I know this one is very short, but for some reason I didn't want to put it with the arrival… I didn't think they matched…

I was so excited! I had woken up at five in the morning to make sure the house was ready for everyone. They said they were gonna be here around noon, and even though I knew everything was in perfect place, I couldn't help feel like everything was suddenly wrong.

Collins got up at about six, since he had one more day of classes to teach. "Where have you been all morning?" He gave me a kiss on the cheek before walking to the kitchen for breakfast. I sat on a stool and watched him get out a bowl and spoon for his cereal.

"Collins? What if we forgot something?"

He poured his cereal and laughed. "We didn't forget anything Angel. You've spent a week obsessing about this visit, and there is now way we forgot anything."

"Are you sure? You can't think of anything else we need?"

He set his cereal on the table and sat beside me. "Nothing. We went out a few days ago and bought enough plates, cups and silverware, pillows and blankets, and shampoo for Mimi and Maureen, in there requested scents. You did all the food shopping, so I have no way of knowing if you forgot something there, but I'm sure you did great. You know, I don't remember you costing this much money in New York."

"Believe me, if you made this much money in New York, I would have. But there are no good stores in Boston that don't sell sweater vests."

"That's good to know, now let me eat my cereal in peace."

He smiled at me so I knew he was joking. "Alright, but if something goes wrong, I reserve the right to blame it on you, okay?" I gave him a kiss on the cheek as I left the kitchen and went to sit on the porch, ready to sit there for six hours waiting for my friends to arrive.