Chapter 15 A Simple Kiss On The Forehead

• Marina
• Age 13
• I remember a time when I was truly, incorruptibly happy. Julien and I sat together, side by side on the grass staring out at the small lake. The summer sun was just beginning to set. I laid my head on Julien’s shoulder as I spooned mint chocolate chip ice cream into my mouth. This was paradise. If I could stop time at a singular moment, this would be it. I would die happy if I could lean against Julien, eating ice cream forever. What a naive notion. He hummed a popular eighties song and we sat together, on the grass in contented silence for a while until Julien broke it.