Arrival at South Korea

Towards the end of October, her parents had informed her that her whole family except her dad would be taking a trip back home to south Korea. The young girl was very excited. She hadn't met her family in 8 years. She was really looking forward to this trip... little

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My name is Amirah, I am a Korean-American. For all my life, all I remember is living in America first California, then Ohio, then Kentucky and now North Carolina, I was really looking forward to this trip; I wanted to learn more about my heritage and culture. Going from Greensboro airport to Incheon international airport was a major change everyone was rushing and running around here and there. Me my two sisters Jennie and Jisoo our mom and my little brother Xavier all stood waiting for the luggage since we were going to be here the next three months all of us had a lot of luggage luckily we didn't have to go through the struggle of picking up the luggage by ourselves our dads brother my uncle said one of the main reasons we took this trip was to come see him he was waiting outside for us so he sent in one of his friends who worked at the airport to come inside and help us with the luggage the tall male put all of our luggage on a cart and pushed it out to the exit. Stepping foot outside that airport felt like I had just walked into a whole different world I took a deep breath to let it out as I put on a smile walking towards my uncle giving him a big tight hug "Amirah you've grown so much" he smiled slowly pulling away from the hug I let out a small laugh " it's been 8 long years uncle" he nodded giving me a small side hug as he greeted my siblings and mom. We ended up standing there for a while because he was having a bit of trouble putting the luggage in the van I looked around humming as I saw a tall male figure leaning against the wall across from us he had long wavy hair that stopped just above his shoulders his mask was pulled down below his chin his eyes lighting up since he was looking at his phone "I'd love to sit and stare at those honey like eyes" I said to myself letting out a smile sigh as my mom grabbed my arm and telling me to get in the car. I got into the car, my eyes still fixed on the male... just as we were pulling off, our eyes met, I felt like I was lost in a sea full of honey… I shook it off as we drove past him, looking down at my phone, knowing I wasn't going to be able to meet him again. The rest of the ride home was small talk with my uncle catching up on the last 8 years my uncle had started his own car dealership here in Incheon south Korea which is where my whole family is originally from it was a small ride home, I looked out the window as we drove up a driveway with two large gates my uncle signaled someone to open them as the gates opened the house slowly being revealed our mouths were left open "this is our house!" I yelled without realizing "t-this three-story castle is our house" I contained. My uncle let out a small laugh "this is our house and it is your castle. You're going to live like a princess" he winked as he parked all of us slowly getting out of the car, looking around "this is going to be an amazing trip!!" I smiled, letting out a sigh