Lily looked out her living room on Monday night as she decided she was ready to go. She slipped on her shoes and quickly checked her hair in the mirror. She laughed for a moment and went to go out the door when she remembered she had to say bye to her parents.

"Bye mom and dad! I'm going to meet Travis, Ray and Robbie by the lake to watch the fireworks okay?" Lily said as she looked into her living room to see her parents watching tv.
"Alright Lily. Just make sure you're home on time" Lily's mom replied as Lily said bye again and left the house. She walked down her street for a while thinking about everything that had happened lately. Her and Travis had been together, but not officially together since he never really asked her out. She was still scared about Robbie, or especially Ray finding out, but she didn't know how ready she was to receive criticism from either of them. All she knew is she really liked Travis and felt so safe and comfortable with him. Her thought carried her long enough until she got to the lake. No one was there yet. She sighed and climbed up in her favorite tree waiting for everything. One thing she had learned from Travis lately was to become one with nature. She positioned herself against the tree and closed her eyes. She was leaning against the tree just thinking when she felt something hit her.
"Lily…LILY!!!!" a voice said calling her from her thoughts.
Lily jumped a bit in the tree and lost her balance and fell. She closed her eyes hoping whoever was at the bottom would catch her before she hit the ground, even though it was only a few feet.
"Lily, it's okay, you can open your eyes. I have you" Travis said smiling and kissing Lily's forehead as she opened her eyes.
"Thank you" Lily smiled and kissed Travis's cheek and looked at him nervously for a second. She looked around to see if she could see anyone coming near them. The sun was setting and she smiled at Travis looking into his eyes as he watched the sun set.

"You know, Lily," Travis said putting Lily down and taking her hand "It's so beautiful out here at night. I'm glad you picked to come here and watch the fireworks" Travis was just about to lean in to kiss Lily when he heard Ray and Robbie talking a few feet from them. Travis let out an exaggerated sigh and dropped Lily's hand.

"Look who's already here" Ray said laughing looking from Lily to Travis when him and Robbie reached them.
"What's wrong with being here already? The sky looks wonderful at night when the sun is setting" Travis said as he put himself back in order, as zen and wisdom filled his voice.

"Strong, stop acting like such a book" Ray said as he hit Travis's shoulder and laughed

Travis just shrugged as Robbie laughed.
"Ray, man, you just gotta know when to stop sometimes" Robbie said shaking his head as the first firework went off.

"Well, it looks like that's the end of the fireworks" Robbie said getting up off the ground and brushing off his pants.
"I don't know about you guys, I didn't find those as good as last year" Lily said shrugging and yawning a bit from the boringness of the fireworks.

"These ones were kind of disappointing" Ray said agreeing then looked at his watch "I told my mom I'd be home at 10..and it's 9 now and I want to stop by Mickey's for something, so I better get going."

"Alright! See you at school tomorrow" Lily said giving Ray a quick hug.
"I better get going too. I still have a quick few math problems to do" Robbie said waving to Travis and Lily as he caught up with Ray.
Lily looked out at the water surrounding the front of her for a moment and felt Travis put his arms around her waist.
"Close your eyes" Travis instructed
"Why?" Lily asked softly as she turned around to look at Travis. Travis's eyes were dark and full of mystery and she smiled trying to figure it out.

"Because, I want to take you to your surprise" Travis smiled as he pulled a bandana from his back pocket and held it up for Lily to see.
"Okay, but do I still have to close my eyes if you're putting that on me?" She asked half laughing.
"Yes, just incase you see" Travis said and snuck around the back of Lily and put the bandana on her. He took her hand and led her over a path. They walked for 10 minutes until Travis finally stopped.
"Are we here?" Lily asked nervously noting they had stopped and that Travis was standing beside her.
"Yes" Travis said. He reached behind Lily's head being careful not to pull on her hair and unfolded the blindfold, "Open your eyes" Travis said softly into Lily's ear.

Lily opened her eyes slowly and looked around. Travis had picked in the middle of the bridge to have a picnic. He had set everything up, including a blanket to sit on. Lily looked out at the view of it crossing over a small river. She turned around and hugged Travis tightly.

"Travis!!!! This is amazing!! The view is so beautiful. It's so perfect." She said kissing his lips softly and looking into his eyes almost ready to cry with happiness.

"Only the best for you" Travis smiled as he kissed Lily softly. He let his lips linger on hers for a minute and he kissed her again softly. He let his arms loosen around her and let her put her head against his chest, "You're amazing" Travis whispered softly as they stood looking out at the view standing in each others arms.