*a month later*

Aricka smiles as she walks up the steps to her home. I'm home, she thinks. She knocks, all ready to laugh and yell, "SURPRISE!"

But Virgil answers.

And he's holding Jackabear. Her eyes well up with tears and the siblings hug. "V-Verge," she whispers, noticing he was crying too. "Oh gosh, Verge. I've missed you, soo much."

"I've missed you too. I've never let Jackabear go," he says. "I've missed you like crazy."

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Aricka walks in and sees Logan and Patton watching T.V. and cuddling. "DAD! MOM!" she yells, and the pair sits up. Patton's eyes fill up with tears, and Logan's jaw drops. She runs up to them and hugs them. It was reminiscent of Tangled when Rapunzel is reunited with her family.

Logan kisses her forehead while Patton kisses her cheek. "We've missed you," Patton repeats, over and over.

"You're home," Logan says. It was like she'd been away for more than a month.

"Yeah," she decides to say instead. "I'm home."

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She thought Virgil would be the one crying in his room missing her.

She knew he did.

But Roman-he shocked her.

He was curled up on his bed, hugging the small bear she'd given him for Christmas, crying:

She walks in and sits down. "Ro, I'm home." he sits up, and smiles weakly, hugging her.

"Thank the fairy god-mother," he says, and they laugh.

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She'd already seen Remy-he'd cried, Pranks-he'd hit her with a joy-buzzer, and Missy-he hugged her very tightly.

Now she had to see Thomas. His door was shut, so she knocked. "Yeah?"

"Dad-it's me." the door opens, and Thomas hugs her. "Surprise! I'm home until Sunday afternoon."