13

On that particular afternoon, I sat down with my notebook and continued crafting my story:

"Trevis, upon hearing Kathryn's confession, felt an overwhelming surge of excitement deep within his heart."

"This was the girl he had protected for over a decade!

"Unable to contain his emotions, he reached out and pulled her into his embrace.

"Their eyes locked, and he couldn't resist leaning down, slowly closing the distance between their lips—"

"Kathryn!" Suddenly, Linda from the neighboring table called out, startling me so much that I jumped out of my chair.

Linda burst into laughter. "What's going on? What are you writing so seriously in there?"

She leaned over, attempting to peek into my notebook, but I quickly closed the pages and explained, "Oh, nothing much."

Linda nodded and invited me to join her on the playground, so we went to the field together.

We had a great time playing around and eventually ended up lying on the grass, completely exhausted.

She gazed up at the clear