*Gulp*

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love.

If you look for it, I've got a sneaking suspicion love actually is all around." ~Hugh Grant, Love Actually


All I can say is, it's a darn good thing Hugh Grant's character from Love Actually wasn't just chilling out in the arrivals area at General Mitchell last Friday. His sneaking suspicion would have been more that awkwardness, actually is all around.

And no one wants to sit through a movie called Awkwardness Actually.

I wish I could say that it was bells and whistles. That immediately upon catching my eye, Seth burst out into a little, "You're the fairest maid I've ever met, you were made to" and then I added a little "finish your duet" ala Enchanted, before we ran into each other's arms as if he'd just returned from war and had the most romantic true love's kiss ever.

But not quite. Not even close.

Instead, we locked glances. I gave a little wave. And he approached. Muttering some inaudible to Beth, a look of sheer terror in my eye, I said something to the effect of, "I suppose I should stand up or something." And as she started to rise, I smacked her leg back into place, not quite sure if I could actually stand without falling over immediately.

There he was. Taller than I expected. His hair longer than I had remembered in pictures. But his voice was the exact same. And wrapping me up in a hug, while feeling mildly awkwarded out, I knew that because his voice was the exact same, everything was going to be ok.