Reunion

Without waiting for another second I pushed myself up on the ladder and crawled until a strong pair of hands grabbed me and pulled me up. 

"Sarah, I have something to tell you." He breathed as soon my feet landed on the floor deck. 

"Me too," I said, controlling my own raging breath. My heart was hammering hard inside my chest. 

"Sarah.... I.... Umm..." His voice sounded hesitant. He wasn't William whom I never saw hesitant and confused before. He was definitely my brat, my Daniel. "I don't know how to say this." He gives a confused laugh. 

Instead of waiting for him to tell me what he had wanted to say, I muster up my courage and open my mouth to finally speak those words aloud that bore deep in my heart. 

"Daniel, I love you." 

"I love you, Sarah!" 

We both admit at the same time. Our eyes widened as we looked at each other and I could see in his eyes the sudden jolt of spark and the new energy radiating out of him.