Prologue
Prologue:
“You’re crazy.” She whispered looking into the bright green eyes of her best friend. They stood at the top of a small hill looking over a meadow filled with wildflowers and a huge oak tree standing tall at its center.
“The word you’re looking for is adventurous, my love.” he grinned as he poked her nose.
The plan, you see was for her to climb the tree and take pictures of the meadow (and secretly the boy) from above since she was smaller and lighter than him.
Finally, she gave in and began to climb the rather large oak tree with her beloved Nikon camera dangling from around her neck as he gave her words of encouragement from below.
“Nice and easy now, love. I don’t want you to fall and hurt yourself.” He watched her carefully climb the tree, following her every move with his eyes and smiling after her adoringly. After all, he never actually thought she’d do it.
Once she reached a stable branch, she lifted her camera and began taking pictures. She took pictures of the sunlight shining through the branches above her, of the wildflowers, of the trees surrounding the meadow, and of him softly smiling up at her, squinted eyes shining.
“How’s the view from up there?” the boy called up to her while shielding his eyes from the sun.
“It’s absolutely amazing’” she replied returning his squinty-eyed smile.
After twenty minutes of taking pictures of the sunlight shining through from the branches above her, the trees surrounding the meadow, the wildflower swaying in the wing, and the beautiful boy below her. She decided it was time to climb down.
When she reached the last branch she had to jump fifteen feet before her feet would touch the ground. She lost her balance and grip on the tree branch and began to fall backward.
“Hayze, catch me!!”
