"I care," I responded, "But I don't know what I'm thinking, I don't know what to do, I can't live in a park or on a street all my life."

He said nothing more, just rocked backwards and forwards letting his tears run onto his arms. I bent down again and kissed his forehead.

"I'll see you soon," I said before standing back upright. I didn't want to leave him like this, but what else could I do?

'Sometimes a bad thing is a blessing in disguise.'

I thought back to what had happened earlier between Angelica and I. This whole week, all I thought about was Dil, but was he thinking about me? I was here for him, this whole time, but it's been killing me. Doesn't he see that?

I left the alley wiping the droplets of tears that had just fallen from my eyes. As I walked towards the Café I saw Angelica coming towards me.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"I'm…I'm coming home with you," I said still unsure if it was the right thing. A small smile glimmered across her face.

"It's where you belong," she said sympathetically.

I felt like falling and crying but with these people around, and Angelica with me, I had to be strong.

"Where's my cousin?" she asked.

"He's in the alley, but I really don't think you should see him," I said. She nodded understandingly.

"Come on, it's time to go," she said putting her arm around me and leading me away from this hectic city.

The walk home was an uncomfortable one for me. I didn't know what I should say. I kept thinking about the people I was about to see again. Thoughts of seeing Mum, Dad and Lil delighted me but remembering the bullies that had forced me to leave in the first place continued to whirl around me head.

Reaching the old town the first place we went was the Java Lava, Mum would be working and it was a sure guess that the gang would be in there.

Angelica pushed the door open and lead me in. I was right as the whole gang spotted me.

"Phil!" Lil jumped from her seat and hugged me.

"I'm home now, I'm home," I told her. Mum hugged me while Lil was still attached.

"You're safe, thank God you're safe!" she said. They backed off and asked the obvious questions. 'Where you been', 'what happened', 'Are you hurt' and 'Where's Dil'. I explained everything to the gang as they watched me intensely.

I finally got to talk about Dil when my throat dried up. It was unbelievably hard not to get too emotional. The others didn't seem to mind. Angelica had her arm around me in my seat and comforted me. It seemed that her and me didn't seem such a big shock to the gang. It all made me wonder what had happened while we were gone.

"I'm just glad you're home and well son," my mum said when I said I didn't want to talk about it anymore.

Everyone didn't know what to talk about afterwards; there was a long silence with only the sound of slurps from fizzy drinks and other customer's conversations that could be heard.

"What was everyone talking about before I came in?" I asked, trying to strike up conversation.

"Oh, just about what happened on 'Johan Beach' last night," Suzie said and everyone began to chat again. I sat back and heard, but didn't listen.

I was home; I was back with my family and friends. I still had my education and a future. And I was with Angelica. I turned and looked back at the door I just came through.

So why was something still missing?

The End (For Now)

A/N: Sorry it's a short ending. I'll make a sequel that carries on about 6 months after this. I would have added it onto this but I'd rather not do it in everyone's POVs. I'll try to start writing it as soon as possible. :-)