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Lilly sat up, looking at me for the first time with eyes full of hope. There was not a single trace of the despair that had so doggedly haunted her for the last…well, for a long time. A coud of serenity and calm now seemed to radiate from her soul.

"Isn't it amazing?"

If I owned a human heart, it surely would have stopped beating right then. I had missed that voice, missed it more than I had ever dreamed that I could. And he was here, once again invading my "life" like only he could. As that thought wrapped around me, an epiphany smacked me squarely on my face: he had never been just a friend. I wanted him in my life, and I wanted it to be permanent.

The realization sinking in, I looked everywhere except at the angel at my side and caught Master glancing in my—our—direction. He could see the churning turmoil inside me, yet He was smiling almost joyfully. What did that mean?

Gulping visibly, I shakily asked my companion, "What are you doing here? Where's Oliver?"

"Which do you want me to answer first?"

I didn't answer, sensing the mocking tone of his question.

Cameron stepped into view, nodding his head to the left. "There's your answer," he stated.

As if on cue, a familiar face appeared from among the surrounding trees. However, this was not the same stuck-up, assuming boy I knew. No, this was someone completely different.

Oliver Oken strode across the grass quickly, looking frantically from side to side as if searching for something…or someone. Finally locking his eyes on the figure still sitting on a swing, he practically sprinted in our direction.

He stopped right in front of a very shocked, very dubious Lilly, gasping in humongous gulps of air. "Lilly, where've you been?" he panted. "I've been looking for you everywhere!"

She nearly fell off her seat in disbelief. "What?!"

It was his turn to be surprised. "Don't tell me you forgot about the movie!" he exclaimed.

Now Lilly did fall out of the swing. As Oliver sweetly, though clumsily, helped her onto her feet again, she burst out, "Wh-wh-what are you talking about?!"

I, too, stood there, shocked, while Cameron looked on smugly.

Oliver retorted, "Miley had a Hannah thing tonight, so we were going to go watch that new action movie she didn't want to see. It's all you've talked about all week! And we watch a movie together EVERY WEEK on Fridays! Don't you remember?"

Lilly turned aside, the wheels of her brain working madly to register what had just happened. With a sudden jerk, she stood up straight and looked about her, now taking in the fact that the rain, the thunder, and the storm was over. A smile flashed across her face, and a musical, joyous laugh escaped her lips.

"I'm back," she nearly sobbed.

"You all right, Lils? We don't have to see the movie . . . What's wrong?"

Tears of immense happiness filing her eyes, Lilly spun around to Oliver and spontaneously hugged him, saying, "Nothing, Oliver. Everything's perfect!"

Lilly's face was buried so deeply into Oliver's t-shirt that she missed the look of ecstasy and utter surprise that scattered across his face. Hesitant at first, Oliver began to raise his arms. However, all hesitation left when Lilly refused to release her hold on him. Exuberant, Oliver threw his arms around Lilly and clasped her tightly.

I couldn't help but smile. Lilly was this much closer to her happy ending, and none of it was because of me. I took a strange, overpowering pride in that fact.

I suddenly realized that the place was empty save for the two humans and us angels. Master was nowhere in sight. And yet, I felt the farthest thing from loneliness. Everything shone with His presence, and the air felt laden with the glory of it.

"Where do you think He went?" Cameron asked me in hushed tones.

Watching the two in front of me continue to hold each other as if they were the only ones on Earth, I answered, "I don't think He ever left."

"But His work here is done."

Contemplating Cameron's statement, I focused my vision on Lilly. So invisible that the human eye could not see, a flickering flame burned inside of her, consuming her soul. "No," I said, "the work is only beginning."

I felt his eyes boring into the side of my head, and I hesitantly met them. For how long we stood there, staring at each other, I will never know. I like to leave it that way; time would only mar the infinity of feeling that passed between us. We probably would've stayed that way for eternity had it not been for the mutual realization that something needed to be done about the awkward couple only feet away form us.

With an impish grin, Cameron took off, racing toward Oliver with unfathomable speed. I did the same with my charge, though I had no clue what was supposed to happen.

The nanosecond before Cameron collided with Oliver, he veered off to the right. The momentum he had built up formed into a gust of wind that nearly bowled Oliver over. I tried the same with Lilly, but right before I rushed out of reach, I used my momentum to shove Lilly forward—right into the flailing arms of Oliver. Their heads unintentionally collided—as did their lips.

"I believe that our work here is done," Cameron declared. With that he grabbed my hand and pulled me away from the two. We knew that the kiss was all that they had needed.