"It really, really is." Some things about Atlantis bothered Emily more than others. Some things, like the whole mistletoe mishaps right after she'd gotten here, had worked out for the best. She was sure she probably would have met and been interested in Sara at some point otherwise, but she liked their awkward and weird first encounter.
She shrugged. "I have family and friends back home, yeah. I miss them a lot, and for a while I considered going home since it's not like I'm valuable on the mission teams or whatever. But they say that the people at home don't even know we're gone, and when we go back, we go back to the exact point when we picked up the coin. They won't even known we're gone. So, that helps a little."
Some days were harder than others, and it had especially gotten harder when she'd gotten all of the memories from home. She missed her friends, Alison, and the twins. She had made a little family at home, but she loved her life here now too.