She runs to the door, throwing it open. “Weston! What are you doing here?”
“Wanted to make sure you were okay,” he calls back. “Thought I'd come check on you.”
“You're the best!” She turns back to us, grinning. “Okay, you two. This is enough weirdness for one weekend. My hot ranger is here and I'm going to escape with him while I still can.”
“You're leaving?” I ask. “Now?”
“Hell yes, I'm leaving. You two clearly need to talk. Figure your stuff out. And I…” She looks at the ranger through the window. “I need some good company.”
“Are you sure?” Callum asks.
She grabs her coat, starts pulling on her boots. “Positive. You two have fun being snowed in together. I'm going to go have an actual vacation.”
She hugs me quickly. “I love you. But I'm still processing all of this. Give me time, okay?”
“Okay.”
Then she hugs Callum again.
“Take care of her,” she says, pulling back.
“I will.”
Then she's out the door, running through the snow to the park ranger’s truck. We watch through the window as she climbs in.
The truck backs down the driveway, and just like that, she's gone.
Callum and I stand there in the sudden quiet.
“That was…” I start.
“Better than expected?” he offers.
“I was going to say 'a miracle.'”
He laughs, pulling me against him. “Come here.”
I bury my face in his chest, breathing him in. “I can't believe I just told your sister I love you.”
“I can't believe you love me.”
“Why not?”
“Because I'm the screw-up. The guy who ruins everything.”
“You don't ruin everything.” I pull back to look at him. “You saved me. In about seventeen different ways.”
“You’re just trying to flatter me.”
“I'm serious. You saved me when I fell. You took care of me. You reminded me what it feels like to be alive and to feel something real.” I cup his face in my hands. “You didn't ruin me, Callum. You woke me up.”
He kisses me slowly. When we finally break apart, we both sigh.
“So what now?” I ask.
“Now?” He grins. “Now we figure out how to make this work.”
I take his hands. “Being here with you, sketching again, I don't want to go back to 'fine.' I want to actually live. With you. And doing what I love.”
