a fairytale

Once upon a time, in a busy place where planes flew to and fro, there waited a young man with a heart that was beating, beating, beating.

Surrounded by a family that had adopted him years before, he told them of his nerves and sought their advice. "Go hide," his adopted Mother Susie said.

 And so he did, in a little side cafe - still nervous, still waiting.

The rest of the family waited, too, but in the wide open where all could be seen. Their sister, you see, was coming home from a faraway land, her long trip over and her time foreign far spent.

They were very excited to see her again. Clearly. 

 The girl arrived, just about on time, and she ran excitedly to greet them. 

 Four months away from her best friends was just about right - she had learned much, but missed her family much more by the end.

"Everybody - let's take a picture!" called Annie, the girl's oldest sister. 

So they gathered together

...every single one.

 The girl did not know that every one of her very best friends was in the picture. She hadn't the faintest idea that truly - the person she had hoped to see most - had been hiding in the corner cafe and that silently, sneakily, he had crept into the picture. 

All the girl knew was that it was good to be home,

 her family was the greatest, 

 and she - what the...

 "Are you kidding me?!" she exclaimed in a mixture of shock and surprise. 

 "You're here?! Ohh! Are you real...?" Those were the girl's words exactly as she slapped the boy to and fro.

For you see, at first sight of her long-lost, best friend, she thought this was a dream - a fairy tale - something too good, too perfect to be true. 

But no, the girl realized, this was

real life.

 

So happy, the two friends were, to be together again. 

And after July 29, 2011, never ever ever will they be apart. 

The End .
...this fairy tale has just begun.