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There followed more vigorous back slapping.
The warm glow around Judith’s heart spread to the rest of her as she watched the exchange.How had it taken her until twenty-nine to find this wonderful group of people?Somehow they’d all inhabited the same city, walked the same streets, visited the same bookshop and never gotten to meet.
Gratitude filled her as Carts came and stood beside her.
“Happy?”he asked.
“Beyond happy,” she said as she nestled her head onto his shoulder.
“Okay,” said Aaron, like he was rallying the troops.“Forget the jetlag, let’s all go to the Shamrock for a cleansing pint of Aussie Guinness.I’ve had enough of the Irish version.Anyone would think they invented it.”
“I second that,” said Dan.
“I third that,” said Carts.
Carts’ arms circled Judith’s waist.As they walked towards the exit he bent his head and whispered in her ear, “The Shamrock, where it all began for you and me.Kind of fitting, isn’t it?Like things have come full circle.”
“Yes,” she said as her gaze fell into his.“Like it was always meant to be.”And it struck her that she was no longer that quiet, awkward,tallgirl on the outside of the circle, looking in.
And Carts wasn’t that quiet, awkwardtallguy anymore, either.
They belonged right here, in the midst of their friends.And with each other.
A perfect circle of love.
