Author's note:
Hey everyone! Sorry it took me so long to update this story. I haven't had access to a comp in like…wow it's going on close to a year now. I was also trying to think up more ideas for this story. Thank you for being so patient and again, sorry for the wait for my update.
"Well, that went better then I thought it would." "Were they happy to see you?" "Yeah, they were so happy to see me..." "Then you told them you weren't staying, right? So what did they think?" "Well, they didn't like it that's for sure." "I see...what do you think your parents are going to say?" "I have absolutely no clue." "Will they be alright with it?" "Hopefully, but I'm not going to get my hopes up." Zoey said as she rounded the corner to her house. "K, i'm here, so I'll call you back after I tell them." "Alright, hope thins go well, kitten." "Ha...same here." Zoey hung up her cell, took out her key and unlocked the door and went inside. "Mom? Mom! I'm home!" Zoey called, and heard a noise like breaking glass in the kitchen. "Mom?" Zoey walked into the kitchen and hurried to where her mother was picking up pieces of broken glass. "Mom! Be careful!" The woman stopped what she was doing, as Zoey touched her hands. She looked up and stared into Zoey's face. "Z...Zoey!" She cried and carefully grasped her daughter in a tight embrace. Zoey smiled as she hugged her mother, "it's alright mom. I'm back and I'm alive." "How? The shuttle went down! How did you survive?" "I'll tell you all about it, but I must tell you something first...and you may or may not like it." "Hm? What's that honey?" Zoey took a deep breath "I'm not staying very long." "Staying where?" "I'm not coming home for good. I just came back to let everyone know I was alright. I know how much you must have worried and how much pain you must have went through. I'm sorry to have caused you such pain, but I had no way to contact you until now." "...I see...have you found him honey?" "Hm?" "Have you found the man you love, while far from home?" Zoey was amazed that her mother was at the moment so accepting. "Yes, I've found him mom. Though...I'd already found him a long time ago, I just never realized until recently." "Hm, sometimes, that's just how things work, isn't it honey? It takes something like a near death experience for your eyes to see the same as your heart has seen for years." Zoey nodded, "That sounds about right...when will dad be home?" "Soon dear. Are you hungry?" "Sure, first I'll help clean this glass up. Sorry that I startled you." "Honey, for a mother who thought she had lost her only child; or child in general, I'm glad you startled me honey. Cause you being alive is the only thing that mattered and still matters to me." "Did you think I'd really died?" "Your father and I both knew that you were strong and that you wouldn't die so easily...but when they had the funeral...we didn't know what to think anymore and you'd been gone so long too." Zoey nodded, "I understand mom...oh!" "Sakura! I'm..." "DADDY!" Zoey went practically flying to her father and wrapped her arms around him. He just sighed with relief. "Oh, Zoey, welcome home honey."