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“What?” she whispered, tears falling freely now

I smiled at her “To believe in happily ever after”

“Now you kiss her!” crowed Luna

“And the spell will be complete!” Hallie finished

I cradled Winnie’s face in my palms and pressed my lips to hers

“Holy shit,” Ellie repeated

“Dude,” said the teenage guy

“What do you say?” I whispered “Can I have one irls “Or maybe ours?”

“Yes,” Winnie said, laughing and crying at the saht “I love you too, and yes”

The girls rushed forward and circled both of us in their arms, and my heart had never felt so full After a moment, we turned to face the stunned crowd

“I got that whole thing on video!” shouted E up her phone

“You know,” said Winnie’s father, scratching his head, “so about this seems very familiar”

“I thought so too,” said his wife, slipping an arm around his waist “And I think this calls for some cookies and hot chocolate Who wants to come in for a minute and let these two have a moment alone?”

“Me!” shouted Hallie and Luna, racing toward the porch

“Thanks, Mom,” Winnie called “We’ll be there in a irls trooped inside the house

“I’ and shookelse”

My face was hot “Yeah”

“I’lad I was here to witness it And you” She pointed at Winnie “Owe ”

Winnie groaned “Shit, I guess I do When?”

“We’ll talk Night, you guys”

She got into her car and drove away, leaving Winnie and me alone—finally When I took her hands, she shivered

“Are you cold?” I asked “Let’s get in my car”

“No, I’, she shivered a second time “I’m just shocked and happy Is this a dream?”

“For a while there, it felt like a nightmare”

“You poor thing, over there on the Wilsons’ lawn” She threw her arht “But no one has ever done anything like that for me”