Kite
There's a kite hanging above them, casting shadows across their bodies as it moves. The sun is baking their skin a mottled red-brown, but they're all to comfortable to care.
Mellissa watches all this, golden eyes tracing the path the kite's shadow makes across their skin. They're at the lake, and somehow they've survived to see the summer. She didn't think they would make it but here they are, sunbathing by the lake on a blazing July day like six normal teenagers.
God she hopes they'll live to see next year.
The boys are in the lake, trying to catch Cassie's eye with limited degrees of success. She's the one flying the kite, her eyes glued to the sky. They had done a spell to ensure she would have the wind she wanted, and the smile it brought to her face was incredible.
Faye and Diana are lying together on the dock, pressed so close together it's difficult to tell who's who. They've grown comfortable enough around each other to allow the others to see them like this, and Melissa's smile grows to match Cassie's. The sun is shining, her friends are content, and even if they die tomorrow they were undeniably happy today.
She shuts her eyes, and feels the kite pass over her.
