Always Yours
"Sometimes what you want is right in front of you. All you have to do is open your eyes and see it." – Meg Cabot
The kids take turns smacking the piñata, each blindfolded, spun, and crazed for candy. Bella is cheering the loudest of all the older kids, shouting encouragements. No outsider would think she belonged here in the middle of this party but her laughter tells a different story.
Paul catches her eye and waves. She smiles. A truce, maybe?
And then the moment is over because Jake is there, a blindfold for Bella's eyes, putting the bat in her hands, spinning her and kissing her like it's nothing, guiding her hands toward the stupid unicorn and it's mocking smile.