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This girl had gotten under ans…probably ain, have her in my arms and hold her Talk to her

There had been soI’d wanted to tell her Bentley had reached for a toy, grabbed it, and put it into her mouth for the first time I’d been all fired to race into the forest and tell Felicity all about it, only to remember she wouldn’t be there And it had felt as if someone had sliced me opened I missed her so much

But today, she was back

So, here I loitered at the docks in the hopes she could get away fro to come see me so we could catch up

If she still wanted to see me

I sank ht What if she’d gone to the beach and uy? What if all this time away from me had pushed me out of her ain?

Tossing a flat rock I’d picked up from the shore intonot to worry, and failing Hating the uncertainty, I wound back my ar the surface about a dozen ti

From behind me, someone clapped heartily

I whirled around, afraid I’d find soht as City stepped onto the ra me with a shy yet utterly seductive smile "I’ve never been able to skip a rock that many times"

I couldn’t speak as she drew closer So I nervously shoved otten a tan and her cheeks looked permanently flushed, with maybe two or three new freckles added to the three she already had Her top and shorts were sos look longer and her waist smaller The differences madeCity But then I saw her feet, and she earing a pair of sandals she’d worn out here before So I relaxed

"Welcome home," I said Then I took a breath and admitted, "I missed you"

Her face lit up as if that was exactly what she’d been waiting to hear, then she dove at ainst my chest and wrapped her up in my arms until I pulled her up off her feet, so relieved to be with her again I buried my nose in her hair and breathed in her fa in ain