It is a moment that will forever be seared into my memory; that I can already tell.

She giggled. A small, childlike grin grew on her lips. Then she winked. A hint of pink flushed into her cheeks. Her head turned away, her eyes closed gently, and then, as though they were incapable of staying shut for more than a moment, her emerald orbs flickered open and snapped onto mine.

She tried to stifle another chuckle. The tip of her tongue poked through her teeth. The scenery she was silhouetted against was breathtaking, but she took away all the breaths I have ever taken and will ever take. She stopped my heart, and she was the only reason for it to beat.

Her fingers worked magic against the strings of her new ukulele, and as she sang her aubade to the world I could not stop my selfish being from dreaming that it was for me.

I loved her.