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It was a crisp fall day, the sky was a crystal clear shade of blue, the reold, and I was on a romantic Saturday-afternoon stroll with etting used to that “This is for real, isn’t it?” I had to ask the question The last time my life had been just this perfect, it had turned out to be a bizarre facsimile of a romantic movie created in the elven realms as a kind of prison

“I’ me a smile that made my heart flutter

“You’re sure we’re not off in elf land?”

“You’d know You’re back to not having a trace of ic in you, so they wouldn’t be able to sustain the illusion for you If that’s where you were, it wouldn’t be perfect”

“Okay, good Just checking”

His srin as he stopped and released my hand so he could pull me close with his arm around my waist “Of course, if you want to be absolutely certain, you could try breaking the spell”

As soe, I said, “It’s probably better to be safe Just in case You never know”

Oas nearly physically incapable of keeping a straight face Even if he didn’t smile or crack up, he blushed adorably “We really do have to reilant”

Our kiss ic kind Although there was a lot about hiht out of a dreaht there When we both came up for air, I said, “Looks like we’re still here It must be real”

“Must be But at least we’re sure”

“And we should probably check every so often”

We resu lint on the sapphire ina little uncertain

“I love it”