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*Alyssa's p.o.v*

I couldn't believe I was really leaving the place I had called home for as long as I could remember. I had told dad that I was leaving last night. He was such a jerk about it - he yelled that he may as well not have a daughter if she was going to be leaving him to live with someone she'd known for about a month when she was born. I didn't care, I was finally going to meet my mum, and Ashton.

My flight was at 11:30pm, so I needed to leave the house by 10. I know it sounds like a really long time, but I can't stand being rushed; I would much rather be early and have ages to wait than to hurry and forget something. I pulled out my phone and clicked it so it displayed the time. It was 8pm. I decided that I would go to sleep for a bit, seeing as I would have to be awake later on. First though, I texted Ashton.

1 text to: Ashton :)

Hey xx

He replied immediately

1 text from: Ashton :)

Hey, you excited about later?xx

1 text to: Ashton :)

Of course! Oh, and I listened to some of your band's music ;) xx

1 text from: Ashton :)

Oh yeah? What did you think?xx

1 text to: Ashton :)

You're gonna have to wait and see;) I'll talk to you in a bit, going to sleep before the flight xx

1 text from: Ashton :)

You're so horrible to me;) ok, talk to you in a bit xx

And with that, I plugged my phone on to charge and fell asleep.

My alarm woke me up at 9:30. I barely got any sleep, so I was super tired. I texted Ashton, telling him I had just woke up and was going to set off in half an hour and then got out of bed. I changed out of my pyjamas (I had left a change of clothes out) and pulled on black leggings, a crop top and a crotched cream cardigan. I tied my hair in a messy bun and left my face make-up free. The flight was 16 hours long - there was no way in hell I was going to look good. I took one last look around my empty room. All of my things, apart from what I needed on the plane, had already been shipped over a couple of days before. I think it should of already arrived. I grabbed my phone, wallet, plane ticket, and all my other last bits and bobs and shoved them in my rucksack. I walked out the room and downstairs. I slowly unlocked the front door, and walked out, closing it quietly behind me. I was officially on my way!

I got the bus to the airport (thank god for 24hour buses!) and unsurprisingly, it was very quiet. As I got off the bus, I thanked the driver and walked into the airport. The airport was still pretty busy, so I made my way to duty free. I didn't have to hand my luggage over as I only had my carry on bag. I checked in and then sat down in the food court. I decided to text Ash, telling him that I was at the airport. I checked the time. It was 10:45, so I still had 45 minutes to go. I bought a bacon sandwich, wandered around the shops for a bit, and before I knew it, my flight was being called. I handed my ticket over to the flight attendant, watched all the safety procedures and soon we were high above the clouds. I soon fell asleep

I woke up when I felt someone tapping my arm. The old lady next to me informed me that we would be landing in just under 5 minutes, so she thought she should wake me. I thanked her, and sat up in my seat. I looked out the window and could slowly see ground coming towards us. I was finally here! I knew that Ashton, Mum, Harry and Lauren were meeting me at the airport, so I was suddenly feeling really excited.

The plane landed and I rushed off as fast I could. Bearing in mind I had never met these people before, it was hard to see them with lots of people milling about. But then I saw it. Above the heads of all the people, was a sign that read "Alyssa! Your family is over here!" Directly underneath, I could see a mop of wavy light brown/blonde hair. I hurried over and saw four people standing there, looking around.

"There!" Lauren yelled, pointing at me

I smiled and made my way over. Before I could say anything, my mum engulfed me in the biggest hug. I hugged back and when she pulled away, she was crying. Lauren and Harry both ran over and hugged me too. I looked over their heads at Ashton. I moved away from the kids and hugged him as hard as I could. Twins, finally reunited.

"Hey," Ashton whispered. "Welcome, home."