Affectionately, she rubs Victoria's knuckle with her thumb. She wonders why she never fell for her earlier, why she never noticed Victoria in this way. It fell at her feet like a ton of bricks. How can she be in love? And of all people she had fallen deeply for, it was her best friend. She looks deep into Victoria's eyes, staring right into her soul. She looks at Joy lovingly, her smile brightening. Victoria felt as if she had found her soul mate. Years of failed relationships, including her failed marriages came to light. What chances would she have with Joy? Would Joy end up like the rest of them if she even jumped at the chance to be with her? Victoria stops her mind for a second.

Victoria stops her mind for a second.

'Stop overthinking Victoria Chase, you're in love. You cannot stop it, you cannot change any figment of it, just accept it. Let yourself fall deeply for Joy. She loves you very much, Victoria…go for her. You never know what opportunities you could have with her. Joy could be the one. She could complete you more than you ever thought she would. Go for it, take a chance…you'll regret it if you do not try with her.'

Victoria snaps out of her thoughts, and looks at Joy, who smiles at her. 'What is it that you are thinking about?'

Victoria snaps out of her thoughts, and looks at Joy, her eyes warm and inviting. She pulls Joy's face closer to her own. Her hands cup Joy's cheeks, her fingertips gently brushing against Joy's skin.

'Reyjoyla, I love you very much too. It's been a hard six months, accepting myself, and falling head over heels for my best friend. I didn't think I've ever had feelings like this before. They seem so foreign, so unusual for me. I've never felt like this, for anyone before. She leans forward, kissing Joy's forehead gently.

'I've wanted to do that for a while,' she says, smirking.

Joy smiles at Victoria, and she notices the glisten in Victoria's eyes. Her eyes sparkled excitedly, and she seemed happier than she had in a very long time. They would say that Victoria did find her soul mate. Vitoria came out to Joy in this exact wooded area, a little over a year and a half ago. Six months later, she confessed that she was in love with Joy, and wanted more from her than just friendship. Joy at first wasn't too sure what she wanted, as she had been hurt by many over the years. She had spent years ruminating over and over again, about how she couldn't seem to hold a serious relationship. Since childhood, Joy had felt so insecure. Her mother mocked her, she hardly knew her father…and most relationships she had didn't last or didn't materialize. Joy for the longest time thought that she had done something wrong in her life making everyone turn away at the first sight of her. She felt so rejected, so hurt…that was until she fell for Victoria, and hard.

'Remember Joy, a year and a half ago today, I told you my feelings?' Victoria says, her boot tracing hearts in the freshly fallen snow. She could care less what others thought; she loved snow more than anything in the whole entire universe.

Joy sighs, a smile across her lips. 'Of course I remember. I bought you coffee, and we talked about how you were…and then we came back to the house, and you asked to hold me because you always wanted to and I let you since Mel and Elka were away at the flea market that day.'

Victoria nods silently, pushing a stray bang away from her face. 'Yes, and then I wanted to kiss you, because I had dreamed for years what it would be like to kiss you. I had imagined that it was, and it really truly was the best kiss I ever had. It felt right, Reyjoyla darling…it was something I had wanted for a really long time.

Joy smiles at that memory. She remembered it being one of her better kisses. And this time, she was sober, and could remember every little detail. She could remember the feeling of Victoria's lips against hers, the stain imprint of the red lipstick that was left against the nape of her neck…oh and the hickey from their first make out. Joy sighs.

'What is it that you are thinking about, love?'

Joy smiles and throws her arms around Victoria. 'Our first real kiss.'