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"Let there be light!"
And there was light.
The scene was perfectly illuminated with this soft and reddish tone that was known as the "golden hour".
And she saw that it was good.
She blinked the tears away which obscured her sight to the beach, the beautiful sunset and this girl.
It seemed like eons ago where they both met in this alternative universe which ended so pain...
"Watch out!"
She gets hit by something on the head and blinks heavily against the now bright shining and eye stinging sun.
"You okay?"
She shades the sun with her hand and throws back the beach ball to the voice coming directly from the sun so it seems.
"You better prepare for what is coming next!", she exclaims and rises quickly to her feet.
A little scream and giggle come as an answer and the shade tries to get away from her which is not easy at this kind of sandy beach.
She sprints a few yards and gets hold of the attacker in only a few seconds.
"Gotcha!"
They both fall into the warm and soft sand and roll over snickering and teasing each other.
Voices around them cheer and beam:
"There are children watching!"
"You better do this at home!"
"This is what true love must look like!"
"You better not get in my car like this!"
Blushing and breathing they both get up and walk hand in hand towards the whooping crowd.
There they are gathering around them in a circle with the cute couple in the middle like they are the center of the world:
Warren still the same geek and protective but clumsy friend now wearing a nerdy T-shirt which is showing some belly mainly because of Brooke which shares the same nerdiness to watch obscure movies and enjoys same snacks in the meantime,
Kate more confident and beautiful than ever with a swimsuit nobody would believe back then she would ever dare to wear,
Steph with her new friend Kim both throwing glances in their direction to catch glimpses of what might come in their own relationship,
Rachel with her now almost diva like attitude who always knows that she gets what she wants in the end and two little sand storms named Zan and Sinai running around them like cyclones leaving them in the stillness of the eye of the storm.
They both are so focused on each other in their own shielded sphere that they don't hear anything and don't realize the crowd is distracted by some newcomers entering the scene.
The couple now stands so close to each other that noone can hear what they whisper:
"I have to tell you about a day dream i just had before you hit me on the head!"
"I am sorry, that was not on purpose. Was it a dream about me?"
"Hey, this is serious! You know we talked about this alternative universe where we both met and things were totally different where William was still alive and..."
"Yes of course i know, i will never forget that!"
"I can remember where we both were at the beach and the sun shined in this special light called the golden hour..."
"What?", Max shouted surprised with eyes wide open staring at Chloe.