Return to LA

Noah boarded the return flight for Los Angeles next morning. He landed in LA at 6 pm in the evening. David was already waiting for him there. On exiting the plane, he spotted David among the crowd.

"David... Here....David" he started waving at him and David also spotted back Noah.

"How was your shooting?" David tone was polite but not like in the past, as Noah complained that he finds it uncomfortable being addressed as boss by someone older than him.

"It was good. How about you."

"I am also okay and everyone is also fine."

They reached back home. David parked the car in garage and took out Noah's luggage while Noah ran inside the house.

"I am back."

Everyone was in living room having afternoon tea. As they saw Noah coming, they stood up to greet him.

"Look, my baby boy is back."

"Brother, you are here."

"Mom, I am not a kid anymore. Don't call me baby." Noah complained about Jane's habbit of treating him like a small kid, but he was still very happy inside being treated like this.

"No matter how big you grow, you will always be my small baby."

"The baby who wants to go to park and take rides, but avoids it saying that they are the things for kids." said Grandma Ella.

"Nana, you too." Noah looked at her with incredulous expressions, he was very embarrassed getting his black history exposed. When he was a kid and Jane took him to parks, he always wanted to take rides but thinking of himself as a mature person, he always made stinky faces avoiding it, "I am not childish as those kids. They are so immature." although such mature words on a childish face made him extra loved by adults, but he always offended all the other children by his words.

Now Noah doesn't want to recall his black history, especially infront of his younger sister. Others started laughing and seeing his embarrassment, Grandma Ella spoke:

"He has come out after a long flight. Let him take rest." she then looked at Noah: "Noah you go and get fresh. We will talk on the dining table."

Noah nodded and went to his room to change the clothes and take bath. He has been wearing these clothes since morning, and now, they are sweaty.

.....

On the dining table at dinner, there was a pleasent gossip.

"Noah eat more. You seem to have lost a lot of weight."

"I am eating. You all should also eat."

"David informed that you were very mentally stressed there."

"No, Brother is very happy since he came back this time. Last time, he looked like a zombie."

"Hey, where did you learn to say this?" Noah said this with adult like tone, trying to copy Jane. But for Alicia, it was a funny thing.

"Alicia is right. This time you look a lot fresh and energetic than the previous time." Jane agreed with Alicia's words.

"No, David is right. I was indeed very mentally stressed and burdened due to some of my own mistakes and shooting. Its just that my last two days were extremely pleasent and I feel better than ever." Noah recalled his previous two days spent with Tom, and instantly felt happy thinking about it. They were no less than a dream for him.

" Did something special happened recently."

"Yes very special."

"Oh, What it is?" Everyone was curious about what changed in just two days. Noah has not been so much happy for quite some time now.

"I met someone very special. You won't believe it who."

"A girlfriend." Jane can't think of anyone else and Noah is also entering the puberty stage.

"No mom. I don't have time for something like that."

"Then what."

"I met Tom Cruise. Can you even believe it. I even went out on an outing with him." saying this, Noah looked at everyone, wanting to see the same incredible expressions as him.

Although everyone was surprised but not like Noah. Now they could understand it clearly. They are clearly aware of Noah's special hobbies. Although Noah has always been a sensible mature boy, but when he talks about the actors he like, he becomes a stupid fan, especially for Tom Cruise. Noah's whole room is filled with posters and pictures of Tom Cruise, few including of some other actors and musicians.

Noah was sulking seeing that no one was giving importance to such an important thing.

"Brother have you bought me a gift." Alicia asked about her own thing. She knows that Noah always like to give her gifts.

"Of course, I bought it for you. I bought the snow white dress for you."

"Thank you. I love you brother."

"Me too."

The dinner went on admist the disscussions of Noah talking about his shooting experience.