My eyes were closed and my head slightly leaned back. “Yeah, me too.”
She didn’t say anything more after that, and just sat down, enjoying the view. I nearly jumped and looked behind me to see May, looking at my latest work. I’d decided to wander off the path again, and I really enjoyed the result. “Are you telling me that you never had a fantasy where you’re doing something in public?”
“Fantasies are fantasies,” I protested. I paused. “Um, of course if you didn’t want to show me…” she trailed off uneasily. D? “Yeah, but I bet you did.”
“You’re very sure of yourself, aren’t you?” I asked. “Yeah, mistakes were made. She huffed. I did want a fresh start, but she was so weirdly enthusiastic about it. “Ooh, do you draw?” I heard her voice ask. I had gone from being mildly bothered with seeing her there, to holding my breath when I got to the cliff. “I’m sorry,” I said. “But someday, you’re going to draw me.”
I smiled at her. And every damn time, she’d look back at me when I arrived, and just smile.
