They are walking through the lively trees, weaving along the dirt path to avoid the plant life on the ground. Heat surrounds their bodies, but the beautiful reflections off the creek bring to her a realization. She pauses and gasps. He turns around and questions her reaction.

‘It’s summer…’ she whispers. It was a moment of realization. The combination of cloudless sky, gentle waves rocking on the shore, knee-high grass and soft clay dirt make have finally kicked in to their full extent. She grows an immense smile, understanding the true change of the seasons. Pure joy emanates from her as excitement takes control of her. Giggling and satisfied with feelings indescribable still, she continues forward.

He continues to wait for her to catch up. On attempting to skip ahead of him, she is held back by his reach. In her momentary surprise, she had forgotten the nature of their company together. But the slow touch of his hand brought her back to reality. In her three steps forward, she was caught by him.

His feelings were still pure confusion to her. Every single moment her hand was in his, she was forced to revel in the sensation, for fear that he would spontaneously take it away at any second. But in this time, she was oddly ignorant of her fears. In the absolute consumption from the moment, she was able to let go of her past, and recognize what a future looks like. There is no name for that moment, where you mature away from some notorious event in your life. She had one then, but it only lasted the night.

She had to tilt her head up to look into his eyes properly. They held that moment, suspended in time for a moment. A slight wind pushed her dress forward against her body, and the leaves on the trees scratched a natural tune above them. He began to turn to step forward, a slight smile pulling at his lips. She bounced to hurry to his side - their height difference caused her to fall behind periodically. He slowed for her, and she watched his expression as they stepped.  She smiled too, and brought his hand to her lips.