𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓕𝓵𝓪𝓶𝓮

TWENTY-ONE (Alina)

We both watch as the Northern Lights get brighter, swirling in the sky like a ribbon dancers ribbon in slow-motion. The purples and greens become pinks and blues, and then change back again. The stars even dance, and I realize what they are dancing to. I stare in amazement at Arktivice, as she hums a song I've never heard before. Her eyes are closed and she taps her fingers to her humming. I take out my phone. I got one so I wouldn't have to bother Akira, while she helps keep us off the radar. I look up a song she might know. It's the song Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, by Cyndi Lauper. Her eyes shoot open and a smile crosses her face. She sings along to it and I see the plants become stronger. They grow bigger and bigger as she gets up, pulls me up and we dance to 80's music. The stars become brighter as well, creating little flashes of light. I glance at the boys to see them sleeping, cuddled up next to each other. Telekinetically grabbing a blanket from the house, I place it over them, since the air from the outside is freezing.

"Princess, look at the stars." I say, pointing at the sky. She looks up, and shock is on her face.

"Are you doing that?" She asks me.

"Nope."

"Then who is?" She asks, looking at me with uncertainty.

"You are." I reply and her jaw drops.

"Uh uh, I can't have done that." She says, staring up at the sky. I look down at my phone, and look up the song I Gotta Feeling, by the Black Eyed Peas. She starts singing it and the stars move to the beat. She looks back at me with a huge grin on her face.

"I have a new power!" She says, hugging me. I hold her close to me, my heart beating a rhythm into my very soul. The feeling you get when you know you'll never be alone again. Never be afraid of losing everything. "I'm so proud of you." I say, my heart leaping.

"Thanks!" She says and I can tell she's blushing.

"Your welcome sweetheart." I say, blushing myself.

"I love you." She says, with that beautiful and sweet voice she has.

"I love you too." I reply. Shooting stars pass by the earth over and over again. The world gets vibrant again and I lift us both off our feet, quite literally. Moonflowers and other nightly blooming flowers bloom all around us, growing to be like vines, that wrap around each other. They create a 3D heart with a smaller heart inside.

"That's for you." She says, kissing me on the cheek before pulling away to look at her work.

"Wow, it's beautiful!" I say, amazed, again.

"Awe, thanks!" She says, looking so adorable when she blushes.

"Of course!" I reply. She lands back on the ground, while I stay in the air, a couple of inches above the ground. I grab one of her hands and I hold it in my own. Our hands linked together, my heart fluttering in my chest, the smell of flowers everywhere. It's perfect. We both lean in and kiss. A sweet kiss that takes my breath away, my arms around her, hers around me. The beautiful young woman that stole my heart. The kiss seems to take eternity and when separate, I realize I stopped time without saying anything.

"Well would ya look at that, you didn't even have to say anything to stop time!" She says, looking around. I blush.

"Yeah, I guess you're just good for me." I say, dreamily.

"I guess so." She replies. "One more thing."

She closes her eyes and I look up to see a new constellation coming together. It's us, kissing.

"OMG! That is so cool." I say with wonder, softly.

"Really, you like it?" She asks, a little self conscious and blushing.