Chapter 56: Reflecting by the Water

"Can you honestly believe that we actually made it this far?" Lily asked softly, dipping her hand into the cool, rushing water of the creek while faint music drifted through the trees behind them from the party. James pulled a smooth river stone from his pocket- the exact same kind he had collected for a decade- and skipped it gracefully across the water's surface, watching it bounce three times before sinking. "We didn't just make it," James said, turning to look at her with steady devotion. "We built it."