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Hannah’s knees felt weak as her heart pounded with second-chance possibilities. “Are you sure?” she asked.
“Yes. The star would have definitely been lit by now. There’s never been this much of a delay in confirmation. I’m so sorry, Hannah. Looks like you’ll be here another day.”
“Another day…” Hannah smiled as her stomach tightened with excitement.
“Wait a second, hold up. I know that look,” Piper said as she sat on the bed zipping up her boots. “Please tell me you’re not still intrigued by this mortal.”
Hannah averted her eyes. “What? No, I, um…it’s just that it’ll be nice to see her again, that’s all.”
Piper approached Hannah and stared her down. “Don’t even think about it. I’m serious, Hannah, don’t go there.”
“I’m not thinking about—”
“Yeah, you are. I’ve known you my entire life, and I can read you like a book. Your wheels are spinning, I can tell.”
Hannah let out a sigh as she hunched her shoulders. “If you could feel what I feel when I’m around her. There’s something between us, Piper. Something that whispers to me and says she’s the one.”
“What are you saying, the wind’s now talking to you about your mark?”
“No, this is something that’s coming from deep down in my gut.”
Piper snorted in a dismissive way. “Look, I gotta go. But my advice to you, and I suggest you take it, is finish what you started and leave her be. You’ve already made one mistake by missing her with the arrow, don’t make another. Especially one that you’ll regret.” Piper stood. “Listen to me. Hannah, don’t do anything foolish and don’t go chasing her.” She snapped her fingers and disappeared.
“Yeah…sure.” Hannah sighed. There was some truth in what Piper said, but damnit, it looked as if the universe was giving her a second chance with Payson. And because of that, today she would approach Payson and not hold her feelings back.
But as Piper’s last words echoed in her head about not chasing her, she remembered a time when she was a child, running through the wildflowers in a field, when she’d seen a particularly beautiful butterfly. She’d chased it all day, wanting so badly to hold it in her hands and pet it, but the butterfly always flew away before she was able to capture it. When she’d told her mom about it over dinner, her mom had told her to stop chasing it. “If the butterfly wants to be friends with you, it’llcome to you,” her mom had said. “Sometimes, Hannah, chasing the things we so desperately want only scares them away. Next time, let the butterfly decide what it wants.” And sure enough, the next day, when Hannah had sat calmy in that same field, the butterfly had eventually come to her.
And with a renewed sense of purpose, Hannah smiled. She’d give Payson her space, and let Payson determine what she wanted…andwhoshe wanted. If Payson came to her, she’d have her answer.
