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"It will be."

"How do you know?"

"I know."

She laughs. "Of course you do." She looks at the water for a while. It feels like forever passes. It's just the two of us on this balcony, in our own sheltered world.

Then Alyssa stands and pulls the blanket around her shoulders like a cape. "Come on. Let's watch a movie."

"Which one?"

"I don't care, as long as it's something you love." She catches herself. "That I'm not in."

"Damn, I almost slipped that one by you."

She smiles. "Something that means a lot to you."

I have just the pick.