Mo and Atticus happily sat together, now officially an item. Junior was fast asleep like he was on the flight over while Scamp and Angel slept too. Cherry lazily scrolled on her new phone as she lazily chewed some gum until they would land. Patrick, Emily, Jessica, and Darla were there to meet Atticus and Cherry to bring them home, Darla and Jessica had new hairstyles.

"Wow, Jessica and Darla, I like your new hairstyles." Atticus said to his sisters.

"Thanks..." Jessica smiled as she waved her new high ponytail which was a lot like Adella's.

Penny noticed something missing. "Hey, you're not wearing your bow anymore, Darla."

"Yeah..." Darla patted her new shorter, but still curly hair. "I think it's time for me to grow up..."

"You're only going to third grade next year." Emily chuckled to her adoptive daughter.

"I know, that's two more years until middle school!" Darla gasped over dramatically as always.

'Well, she might grow up, but that acting phase will never die down.' Atticus thought.

Cherry found her parents and went home with them.

"Have a good summer, son?" Patrick asked as they walked together.

Darla looked to her bow, wondering what to do with it, but she put it in her shorts pocket for now as she walked with her new family.

"I had an amazing summer." Atticus said.

"We really missed you." Jessica said to her brother.

"Yeah, right." Atticus scoffed slightly.

"No, really, we had fun and all, but it wasn't the same without you around." Darla insisted.

"I had a great summer too, I can't wait to tell my new mom and dad about it." Penny added.

This is going to be one summer neither of the kids that went to Australia would ever forget.

Darla was in her bedroom, on the telephone, she was talking with her best friend from school, Atticus had told everyone about what his adventure in Australia was like and how he, Mo, Cherry, Cody, Penny, Scamp, and Angel were lucky to be alive.

"Isn't that crazy, Amber?" Darla asked as she snacked on actually something healthy, a small bowl of grapes. "Stuff like that never happens to me... Nothing exciting happens to me anymore."

"Well, would you like to come to London with me?" Amber asked from the other line. "And you can bring whoever you want with you."

Darla wiped her mouth. "London? Why are you going to London?" she couldn't help but ask.

"I'm helping my aunt and uncle move." Amber said from the other line.

"Oh... Okay! Sure!" Darla beamed, then giggled nervously. "Well... I mean... After I ask Mama Emily first..."

"That's great and remember you can bring anyone you want no matter how many." Amber said on the other line.

"Awesome!" Darla chirped, she then took out a three photo paper of the two girls together, showing they had really grown to become best friends for life since they met at Darla's first day of school. "Your aunt and uncle are the ones with the Dalmatians, right?"

"Yep." Amber said from the other line.

"I'm sure it'll be fine," Darla smiled as she held the phone. "I'll call you right back as soon as I find out."

"Alright." Amber said on the other line.

Darla decided to go off the phone for now and ask for her adoptive mother's permission about going to London.

To Be Continued