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Taking the lantern fro hold of her hand, I was led farther and farther down the path

“Where are we going?”

“Shh, you'll ruin it,” she whispered

We walked a littleas before She let out one lohistle, and it echoed in the trees above us One firefly caht in front of us, then a dozen lowed in the darkness They were everywhere, like Christhts

“I wanted to show you this before we left When I was a kid, I thought I could train the I whistled It didn’t work, obviously, but they did coo of my hand, she tried to catch one She held her hands closed for a second, then opened her fingers slowly, but when she did, there was no firefly “How is it possible that I can’t catch a firefly in a field of fireflies after all these years?” She laughed at herself

Putting the lantern down, I ca my arms around her to pull her closer to me When I felt her body, I rested ether

“Let’s catch theether,” I said softly into her ear

She leaned into me “Okay”

“You have to be really still and wait for them”

She held her pal matched mine, her heartbeat felt likeus for another tree in the forest, caht in her palm, followed by several more

I wanted to say it then, out loud to the world, but all I could e was to say it to myself

I’m in love with you, Guinevere

Guinevere

By the ti froically poured over everything in Cypress, I felt like I couldn’t breathe I went intowet, fell back onto claw its way out ofup atthere When I looked at it, I felt nothing like I had all those years before The person I was giddy for was one flight of stairs away

I want to see hiain My brain wasn’t thinking rationally I opened the door, andto me