It became a sort of contest to see whose eyes could widen the biggest when they found out Bella and I were officially an item. Charlie definitely won by a long shot. Mike came in second and according to Bella, Jacob was a close third.

It was all amusing, really. The vampire and the fairy. It sounded like a childhood fairytale gone terribly wrong—or terribly right.

"I have a surprise for you," I said as I picked her up at her house next Saturday morning.

"What kind of surprise?"

"A surprising one."

She gave me that one eyebrow raised look I've grown to adore. "Har har. Alright, let me go inside to get a jacket. You want to come in?"

I stared at the sidewalk in front of me like it was molten lava. Yeah, uh, that would be a no. She walked a few steps before she realized I wasn't following.

"Hey Bella, you didn't happen to have put a protective charm against vampires around your house, did you?" I asked, trying to sound casual.

Understanding lit up her eyes. "OH! Sorry." She uttered a counter-spell and I could physically sense the barrier was lifted. Still, I took a cautious step onto the pavement to make sure it was safe.

"Sorry again. I put it up after I first met you. I didn't know you then, so I freaked out at the thought that vampires were in Forks. I was paranoid that you were all after me. I forgot all about it. But how did you know?" she asked.

"A few weeks ago, I found out the hard way." Please don't ask me why I was at your house a few weeks ago.

"Why were you at my house a few weeks ago?"

Damn it. "Let's get that jacket of yours," I said, shoving the subject aside and marching into her house. She laughed behind me.

Bella's house was small, cozy, and just the right level of messy. The light from the kitchen window lit up the house and gave it a happy, yellow aura. Bella skipped to the couch and picked up her knit sweater. Then she headed to the closet where she put on her grey boots.

I noticed how she didn't wear a scarf. In fact, all week since the dance, she hadn't worn a scarf. There was nothing to hide anymore. I rejoiced at this victory.

She left a note for Charlie and then we walked back outside. She suddenly stopped to turn and look at me with a bright eagerness. "Can I drive?"

That was the first time I learned that no matter what the circumstance, I could never say no to Bella. Quite pathetic, really.

We parked where the road ended and got out of her loud brick of a truck. With another disdained look at the overcast sky, I climbed out of the car. Bella smiled at me and started heading in the wrong direction before I grabbed her hand to pull her back. And I would have gladly held on longer to her hand if it wasn't for the current of pain pulsing up my arm like.

"I said there was a trail, not that we were going to use it," I said, nodding towards the thick forest no backpacker dares to hike.

Instead of fear, her eyes turned intuitive. "Where exactly are we going?" she asked.

"It's a surprise."

Her eyes narrowed. "I don't like surprises," she muttered angrily. I chuckled at her childish behavior, which probably wasn't the right thing to do. "Fine then, I'll just find out for myself."

She turned her head in every direction, but we were the only ones within sight. With a small grin, she jumped ever so slightly into the air. Before I could register what was going on, she was already twenty feet in the air, her arms spread wide as she flew with the wind. You would think that seeing a person floating midair would be weird and out of place. Yet watching Bella twirl in the air was like watching a ballerina on stage. She belonged there. I watched in awe as she willingly let me see her fairy instincts. The way she didn't' move against the wind but moved with it, it made me feel very left-footed in comparison.

"Are we going to that meadow?" she shouted back at me. She had flown almost fifty feet in the air now.

I crossed my arms in mock irritation. "Way to ruin the surprise, Bella!"

Laughing, she angled herself downwards and flew to me. She paused when she was eyelevel with me, which meant she was still floating a few inches off the ground. Unsheltered excitement gleamed in her brown eyes.

"Sorry, Edward," she apologized with a pout that I was certain could stop any war.

I sighed. "It's fine. Ready to go?"

A wicked smirk appeared on her face. "How about…I race you?"

Ha. She wanted to race me? Walking-on-air pixie is mental. "Bella—" I started.

"Never underestimate a fairy," she said, flying a little closer to my face. Even the proximity was enough; the familiar burn was starting on the tip of my nose. Naturally, I should have taken a step back. But somehow, the pain was causing an opposite effect on me. Good thing my arms were still crossed over my chest or else I may have been tempted to stroke her lovely face.

And suddenly, she was gone. The only signifier that she had been hovering over my face just a moment ago was the breeze that whipped my face from her mad dash. I squinted in the sky to see her figure disappearing in the cloudy sky.

She really was fast.

But I'm still faster.

I sprang forward and sprinted through the trees. What would have taken a human a few hours to hike, I could cover in three minutes. Maybe two if I tried. I sneaked a glance up towards the sky to see Bella still flying before me. Since I was hidden under all these trees, she wouldn't be able to see me coming so I had the advantage. A smile curved on my lips as I ran.

Coming to a stop in the middle of the grassy meadow, I spun around just in time to see Bella flying down for the land. Her eyes widened when she saw me which made me laughed. That's right, silly fairy. Never underestimate a vampire.

In order to avoid landing on top of me, she stuck her hands out in front of her to stop. Personally, I liked the idea of being her landing mat, so I opened my arms ready to catch her. Although her arms were flailing all over the place now, even she couldn't control the laws of inertia. An object in motion stays in motion until acted upon by another force—

"Oomph."

She collided into me and actually knocked me to the ground. I was expecting a lightweight drop as she fell into my arms. Instead, she crashed into me going forty miles an hour, a force I was unprepared for.

I landed on a soft patch of flowers and grass; Bella, however, landed on the stony surface called my body. The electrocuting pain that seared everywhere our skins touched was the least of my concerns. "Bella? Are you alright?"

She slowly moved and repositioned herself so she was laying flat over me, the back of her head resting on the crook of her neck, her legs resting on the ground on either side of me, and her back fitting perfectly against my chest and stomach. Screw the burning ache, I wasn't moving.

"Edward," she groaned, bringing a hand to her forehead. "I think I hit my head against you abs of steel."

I was in hysterics. After she continued to rub her head, I figured it must be more than a minor bruise so I quickly offered her my cold hand to serve as an ice pack. She gladly took it and placed my palm against her forehead. As if the blazing pain from her forehead wasn't enough, she soon placed her hand over mine, like holding the ice pack in place even though she knew I wouldn't move. With her lying on top of me, this was the most I've ever touched Bella at one time and the pain was so strong that I was practically numb, yet I didn't dare ask her to move. I was starting to enjoy the pain, in a complete non-depressed, self-inflicted harm kind of way.

"Hey Bella," I whispered, inhaling her contradicting scent of sweet pea that burned my nose.

"What?"

"I won."

"…shut up."

"Vampire 1, Fairy 0."

She reached over and thwacked my head.

We lay like that, our bodies all entwined for a few moments before Bella randomly flew up to sit ten feet away from me in the meadow.

I sat up and gave her a questioning look. "What are you doing?"

"I was burning you again. And you didn't say anything. Again."

"I'm fine, really. Get back over here."

Uncertain but still complying, she flew up to sit next to me, not touching but close enough.

"So how does it work? How do you fly?" I had brought Bella here for answers and that's what I planned on getting.

She shrugged. "Magic. There's really no other explanation. Whenever I have the stone, I feel light and a simple jump could get me ten feet in the air. I have to be extremely careful while walking at school."

"So, like fairy dust?"

She made a face. "Modern culture has completely obscured the vision of fairies. We're not miniature, we don't have butterfly wings, and we don't wear dresses made of leaves or flower petals. I'm assuming you know the story of Tuatha dé Danann?"

"Carlisle knew a little of it, but his information is lacking."

"Okay then, story time."

I criss-crossed my legs and turned to face her, giving her my undivided attention. She smiled at my actions.

"Long ago, the Celtic islands were inhabited by the People of Peace, also known as sidhe. The term sidhe included fairies, elves, mermaids, werewolves, selkies, nymphs, leprechauns, satyrs, and laves— basically your classic fairytale medley. Even vampires. Humans lived amongst the sidhe too. They all lived in harmony with nature and magic. There were ten large Danann Stones that was at the heart of ten major towns of the sidhe. These stones were the source of all their magic. When the sidhe wanted to explore neighboring lands, they created these amulets which would bring the magic along with them.

"Using these portable necklaces, the sidhe ventured into today's England and northern Europe. Did you know that Merlin was descended from fairies? Anyway, the People of Peace were just another ancient civilization, minding their own business, when the Gaels came along. These men were different from the native humans the sidhe were accustomed to. The Gaels were fierce, brutal, and wanted to conquer the islands. The sidhe tried to put up a fight, but the Gaels just about annihilated the race."

"But what about magic?" I interrupted. It seemed like the sidhe had the undefeatable advantage.

Bella shook her head sadly. "The Gaels unknowingly had the one thing that was our weakness: iron."

"Iron?"

"Iron cancels out the power of the Danann Stone. An otherwise harmless scratch from an iron blade can kill. The Gaels' iron-tipped spears ruined the sidhe. In the middle of catastrophe, when only a tenth of the original population remained, the goddess Danu presented herself to her people. She advised the fairy queen to lead all the People of Peace underground to hide from the Gaels' slaughter. So the last living sidhe took their Danann Stones and traveled under the hills and created the Otherworld. They've been a hidden people ever since."

"So all this time, magical creatures have existed underground?"

"Yep."

"Carlisle says the entrance is concealed by magic."

"That is true. Only the sidhe can find the right hill and enter. The only way mortals or other creatures can enter the Otherworld is if they have a silver bough given by another sidhe."

The simple fact that Bella was fearlessly telling me everything was enough to wrap my mind around. The past month that I've known her, I've gotten used to her cold shoulder, harsh glares, and reluctance to share anything. She really changed her mind about me. I made her change her mind.

"And how do vampires play into this?" I asked, albeit reluctant for the answer.

"For centuries, vampires have been after us to take our Danann Stone. Even before the Gaelic Wars, vampires had been attempting to use the stone. That's why when the Otherworld was created, vampires were banned. They just want to be human again, and are willing to do whatever it takes. At first, it was just several scout fairies sent to this world that got attacked by vampires. But then, a group of vampires in Wales somehow got a silver bough and intruded the Otherworld entrance there. They stole the entire Welsh Danann Stone. And without the stone, the sidhe were no longer immortal and died. Same thing happened later to Cornwallis and Island of Man. Ireland and Scotland are the only Tuatha dé Danann populations left."

"That's horrible." The worst part was that Carlisle had been one of those heartless vampires—and perhaps he never got over it. This is exactly what I had been afraid of. If the others, namely Carlisle, wanted to be human so badly, were they willing to hurt Bella in the process?

"Wait…" I said as I processed her words, "you're immortal?"

"Well, not exactly immortal. More like eternally young. Sidhe never die of old age as long as there's the stone, but we're not indestructible like you."

"Then how old are you?"

"Seventeen." She smiled wickedly.

I rolled my eyes. "No, seriously."

"I am serious, actually. I really am seventeen years old. Renee really did run away with me seventeen years ago, everyone in Forks knows. Of course, Renee was quite old. I think she was seventy years old, but she looked eighteen. Speaking of age, how old are you?"

"Sevent—"

"Edward."

"Fine. I was born 1901."

"…ew."

I gave her a playful glare but inside, I was only thinking one thing. Bella is eternally young. If I protect her, which obviously I will, she will never die. We could be together forever. Just like Alice said. I was thoroughly elated at this fact, and that scared me. Did I really want to be with Bella? Yes. Was I ready for long-term commitment? Yes. Does that mean I love her?

Hell yes.

"What happened? To Renee?" I asked. This was the last mystery that hung between Bella and me. After this, everything would be completely out in the open.

Bella bit her bottom lip, the freckles on the corner of her eyes and ears darkened, and her eyes clouded. For a second, I thought she was going to shy away from me again. Instead, she closed her eyes and lay down on the grass beside me. I watched her and her deep breathing until she finally opened her bright eyes.

"So you know how vampires have been attacking the Otherworld? Well, twenty years ago, a group raided through the entrance in Ireland and stole away with a large chunk of the Danann Stone there. Ireland served as the capital of the Otherworlds, in a sense, so the queen was worried. The remaining piece of the stone would be enough to sustain, but they were inching towards danger zone. So the queen sent out seven scouts to find the werewolves."

It all clicked now. La Push. The Quileute tribe. Jacob.

"During the Gaelic Wars, the werewolves weren't expelled from the Otherworld, they just opted to fight the Gaels instead of hide. Werewolves, after all, were the strongest sidhe. Even they could not defeat the humans though, so they wandered out into this world. Before they left, however, they made a pact with the fairy queen that if there was any trouble in the Otherworld, the werewolves would come to aid. The problem is it's been centuries and now we really need the werewolves' help, but we can't find them.

"Renee was one of the seven scouts sent to find the werewolves. Soon, the first six scouts were already dead, killed by vampires so they could take the amulet. Renee was following some trace on the werewolves when she found Forks. She fell in love with Charlie there and confided everything in him. It was Charlie who told her of the legends of the Quileute tribe and his best friend Billy. But before Renee had the chance to investigate more, some vampires appeared. She had no choice. She flew and fled Forks, and my father, forever.

"We settled in Phoenix and that's where I grew up. Because I was born outside of the Otherworld, there was no Danann Stone necklace available for me. So Renee gave me hers. I lived seventeen years with Renee in Phoenix, trying and failing to find any trace of werewolves there. And then…"

A tear rolled down her cheek. I gently placed my hand on hers.

"…the vampires came," she continued. "Before then, I had never seen a vampire in real life. I remember the blood red eyes, the disheveled hair, and the frightfully cold skin. They wanted our Danann Stone, the one I was wearing around my neck. It was difficult, of course. The necklace is charmed so only the fairy wearing it can take it off. In the end, Renee knocked them aside and I flew out the door and far away. Hours later, I finally had the courage to fly back down, only to find the red lights of the police as they brought out the bloody body of my mother."

Silent sobs racked Bella's body. How could this beautiful soul endure such pain?

"They sent me to live with Charlie. I never even knew my father. I was not only a stranger in this new town but also a stranger in my own home. Then I met you."

"You knew I was a vampire from the beginning," I concluded.

"I recognized the signs, but your yellow eyes threw me off. It wasn't until you pointed out my amulet did my suspicions get confirmed. Only as it turned out, you had no idea what that amulet even was."

I smiled. "Vampires aren't always bad, you know."

She smiled too. "I know now."

"Is that why you were so cold towards me? Is that why you assumed I pushed Tyler's car at you?"

She nodded bashfully.

I thought over everything she said. "What do you mean only the fairy wearing the necklace can take it off?"

"Try to take this off."

I reached to the back of Bella's neck and felt for a clasp, only there was none. It was too small to lift over her head, so I tried ripping it apart. Yet the gold chain remained perfectly intact.

"Then how do vampires steal it?" I asked.

Her eyes darkened. "Decapitation."

It made sense, in a demented way. Ripping off the head would make it possible to take the necklace. I cringed, then became outraged. Outraged that my kind tried to hurt Bella. Outraged that they did hurt her mother. Outraged because I could hurt her if I tried.

"This is so wrong," I admitted.

"What is?"

"Us." Every single moment I spend with Bella, I always have to be extremely cautious. She's fragile. One wrong move and I'll break her.

Her eyes widened in alarm. "Why would you say that?"

"I really shouldn't have made the effort to befriend you, Bella," I confessed. "If I was sensible, I would have let our relationship continue the way it was, full of cold shoulders and death glares. It was much safer that way."

"Edward…" she said softly. Her expression was warm, apologetic, and most of all sad at my words. She wanted me too. And while that fact made me pleased on the inside, I knew this made it wrong on a whole new level.

"We come from different worlds. Literally. Your people live one with nature, and you exist for the sole purpose of making the world a better place. My people, on the other hand, live as predators, and we exist for the sole purpose of hunting humans. While fairies are caring, ecological, and genuine good folks, vampires are filled with thirst, greed, and hatred. You are a friend to all creatures and I an enemy. You wear a pendant to protect yourself from me," I listed on and on. While I talked, Bella had curled up with her face half buried in her knees. "You are inhumanely beautiful because you are inhumanely kind. My looks, and smell for that matter, are all for an entirely different usage."

"What do you mean?" Her face was etched with confusion.

"Everything about me draws you in," I said. "I was going to show you what happens to me in the sun today, but weather had other plans."

"Wait, really?" Her voice contained unnecessary anticipation. "Well I can help with that."

Successfully amazing me yet again, she stood up and reached her hands up towards the sky. She arched her back and stood on her toes, her fingers pointed at the clouds. After closing her eyes, she twisted her hand in the way I've seen her do and slowly drew her arms apart. "Bolglagréinadhéanamh."

Even though I was expecting it, I still couldn't believe the sight. Under Bella's command, the grey clouds pulled apart and a few streaks of sunshine were allowed passage onto the meadow. Immediately, my skin reflected the light with a million diamonds, but Bella's eyes were still closed so she didn't see.

She spun around with her left foot as the pivot, her right foot swinging out in perfection, and her arms dropped to her side. The clouds were only parted enough so that sunlight only shined on this meadow. That way, the rest of Forks won't marvel at the sudden weather change. It was Bella and me in our own little sunlit world.

"You can control the weather. Of course," I stated. "Is there anything you can't do?"

She was about to answer when she opened her eyes and saw me in all my sparkly glory for the first time. Her mouth formed into a small O. Finally, a reasonable reaction.

"You…you…you're…" she stuttered. How cute. "You're shiny."

"Oh really? I didn't notice!" I feigned surprise as I looked down at my arm.

She gave me a glare and sat back down, cross-legged, in front of me. She stared at me for a while before she stretched out her hand. But then she abruptly pulled it back. I gave her a questioning glance.

"Sorry. It's nothing," she whispered, her face flushing red. I laughed. "So this is why vampires can't come out in the sun? Not that you'll burn, but because you'll…sparkle?"

I shrugged. "We aim to be as less conspicuous as possible. Imagine me going to school like this." She chuckled and I did too. "But really, Bella, you've never seen a vampire in sun before? You seemed very knowledgeable about our kind when you were convinced I was out to get you when we first met."

"Will you quit bringing that up?" she said with a punch. "No, I've never seen a vampire in sunlight. I've seen vampires only three times and it was always night time when they attacked. Huh."

Just thinking about Bella in any potential danger outraged me. How could those vampires be so savage? You don't attack fairies; they're practically angels. It's just wrong.

"I will never be one of them," I promised. I reached out and took her warm hand in mine. I didn't even have to stop myself from flinching this time, the spasm never came.

She smiled and the freckles by her eyes danced. "I know."

"Still, that doesn't mean I'm not dangerous," I pointed out. "It would be too, too easy to kill you."

"True…" she trailed off, and then smirked. "But then again, I could say the same."

It took me a long time to register what she said. Because she honestly couldn't mean what I think she means, right?

"Um, what?" I finally chocked out.

She smiled, a glint of malice in her eyes. This was all new to me. I wasn't used to being surprised. I guess I didn't like surprises either. "Edward, don't you know?" she teased. "I can kill you too."

I blinked twice. I still didn't get the blatant words she was throwing at me. Kill? Me? Too? I've never felt so incompetent my entire life. I mean, how could this petite, precious, sent from heaven faerie be a murderer? Like me? What?

"If a fairy is strong, is wearing a powerful amulet, and has the right powers, then he—or she—can ultimately kill a vampire. Of course, we're not nearly as strong as you beasts. And it does help if the vampire is weak, or thirsty, or confused…" She got up on her knees and started leaning towards me. I remained frozen, still stuck on her words. Then her forehead brushed against mine, ever so slightly, but the scorch was enough to make me distracted completely.

"…or charmed?" I asked, staring into her hazel eyes. Maybe she was right. With Bella around, I could be decapitated and not even know it.

She giggled and nodded. "Yes, you would make for an easy kill I'll admit."

"I don't see how that's possible. No offense, but what are you going to do? Magically send a van my way? Change the weather on me?"

"Of course not. What's the one way the undead die?"

I raised an eyebrow at her. "You're going to rip my head off?"

She laughed at the absurdity and I wanted to melt in the sound. The little fairy has me wrapped around her finger and I knew it. After her laughter died down, she turned to look me in the eyes. "If I attempted that, you would only laugh. I'm stronger than the average human, but I'm not that strong."

To prove her point, she put her palms against my chest and tried to push me down. Even after getting on her feet and leaning all her weight onto me, I still remained in my original position. I didn't move an inch. Her two palms on me were scorching my skin, through the thin material of my shirt. In one swift move, I brought my hands up to her locked elbows and bent them. Since she had been leaning all her weight against me, once her arms were bent, she fell onto my lap.

"That's the second time you've fallen on me today," I noted, amusement evident in my voice.

"No fair," she said.

I pulled her legs up close until she sat cradled in my lap. I tucked her hair behind, revealing her ear. With my finger, I traced the entire length of her ear all the way to the freckles. I smiled and kissed her ear, burning my lips in the process.

"So how do you kill me?" I asked.

She seemed to have forgotten our previous conversation entirely. "Oh. Um, you never answered my question correctly. Even if you rip a vampire's arm off, he would still be living. What is the only way to completely destroy a vampire?"

The answer hit me and I wondered how on earth I didn't think of it sooner. "Fire."

She winked and held out her hand. Twisting her wrist, a small spark ignited a small flame in the center of her palm. The orange flame then grew into a torch-sized fire inches away from my face. Unintentionally, I cringed away from it.

"Never underestimate a fairy," she repeated her earlier words.

"So let's say you get that flame on me," I said. "Couldn't I just put it out? Or jump in a river? Fire needs oxygen, so if I run really fast, it will get extinguished."

"That's normal fires. This is a magical fire. You can't put it out," she said. Suddenly, she snapped her hand shut and the fire was gone. "Except with more magic!"

A magical flame that was inextinguishable? Okay, the rational fear was starting to arise.

"That's why only elemental or fire-talent fairies get chosen for the guard. They are our only line of defense. The fire is our one and only weapon. It guarantees a nice, slow, painful death."

"How lovely," I muttered.

"Oh that reminds me, I'm burning you again, aren't I?" she exclaimed. She started to get out of my lap but I immediately wrapped my arms around her and trapped her.

"It's fine. I'm used to it now. I actually kind of like it," I admitted.

She looked at me incredulously. "They say the burning sensation you feel is just like the pain you'll get from the real fire. It's supposed to be a warning."

I frowned, still not letting go of her. "I guess I am a pyromaniac."

Her eyes sparkled then and she turned to face me. "I have an idea." Slowly, she reached to the back of her neck and unclasped the necklace, finding the hook that wasn't there for me. I looked at her curiously while she removed her pendant and set it on the grass beside us.

I was about to ask her what that was for when I felt it. The ever-present pain was vanished. The places on my leg where her skin touched no longer stung. In experiment, I placed my hand on her arm. Nothing. No pain. Just Bella.

The stone also protects me from vampires.

I nearly jumped. I heard Bella's voice, but her mouth hadn't moved. Either she was a skilled ventriloquist or I just heard her thoughts.

That's why you couldn't read my thoughts. That's why Alice can't see my future and Jasper can't control my emotions. That's why one little touch from me burns you.

It was her one line of defense and she was taking it away.

I don't need it right now. Not with you.

My eyes darted from hers to the discarded necklace. It would be easy, much too easy, to snatch it and run; Bella wouldn't be able to catch me. It would be too easy to hold it to the moon and then my whole family could return to being human. Too easy.

But she trusted me enough to lay it there. And I wasn't going to betray her trust.

"You know," I said, "it was the fact that I couldn't hear your thoughts that set you from the rest. The way your smell burned me and the way your touch just about kills me; that definitely set you apart from the average girls. It was because you hated me that I felt attracted to you. And right now, you have never looked more normal."

Her eyebrows furrowed. "You mean you're not attracted to me anymore?"

"No! Not at all!" I drew her even closer, now that touching wasn't a problem anymore. "You're beautiful, inside, outside, and every way possible. I'm just glad your differences helped me notice you."

He likes me, she relaxed and leaned into my chest. "I'm glad too. Fairies and vampires usually try to kill each other. They don't exactly cuddle." But I like the cuddling very much.

I loved Bella's mental commentary. She leaned in close. Without the necklace, her smell no longer gave me migraines. Now, she only smelt of that delicious sweet pea.

I love you.

This time I did jump at her thought.

She scrunched her face together as she realized I just heard her thought. Crap…

"What was that?" I asked with a smile. I needed to hear her say it aloud.

"Nothing."

"Bella."

"Nothing!"

"Bella."

And before she could retort again, I closed the distance between us with a marvelous kiss, something I never thought I could do. As I hungrily kissed her and she whimpered in my arms, I just about melted. Please, oh, please never put that necklace on ever again. I pulled back slightly, not wanting to hurt her, but she pressed forward towards me. She really was stronger than the average human; her lips didn't mold into mine but held their own shape.

Whoa.

I chuckled. "So, Bella, what was that again?"

She blinked three times before she remembered. "I love you," she whispered.

And I felt like the one flying. "So the lion fell in love with the bluebird."

"What an insane bluebird."

"What an over-confident lion. The bluebird could fly away any minute."

"I would never fly away from you. Ever."

I laid back, bring her down with me, and we just stayed, wrapped up in each other's arms. I was sparkling, she was amulet-less, and that was enough.