22. New home
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It was a joyous reunion later that day.
Andrea got to hold her little girl in her arms again.
Mike and Christine were reunited with their youngest child. Holding little Lucas in her arms, Christine Slattery was crying as she never thought she would have a chance to see her little boy again.
Tom hold his son and daughter as his wife embraced them.
Seeing Kara hug her mother, Debbie. He saw she was happy to see her and the joy of the moment got even higher when she was reunited with her best friend, Alisha. Never thinking that she would make it back from Europe.
Glancing at the people coming to greet them at the beach he saw Frankie, walking on his own. Looking healthy again. They hugged briefly and to his surprise he saw Nathan Smith in front of him.
"No hard feelings?" Nathan asked meeting his gaze.
"It's okay Smith. I understand why you did it." He nodded to the man. And he did understand his actions now more than ever. Knowing that if it had been him, he would have done the same. Giving a quick glance towards Kara who seemed to be in very good spirits as she was talking with Alisha and her mother.
Berchem hadn't make it though. He had been on the mission to take over the ship, but was killed in action.
Burk met also an old friend from the Nathan James, Javier Cruz was here with his sister and nephews. He must have come back to Norfolk somehow, he thought. He had been visiting his sister at the time when the virus hit.
But as it seemed that nearly everyone was in high spirits because they still had their loved ones, he could see Ravit and Wolf standing a little outside of the people on the beach. He saw the look on their faces, not quite knowing if they belonged here. They didn't have any family on the island. They didn't know if they were still alive. He sighed because he had that same feeling inside of him. His own family was missing too. But he wasn't entirely alone either, he had a family, he had Kara and their friends.
He was putting up a tent for him and Kara, wondering how long would they be on the island. How long would it take for Dr. Scott to succeed in her mission to make a vaccine.
If she would succeed..
The regulation army tent, never thought that it would be their first "home" together. But if it was enough for Kara, it would be enough for him. They weren't exactly legally married either, but it didn't matter to her and for him it was enough to know that she had given her heart to him in front of everyone, so in his mind it was official.
"You okay?" He heard her ask from behind him as he had been standing there still, holding the tent in his arms.
"Just thinking about how this will be our home.." He gave a glance towards her and continued on with the tent.
"Danny.. In an ideal world I would want a house too." He heard her say, not exactly expecting her to say that. But it did seem that she had read his mind. That this is not exactly how things should go. That they should have a house. A house were their children could grow up in, a yard to play in. Not a tent that would probably be lost if a storm hit them, although the army tents were somewhat stronger but still.
"Perhaps one day." He answered not wanting to meet her eyes because he wasn't entirely sure whether it would happen. If he was telling the truth or just saying the words they both needed to hear in the moment.
Later in the evening as he was lying in the bed they had made inside the tent. Holding her as she snuggled lying half on top of him. Nesting her head under his chin. Staring at the roof of the tent, seeing the dreamcatcher Kara had made. Wooden sticks as a frame, white thread going in the middle like a spiders web. Seashells used to decorate it. He smiled at her little creation. She had made it to make him feel like it was their home and sure enough it did feel just a little more homier now.
He thought about when he was a little boy, coming home from school. He remembered one sunny day when he walked around the corner and glanced at his childhood home. Pale yellow house with a white picket fence. He could almost feel the breeze of the wind in the air as the apple tree's they had in the garden were moving gently in the wind. He wondered if he ever got to go back home, to see his childhood home once more. If he ever got to see his family again.