Willow sat at the airport, a large and rather unpleasant man had followed her to the airport, through duty-free and all the way to the gate. He was removed for the building when he had tried to grope a young tourist.

It seemed like she had been away from Tara for months, despite speaking to her everyday and sending countless emails, Willow had missed her terribly.

As her flight was called, Willow collected her hand luggage and headed for the gate, thankful to finally be going home.

Chaos reigned at Willows home, Vince was having a drama because he had split his best trousers, Blaze had offered to sew them up for him and had accidentally sewn one of the legs up. Melissa was trying to scrub red wine from the large rug in Willows office.Tara had been in there trying to find the disk with the pictures of a paint coated Miss Kitty on, she had tripped over the cat and spilt the wine the previous evening. Chris had learnt that he was allergic to cats and had spent the past few days sneezing, scratching and wheezing.

In the midst of the chaos, Tara appeared to be the perfect picture of calm. The dramas everyone else seemed to be suffering kept her focused and gave her something else to think about.

She had thoroughly enjoyed meeting Melissa who had told her all the embarrassing stories of Willow in college, her wedding, and an event involving the two friends, a duct tape and a long-boat. Melissa had laughed so hard that she couldn’t give Tara any details, instead telling her to ask Willow to explain the story. “What time is Willows flight due in?” Vince called, breaking the calm that Tara had been trying to maintain, the mention of her lovers name made her heart race at the best of time but today it was worse. She looked up at the clock before answering, “About f-five hours.” She said as she began pacing slowly, the nervousness building in her stomach and making her queasy.

“It’ll be fine!” Vince said, hugging Tara affectionately. She rested her head on his chest, “I know.” She said trying to convince herself of this.

Willows plane landed and she danced off the aircraft and down the gangway. She felt like a love-sick teen, her hands were sweating, her heart racing and her stomach turning somersaults. As she emerged into ‘arrivals’ her eyes scanned the crowd for her beloved. She saw Tara almost immediately and rushed through the crowd. “Hey beautiful!” she said, dropping her luggage and wrapping Tara in a powerful hug before kissing her deeply. “I m-missed you so much baby.” Tara said, cursing herself silently for allowing her stutter to make a reappearance. Thankfully, Willow didn’t notice but kissed her again.