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(Private's Pov)

I open my eyes again to find the others asleep, except for uncle Nigel, and that we are no longer underwater. Now we're in the streets of London, passing…. Wait is that London zoo? I remember my time there with uncle Nigel, all of the animals were so nice, definitely no noisy neighbors. "It's nice to be back", I say quietly hoping to strike up conversation with my uncle.

"Oh Private, your awake!", my uncle says startled. "Oh and it's nice to see you back here. Did you ever miss this?"

"Yes. Living with Skippah, K'walski and Rico is nice and all, but I do get homesick sometimes."

"Are you excited for the party on the 24th?"

"To be honest uncle Nigel, I don't know if I feel excited or nervous. It's been quite a while since i've attended a party like this."

"Your worried about seeing everyone again, aren't you?"

"Yes"

"You know, they still care about you and they ask about you, right?"

"..."

"You know it's not your fault."

"..."

"You don't have to go to the party if you don't want to."

"I've been avoiding them for two years, I wanted to change that last year, but I didn't get the chance. Now I do, I want to go through with this."

"And we will be there to help you every step of the way."

"Thank you uncle Nigel."

"Think nothing of it my dear Lad. Oh and you might want to start waking your friends up, we're almost at my home."

"Ok", I say as I look over to the guys. It's nice to see them relaxed and sleeping peacefully, it's really rare to see that back at the zoo. We really do deserve this type of break once in a while. "Psst, guys?", I whisper, trying to get their attention without startling them, but somehow I still manage to startle Skipper.

"Huh! What!?", Skipper said as he started spinning around and knocked his arm into Rico, who then yelled into Kowalski's ear. "What's going on?!", Skipper yelled fully alert and making fists with his hands.

"Skippah, please calm down. I only woke you to tell you we have almost arrived at my uncle's home.", I said as I took hold of his fists and lowered them.

"Oh, i'm sorry Private and well, everyone else…", Skipper said as he looked around to find Kowalski and Rico also awake.

"It's alright, sir.", Kowalski said as he rubbed his ear in attempt to soothe his throbbing eardrum.

"Sowry Kowalski", Rico said as he patted Kowalski's back.

"We've arrived, lads", Nigel said as he unlocked the car doors and stepped out.

"So this is your uncle's "Cottage", huh?", Skipper said in amazement as he stepped out of the vehicle, I followed behind him.

"Yup, isn't it cool?", I said as I took my suitcase from Skipper's hand. I don't need to encourage him babying me. As me and my uncle approached the mansion like-house, we noticed we weren't being followed. I turned around and saw they guys were still flabbergasted at the sight of my uncle's house. I walked over to them after putting my suitcase down and took their hands pulling them along with me. "Come on!"

We entered my uncle's house and were greeted to the familiar smell of tea and burning wood. Homy, like my uncle. "Private, go show the other lads their rooms while I prepare some tea, then we can begin making supper.", says my uncle as he walks over into the kitchen.

"Yes, uncle Nigel", I say as I go over to the guys who are looking around the home in amazement. "Come along guys. I'll show you to your rooms."

They nod while looking around, but not until I motion them towards the spiral stairs. As we go up the stairs, I trace my fingers over the old details in them, listen to the clicking of their shoes on the polished wood floor, hear their muffled step on the carpet that adorns every stair. Occasionally I look over to find a picture or two of me as a little boy and "they" are also there, I love those pictures.

As we came up to the second floor, I swung around to the stairs and faced the others. "Your rooms are right down that hall over there, you guys can start unpacking, I forgot my suitcase outside", I say as I sit on the stair railing, pushing myself to the side, sliding down. As I slide down I notice Skipper trying to grab hold of my arm and Rico staring wide eyed, while Kowalski quickly tries descending the stairs.

As I reach the end of the railing, I hear them yelling, "Private, are you alright down there?!"

"Yes, i'm fine. Don't worry i've done it many times!", I yell back before heading out the front door, seeing my suitcase out in the pavement, while rain is pouring down. London weather….

A/N- Special shout out to KermitTheIsabel and TrashAngelqueen for helping me develop and make this story better. Please rate and review, I would love to hear your thoughts on this. And, What's going on with Private? Find out in my next update, follow me to stay updated with my story. See you guys in the next chapter!