Charlene almost breaks down the moment he sees you. She'd immediately dropped her bags to the ground to rush over and hug you in a tight embrace. There's no way she's letting go, not anytime soon. It's been years since she last saw you, years since you completely ghosted her and moved cities. Of course, you had your reasons, but that's no excuse to completely ditch your high school sweetheart without even a word. Now that she's finally met you after seven years, she'll make it a priority to make you explain every single thing to her, bit by bit, not a single detail to be missed.

"I almost thought it wasn't you. But I saw the mole on your arm, and..." Charlene trails off, burying her face in your chest and sobbing. She doesn't care that the people around the airport are giving the two of you weird stares. They're the last thing on her mind. All she sees right now is you. All that matters is you. It's almost devastating, the way she's holding onto you and crying. You don't even have the heart to tell her that the next flight you're taking is one going out of the country, which means she'll never see you again after this.