti-friend Justine Littlewood. Tracy and Justine never got along. They hated eachother. The last time they saw eachother was five years ago, when Tracy still worked at The Dumping Ground. Even though they had a small fight, they were more like frenemies than actual enemies after that visit. After all, the fights she had with Justine were a part of her childhood.
However, Tracy was not too happy to see Justine. So she abandoned Dolly and Louise, and went inside the old living room. She was surprised to see it looked exactly the same as five years ago and even more surprised that all the people in there got enourmous smiles on their faces when they saw Tracy. All of her old friends! Jackie, Crash, Zac, Ryan, Wolfie, Peter... Everyone! Tracy had no idea who to hug first. She was overwhelmed. She had never been so happy to be home.