"Hey, where is the fire" Sarah joked as I crashed into her in my haste, her eyes shining with happiness as she steadied us from falling. I stood short of what to say, my eyes looking at anything other than her face. "I, I was just coming to get you," I lied, my fingers crossed behind me silently praying she believed the lie. "Oh, why? Are we about to leave now?" her voice was gentle as she asked the question. "No, it's just the water felt really good and I knew you would love it so I thought I should come call you before we get ready to leave" I rushed out in one breath. "Oh, that's really thoughtful of you," Sarah hugged me as she walked toward the water with a skip in her step. "The water felt really good?" my mind repeated the lame excuse I gave and I kicked myself mentally fe

