Melissa's pov:

As my brother is looking me in my eyes I see him through my blurry vision bringing his hands to my cheeks. I then feel him slowly caressing my still dry cheeks, giving me a reassuring smile, his lips still quivering slightly as he tries to stifle his sobs.

"Don't try to be strong to protect me, I'll be ok." I said softly as a single tear escaped my left eye and began to crawl down my face.

Although I still felt sad that my brother was sad I never wanted him to try to stifle his emotions to save my feelings.

Now that I am a bit more awake, the more I stare at Jarrod I notice that not only is his hand still on my thigh but he is also engrossed in a movie. I decide to let him have a few more min to enjoy his movie so I close my eyes and pretend to still be asleep.

After a min I feel Jarrod jiggle my thigh then lean in and kiss my lips passionately. With that I smile while slowly opening my eyes.

"Hey, hun. What's up?" I ask sleepily.

Melissa's pov:

As my tear was running down my face unchecked I felt my brother softly wipe my still falling tear with his index and middle fingers. He then surprised me by taking my hands in his and wiped the last of his still falling tears with the backs of my hands. It wasn't a sensation I was used to, but I actually felt rather comforted by his gesture. I felt a slight smile forming on my face as I noticed one also forming on his.

Tristan’s POV:

I notice Melissa is processing what I just did, seems she had never felt it before, after a few moments, she smiles. I see another tear fall down her face, I lean in for another hug, mingling my tears with hers as I nuzzle my cheek on hers.

Robyn's POV

I put on a cardigan over my black knee length flowered dress and started to gather up my hair into a ponytail.

I looked at myself in the mirror as I tied my hair back as my eyes filled with tears and streamed down my face

I was going for lunch to a restaurant I liked, and thanks to the power of modern technology Caitlin was joining me via Zoom at restaurant in London.

I gently wiped away my tears and repaired my make up. I was just pulling down the zip on my left boot when Susan came back. Her new Zucchini Edward had walked her back to her room.

'Hey Rob' Susan greeted as I pulled up the zip on my left boot 'You look lovely, are you having your Zoom lunch with Caitlin'

I nodded in confirmation pulling down the zip on my right boot. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw tears stream down Susan's face. I placed my right foot inside my boot and pulled the zip up, not wanting to see her cry as I didn't want to cry again, not yet

I arrived at the restaurant in good time and I was directed to a table which had a tablet all ready set up for me and a small box with a corsage inside. Me and Caitlin both sent each other one to wear on our date and as I opened the box, my eyes filled with tears again as I saw what my girlfriend had got me. Because of the time difference, I would be having lunch, Caitlin dinner

I signed on and waited. Not thirty seconds later, Caitlin appeared

'Hey darling' she said. My tears began streaming down my face and Caitlin started to cry too

'Hey babe' I said stifling a sob. I moved up my hand to the screen and Caitlin did the same as tears began to stream down her face. 'I miss you so much'

'Me too' Caitlin replied. We wiped our tears and then decided what we would have