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The Swan-Clearwater girls stand at the airport terminal, anxiously waiting for Seth and Daisy to enter. Jake and Rachel are still stuck at work, but will meet us at Ateara's afterwards.

"Are you sure his plane lands at six forty-five?" Emily—more anxious than Leah and I—asks, biting her thumbnail. "What time is it now?"

Leah takes out her phone from her pocket and turns it on. "Six fifty."

"Then he should be here by now," Emily says. "What's taking so long?"

"Maybe he's all the way at the back of the plane," I shrug my shoulders. "Maybe he and Daisy have to wait until the people in front of them have collected their carry-ons and gotten off so they can do the same."

"Or maybe we got the times mixed up," Emily adds.

"I don't think we did." Even though there are a lot of people entering the airport terminal, I can just make out a tall Native American man among them. A petite young girl is walking beside him, both of them pulling a carry-on while a duffel bag is hanging on each of their backs.

The twins are the first to make a run toward Seth, followed by the rest of us. They yell, "UNCLE SEFF!" as they run as fast as their little legs can carry them. Seth and Daisy stop walking and Seth crouches down, opening his arms wide for the twins to run into, laughing when they practically throw themselves at him. He tries to pull away, but Charlie and Susie keep a firm hold on him.

"It's good to be home," he grins, hanging onto the twins as he stands up. He gestures to the girl beside him. "Everyone, this is Daisy, my girlfriend. Daisy, this is my family."

Daisy smiles at us. "It's so nice to meet all of you," she says. "Seth has told me so much about you. He even showed me a picture so I know who all of you are." She starts going down the line, pointing first at Emily, "You're Emily." She points at Leah. "You're Leah." She points at me. "And you're Bella." She then turns her attention to the twins, still clinging to Seth. "And these two are Charlotte and Susannah, Bella's daughters." She smiles at them and they shyly hide their faces in the crook of Seth's neck.

"It's so nice to meet you, too," Emily smiles. "Seth has told us so much about you."

We make our way to the baggage carousel to collect Seth and Daisy's luggage, making conversation along the way. Though the twins have finally detangled themselves from Seth, they each hold his hand while Daisy pulls his carry-on.

"I hope you're hungry," Emily says as we leave the airport with the luggage and head to the parking lot.

"Starving," Daisy says. "I wanted to grab something to eat before we left San Jose, but Seth told me we're going out for dinner once we landed in Seattle."

"San Jose?" Leah raises an eyebrow.

"Yeah, we figured we'd fly out from there instead of straight out of Stanford," Seth explains. "It was only a twenty-minute drive and one of my buddies dropped us off so we wouldn't have to pay for an Uber."

"Don't you have a car?" Emily asks.

"Unfortunately, no," Seth tells her. "I can't afford one since I paid off my student loans with the money I already had. That's another reason why I got a job at Starbucks. Actually, it was only a seasonal position, but when I get back to California, I'm going to ask if they can keep me part-time."

"Did I mention that you can come to us for anything?" I remind him. "That includes money to buy a car and anything else you need."

Seth just laughs before turning his attention to Daisy. "See, I told you they smother me. Even from far away."

"We don't smother you," Leah argues. Seth just raises an eyebrow. "Okay, maybe we do a little."

"I understand why you girls do that," Daisy says. "Seth is the youngest and the only boy in the family so you feel it's your duty to protect him."

"I like you," Emily smiles at the young girl, throwing an arm around her shoulders.

While Leah and Emily buckle the twins in their car seats, I help Seth and Daisy put their luggage in the back of Leah's car.

"This is only half of our stuff," she explains when I see how many suitcases they both brought with them.

We then get in the car and Leah pulls out of the parking lot and onto the street, driving to Ateara's.


"Oh my goodness, Seth Clearwater, is that you?" Quil practically grins from ear to ear when he sees us standing in the doorway of his restaurant. He makes his way toward us, pulling his best friend in for a hug. "I didn't know you were back."

"I just got in about a half hour ago," Seth tells him, returning the hug.

Quil turns his attention to Daisy, standing beside Seth, holding his hand. "And this lovely lady must be Daisy." He bows, like a gentleman. "Quil Ateara, the fifth. Seth's best friend since childhood and the owner of this place." He gestures around him.

"It's nice to meet you, Quil," Daisy smiles at Quil and lets him take her hand—the one not holding Seth's—in his so he can kiss the back of it. "What a gentleman."

"He gets that from his father." Joy appears out of nowhere and stands beside her son, who is a couple inches taller than her. This is the first time I'm seeing Joy since she's always in the kitchen whenever we come to Ateara's.

"Hi, Mrs. Ateara," I smile at her. "It's nice to see you out of the kitchen."

"Yeah, I figured it was time I get out of there," she says. "I may be the one coming up with new recipes for the menu, as well as helping out with cooking and preparing the food, but I'm still the manager." Joy then waves a finger at me. "And I thought I told you to call me Joy. Mrs. Ateara makes me want to go crawl in a corner and cry my eyes out."

"She still does that," Quil says, the comment earning him a slap at the back of the head from his mother. "Ow." He rubs the spot where she slapped him. "Sorry, Mom," he mumbles.

"Well, your boyfriend and his sister are already here," Joy says, the statement directed at me. "I'll show you to your table."

We follow her to a big table by the window, where Jake and Rachel are already seated. Jake grins when he sees me and the twins and gets up to give me a kiss on the lips in greeting and the twins each a hug. Rachel also gives me a hug and both she and her brother greet Seth, Emily, and Leah and introduce themselves to Daisy. Once the introductions have been made, we take a seat around the table and Joy hands the adults each a menu and the twins their paper kids' menus.

"So, Bella," she says, turning to face me. "Still interested in working here?"

"Actually, Leah and I both are," I tell her. "In fact, we just handed in our two-week notices this morning."

"Great," Joy smiles. "I will still have to train both of you, but it won't take long considering we're family and you have worked as waitresses before so I know you both will do just fine."

"We look forward to it," Leah says.

Joy gives us both another smile and with that, she leaves to give us a few minutes to think about what we want to order.

"You're in luck," Seth tells Daisy. "My sisters and I have known the Atearas for a really long time so we get a discount every time we eat here. Or it's free, but that is if we're lucky and the owner is feeling it."

"Cool," is all Daisy says as we scan through our menus.

Dinner was pretty much spent with us getting to know Daisy and vice versa. While she and Seth are home for the summer, she's going to continue her volunteer work at the Seattle Children's Hospital. Jake is shocked at this.

"I actually do volunteer work there as well," he tells Daisy. "I bring ice cream to the children and read to them."

"So you're the Officer Ice Cream Man everyone at the hospital talks about," Daisy laughs. "Weird that we've never crossed paths."

"Officer Ice Cream Man?" I lean in to whisper to Jake.

"Yeah, that's what the nurses call me," Jake tells me, smiling sheepishly. To Daisy, he says, "That is weird. But I haven't volunteered at the hospital in weeks. I guess aside from my job as a police officer, two mischievous little girls have kept me busy." He winks at Charlie and Susie—who are sitting across from us with Seth between them—and they giggle. He then takes my hand in his and squeezes it gently.

"Aw, that's sweet," Daisy says. "You seem like a great father."

Neither of us correct her on the fact that Jake is not really the twins' father. But I'm sure she already knows that, given they don't look anything like him.

"What about you, Seth?" I ask Seth. "What are you going to do during summer break?"

He just shrugs. "I don't know. Maybe do odd jobs, here and there."

"That's good," Emily says. "At least it'll get you out of the house."

"It sure will," Seth laughs.

As usual after we've had dinner—as well as lunch—Joy comes by our table with dessert, but it's panna cotta instead of chocolate cake. "This is a new item on the dessert menu," she explains as she goes around the table, placing a small plate each in front of us. "You're the first people to try it."

We take a bite of the panna cotta and we all seem to like it, much to Joy's happiness. "But Quil is still going to drop off the chocolate cake to the three of us, right?" I ask, gesturing to Leah, Emily, and myself.

"Yes, but because you like the panna cotta as well, he just might give you that, too," she smirks. "Or one or the other."

"Yay!" the twins, who haven't spoken in a while, cheer, making us all laugh.

After dinner and dessert, the adults, minus Seth and Daisy, split on the check and we say our goodbyes to Joy, as well as Quil, and leave the restaurant.

"Well, that was a nice dinner," Daisy says as we stand by Leah's car. "Thank you for that. I hope we can do it again sometime."

"Of course," Emily says, squeezing Daisy's arm gently. "You're part of the family now and we all have a close-knit relationship with one another."

"I can see that," Daisy smiles. "And I hope it's okay that I bring Seth home with me. My parents want to meet him."

Seth's eyes widened at this. "You didn't tell me that."

Daisy smiles sheepishly. "Sorry. I figured if I told you now, you can't back out."

"I can try," he mumbles.

"That's fine," Leah tells Daisy. "I can come back and get him when he's done."

"Great," Daisy smiles while Seth just looks uncomfortable.