The night was calm and clear. On the hilltop overlooking the city, nineteen year old Kim lay snuggled against her boyfriend of three years, her head resting on his shoulder as she basked in the warmth of his body heat which seeped into her bare skin. Their gazes suddenly went to the sky above them as a shooting star soared across the heavens.
"Make a wish, honey," she said.
"No need to. My wish already came true," he replied before their lips suddenly met.
Their lips slowly parted after a few seconds.
"I could stay like this forever, just being in your embrace," she said softly while her gaze remained on the sky above their heads.
He slid his hand into his left pant pocket and wrapped his fingers around the box that currently rested there. He'd bought it a week earlier, waiting for the right moment to present itself so he could give it to her as a means to celebrate their three year anniversary. He decided that this moment was the best chance he had, so he pulled out the box.
"Kim, you know how we've been together for the last three years, right?"
She nodded.
"I got something for you as a means to celebrate our three year anniversary," he said as he handed her the box.
She took the box from him and opened it, only to gasp at seeing the diamond and emerald gold necklace.
"It's beautiful," she said.
He moved behind her after taking the necklace from the box and unclasping it before dangling it in front of her face and placed it around her neck so it lay in the hollow of her throat. He clasped it together at the nape of her neck. Her fingers rested on it lightly.
"I know it's not an engagement ring, but when I went to the jewelry store downtown to look at their selection of engagement rings, I spotted some of the necklaces they had in a nearby case, so I went to look at them instead."
"I love it. Thank you."
Their lips were about to meet in a second kiss when the device on her right wrist went off, which caused her attention to shift to the figure looking up at her from the screen.
"What's up?" she asked him.
"Sorry to interrupt your three year anniversary, you two, but something's come up," he began, but was cut off.
"Let me guess. My nemesis' boss had her retrieve something that's not his?" she questioned.
He nodded.
"Typical," she muttered before she listened to what else the teenager on her screen needed to inform them of.
But she had no idea that she'd soon be witness to the death of her boyfriend.