There he was standing right there, where Dixie said he was. I could not believe my eyes, I was so sure that he was dead. I ran up and hugged him. I didn't care who saw. My dad was alive and that was all that mattered.
Once I had let go of him I noticed that people were looking at each other confused. They had no idea what was going on and must of thought that I had gone nuts as I tend to keep myself to myself so they have never seen me hug another person.
"Alright Leah? What's wrong, I thought you would be pleased to see me," he seemed quite concerned.
"I am pleased to see you, why would you think otherwise?"
"You're crying and I know that is something that you rarely do."
"I... What?..." Until this moment I hadn't realised that I was crying, "I'm just really pleased to see you I said... I thought you were dead dad," then I started sobbing.
He pulled me in for another hug, "Hey now, no need to get upset, why did you think I was dead? I'm really sorry, I tried to contact you but someone stole my phone and I didn't have your number or address, so I had no way of letting you know that I would be on a different flight."
I then explained to him about the phone call, the accident at the airport and how a couple of British men had been killed.
"I am so sorry about that, but it's okay now sweetheart."
I had completely forgotten about the fact that we were surrounded by people watching us, it seemed like dad had as well so we broke apart and looked around kind of awkwardly. Luckily for us an impatient visitor started having a go at Noel, so the silence was broken and things became less awkward.
I looked over at Jeff and Dixie and saw that they looked very uncomfortable so I decided that I would go over and introduce them to my dad, Dixie had already met him of course, but she didn't know who he was. Then things went back to normal.
"You feelin' better Leah? I mean if you're alright it would be a massive help if you could stay for the rest of your shift." Dixie asked.
"Of course, that's fine," I replied.
"So where you stayin' Luke?" Jeff had joined in the conversation, "Leah asked a while ago if you could stay with us and we would be happy to have you in our spare room if you want to."
"Cheers mate, that would be great, I'll bring my things round after the shift, if that's okay,"
"Of course that would be fine," Dixie interrupted, " Jamie wont be with us anymore as he has decided to stay at the ED for the rest of his shift, seeing as we now have an even number we can go out in two's again. Leah you're with me, Luke you're with Jeff."
Dad looked at me confused then a look of realisation appear on his face as he took in what I was wearing.
"I thought you were a nurse," he said, "you know how I feel about this," he sighed.
"I know, I'm sorry, could we please discuss this later?"
"Fine, meet me at the end of your shift and we can talk and we can sort out moving my things at the same time."
"Sure, that's fine," I replied.
Dixie then announced that we had a shout, so the conversation ended there, and we headed off to the ambulance.