Aricka gets dressed early Sunday morning, and grabs her overnight back, putting it in the back of her car. Remy, Pranks, Missy, and Damien were still sleeping; she'd told Thomas not to wake them up, she'd already said good-bye to them yesterday.

She walks inside, and Patton, Thomas, Logan, Roman, and Virgil were waiting for her. "Hey," she says, and hugs all of them. "I'll be back for fall break." She stops when she reaches Virgil, and he hands Jackabear to her. Smiling, she pushes him back toward him. "I slept with him all night last night; it should smell like me again, Verge."

Virgil nods, and then he pulls her into a hug. The two closest "siblings" didn't let go for a few minutes. Vira walks in.

"Aricka, we're all waiting." Aricka pulls away from Virgil, and smiles, tapping his cheek.

"Smile Verge-your smile cures cancer." that made him smile a little, and she walks out to her car.

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Aricka let Roma pick the music, and was surprised when Roma picked the Ultimate Storytime tour soundtrack-the special CD her brothers and dad made for her for college.

Virgil's voice was first, singing Birds. She loved this song so much! She turned it up, and all of them-Aricka, Roma, Logann, Pat, Vira, Lilith, and Hannah-start singing along.

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*time skip*

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Aricka runs into the dorm she shared with Amaya, and the girls scream, hugging each other. You'd have thought they hadn't seen each other for years the way they carried on. "How was everything at home?" Amaya asks.

"Great. Virgil came to the door holding the bear I gave him and we both started crying." Aricka starts talking more about her trip when she got a text from Roman:

Aricka laughs, and no tears fill her eyes this time. She shows Amaya the text. "Aw, Roman's amazing," Ams says.

"He really is. They all are."